Kinbōzan Haruki
Professional sumo wrestler
金峰山晴樹
- Born
- 24 June 1997, Almaty Region
- Citizenship
- Kazakhstan
- Sport
- sumo
- Occupation
- rikishi
Kinbōzan Haruki (Japanese: 金峰山 晴樹; born 24 June 1997 as Yersin Baltagul (Kazakh: Ерсін Балтағұл)) is a Kazakhstani professional sumo wrestler from Almaty. He began his professional sumo career in November 2021 at the age of 24.
After eight tournaments and two lower division championships, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division, becoming the first Kazakh to do so. His highest rank to date has been maegashira 3 as of the July 2025 tournament. He wrestles for Kise stable.
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q110403853 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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