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Hoshoryu, right, responds to messengers after being notified of his promotion to yokozuna at the Tatsunami stable in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:23 JST, January 29, 2025 ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Sumo Association officially approved Mongolian wrestler Hoshoryu's promotion to yokozuna, the sport's highest rank, at an extraordinary board meeting Wednesday.

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It’s January 2025 and Hoshoryu is officially sumo’s 74th yokozuna. Just nine days ago the possibility of that sentence being true seemed remote. With three losses after the midway point of the ...

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Sumo avoided having a hole at the top for the first time in over 30 years Monday when the Mongolian Hoshoryu was recommended for promotion to the highest rank of yokozuna. The ancient Japanese ...

New Year Grand Sumo Tournament winner Hoshoryu on Monday was still feeling the effects of the grueling three-way championship playoff in which he clinched his second Emperor's Cup and a promotion to ...

The 25-year-old Mongolian’s ascension to yokozuna was expected to be decided later in the day at a meeting of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, which makes recommendations for promotion to the Japan ...

Japan's sumo world will have its first new yokozuna grand champion in three and a half years. Ozeki Champion Hoshoryu has been recommended for promotion to sumo's top rank after winning his second ...