Kakuryu promoted to sumo's 2nd-highest rank

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian wrestler Kakuryu (top) is carried by wrestlers of Izutsu stable to which he belongs in Osaka on March 28, 2012, after a ceremony to receive a notice from the Japan Sumo Association that he is to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki. (Kyodo)

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