Sumo: Kiribayama promoted to ozeki

Kiribayama holds up a card revealing his new ring name Kirishima, which he inherited from his stablemaster, after a ceremony at which he accepted promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki at his Michinoku stable in Tokyo on May 31, 2023. (Pool photo)

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