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Sumo: Onosato to be promoted to yokozuna

Ozeki Onosato meets the press at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 26, 2025, after the Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommended his promotion to the sport's highest rank following his second straight victory at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo: Onosato to be promoted to yokozuna

Onosato meets the press at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 26, 2025, after the Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommended his promotion to the sport's highest rank following his second straight victory at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo: Open practice session ahead of summer tournament

Sumo wrestlers send off visitors following their open practice session, hosted by the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on May 2, 2025, ahead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 11.

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Sumo: Open practice session ahead of summer tournament

Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, hosts an open practice session by sumo wrestlers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on May 2, 2025, ahead of Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 11.

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Sumo: Open practice session ahead of summer tournament

Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, hosts an open practice session by sumo wrestlers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on May 2, 2025, ahead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 11.

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Yokozuna Hakuho

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) participates in Yokozuna Deliberation Council practice, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, on Jan. 5, 2018, while Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (far L), chairman of the advisory council, Masato Kitamura (second far L), and other members watch.

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Yokozuna Hakuho

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (front C) is pictured at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan during Yokozuna Deliberation Council practice on Jan. 5, 2018.

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Panel recommends Kakuryu as yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Ozeki Kakuryu reacts in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2014, after the Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommended him for promotion to sumo's top rank after he claimed his first career title at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo council recommends Kakuryu's promotion to yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Ozeki Kakuryu is pictured at the Izutsu stable's lodge in Osaka on March 24, 2014, after Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommended his promotion to grand champion. Kakuryu won the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka the previous day.

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Harumafuji to be promoted

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2012, a day after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. The Yokozuna Deliberation Council, a powerful advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, unanimously recommended the same day promoting Harumafuji to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.

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Harumafuji to be promoted

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji poses for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2012, a day after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. The Yokozuna Deliberation Council, a powerful advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, unanimously recommended the same day promoting Harumafuji to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.

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Request not to cancel another sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Head of the yokozuna deliberation council Takuhiko Tsuruta (C) and members of the council head to an extraordinary board meeting at Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on March 10, 2011. The council said the same day that it had asked the Japan Sumo Association to hold the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled in Tokyo in May as the spring tournament scheduled for March was scrapped in the wake of a bout-rigging scandal. The council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, before passing its recommendations to the JSA.

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Hakuho awarded

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho receives a special award from the Yokozuna Deliberation Council on the opening day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2011, acknowledging his achievement of a 63-bout winning streak -- the second longest in Japan's sumo history.

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Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu taking part in a practice session in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 5, 2010, as Makiko Uchidate (R), an outspoken critic of Asashoryu and a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, looks on. Asashoryu said on Feb. 4, 2010, that he has decided to bring an end to his illustrious but trouble-laden sumo career.

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New Year basho represents last throw of the dice for Asashoryu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L) practices with his rival grand champion Hakuho, also from Mongolia, in a preview of top-ranked sumo wrestlers for members of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 7 prior to the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting Jan. 11.

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Musashimaru remains undecided whether to enter autumn basho

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru locks horns with a fellow wrestler before Yokozuna Deliberation Council members at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 1. Musashimaru, who pulled out early from July's Nagoya tourney due to a nagging left wrist injury, said he remains undecided whether to enter the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Yokozuna Deliberation Council issues warning to Asashoryu

TOKYO, Japan - The Yokozuna Deliberation Council holds a meeting July 21 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena prior to making an official request to Japan Sumo Association chairman Kitanoumi to instruct Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu to obey the rules of sumo etiquette inside and outside the ring. Asashoryu caused a fracas at the just-ended Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament by becoming the first grand champion in the ancient sport to lose through disqualification.

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Asashoryu recommended to be promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu smiles at a press conference at his Takasago stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Jan. 27 after he was recommended by the Yokozuna Deliberation Council to be promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna.

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Yokozuna body recommends Asashoryu be promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 27 to discuss Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu's promotion to yokozuna. They recommended promoting Asashoryu to sumo's highest rank.

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Yokozuna Takanohana joins pretourney practice session

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R), still unsure of his right knee nearly a year after it was injured, takes part in a public training session before the Yokozuna Deliberation Council at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 6 prior to the upcoming summer tournament.

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Uchidate sits on sumo council

TOKYO, Japan - Makiko Uchidate (C, background), a playwright, observes sumo wrestlers as they go through their paces Dec. 25 at the Sumo Stadium in Ryogoku, Tokyo, in her capacity as a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council. Uchidate is the first woman to serve on the council, which oversees the promotion of wrestlers to sumo's highest rank.

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Playwright picked as first woman member in yokozuna council

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Tokitsukaze (L) on Sept. 12 commissions popular playwright Makiko Uchidate as a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, which oversees the promotion of wrestlers to sumo's highest rank. Uchidate is the first woman to be named a member of the association's advisory body.

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Musashimaru, Miyabiyama tangle in pre-tourney tuneup

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musahimaru (R) and ozeki Miyabiyama (L) tangle in a pre-tournament training session before the Yokozuna Deliberation Council on Aug. 24 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The Samoan-born grand champion and his Musashigawa stable mate were getting ready for the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament opening in Tokyo on Sept. 3.

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New Year basho represents last throw of the dice for Asashoryu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L) practices with his rival grand champion Hakuho, also from Mongolia, in a preview of top-ranked sumo wrestlers for members of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 7 prior to the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting Jan. 11. (Kyodo)

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Sumo wrestler Kakuryu

Grand sumo champion Kakuryu (R) trains at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 5, 2018, in front of Yokozuna Deliberation Council members ahead of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting in Tokyo on Jan. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Hakuho

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (front C) is pictured at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan during Yokozuna Deliberation Council practice on Jan. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Hakuho

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) participates in Yokozuna Deliberation Council practice, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, on Jan. 5, 2017, while Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (far L), chairman of the advisory council, Masato Kitamura (second far L), and other members watch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu taking part in a practice session in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 5, 2010, as Makiko Uchidate (R), an outspoken critic of Asashoryu and a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, looks on. Asashoryu said on Feb. 4, 2010, that he has decided to bring an end to his illustrious but trouble-laden sumo career. (Kyodo)

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Request not to cancel another sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Head of the yokozuna deliberation council Takuhiko Tsuruta (C) and members of the council head to an extraordinary board meeting at Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on March 10, 2011. The council said the same day that it had asked the Japan Sumo Association to hold the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled in Tokyo in May as the spring tournament scheduled for March was scrapped in the wake of a bout-rigging scandal. The council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, before passing its recommendations to the JSA. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho awarded

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho receives a special award from the Yokozuna Deliberation Council on the opening day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2011, acknowledging his achievement of a 63-bout winning streak -- the second longest in Japan's sumo history. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Deliberation Council practice

Masato Kitamura (far L), chairman of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, watches sumo wrestlers including grand champion Hakuho (front R), during practice at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Deliberation Council practice

Sumo grand champion Kakuryu (R) takes part in Yokozuna Deliberation Council practice at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna practice

Grand champions Kisenosato (L) and Kakuryu get to grips with each other during practice in front of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo wrestler Hakuho

Grand sumo champion Hakuho (L) trains at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 5, 2018, in front of Yokozuna Deliberation Council members ahead of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting in Tokyo on Jan. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo council

Masato Kitamura, chief of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. Kitamura heads the panel that oversees the quality of the grand champions of the sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo advisory body calls for Harumafuji to face "harsh punishment"

A press conference is held after a Yokozuna Deliberation Council meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2017. The council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, has agreed on the need for "extremely harsh punishment" to be meted out to grand champion Harumafuji over his assault on a lower-ranked wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo advisory body calls for Harumafuji to face "harsh punishment"

The Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, holds a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2017. The council has agreed on the need for "extremely harsh punishment" to be meted out to grand champion Harumafuji over his assault on a lower-ranked wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo advisory body calls for Harumafuji to face "harsh punishment"

Combined photo shows Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (L) and Masato Kitamura, chairman of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, attending a meeting of the council in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2017. The council has agreed on the need for "extremely harsh punishment" to be meted out to grand champion Harumafuji over his assault on a lower-ranked wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho receives special award for all-time wins record

Sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) receives a work of Japanese calligraphy from the Yokozuna Deliberation Council at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2017, for surpassing former ozeki Kaio's all-time record of 1,047 career wins during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kisenosato to be named 72nd yokozuna

Ozeki Kisenosato attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017, when the Yokozuna Deliberation Council recommended his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kisenosato to be named 72nd yokozuna

Ozeki Kisenosato concludes a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017, when the Yokozuna Deliberation Council recommended his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kisenosato to be named 72nd yokozuna

Ozeki Kisenosato concludes a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017, when the Yokozuna Deliberation Council recommended his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kisenosato to be named 72nd yokozuna

Ozeki Kisenosato attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017, when the Yokozuna Deliberation Council recommended his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kisenosato to be named 72nd yokozuna

Ozeki Kisenosato attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017, when the Yokozuna Deliberation Council recommended his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kisenosato to be named 72nd yokozuna

Ozeki Kisenosato attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017, when the Yokozuna Deliberation Council recommended his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kisenosato to be named 72nd yokozuna

Photo shows a meeting of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, a Japan Sumo Association advisory body, in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017, which recommended the promotion of ozeki Kisenosato to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Musashimaru remains undecided whether to enter autumn basho

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru locks horns with a fellow wrestler before Yokozuna Deliberation Council members at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 1. Musashimaru, who pulled out early from July's Nagoya tourney due to a nagging left wrist injury, said he remains undecided whether to enter the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Deliberation Council issues warning to Asashoryu

TOKYO, Japan - The Yokozuna Deliberation Council holds a meeting July 21 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena prior to making an official request to Japan Sumo Association chairman Kitanoumi to instruct Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu to obey the rules of sumo etiquette inside and outside the ring. Asashoryu caused a fracas at the just-ended Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament by becoming the first grand champion in the ancient sport to lose through disqualification. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna body recommends Asashoryu be promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 27 to discuss Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu's promotion to yokozuna. They recommended promoting Asashoryu to sumo's highest rank. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu recommended to be promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu smiles at a press conference at his Takasago stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Jan. 27 after he was recommended by the Yokozuna Deliberation Council to be promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna. (Kyodo)