Since becoming a Japanese citizen in 2019, Hakuho is eligible to run his own stable. Following his promotion in 2007 to yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo, Hakuho began a nine-year streak in which he won or finished second in 49 of 52 tournaments, the newspaper says. Attendee MEGATHREAD: Live In-person for Japans September 2023 Grand Sumo Basho. He quickly rose through the ranks, winning a second-tier title within three years and reaching the top division in sumo only a few months later, according to The Japan Times. 2023 September Grand Sumo Tournament: Tournament Leaders List. u/Gregorwhat avatar GregorwhatChiyonofuji5d. Hakuho, whose father won silver in freestyle wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, began his career at the age of 15. However, he and 17 other wrestlers in his Miyagino stable were forced to bow out of the fall tournament due to multiple coronavirus infections in the stable, the news agency says.
Injuries and the COVID-19 pandemic had caused him to miss six consecutive tournaments, but he returned to the ring in July, winning the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 record. While the fights are broadcast on NHK, nothing beats the atmosphere of the tense final matches of the. The highest-ranked competitor while yokozuna Terunofuji remains sidelined after surgery, Takakeisho captured his third career Emperor's Cup with a 12-3 record by toppling unlikely. With sumo rankings released a few weeks before, it’s a chance to see the traditional sport up close and personal. Lone ozeki Takakeisho defeated rank-and-file opponent Kotoshoho in a winner-take-all battle Sunday to be crowned champion of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. However, despite a career that saw a record 45 grand sumo tournament titles, Hakuho had been struggling in recent months during training, Kyodo says. Held every September, this is the penultimate of Japan’s six annual Sumo Tournaments, known as honbasho.
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