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Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) shakes hands with Orix Buffaloes General Manager Junichi Fukura during a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Disgraced former sumo coach dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2007 shows Junichi Yamamoto, a former sumo wrestler and coach. Yamamoto, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association for his involvement in the death of a junior wrestler, has died at the age of 64 after suffering from lung cancer, a JSA source said Aug. 12, 2014. Known as the head stablemaster of Tokitsukaze, he was given a five-year prison sentence in the manslaughter case.

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Disgraced former sumo coach dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2007 shows head sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze (L) surrounded by the press when an urgent board meeting of the Japan Sumo Association was convened at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan following the death of a junior wrester. Tokitsukaze, whose real name was Junichi Yamamoto, has died at the age of 64 after suffering from lung cancer, a JSA source said Aug. 12, 2014. He was fired by the JSA for his involvement in the death and was given a five-year prison sentence in the manslaughter case.

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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Ex-stablemaster denies conspiracy in fatal hazing of sumo wrestler

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito, the father of Takashi Saito, a teenage sumo wrestler who died from injuries in 2007 in a high-profile scandal that marred Japan's national sport, replies to questions from reporters in front of the Nagoya District Court on Feb. 12, holding a photo of his deceased son. Former sumo elder Junichi Yamamoto denied charges in court that he ordered wrestlers at his stable to haze and assault the 17-year-old grappler.

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Japan wins 4th straight title in men's 4x100 medley relay

DOHA, Qatar - Kosuke Kitajima, Daisuke Hosokawa Takashi Yamamoto and Junichi Miyashita (L to R) show off their medals after the quartet brought Japan its straight swimming relay title in the Asian Games on Dec. 7.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster given 6-yr prison over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Junichi Yamamoto (in this file photo), a former stablemaster of the Tokitsukaze stable, is sentenced by the Nagoya District Court May 29 to six years in prison for telling wrestlers at his stable to haze and beat a 17-year-old wrestler who died from the injuries in June 2007. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster released on bail

NAGOYA, Japan - Junichi Yamamoto, a former Tokitsukaze sumo stablemaster, is released on bail from the Nagoya detention house on May 29 after the Nagoya District Court sentenced him to six years in prison earlier in the day over physical abuse that led to the death of a 17-year-old wrestler in 2007. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze (file photo), whose real name is Junichi Yamamoto, and three senior wrestlers from his stable, were arrested on Feb. 7 for their suspected involvement in the death of a 17-year-old wrestler during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Kyodo)

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Ex-stablemaster denies conspiracy in fatal hazing of sumo wrestle

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito, the father of Takashi Saito, a teenage sumo wrestler who died from injuries in 2007 in a high-profile scandal that marred Japan's national sport, replies to questions from reporters in front of the Nagoya District Court on Feb. 12, holding a photo of his deceased son. Former sumo elder Junichi Yamamoto denied charges in court that he ordered wrestlers at his stable to haze and assault the 17-year-old grappler. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins 4th straight title in men's 4x100 medley relay

DOHA, Qatar - Kosuke Kitajima, Daisuke Hosokawa Takashi Yamamoto and Junichi Miyashita (L to R) show off their medals after the quartet brought Japan its straight swimming relay title in the Asian Games on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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Disgraced former sumo coach dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2007 shows head sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze (L) surrounded by the press when an urgent board meeting of the Japan Sumo Association was convened at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan following the death of a junior wrester. Tokitsukaze, whose real name was Junichi Yamamoto, has died at the age of 64 after suffering from lung cancer, a JSA source said Aug. 12, 2014. He was fired by the JSA for his involvement in the death and was given a five-year prison sentence in the manslaughter case. (Kyodo)