Kakuryu promoted to yokozuna

Kakuryu promoted to yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian-born Kakuryu (R) holds a press conference after a ceremony to receive a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association, in Osaka on March 26, 2014. At left is his stablemaster Izutsu.

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