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Nagoya basho 1st day

NAGOYA, Japan - Makuuchi division debutant Tokushoryu (L) pushes Chinese wrestler Sokokurai out of the ring on July 7, 2013, the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Sokokurai was fired due to accusations of bout rigging in 2011 but reinstated in April 2013 after a court ruled his dismissal invalid.

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JSA forgoes appeal, Sokokurai to return in July

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Sokokurai (L) shakes hands with his stablemaster Arashio in Tokyo on April 3, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association decided not to appeal a court ruling that orders the body to reinstate Sokokurai, whom the body had expelled in 2011 over match fixing. Sokokurai will make his comeback at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July as a No. 15 maegashira.

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JSA forgoes appeal, Sokokurai to return in July

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Sokokurai holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association decided not to appeal a court ruling that orders the body to reinstate Sokokurai, whom the body had expelled in 2011 over match fixing. Sokokurai will make his comeback at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July as a No. 15 maegashira.

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Court nullifies sumo body's dismissal of ex-wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Sokokurai (front) is surrounded by fans in front of the Tokyo District Court on March 25, 2013, after the court ruled earlier in the day that the Japan Sumo Association's dismissal of Sokokurai of the top-tier makuuchi division in 2011 over match fixing was invalid. The 29-year-old Chinese-born former maegashira, whose real name is Enhetubuxin, had demanded to be reinstated as a wrestler after he was sacked by the JSA in April 2011 for refusing to retire over his alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal.

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Sokokurai up to sumo makuuchi division for autumn tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Sokokurai (L) holds up a new rankings list for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with his stablemaster in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Aug. 30, 2010, as he became the first Chinese-born wrestler to make it into the makuuchi division.

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Sokokurai becomes 2nd Chinese sumo wrestler

SHIME, Japan - Chinese sumo wrestler Sokokurai of the Arashio stable is held aloft by fellow wrestlers near the stable's temporary lodging in Shime, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2009. The 25-year-old, who hails from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is the second Chinese wrestler to fight in the second-tier juryo division, following Osaka-born Chinese national Kiyonohana in the 1970s.

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Sokokurai becomes 2nd Chinese sumo wrestler

ONOJO, Japan - Chinese sumo wrestler Sokokurai of the Arashio stable smiles during a news conference in Shime, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2009. After posting a 5-2 mark in the third-tier makushita division of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, the 25-year-old became the second Chinese wrestler to fight in the second-tier juryo division, following Osaka-born Chinese national Kiyonohana in the 1970s.

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Sokokurai up to sumo makuuchi division for autumn tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Sokokurai (L) holds up a new rankings list for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with his stablemaster in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Aug. 30, 2010, as he became the first Chinese-born wrestler to make it into the makuuchi division. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler from Inner Mongolia

Sumo stablemaster Arashio, who is from China's Inner Mongolia, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2020. The former sumo wrestler whose ring name was Sokokurai criticized the Chinese government after it started requiring schools in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to use textbooks in Chinese from the start of the school year in September instead of Mongolian-language textbooks.

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Ex-sumo wrestler from Inner Mongolia

Sumo stablemaster Arashio, who is from China's Inner Mongolia, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2020. The former sumo wrestler whose ring name was Sokokurai criticized the Chinese government after it started requiring schools in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to use textbooks in Chinese from the start of the school year in September instead of Mongolian-language textbooks.

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Sumo: Kisenosato still standing tall on day of upsets in Osaka

Yokozuna Kisenosato (R) defeats No. 2 maegashira Sokokurai at Edion Arena Osaka on March 15, 2017, the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kisenosato stays perfect on yokozuna debut, Haru crashes again

Yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji of Mongolia (L) is slapped down by No. 2 maegashira Sokokurai of China on the third day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 14, 2017, suffering his second loss. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(CORRECTED) Sokokurai becomes 2nd Chinese sumo wrestler

SHIME, Japan - Chinese sumo wrestler Sokokurai of the Arashio stable is held aloft by fellow wrestlers near the stable's temporary lodging in Shime, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2009. The 25-year-old, who hails from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is the second Chinese wrestler to fight in the second-tier juryo division, following Osaka-born Chinese national Kiyonohana in the 1970s. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Sokokurai becomes 2nd Chinese sumo wrestler

ONOJO, Japan - Chinese sumo wrestler Sokokurai smiles during a news conference at the Arashio stable in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 2, 2009. After posting a 5-2 mark in the third-tier makushita division of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, the 25-year old became the second Chinese wrestler to fight in the second-tier juryo division, following Osaka-born Chinese national Kiyonohana in the 1970s. (Kyodo)