The 25-year-old is the first new yokozuna since 2021 and the only wrestler to ... makes his yokozuna debut at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March. "I want to act properly as a yokozuna ...

March in sumo, both in Japan and internationally, came in “like a lion” as the old proverb goes. As expected, ticket demand for the Japan Sumo Association’s October tournament in London ...

2021 sumo is now in the books. Six grand tournaments were held as scheduled ... show his prowess by winning two consecutive titles in March and May. In the July contest, two undefeated contenders ...

He is aiming to return to the dohyo after injuries sidelined him for much of 2020 and a case of COVID-19 in January made him miss the first tournament of 2021 ... Sumo Tournament starts on March ...

If he fails, sumo will have no yokozuna for the first time since March 1993 ... yokozuna since the September 2021 retirement of Hakuho, who had a record 45 tournament victories.

The Nagoya tournament was his 18th since Terunofuji was promoted to yokozuna in September 2021 ... in March 2009, went on to rack up 45 championship, an all-time record in the history of sumo ...