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No stopping co-leading yokozuna at Autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia pulls down No. 2 maegashira Toyonoshima at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 21, 2014, day 8 of the 15-day event. Kakuryu and compatriot yokozuna Hakuho remained unbeaten.

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Grand champ Harumafuji beats Toyonoshima at spring sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Harumafuji (L) goes topsy-turvy after defeating komusubi Toyonoshima with a neck throw on the opening day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka, western Japan, on March 9, 2014.

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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - No. 1 maegashira Toyonoshima (L) beats ozeki Kisenosato at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2014, the first day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Harumafuji at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Harumafuji (R) topples No. 2 maegashira Toyonoshima with an outer-leg trip on Jan. 15, 2013, the third day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, to remain undefeated at the 15-day basho.

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Harumafuji at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Harumafuji (L) is pictured after toppling No. 2 maegashira Toyonoshima using an outer- leg trip on Jan. 15, 2013, the third day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The grand champion remained undefeated at the 15-day basho.

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Komusubi Toyonoshima ties the knot

TOKYO, Japan - Toyonoshima (L), a 28-year-old komusubi belonging to the Tokitsukaze stable, and his newly wed wife Sunaho Takeuchi, a 30-year-old singer, pose for photos at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 1, 2011, where their wedding reception was held the same day.

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Kaio matches Chiyonofuji for career wins record

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (back) beats Toyonoshima at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture on July 13, 2011, during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, matching former yokozuna Chiyonofuji for the most career wins with 1,045.

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Kaio matches Chiyonofuji for career wins record

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (L) beats Toyonoshima at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture on July 13, 2011, during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, matching former yokozuna Chiyonofuji for the most career wins with 1,045.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (facing) beats Toyonoshima (front) on the first day of a 15-day ''test meet'' at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011. Sumo resumed that day after a match-fixing scandal caused cancellation of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March and following an earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) brushes aside Toyonoshima on the second day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2011.

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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) brushes aside Toyonoshima on the second day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2011.

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Hakuho wins 5th consecutive Emperor's Cup

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian champion Hakuho defeats rank-and-filer Toyonoshima in a playoff on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 28, 2010, capturing his fifth consecutive title.

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Hakuho wins 5th consecutive Emperor's Cup

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian champion Hakuho defeats rank-and-filer Toyonoshima in a playoff on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 28, 2010, capturing his fifth consecutive title.

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Police question sumo stablemaster Otake over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake (file photo) has admitted in police questioning to illegal gambling on baseball, the Metropolitan Police Department said on June 17, 2010. The Tokyo police questioned Otake before an article in the Shukan Shincho weekly that went on sale the same day mentioned him and top-division sumo wrestler Toyonoshima in connection with the gambling.

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Baruto remains unbeaten on 5th day

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Baruto thrusts top-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima out of the ring on the fifth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 13, 2010. Baruto remained unbeaten along with grand champion Hakuho.

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Sumo champ Hakuho solid in summer tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho sends rank-and-filer Toyonoshima to the dirt on the second day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 10, 2010.

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Yokozuna Hakuho beats Toyonoshima

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (L), the lone yokozuna following the recent retirement of Asashoryu, lifts sekiwake Toyonoshima off his feet with a devastating shove, keeping a clean slate at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 22, 2010.

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Baruto flexes muscles to keep promotion in sights

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian sekiwake Baruto sends sekiwake Toyonoshima to the ground on the sixth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka on March 19, 2010. The win helped Baruto preserve his unbeaten record and kept him tied for the lead with grand champion Hakuho, ozeki Harumafuji and No. 13 maegashira Tokitenku.

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Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho beats No. 1 maegashira Toyonoshima

TOKYO, Japan - Mogolian yokozuna Hakuho sends No. 1 maegashira Toyonoshima to the ground on the third day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12, 2009.

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Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji beats Toyonoshima

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolia ozeki Harumafuji (R) throws down fifth-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima on the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 28, 2009.

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Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu suffers 3rd loss at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (R) is pushed out of the ring by No. 5 maegashira Toyonoshima on the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 26, 2009, suffering his third loss.

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Asashoryu still on fire with 6th win at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Yokozuna Asashoryu (R) pushes komusubi Toyonoshima out of the ring, recording his sixth win at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16.

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Harumafuji suffers 3rd loss at sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (L) is thrown out by komusubi Toyonoshima for his third defeat at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 13, the third day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Hakuho beats Toyonoshima on 1st day of New Year sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) forces komusubi Toyonoshima out of the ring at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 11, the first day of the 15-day competition.

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Kotomitsuki defeated by Toyonoshima at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Top maegashira Toyonoshima sends ozeki Kotomitsuki sprawling to the dirt on the fifth day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 13.

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Kotooshu suffers his third loss at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (R) is pushed out of the ring by first-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima in the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 12, day four of the 15-day competition.

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Hakuho rebounds from upset to post 1st win at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (R) forces No. 1 maegashira Toyonoshima out of the ring on the second day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 10.

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Hakuho on track for eighth career title at autumn basho

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho crashes onto sekiwake Toyonoshima with a twist-down throw in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 22, staying on track for his eighth career title in a three-way lead at 8-1.

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Asashoryu crashes again at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) is driven out of the ring by Toyonoshima for his third loss on the eighth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 21.

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Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho remains unbeaten at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) hurls out komusubi Toyonoshima in the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 20, remaining unbeaten during the first eight days of the 15-day tournament.

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Bulgarian Kotooshu falls flat in 2nd defeat at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (R) falls to his second defeat in three days at the hands of Toyonoshima at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 15. The loss dampens Kotooshu's bid for promotion to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna after he won the Emperor's Cup with an outstanding 14-1 record at the summer tournament in May.

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Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu beaten on 1st day of Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu is thrown by komusubi Toyonoshima at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 13, day one of the 15-day competition.

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Hakuho defeats Toyonoshima, improves to 5-1

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) pushes No. 3 maegashira Toyonoshima out of the ring on the sixth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 14. Hakuho improved to 5-1.

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Grand champion Asashoryu stays undefeated

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu forces No. 3 maegashira Toyonoshima out of the ring on the fifth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on March 13. He stayed undefeated and improved to 5-0.

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Asashoryu escapes defeat on 5th day of New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Asashoryu (L) just manages to bend over the edge of the ring as No. 2 maegashira Toyonoshima is left sprawling on the ground, giving the yokozuna a narrow victory on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 17. Asashoryu remains one match behind undefeated yokozuna Hakuho.

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Hakuho stays perfect at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho overwhelms Toyonoshima with an underarm throw, sending his opponent flying out of the ring at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 15. Hakuho, the reigning Emperor's Cup holder, retains a share of the early lead with Aminishiki, Futeno and Kyokutenho.

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Kaio falls to 5th defeat at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Veteran ozeki Kaio (back), fighting for his rank, fell to his fifth defeat at the hands of rank-and-filer Toyonoshima on the 10th day of action of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 20. The battle-weary 35-year-old is hanging on by a thread as he needs three wins to escape demotion for a record 11th time.

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Hakuho handed 2nd defeat, lowly Goeido takes sole lead

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R) is pushed out of the ring by fifth-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima (L) to fall to his second loss of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 19, giving lowly rank-and-filer Goeido sole possession of the lead with four days remaining.

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Kotomitsuki wins for flawless record at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Promotion-chasing sekwake Kotomitsuki (L) pushes Toyonoshima out of the ring, staying firmly in the lead with an undefeated record on the ninth day of action at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 16.

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Hakuho stays in share of lead with 8th win at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia slaps down fourth-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima on the eighth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 15.

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Asashoryu wins 5th straight match at Nagoya meet

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu (back) topples fourth-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima July 13 to mark his fifth straight match after suffering an upset loss to komusubi Aminishiki on the opening day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Asashoryu stayed one win off the pace in pursuit of his 21st Emperor's Cup.

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Hakuho flattens Toyonoshima to remain in lead at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Hakuho (R) defeated komusubi Toyonoshima to remain undefeated, moving into a two-way share of the lead with yokozuna Asashoryu on the ninth day of action at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 21.

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Asashoryu starts with victory in 15-day summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L) tossed down Toyonoshima, who injured his leg in pre-tournament practice against the yokozuna, on the first day of action at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 13.

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Hakuho gets chase for yokozuna promotion on the road

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian-born ozeki Hakuho (L) kick-started his campaign to reach sumo's ultimate rank with a take out of Kotoshogiku (R) while countryman and grand champion Asashoryu blew away Toyonoshima on the first day of action at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 13.

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Asashoryu starts with victory in 15-day summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (R) blew away komusubi Toyonoshima on the first day of action at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 13. Toyonoshima injured his leg in pre-tournament practice against the yokozuna,

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New komusubi Toyonoshima to take part in summer meet

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted komusubi Toyonoshima, who has been struggling with ankle and knee problems, speaks to reporters at his stable in Tokyo on May 10. He said he has decided to take part in the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament that begins in Tokyo this weekend.

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Hakuho wins to mark 6-1 at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Hakuho (L) keeps a cool head as he unleashed a relentless stream of slaps to knock top-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima over the ridge and stay one off the pace of undefeated ozeki Tochiazuma at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 17.

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Asashoryu back on level terms at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu forces No. 1 maegashira Toyonoshima out of the ring on the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka on March 14.

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Asashoryu dropped by Tokitenku on 1st day of spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Bulgarian Kotooshu (back) goes tumbling to a first-day defeat at the hands of top-ranked maegashira Toyonoshima at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 11.

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Asa continues march toward title with win over Hakuho

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Asashoryu takes another step toward a 20th Emperor's Cup by ousting fellow Mongolian Hakuho at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17. With four days of the 15-day meet remaining, Asashoryu leads rank-and-filer Toyonoshima (9-2) with 10 wins and one defeat.