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Figure Skating: Sakamoto

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2025, a day after winning her fifth straight women's singles title at the national championships and earning a place at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February.

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Oita Int'l Wheelchair Marathon

OITA, Japan - Marcel Hug of Switzerland wins the men's event at the 34th Oita International Wheelchair Marathon in the city of Oita, southern Japan, on Nov. 9, 2014. Hug won the title for the fifth straight time.

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China newspapers on Uchimura's 5th straight world title

NANNING, China - Chinese newspapers, dated Oct. 10, 2014, are seen carrying stories on Japan's Kohei Uchimura winning a fifth straight all-around title at the gymnastics world championships in Nanning, China, the previous day.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura stands on the center of the podium on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, after breaking his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships. To his left is Britain's silver medalist Max Whitlock and right is Japan's bronze medalist Yusuke Tanaka.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, shows Japan's Kohei Uchimura, who broke his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships.

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer (R) of Switzerland, holding the winner's trophy, and Andy Murray of Britain with the runner-up plate, pose for photographers during the men's singles awards ceremony of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8. Federer beat Murray in straight sets in the final to capture his fifth straight men's singles title.

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer returns a shot to Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8. Federer prevailed 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to capture his fifth straight men's singles title.

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer poses with the winner's trophy after capturing his fifth straight men's singles title in the U.S. Open tennis tournament by beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the final Sept. 8.

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer poses with the winner's trophy after capturing his fifth straight men's singles title in the U.S. Open tennis tournament by beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the final Sept. 8.

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer is jubilant after beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8 for his fifth straight men's singles title.

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer celebrates after beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8 for his fifth straight men's singles title.

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Uemura wins 5th straight World Cup event

VALMALENCO, Italy - Newly crowned moguls World Cup champion Aiko Uemura continued her dominance March 15, winning her fifth straight title with a convincing victory in the final event of the season. Uemura, who became the first Japanese to capture the overall World Cup moguls crown a week earlier, put the icing on the cake to a brilliant season, winning the event with a score of 24.50.

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Niida KOs Varela to retain WBC minimumweight title 7th time

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yutaka Niida (L) lands a left straight on the face of Jose Varela of Venezuela in the fifth round of a WBC minimumweight title match at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March 1. Niida knocked out the Venezuelan in the sixth round to successfully defend his WBA crown for the seventh time.

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Yoshida, Sakamoto win gold at world championships

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Reigning Olympic champion Saori Yoshida smiles on the podium after claiming her fifth straight title in the women's 55-kilogram weight class at the world wrestling championships in Baku on Sept. 22.

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Yoshida, Sakamoto win gold at world championships

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Reigning Olympic champion Saori Yoshida bites her gold medal on the podium after claiming her fifth straight title in the women's 55-kilogram weight class at the world wrestling championships in Baku on Sept. 22.

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (R) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament.

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (C) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament.

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Zhang leads China to 5th straight Uber Cup title

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic gold medalist Zhang Ning (3rd from left) edged silver medalist Mia Audina Tjiptawan at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on May 6 as China beat the Netherlands 3-0 for its fifth straight Uber Cup women's world team title and 10th overall .

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Bekele wins 5th straight world cross country double

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele achieves an unprecedented feat of winning a short and long race double for the fifth straight year when he added the men's 12-kilometer title to his 4-km victory at the world cross country championships in Fukuoaka on April 2.

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Fudo wins Tour Championship and JLPGA money title

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yuri Fudo holds up her trophy at Miyazaki Country Club on Nov. 28 after winning the Japan LPGA Tour Championship. Fudo claimed her seventh title of the year that gave her a record fifth straight money title on the tour.

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Fudo takes charge after JLPGA Tour C'ship 1st-round

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Defending champion Yuri Fudo (R) and teen star Ai Miyazato play together in the first round of the season-ending Japan LPGA Tour Championship at Miyazaki Country Club on Nov. 25. Fudo made a perfect start in her quest for a record fifth straight money title by shooting a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead over Miyazato.

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Nomura defends 60-kg title

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tadahiro Nomura (L), who will be aiming to capture a third straight Olympic gold this summer, defends his title with a win over Tatsuaki Egusa in the 60-kilogram class at the men's weight category national championships at Fukuoka City Civic Gymnasium on April 4. It was his fifth overall weight-category title.

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Asashoryu wins at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu, aiming for his second straight victory and fifth overall title, pushes komusubi Iwakiyama out of the ring on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 9.

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Triumphant Tamura returns home

NARITA, Japan - With a Japanese national flag in hand, Ryoko Tamura who won an unprecedented fifth straight title at the world judo championships in Germany, smiles at supporters on arrival at Narita airport August 1.

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(1)Tamura wins 5th straight at world judo c'ships

MUNICH, Germany - Ryoko Tamura (L) edges North Korean challenger Ri Kyong Ok by the narrowest of margins -- a 2-1 referees' decision -- to win an unprecedented fifth straight title at the world judo championships on July 29. With some 200 Japanese supporters cheering from the stands, Tamura had enough strength in her shaky right knee to hoist Ri off the mat with an attempted uchimata throw at Munich's Olympic Hall -- which was just enough to convince the judges she deserved to win.

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Tokuyama retains WBC super flyweight title

SEOUL, South Korea - World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (R) lands a lightning right straight on the jaw of former champion Cho In Ju (L) of South Korea for a knockout in the fifth round in Seoul on May 20. Tokuyama, a third-generation pro-Pyongyang Korean living in Japan, defended his title for the second time.

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Fudo takes charge after JLPGA Tour C'ship 1st-round

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Defending champion Yuri Fudo (R) and teen star Ai Miyazato play together in the first round of the season-ending Japan LPGA Tour Championship at Miyazaki Country Club on Nov. 25. Fudo made a perfect start in her quest for a record fifth straight money title by shooting a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead over Miyazato. (Kyodo)

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Fudo wins Tour Championship and JLPGA money title

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yuri Fudo holds up her trophy at Miyazaki Country Club on Nov. 28 after winning the Japan LPGA Tour Championship. Fudo claimed her seventh title of the year that gave her a record fifth straight money title on the tour. (Kyodo)

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Bekele wins 5th straight world cross country double

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele achieves an unprecedented feat of winning a short and long race double for the fifth straight year when he added the men's 12-kilometer title to his 4-km victory at the world cross country championships in Fukuoaka on April 2. (Kyodo)

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Zhang leads China to 5th straight Uber Cup title

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic gold medalist Zhang Ning (3rd from left) edged silver medalist Mia Audina Tjiptawan at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on May 6 as China beat the Netherlands 3-0 for its fifth straight Uber Cup women's world team title and 10th overall . (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (C) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (R) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament. (Kyodo)

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Yoshida, Sakamoto win gold at world championships

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Reigning Olympic champion Saori Yoshida smiles on the podium after claiming her fifth straight title in the women's 55-kilogram weight class at the world wrestling championships in Baku on Sept. 22. (Kyodo)

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Yoshida, Sakamoto win gold at world championships

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Reigning Olympic champion Saori Yoshida bites her gold medal on the podium after claiming her fifth straight title in the women's 55-kilogram weight class at the world wrestling championships in Baku on Sept. 22. (Kyodo)

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Niida KOs Varela to retain WBC minimumweight title 7th time

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yutaka Niida (L) lands a left straight on the face of Jose Varela of Venezuela in the fifth round of a WBC minimumweight title match at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March 1. Niida knocked out the Venezuelan in the sixth round to successfully defend his WBA crown for the seventh time. (Kyodo)

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Uemura wins 5th straight World Cup event

VALMALENCO, Italy - Newly crowned moguls World Cup champion Aiko Uemura continued her dominance March 15, winning her fifth straight title with a convincing victory in the final event of the season. Uemura, who became the first Japanese to capture the overall World Cup moguls crown a week earlier, put the icing on the cake to a brilliant season, winning the event with a score of 24.50. (Kyodo)

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer returns a shot to Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8. Federer prevailed 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to capture his fifth straight men's singles title. (Kyodo)

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer returns a shot to Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8. Federer prevailed 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to capture his fifth straight men's singles title. (Kyodo)

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer (R) of Switzerland, holding the winner's trophy, and Andy Murray of Britain with the runner-up plate, pose for photographers during the men's singles awards ceremony of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8. Federer beat Murray in straight sets in the final to capture his fifth straight men's singles title. (Kyodo)

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer is jubilant after beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8 for his fifth straight men's singles title. (Kyodo)

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer celebrates after beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 8 for his fifth straight men's singles title. (Kyodo)

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer poses with the winner's trophy after capturing his fifth straight men's singles title in the U.S. Open tennis tournament by beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the final Sept. 8. (Kyodo)

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Federer wins 5th straight U.S. Open men's singles title

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer poses with the winner's trophy after capturing his fifth straight men's singles title in the U.S. Open tennis tournament by beating Andy Murray of Britain in straight sets in the final Sept. 8. (Kyodo)

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Tokuyama retains WBC super flyweight title

SEOUL, South Korea - World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (R) lands a lightning right straight on the jaw of former champion Cho In Ju (L) of South Korea for a knockout in the fifth round in Seoul on May 20. Tokuyama, a third-generation pro-Pyongyang Korean living in Japan, defended his title for the second time.

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Austria's Hirscher competes in World Cup alpine ski event

Marcel Hirscher of Austria skis his first run during the men's giant slalom competition at a World Cup alpine event in Naeba, central Japan, on Feb. 13, 2016. While still leading the overall World Cup standings, Hirscher fell short in capturing his fifth straight title, placing sixth in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China newspapers on Uchimura's 5th straight world title

NANNING, China - Chinese newspapers, dated Oct. 10, 2014, are seen carrying stories on Japan's Kohei Uchimura winning a fifth straight all-around title at the gymnastics world championships in Nanning, China, the previous day. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tamura wins 5th straight at world judo c'ships

MUNICH, Germany - Ryoko Tamura (L) edges North Korean challenger Ri Kyong Ok by the narrowest of margins -- a 2-1 referees' decision -- to win an unprecedented fifth straight title at the world judo championships on July 29. With some 200 Japanese supporters cheering from the stands, Tamura had enough strength in her shaky right knee to hoist Ri off the mat with an attempted uchimata throw at Munich's Olympic Hall -- which was just enough to convince the judges she deserved to win.

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Sumo: Ozeki Goeido crashes again, lead cut to 1 at Autumn tourney

Ozeki Goeido (R) is defeated by fifth-ranked maegashira Takakeisho at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 22, 2017, the 13th day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. It was a second straight shock defeat for Goeido, who is seeking a second career championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nomura defends 60-kg title

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tadahiro Nomura (L), who will be aiming to capture a third straight Olympic gold this summer, defends his title with a win over Tatsuaki Egusa in the 60-kilogram class at the men's weight category national championships at Fukuoka City Civic Gymnasium on April 4. It was his fifth overall weight-category title. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu wins at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu (background), aiming for his second straight victory and fifth overall title, pushes komusubi Iwakiyama out of the ring on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)