Takanohana files candidacy for sumo board

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana is surrounded by media staff at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 28, 2010, after filing his candidacy papers for the Japan Sumo Association's 10-man board of directors. His candidacy forces a board election for the first time in eight years as a total of 11 sumo stable masters filed their candidacies.

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