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Akebono: Sumo’s First Foreign-Born Yokozuna
Akebono was the first foreign-born wrestler ever promoted to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank, reaching the top in 1993. Born in Hawaii and built on a frame of unusual height and reach, he won 11 top-division championships and shaped the sp... -
Asashoryu: Sumo’s First Mongolian Yokozuna
Asashoryu was the first wrestler from Mongolia ever promoted to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank, and the sport's dominant force through the mid-2000s. He won 25 top-division championships, including an unprecedented sweep of all six tourna... -
Taiho: The Yokozuna Who Defined an Era of Sumo
Taiho Koki was a Japanese yokozuna, sumo's highest rank, who dominated the sport through the 1960s and won 32 top-division championships. That total stood as the all-time record for decades until Hakuho surpassed it, and his fame was so ... -
Asanoyama: The Rise and Fall and Rise of an Ozeki
In sumo, Asanoyama is a rikishi who has just been promoted to ozeki, the second-highest rank. His promotion was formally decided at the rankings-editing meeting and an extraordinary board meeting of the Japan Sumo Association. He fights ... -
Takayasu: The Star-Crossed Ozeki Chasing a Title
In sumo, Takayasu is a wrestler who climbed to ozeki on the back of a sudden surge in form. He was never tipped early on as a future ozeki — his rise came only recently, after a run of strong tournaments in the sekiwake and komusubi rank... -
Daieisho: The Explosive Pusher and His Championship
In sumo, Daieisho is a pushing-and-thrusting specialist out of Oitekaze stable, run by the former Daishoyama. A product of the powerhouse Saitama Sakae High School sumo club, he climbed steadily through the ranks before breaking through ... -
Oho: Taiho’s Grandson and Otake Stable Sumo Wrestler
Oho is a sumo wrestler of Otake stable and a grandson of the legendary yokozuna Taiho — back in the sanyaku ranks at komusubi on the Nagoya 2026 banzuke, announced June 29. The third of the four Naya brothers, he debuted under his birth ... -
Chiyonofuji: The Wolf, His Glory and Tragic End
In sumo, Chiyonofuji is remembered as one of the sport's greatest yokozuna — a wrestler who won 31 yusho and put together a 53-bout winning streak despite competing at a far lighter weight than his rivals. He was the first wrestler to re... -
Hakuho: The Greatest Yokozuna of All Time
Hakuho is the greatest yokozuna in sumo history. A yokozuna is the highest rank in professional sumo, and Hakuho holds its defining records: 45 top-division championships, 1,187 career wins, and 16 perfect 15-0 tournaments — all all-time... -
Takerufuji: To Makuuchi in Eight Tournaments
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...
