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Hakuho is, by the numbers, the greatest yokozuna sumo has ever seen. He won a yusho every single year for 16 straight years, strung together a 63-bout winning streak, and lifted his final championship at age 36 — the oldest yusho ever in...

In sumo, Takerufuji is a hard-charging thrust-and-push wrestler of Isegahama stable who tore through the lower ranks at astonishing speed — reaching the top makuuchi division in just eight tournaments from his debut, without a single los...

In sumo, Terunofuji is the Isegahama-stable wrestler who climbed back to ozeki after falling all the way down to the jonidan division. His return was made official on March 31, the first comeback to ozeki since the September 2017 tournam...

In sumo, Kisenosato is a yokozuna whose career split sharply in two: an ozeki who almost never missed a day, and a grand champion who was sidelined again and again. By mid-2025 his road back to the ring had become one of the hardest come...

In sumo, Hoshoryu is a wrestler of Tatsunami stable and a nephew of the former yokozuna Asashoryu. A converted wrestler who first came to Japan to compete on the mat, he was won over by sumo and climbed the rankings to reach the makuuchi...

In sumo, Takakeisho is a powerful thrust-and-push specialist who, at just 22, became one of the youngest ozeki in recent memory. His promotion to sumo's second-highest rank was made official on the 27th, and he has set his sights on the ...

In sumo, Onosato is a Nishonoseki stable wrestler from Niigata who arrived in the professional ranks as a decorated college champion. He climbed to jūryō and then into the top makuuchi division at remarkable speed, yet did so without eve...

Aonishiki is a Ukrainian-born sumo wrestler of Ajigawa stable. After fleeing the war in his homeland, he reached the salaried jūryō division just about a year after his ring debut — one of the fastest rises through the ranks in modern su...