Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu prepares for 'dohyo iri'

Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu prepares for 'dohyo iri'

OSAKA, Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu (R) watches fellow sumo wrestlers as they wove a heavy, white rope belt to be donned around his waist during the "dohyo iri" ring-entering ritual, at the lodgings of his stable, the Izutsu Beya, in Osaka, western Japan, on March 27, 2014. (Pool photo)

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