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Estonian wrestler Baruto promoted to ozeki

Osaka, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (2nd from L) bows as stablemaster Dewanoumi (R) delivers a message from the Japan Sumo Association of Baruto's promotion to ozeki in the city of Daito, Osaka Prefecture, on March 31, 2010. Baruto became the second European wrestler after Kotooshu from Bulgaria to attain sumo's second-highest rank.

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Sumo: Mitakeumi earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Mitakeumi (2nd from R) bows as he is officially informed of his promotion to ozeki, the second-highest rank in the sport, during a ceremony at the Dewanoumi stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Mitakeumi earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Mitakeumi (C) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at the Dewanoumi stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Mitakeumi earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Mitakeumi (C in front row) holds a sea bream at the Dewanoumi stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2022, after being officially informed of his promotion to ozeki, the second-highest rank in the sport, earlier in the day. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Mitakeumi earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Mitakeumi speaks at a press conference at the Dewanoumi stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2022, after being officially informed of his promotion to ozeki, the second-highest rank in the sport. (Pool photo)

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Sumo practice ahead of New Year tournament

Sumo wrestler Mitakeumi practices at his Dewanoumi stable in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2021, ahead of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting on Jan. 9, 2022

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Yokozuna Hitachiyama and children

The 19th yokozuna (grand champion of sumo wrestling) Hitachiyama (1878-1922) poses with a child. A native of Mito (Ibaragi Prefecture), he joined with 2nd generation Umegatani (1878-1927) in welcoming in the golden years of sumo in the late Meiji and Taisho Periods. He retired in 1914 and took the elder's name Dewanoumi.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐19‐0]

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Estonian wrestler Baruto promoted to ozeki

Osaka, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (2nd from L) bows as stablemaster Dewanoumi (R) delivers a message from the Japan Sumo Association of Baruto's promotion to ozeki in the city of Daito, Osaka Prefecture, on March 31, 2010. Baruto became the second European wrestler after Kotooshu from Bulgaria to attain sumo's second-highest rank. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Mitakeumi suffers injury at New Year meet

Mitakeumi (C) is removed from the ring by wheelchair after suffering a leg injury during his bout against fellow komusubi Myogiryu at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2019. Mitakeumi's stablemaster Dewanoumi announced the following day that he will pull out of the tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Mitakeumi suffers injury at New Year meet

Mitakeumi leaves the ring after suffering a leg injury during his bout against fellow komusubi Myogiryu at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2019. Mitakeumi's stablemaster Dewanoumi announced the following day that he will pull out of the tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo