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Sumo: Summer tournament champ Onosato

Onosato shows a message he wrote on a square piece of paper thanking the people of Ishikawa Prefecture for supporting him during a press conference held at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 27, 2024, a day after he won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in just his seventh tourney as a pro. The 23-year-old hails from the Ishikawa Prefecture town of Tsubata.

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Sumo: Summer tournament champ Onosato

Onosato is pictured after attending a press conference held at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 27, 2024, a day after he won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in just his seventh tourney as a pro.

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Sumo: Summer tournament champ Onosato

Onosato is pictured after attending a press conference held at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 27, 2024, a day after he won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in just his seventh tourney as a pro.

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Sumo: Summer tournament champ Onosato

Onosato attends a press conference held at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 27, 2024, a day after he won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in just his seventh tourney as a pro.

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Sumo: Summer tournament champ Onosato

Onosato attends a press conference held at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 27, 2024, a day after he won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in just his seventh tourney as a pro.

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Sumo: Summer tournament champ Onosato

Onosato attends a press conference held at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 27, 2024, a day after he won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in just his seventh tourney as a pro.

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Harumafuji falls at New Year sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji (front) is pushed down by fourth-ranked maegashira Jokoryu on the seventh day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17, 2015, suffering his first loss in the 15-day event.

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Hakuho still unbeaten at New Year sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (L) narrowly forces komusubi Takayasu out of the ring on the seventh day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17, 2015. Hakuho, who is gunning for his 33rd career title to surpass Taiho in sumo's pantheon, remains unbeaten.

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Ishikawa 56th at PGA Championship

CHASKA, United States - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the seventh hole in the final round of the U.S. PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota on Aug. 16. The 17-year-old Ishikawa, the youngest competitor in U.S. PGA Championship history, turned in his best round of the tournament the same day with an even-par 72 to finish tied for 56th in the tourney.

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Yokozuna Asashoryu remains unbeaten at summer sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia (R) forces No. 2 maegashira Tamanoshima out of the ring on the seventh day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 19.

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Asashoryu remains unbeaten at Nagoya sumo tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu (R) walloped fellow Mongolian Kyokushuzan to remain in a share of the lead with No. 7 maegashira Miyabiyama with an unblemished record on the seventh day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 10.

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Asashoryu slams Kotomitsuki

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Asashoryu slams former sekiwake Kotomitsuki to the ring's surface at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 13 for his seventh win and a share of the lead in the tourney with ozeki Chiyotaikai and former ozeki Takanonami.

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Musashimaru backs out Kotonowaka at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (R) backs fourth-ranked maegashira Kotonowaka out of the ring at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 17 for his seventh straight win of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. The Samoan-born grand champion shares the lead in the 15-day tourney with sekiwake Tochiazuma and No. 10 maegashira Hayateumi.

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Musashimaru backs out Kotonowaka at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (R) backs fourth-ranked maegashira Kotonowaka out of the ring at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 17 for his seventh straight win of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. The Samoan-born grand champion shares the lead in the 15-day tourney with sekiwake Tochiazuma and No. 10 maegashira Hayateumi.

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Ishikawa 56th at PGA Championship

CHASKA, United States - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the seventh hole in the final round of the U.S. PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota on Aug. 16. The 17-year-old Ishikawa, the youngest competitor in U.S. PGA Championship history, turned in his best round of the tournament the same day with an even-par 72 to finish tied for 56th in the tourney. (Kyodo)