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Sumo: Kitanofuji vs. Takanohana

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 13 Kyodo - Yokozuna Kitanofuji (top) pushes down sekiwake Takanohana on the eighth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 1972. The referee initially declared Takanohana the winner, citing the fact that Kitanofuji's right hand touched the ring first, but the ringside judges, who have the final say, raised an objection to the judgement and reversed the decision based on a sumo rule allowing a wrestler to touch down first to avoid injury.(Kyodo)

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Takanohana serves bowls of ''chanko'' to quake victims

NAGAOKA, Japan - Retired yokozuna Takanohana (L) serves bowls of ''chanko'' to residents of quake-hit Yamakoshi Village now taking shelter in temporary-built houses in Nagaoka on Dec. 26. ''Chanko,'' a dish routinely eaten by sumo wrestlers, is made by boiling chicken, fish and vegetables in soup.

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Goeido at press conference after unbeaten autumn run

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament champion Goeido holds a press conference at his Sakaigawa stable in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2016, a day after ending the tournament with a 15-0 record. The ozeki became the first Japanese sumo wrestler to win a tournament with a perfect record since former yokozuna Takanohana did so in 1996.

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Ex-yokozuna Takanohana commemorates 2011 disaster victims

OSAKA, Japan - Former yokozuna Takanohana (L) and others in Osaka at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2014, take a moment of silence for the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami victims.

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Dikembe Mutombo in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Retired NBA star Dikembe Mutombo (2nd from R in back) visits sumo's Takanohana stable in Tokyo on June 14, 2012.

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Sumo applicant

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster and former yokozuna Takanohana (R) measures the height of a Nippon Sport Science University senior at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on March 5, 2011. Sumo drew the fewest new recruits ever in light of a match fixing scandal as the Japan Sumo Association tested just 36 applicants the same day.

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Takanohana visits elementary school

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana conducts a gym exercise with children at an elementary school in Fukuoka on Dec. 3, 2010. Takanohana was invited as a guest teacher to the school as part of a program organized by the Japan Football Association.

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Takanohana visits elementary school

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana does sumo warm-up exercises with children at an elementary school in Fukuoka on Dec. 3, 2010. Takanohana was invited as a guest teacher to the school as part of a program organized by the Japan Football Association.

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Takanohana denies contact with gangster

NAGOYA, Japan - Former grand champion and Japan Sumo Association board member Takanohana (C) is surrounded by reporters outside Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 17, 2010. Takanohana denied media reports that he met a gang member in Ehime Prefecture in June.

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Sumo reform hits headlines in Italy

ROME, Italy - This photo shows the Italian major newspaper La Repubblica carrying an article on reforms of the Japan Sumo Association in its Feb. 3, 2010 edition. The paper likened the impact of the recent election of reform-minded retired grand champion Takanohana on the association's board to that of the country's change of government in 2009.

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Takanohana speaks on Asashoryu's alleged assault

TOKYO, Japan - Former grand champion Takanohana attends a morning practice session at his stable in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010, a day after he was elected to the 10-man Japan Sumo Association board. He spoke to reporters about the Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu's alleged drunken violence, saying that if media reports of the case are true, the board has to take them seriously.

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Takanohana elected to Japan Sumo Association board

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana attends an election at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010, to elect the 10 directors of the Japan Sumo Association. Reform-minded Takanohana, who was among 11 candidates running in the governing body's first board election in eight years, was elected.

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Takanohana elected to JSA board

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stable master and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana casts his ballot to elect the 10 directors of the Japan Sumo Association at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010. Reform-minded Takanohana, who was among the 11 candidates running in the governing body's first board election in eight years, was elected to the board.

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Takanohana elected to Japan Sumo Association board

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa arrives at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010, for an election to elect the 10 directors of the association. Reform-minded former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana was elected to the board in the governing body's first election in eight years.

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Takanohana elected to Japan Sumo Association board

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana fills in his ballot at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010, to elect the 10 directors of the Japan Sumo Association. Reform-minded Takanohana, who was among 11 candidates running in the governing body's first board election in eight years, was elected.

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Takanohana files candidacy for sumo board

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana is surrounded by media staff at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 28, 2010, after filing his candidacy papers for the Japan Sumo Association's 10-man board of directors. His candidacy forces a board election for the first time in eight years as a total of 11 sumo stable masters filed their candidacies.

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Takanohana files candidacy for sumo board

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 28, 2010, after filing his candidacy papers for the Japan Sumo Association's 10-man board of directors. His candidacy forces a board election for the first time in eight years as a total of 11 sumo stable masters filed their candidacies.

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Takanohana files for board of directors candidacy

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana files his candidacy for the Japan Sumo Association's 10-man board of directors at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2010. His candidacy forced a board election for the first time in eight years as a total of 11 sumo stable masters filed their candidacies. (Pool photo)

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) speaks to reporters at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors.

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) walks past a throng of photographers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors.

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Takanohana part ways with Nishonoseki faction

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana leaves Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan after meeting with the Nishonoseki faction on Jan. 8, 2010. The 37-year-old said he will part ways with Nishinoseki to announce his candidacy in the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors election, breaking a convention of running with the support of a faction, as his faction failed to select candidates earlier in the day.

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Takanohana part ways with Nishonoseki faction

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana appears solemn after meeting with the Nishonoseki faction at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 8, 2010. The 37-year-old said he will part ways with Nishinoseki to announce his candidacy in the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors election, breaking a convention of running with the support of a faction, as his faction failed to select candidates earlier in the day.

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Takanohana part ways with Nishonoseki faction

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana speaks to reporters after meeting with the Nishonoseki faction at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 8, 2010. The 37-year-old said he will part ways with Nishinoseki to announce his candidacy in the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors election, breaking a convention of running with the support of a faction, as his faction failed to select candidates earlier in the day.

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Veteran Fukuda elected LDP chief to be Japan's new leader after Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Fukuda (R) attends a topknot cutting ceremony for retired yokozuna Takanohana while serving as chief Cabinet secretary in June 2003. Fukuda won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Sept. 23 to succeed embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Abe invites around 11,000 people to cherry-viewing gathering

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) poses for photos during a cherry-viewing gathering at Tokyo's Shinjuku Gyoen park on April 14. Abe invited around 11,000 people from the political, business, sports and entertainment sectors to the gathering, including Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori (L), TV personality Monta Mino and sumo master Takanohana (R).

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JSA reprimands sumo elder Takanohana

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi reprimanded stable master and former yokozuna Takanohana on July 18 for making critical comments about the sumo body in television programs.. Photo shows Takanohana after meeting with sumo offiials.

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Taka blasts Waka for revealing intention to waive inheritance

NAGOYA, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana responds to questions from reporters in Nagoya on July 5 on the issue of inheritance from his father, the late sumo elder Futagoyama, who died May 30 at age 55.

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(2)Futagoyama's funeral held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Wakanohana (R), the son of the deceased sumo elder Futagoyama, addresses the funeral at the Aoyama funeral hall in Tokyo on June 2. At left is his younger brother and former grand champion Takanohana.

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(2)Sumo elder Futagoyama's death leaves 2 sons stunned

TOKYO, Japan - Former grand champion Wakanohana, the elder son of sumo elder Futagoyama who died of mouth cancer May 30, talks with reporters about memories of his father at the Takanohana Stable in Nakano, Tokyo on May 31. ''Since I entered the world of sumo at 17, my father was both strict and kind,'' said Wakanohana.

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(1)Sumo elder Futagoyama's death leaves 2 sons stunned

TOKYO, Japan - Former grand champion Takanohana, the younger son of sumo elder Futagoyama who died of mouth cancer May 30, speaks to reporters about memories of his father at his stable in Nakano, Tokyo on May 31. ''Last night I was still not able to accept his death and couldn't cry,'' Takanohana said.

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Sumo elder Futagoyama dies

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo elder Futagoyama (file photo), a former ozeki and the father of former grand champions Takanohana and Wakanohana, died of mouth cancer at a Tokyo hospital on May 30, his family said. He was 55. Futagoyama, whose real name is Mitsuru Hanada, had been receiving treatment at the hospital since the fall of 2003 for a type of cancer that afflicts the region between the tongue and gums at the base of the mouth.

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(2)France marks national day at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Former sumo yokozuna Takanohana (R) and French Trade Minister Francois Loos look up at exhibits in the French pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition on the country's national day on April 14. Takanohana is honorary curator of the French pavilion.

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Ex-ozeki Takanonami hangs up mawashi

TOKYO, Japan - Former ozeki Takanonami speaks to reporters about his retirement form professional sumo at a news conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 11. Takanohana won two Emperor's Cups in his career since he made his debut at the spring tournament in 1987.

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Asashoryu extends winning run at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Asashoryu (R) overcame Kakizoe to extend his winning streak to 32 on the second day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on May 10. The Mongolian yokozuna posted 31 consecutive victories on May 9, surpassing former yokozuna Takanohana's record of 30 straight wins set in 1994.

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(1)Ex-yokozuna Takanohana holds retirement ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yokozuna Takanohana performs a ring-entering ritual in a retirement ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on June 1. Takanohana, still recovering from a right knee injury he sustained in May 2001, announced his retirement from the sport in January 2003.

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(2)Ex-yokozuna Takanohana holds retirement ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yokozuna Takanohana has his top knot cut by his stablemaster and father Futagoyama in a retirement ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on June 1. Takanohana, still recovering from a right knee injury he sustained in May 2001, announced his retirement from the sport in January 2003.

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Yokozuna Takanohana discusses retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana speaks at a press conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20 about his retirement from sumo. The 30-year-old grand champion won 22 tournament championships during his career.

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Yokozuna Takanohana quits sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana's stablemaster Futagoyama, who is also the wrestler's father, leaves his sumo stable in Tokyo on Jan. 20. He notified Japan Sumo Association (JSA) chairman Kitanoumi the same day of Takanohana's decision to step down from the ring.

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Takanohana falls to 2nd straight loss

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) gets manhandled by fourth-ranked maegashira to suffer his second straight defeat at the Neww Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 19. Takanohana slipped to 4-3 with one day's rest due to a shoulder injury.

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Takanohana announces retirement from sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana attends a news conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20 to announce his retirement from sumo.

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(3)Yokozuna Takanohana quits sumo

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian in front of Tokyo's Japan Railway Shimbashi station on Jan. 20 reads a flash one-page newspaper edition reporting Yokozuna Takanohana's retirement from sumo the same day.

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(2)Yokozuna Takanohana quits sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (file photo) decided to retire from sumo Jan. 20. Takanohana, who was still recovering from a knee injury, fell to fourth-ranked maegashira Aminishiki on the eighth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan the previous day, leaving the 22-time Emperor's Cup winner with a 4-3 record, with one rest day.

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Takanohana suffers second loss

TOKYO, Japan - Third-ranked maegashira Dejima (R) crushes yokozuna Takanohana out of the raised-ring to hand him his second loss at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18.

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Yokozuna Takanohana beats No.1 maegashira Tosanoumi

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) pushes top-ranked maegashita Tosanoumi out of the ring on the sixth day of the 15-day the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17.

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Yokozuna Takanohana beats No. 2 maegashira Toki

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (L) pushes second-ranked maegashira Toki out of the ring in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 16, day five of the 15-day tournament. Takanohana had pulled out of the tournament on Jan. 15 with a shoulder injury, but returned on Thursday.

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(3)Yokozuna Takanohana withdraws from New Year tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) apparently suffered a shoulder injury when he crashed onto the clay following a leg-sweeping throw by top-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama (L) in a bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 13. Takanohana decided to pull out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 14.

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(2)Yokozuna Takanohana withdraws from New Year tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Futagoyama, master of Futagoyama Stable to which yokozuna Takanohana belongs, speaks to reporters Jan. 14 on the yokozuna's pullout from the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament that began at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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(1)Yokozuna Takanohana withdraws from New Year tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 13 shows yokozuna Takanohana who decided to pull out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 14. Takanohana apparently suffered a shoulder injury Jan. 13 when he crashed onto the clay following a leg-sweeping throw by top-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama in a bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Takanohana heating up with 2nd win at New Year's sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana throws down No. 1 maegashira Miyabiyama to earn his second straight win in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 13.

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Takanohana wins at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (front), who returned after missing the Kyushu meet in November because of a pesky knee injury, wins on the first day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament Jan. 12 by toppling komusubi Wakanosato out of the ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.