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Sumo: Kitanofuji vs. Takanohana

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 13 Kyodo - Yokozuna Kitanofuji (top) pushes down sekiwake Takanohana on the eighth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 1972. The referee initially declared Takanohana the winner, citing the fact that Kitanofuji's right hand touched the ring first, but the ringside judges, who have the final say, raised an objection to the judgement and reversed the decision based on a sumo rule allowing a wrestler to touch down first to avoid injury.(Kyodo)

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Takanohana serves bowls of ''chanko'' to quake victims

NAGAOKA, Japan - Retired yokozuna Takanohana (L) serves bowls of ''chanko'' to residents of quake-hit Yamakoshi Village now taking shelter in temporary-built houses in Nagaoka on Dec. 26. ''Chanko,'' a dish routinely eaten by sumo wrestlers, is made by boiling chicken, fish and vegetables in soup.

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Goeido at press conference after unbeaten autumn run

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament champion Goeido holds a press conference at his Sakaigawa stable in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2016, a day after ending the tournament with a 15-0 record. The ozeki became the first Japanese sumo wrestler to win a tournament with a perfect record since former yokozuna Takanohana did so in 1996.

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Sumo applicant

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster and former yokozuna Takanohana (R) measures the height of a Nippon Sport Science University senior at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on March 5, 2011. Sumo drew the fewest new recruits ever in light of a match fixing scandal as the Japan Sumo Association tested just 36 applicants the same day.

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Takanohana visits elementary school

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana conducts a gym exercise with children at an elementary school in Fukuoka on Dec. 3, 2010. Takanohana was invited as a guest teacher to the school as part of a program organized by the Japan Football Association.

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Takanohana visits elementary school

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana does sumo warm-up exercises with children at an elementary school in Fukuoka on Dec. 3, 2010. Takanohana was invited as a guest teacher to the school as part of a program organized by the Japan Football Association.

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Takanohana elected to Japan Sumo Association board

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana attends an election at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010, to elect the 10 directors of the Japan Sumo Association. Reform-minded Takanohana, who was among 11 candidates running in the governing body's first board election in eight years, was elected.

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Takanohana elected to JSA board

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stable master and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana casts his ballot to elect the 10 directors of the Japan Sumo Association at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010. Reform-minded Takanohana, who was among the 11 candidates running in the governing body's first board election in eight years, was elected to the board.

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Takanohana elected to Japan Sumo Association board

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa arrives at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010, for an election to elect the 10 directors of the association. Reform-minded former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana was elected to the board in the governing body's first election in eight years.

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Takanohana elected to Japan Sumo Association board

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster and former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana fills in his ballot at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1, 2010, to elect the 10 directors of the Japan Sumo Association. Reform-minded Takanohana, who was among 11 candidates running in the governing body's first board election in eight years, was elected.

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Takanohana files candidacy for sumo board

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana is surrounded by media staff at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 28, 2010, after filing his candidacy papers for the Japan Sumo Association's 10-man board of directors. His candidacy forces a board election for the first time in eight years as a total of 11 sumo stable masters filed their candidacies.

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Takanohana files candidacy for sumo board

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 28, 2010, after filing his candidacy papers for the Japan Sumo Association's 10-man board of directors. His candidacy forces a board election for the first time in eight years as a total of 11 sumo stable masters filed their candidacies.

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Takanohana files for board of directors candidacy

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana files his candidacy for the Japan Sumo Association's 10-man board of directors at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2010. His candidacy forced a board election for the first time in eight years as a total of 11 sumo stable masters filed their candidacies. (Pool photo)

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) speaks to reporters at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors.

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) walks past a throng of photographers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors.

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JSA reprimands sumo elder Takanohana

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi reprimanded stable master and former yokozuna Takanohana on July 18 for making critical comments about the sumo body in television programs.. Photo shows Takanohana after meeting with sumo offiials.

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(2)France marks national day at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Former sumo yokozuna Takanohana (R) and French Trade Minister Francois Loos look up at exhibits in the French pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition on the country's national day on April 14. Takanohana is honorary curator of the French pavilion.

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Asashoryu extends winning run at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Asashoryu (R) overcame Kakizoe to extend his winning streak to 32 on the second day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on May 10. The Mongolian yokozuna posted 31 consecutive victories on May 9, surpassing former yokozuna Takanohana's record of 30 straight wins set in 1994.

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Yokozuna Takanohana discusses retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana speaks at a press conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20 about his retirement from sumo. The 30-year-old grand champion won 22 tournament championships during his career.

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Yokozuna Takanohana quits sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana's stablemaster Futagoyama, who is also the wrestler's father, leaves his sumo stable in Tokyo on Jan. 20. He notified Japan Sumo Association (JSA) chairman Kitanoumi the same day of Takanohana's decision to step down from the ring.

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Takanohana falls to 2nd straight loss

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) gets manhandled by fourth-ranked maegashira to suffer his second straight defeat at the Neww Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 19. Takanohana slipped to 4-3 with one day's rest due to a shoulder injury.

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Takanohana announces retirement from sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana attends a news conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20 to announce his retirement from sumo.

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(3)Yokozuna Takanohana quits sumo

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian in front of Tokyo's Japan Railway Shimbashi station on Jan. 20 reads a flash one-page newspaper edition reporting Yokozuna Takanohana's retirement from sumo the same day.

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(2)Yokozuna Takanohana quits sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (file photo) decided to retire from sumo Jan. 20. Takanohana, who was still recovering from a knee injury, fell to fourth-ranked maegashira Aminishiki on the eighth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan the previous day, leaving the 22-time Emperor's Cup winner with a 4-3 record, with one rest day.

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Takanohana suffers second loss

TOKYO, Japan - Third-ranked maegashira Dejima (R) crushes yokozuna Takanohana out of the raised-ring to hand him his second loss at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18.

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Yokozuna Takanohana beats No.1 maegashira Tosanoumi

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) pushes top-ranked maegashita Tosanoumi out of the ring on the sixth day of the 15-day the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 17.

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Yokozuna Takanohana beats No. 2 maegashira Toki

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (L) pushes second-ranked maegashira Toki out of the ring in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 16, day five of the 15-day tournament. Takanohana had pulled out of the tournament on Jan. 15 with a shoulder injury, but returned on Thursday.

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(3)Yokozuna Takanohana withdraws from New Year tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) apparently suffered a shoulder injury when he crashed onto the clay following a leg-sweeping throw by top-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama (L) in a bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 13. Takanohana decided to pull out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 14.

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(2)Yokozuna Takanohana withdraws from New Year tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Futagoyama, master of Futagoyama Stable to which yokozuna Takanohana belongs, speaks to reporters Jan. 14 on the yokozuna's pullout from the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament that began at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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(1)Yokozuna Takanohana withdraws from New Year tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 13 shows yokozuna Takanohana who decided to pull out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 14. Takanohana apparently suffered a shoulder injury Jan. 13 when he crashed onto the clay following a leg-sweeping throw by top-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama in a bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Takanohana heating up with 2nd win at New Year's sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana throws down No. 1 maegashira Miyabiyama to earn his second straight win in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 13.

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Takanohana wins at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (front), who returned after missing the Kyushu meet in November because of a pesky knee injury, wins on the first day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament Jan. 12 by toppling komusubi Wakanosato out of the ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Takanohana to wrestle at New Year meet

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana practices in preparation for the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 9. Stable master Futagoyama said Takanohana has shown a firm resolve to participate in the Jan. 12-26 meet.

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Yokozuna Takanohana, Musashimaru perform dhyo-iri at Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana (R) performs the dohyo-iri or ''entering the ring'' ceremony Jan. 6 at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine. His fellow yokozuna Musashimaru also performed the dohyo-iri before about 6,000 visitors to the shrine.

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Takanohana speaks about New Year's sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 24 after the Japan Sumo Association released the list of rankings for the upcoming New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament. Takanohana dropped out of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in November due to a knee injury.

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Yokozuna Takanohana resumes training

TOKYO, Japan - Injury-plagued yokozuna Takanohana starts his bid to return to the ring in time for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament as he resumes training on Dec. 7. ''My knee has not given me any problems at all today. I'll just continue training at my own pace,'' said Takanohana, who went through a light one-hour workout at the Futagoyama stable in Tokyo's Nakano Ward.

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Takanohana speaks on absence from Kyushu tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana briefs reporters Nov. 8 on his decision to drop out of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening Nov. 10 in Fukuoka.

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Yokozuna Takanohana to drop out of Kyushu tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (file photo) has decided to drop out of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening Nov. 10 in Fukuoka, as his knee injury has worsened, his stable master Futagoyama said Nov. 8.

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Takanohana speaks about Kyushu sumo tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana speaks on Oct. 28 about the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka after the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings earlier in the day for the Nov. 10-24 meet.

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(1)Musashimaru wins aumumn sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Samoan-born grand champion Musashimaru (R) pushes fellow yokozuna Takanohana out of the ring to claim his 12th Emperor's Cup with a 13-2 record in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 22.

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(3)Musashimaru wins aumumn sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana is surrounded by reporters after losing a match against Musashimaru to miss winning the Emperor's Cup on the last day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 22.

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(1)Taka, Musashimaru win to set up yokozuna showdown

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana defeated ozeki Kaio with an over-the-arm throw at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 21. Takanohana (12-2) set up a mega-showdown with rival grand champion Musashimaru on the Sept. 22 final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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(2)Taka, Musashimaru win to set up yokozuna showdown

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru prevailed over ozeki Chiyotaikai with an elbow-clamp force-out for his 12th win against two losses at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 21. Musashimaru is to face yokozuna Takanohana on the Sept. 22 final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Takanohana moves into joint lead

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (L) pulls a rampaging ozeki Chiyotaikai into a three-way tie for the lead with two days left in the 15-day autumn sumo tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 20.

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Takanohana remains in tie for 2nd place

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (L) has minimum trouble disposing of Musoyama to remain in a tie for second place at 10-2 with ozeki Kaio and Chiyotaikai at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 19.

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Navratilova watches sumo matches

TOKYO, Japan - Former tennis star Martina Navratilova (L) shakes hands with yokozuna Takanohana after the 11th day matches of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 18. Navratilova is visiting Japan to join the Toyota Princess Cup competition.

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Takanohana beats Asashoryu at autumn sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) beats a pugnacious ozeki Asashoryu with a beautifully executed belt throw on the 11th day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 18.

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Takanohana gets 8th win

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana claims his eighth victory to secure a winning record by shoving No. 4 maegashira Takanowaka over the straw ridge at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 17.

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Yokozuna Takanohana rolls on at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (R) pushes second-ranked maegashira Toki out of the ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 16, day nine of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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(1)Takanohana solid, Asashoryu marches on at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana (R) pushes sekiwake Wakanosato out of the ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 15, day eight of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.