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Egyptian-born Osunaarashi beats Yoshikaze

NAGOYA, Japan - Egyptian-born Osunaarashi throws down Yoshikaze on the 14th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 26, 2014. Sumo's first wrestler from Africa will aim to pick up his eighth win on July 27, the final day of the 15-day event.

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Hakuho beats Yoshikaze at Nagoya sumo tournament

NAOGYA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (L) takes down Yoshikaze during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 17, 2014.

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Harumafuji falls, Hakuho, Kakuryu still standing on 4th day

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji (L) is brought down by second-ranked maegashira Yoshikaze on the fourth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 16, 2014. Harumafuji suffered his first loss in the 15-day competition.

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Hakuho marches on at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) takes out Yoshikaze on July 12, 2011, on the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya.

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Hakuho marches on at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) yanks down Yoshikaze by the back of the neck to floor the second-ranked maegashira at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011.

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Kaio beats Yoshikaze

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran ozeki Kaio (R) demolishes Yoshikaze on Jan. 12, 2011, the fourth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Kaio improved to a 3-1 mark.

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Hakuho slaps down Yoshikaze

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) slaps down rank-and-filer Yoshikaze on the ninth day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2010.

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Yoshikaze vs. Kokkai

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikaze (front) topples Georgian Kokkai in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Rygoku Kokugikan on Sept. 24, 2010.

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Yoshikaze perfect record at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshikaze (L), a No. 9 maegashira, bundles Shotenro over the edge from behind to remain tied at the top with grand champions Hakuho and Asashoryu at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 21, 2009.

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Asashoryu scrapes 7th win to share lead with Hakuho, Tochiozan

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu (R) gives a late shove to Yoshikaze after the No.2 maegashira was already over the straw ridge, scraping a 7th win at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17. The yokozuna retained his share of the lead heading into the second week of the tourney with Hakuho and Tochiozan.

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Hakuho beats Yoshikaze for unblemished score at sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (top) squashes No. 2 maegashira Yoshikaze, keeping his share of the lead with Asashoryu, sekiwake Baruto and rank-and-filer Tochiozan on the fifth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 15.

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Harumafuji beaten by Yoshikaze at New Year sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R) is sent out of the ring by second-ranked maegashira Yoshikaze on the first day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 11.

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Hakuho, Miyabiyama remain tied for lead at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Seventh-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama (L) sends twelfth-ranked maegashira Yoshikaze out of the ring on the 10th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 18.

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Hakuho, Miyabiyama remain tied for lead at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Seventh-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama (L) sends twelfth-ranked maegashira Yoshikaze out of the ring on the 10th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 18. (Kyodo)

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Harumafuji beaten by Yoshikaze at New Year sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R) is sent out of the ring by second-ranked maegashira Yoshikaze on the first day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 11. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho beats Yoshikaze for unblemished score at sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (top) squashes No. 2 maegashira Yoshikaze, keeping his share of the lead with Asashoryu, sekiwake Baruto and rank-and-filer Tochiozan on the fifth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 15. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu scrapes 7th win to share lead with Hakuho, Tochiozan

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu (R) gives a late shove to Yoshikaze after the No.2 maegashira was already over the straw ridge, scraping a 7th win at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17. The yokozuna retained his share of the lead heading into the second week of the tourney with Hakuho and Tochiozan. (Kyodo)

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Yoshikaze defeats yokozuna Harumafuji

Yokozuna Harumafuji (R) succumbs to fifth-ranked maegashira Yoshikaze on July 18, 2016, the ninth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No change at the top as Hakuho and Kisenosato remain unbeaten

Ozeki Kisenosato (R) pushes No. 4 maegashira Yoshikaze out of the ring on the eighth day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 15, 2016, to remain unbeaten. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kotoshogiku in cycling training

Kotoshogiku (far R), winner of the January 2016 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, straddles a bicycle at Chiba Velodrome in Chiba, near Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2016. Kotoshogiku trained at the track with professional cyclists. At far left is fellow sumo wrestler Yoshikaze. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho remains unbeaten at New Year sumo tournament

Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia pushes down sekiwake Yoshikaze on the eighth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17, 2016, remaining unbeaten. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Kakuryu wins on 1st day of New Year sumo tournament

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia (L) slaps down sekiwake Yoshikaze on the first day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoshikaze to make sekiwake debut at New Year tourney

Veteran sumo wrestler Yoshikaze points to his name on the "banzuke" rankings list for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2015. Yoshikaze has been promoted to the sport's third-highest rank of sekiwake ahead of the New Year meet beginning Jan. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho marks return with win, Kakuryu shocked on 1st day of Kyushu sumo

Yokozuna Kakuryu of Mongolia is forced out of the ring by komusubi Yoshikaze at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2015, the opening day of the 15-day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoshikaze downs Kakuryu to continue giant-killing

No. 1 maegashira Yoshikaze (L) pushes Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu out of the ring on the third-day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho falls for 2nd straight day at Autumn sumo

Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho is forced down by No. 1 maegashira Yoshikaze on the second day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 14, 2015, suffering his second straight loss. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Yokozuna Kakuryu injures ankle, pulls out of summer meet

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu, seen in this undated photo, has withdrawn from the ongoing Summer Grand Sumo Tournament due to an injury to his left ankle, his stablemaster Izutsu said on May 18, 2017. Kakuryu fell to a 1-3 record a day earlier, losing to komusubi Yoshikaze. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho warned, apologizes for reckless final shove

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho sends defeated bloodied opponent Yoshikaze flying from the ring on the eighth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Edion Arena Osaka on March 20, 2016, causing serious injury to a ringside judge. Hakuho was given a verbal warning by sumo elder Isegahama the following day over the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoshikaze vs. Kokkai

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikaze (front) topples Georgian Kokkai in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Rygoku Kokugikan on Sept. 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho marches on at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) takes out Yoshikaze on July 12, 2011, on the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho marches on at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) yanks down Yoshikaze by the back of the neck to floor the second-ranked maegashira at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho slaps down Yoshikaze

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) slaps down rank-and-filer Yoshikaze on the ninth day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Kaio beats Yoshikaze

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran ozeki Kaio (R) demolishes Yoshikaze on Jan. 12, 2011, the fourth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Kaio improved to a 3-1 mark. (Kyodo)

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Kisenosato pulls out of New Year sumo meet

Sumo grand champion Kisenosato walks through Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18, 2018, after losing to Yoshikaze on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Kisenosato withdrew from the tournament on Jan. 19 due to a chest muscle injury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament 5th day

Grand champion Kisenosato leaves the raised ring after losing to Yoshikaze on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament 5th day

Yoshikaze (R) forces out grand champion Kisenosato on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18, 2018. Kisenosato fell to a 1-4 record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament 5th day

Grand champion Kisenosato (R) loses to Yoshikaze on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18, 2018, falling to a 1-4 record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament 5th day

Grand champion Kisenosato (L) falls off the raised ring as he loses to Yoshikaze on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18, 2018, dropping to a 1-4 record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament 4th day

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) is defeated by Yoshikaze on the fourth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17, 2018, falling to a 2-2 record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament 4th day

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) is defeated by Yoshikaze on the fourth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17, 2018, falling to a 2-2 record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo practice

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu (L) wrestles with Yoshikaze during practice in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo scandal

Colorful banners showing the names of sponsors offering prize money are shown ahead of a sumo bout between Kisenosato (R) and Yoshikaze on the opening day of the Summer Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 14, 2017. In the wake of yokozuna Harumafuji's retirement following his assault of a lower-ranked wrestler, some companies are considering reducing their sponsorships at future tournaments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo grand champion Hakuho

Sumo grand champion Hakuho (L) is sent crashing out of the ring by sekiwake Yoshikaze on the 11th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2017. The yokozuna suffered his first loss in the 15-day tourney. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Former ozeki Kotoshogiku surges to 4th win in Tokyo

Former ozeki Kotoshogiku (R) throws down Yoshikaze, cruising to his fourth win during the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho stays unbeaten to share lead in Nagoya sumo

Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (R) pushes komusubi Yoshikaze out of the ring in the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 13, 2017, staying tied for the lead on the fifth day of the 15-day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Harumafuji beaten on opening day of Nagoya sumo

Yokozuna Harumafuji of Mongolia (R) is pushed out of the ring by komusubi Yoshikaze on the opening day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Yokozuna Kakuryu injures ankle, pulls out of summer meet

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu (front) steps out of the ring after being pushed by komusubi Yoshikaze on May 17, 2017, the fourth day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Kakuryu has withdrawn from the tournament due to an injury to his ankle, his stablemaster Izutsu said May 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kisenosato crashes to opening-day upset at Summer basho

Komuzubi Yoshikaze (L) pushes yokozuna (grand champion) Kisenosato (R) out of the ring on the opening day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kisenosato crashes to opening-day upset at Summer basho

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kisenosato (R) looks down after being pushed out of the ring by komusubi Yoshikaze (L) on the opening day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kisenosato crashes to opening-day upset at Summer basho

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kisenosato (R) is pushed out of the ring by komusubi Yoshikaze on the opening day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo