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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R) beats ozeki Kakuryu in a playoff on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2014, after both wrestlers finished with identical 14-1 records. Hakuho won his 28th career championship.

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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (L) beats ozeki Kakuryu in a playoff on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2014, after both wrestlers finished with identical 14-1 records. Hakuho won his 28th career championship.

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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R) beats ozeki Kakuryu in a playoff on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2014, after both wrestlers finished with identical 14-1 records. Hakuho won his 28th career championship.

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Harumafuji beats Hakuho

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Harumafuji (L) sends yokozuna Hakuho out of the dohyo at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, capturing his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers are Mongolians.

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Harumafuji beats Hakuho

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Harumafuji (L) sends yokozuna Hakuho out of the dohyo at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, capturing his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers are Mongolians.

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Sumo stables searched after sumo wrestlers fail marijuana tests

TOKYO, Japan - Russian sumo wrestler Roho speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after he and his brother sumo wrestler Hakurozan tested positive for marijuana. Both Roho, 28, and Hakurozan, 26, have categorically denied using cannabis.

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Ozeki Tochiazuma beats No. 9 maegashira Dejima

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Tochiazuma forces ninth-ranked maegashira Dejima out of the ring at Tokyo's Rogoku Kokugikan on May 23, day 12 of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers stand at 9-3.

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Sekiwake Kaio throws Dejima for 2nd loss in Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Kaio (R) dumps ozeki Dejima out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 16, leaving both wrestlers at 6-2 in the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Kotonishiki topples Takanohana in Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Rank-and-filer Kotonishiki (L) topples four-time defending champion Takanohana out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 5, the second day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers have one win and one loss apiece in the 15-day event.

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Chiyotaikai beats Waka for New Year sumo crown

Sekiwake Chiyotaikai (R) defeats yokozuna Wakanohana in a playoff to win the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament championship at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 24. Chiyotaikai's victory came in the third bout with Wakanohana on the same day -- the first was the day's regular match-up, which left both at 13-2 for the tourney and forced a play-off for the championship. Chiyo then won the Emperor's Cup in a playoff rematch because the first playoff bout was ruled a tie by the ringside judges, who said both wrestlers had touched the ground at the same time.

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Retired Kyokutenho attends topknot cutting ceremony

Former yokozuna Asashoryu cuts part of the topknot of retired sumo wrestler Kyokutenho at a hair-cutting ceremony on May 29, 2016, in Tokyo. Both sumo wrestlers hail from Mongolia and Kyokutenho, now stable master Oshima, acquired Japanese citizenship in 2005. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harumafuji beats Hakuho

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Harumafuji (L) sends yokozuna Hakuho out of the dohyo at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, capturing his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers are Mongolians. (Kyodo)

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Harumafuji beats Hakuho

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Harumafuji (L) sends yokozuna Hakuho out of the dohyo at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, capturing his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers are Mongolians. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Kisenosato, Takayasu remain in lead at Spring tourney

New grand champion Kisenosato (R) defeats sekiwake Kotoshogiku on the ninth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Edion Arena Osaka on March 20, 2017. Kisenosato and sekiwake Takayasu, both wrestlers of the Tagonoura stable, remained in a share of the lead with 9-0 records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kisenosato, Takayasu remain in lead at Spring tourney

New grand champion Kisenosato (R) defeats sekiwake Kotoshogiku on the ninth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Edion Arena Osaka on March 20, 2017. Kisenosato and sekiwake Takayasu, both wrestlers of the Tagonoura stable, remained in a share of the lead with 9-0 records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sekiwake Kaio throws Dejima for 2nd loss in Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Kaio (R) dumps ozeki Dejima out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 16, leaving both wrestlers at 6-2 in the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Bad day at the office for yokozuna Musashimaru

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (L) grimaces as he is pushed out by top-ranked maegashira Kotoryu at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 10. Both wrestlers finished the day with a 1-1 record in the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Kotonishiki topples Takanohana in Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Rank-and-filer Kotonishiki (L) topples four-time defending champion Takanohana out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 5, the second day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers have one win and one loss apiece in the 15-day event.

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Kotonishiki topples Takanohana in Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Rank-and-filer Kotonishiki (L) topples four-time defending champion Takanohana out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 5, the second day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers have one win and one loss apiece in the 15-day event.

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Chiyotaikai beats Waka for New Year sumo crown

Sekiwake Chiyotaikai (R) defeats yokozuna Wakanohana in a playoff to win the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament championship at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 24. Chiyotaikai's victory came in the third bout with Wakanohana on the same day -- the first was the day's regular match-up, which left both at 13-2 for the tourney and forced a play-off for the championship. Chiyo then won the Emperor's Cup in a playoff rematch because the first playoff bout was ruled a tie by the ringside judges, who said both wrestlers had touched the ground at the same time.