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Sumo: Onosato

New sekiwake Onosato points to a wooden plaque with his name and rank at the lodgings of his Nishinoseki stable in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, on July 1, 2024. Onosato was promoted to the third-highest rank by the Japan Sumo Association in its latest rankings released the same day.

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Sumo: Onosato

New sekiwake Onosato holds up the banzuke ranking sheet for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at the lodgings of his Nishinoseki stable in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, on July 1, 2024. Onosato was promoted to the third-highest rank by the Japan Sumo Association in its latest rankings released the same day.

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Sumo wrestler Ichinojo named outstanding new performer

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Ichinojo speaks during a ceremony at the Japan Pro Sports Awards in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2014, after being named an outstanding rookie performer. He achieved promotion to sumo's third-highest rank of sekiwake following his debut in the elite Makuuchi Division in September and compiled a majority of wins in November to retain his sekiwake status.

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Takekaze proves oldest wrestler to get "sekiwake" rank

TOKYO, Japan - Takekaze, the oldest sumo wrestler to reach the third-highest rank of "sekiwake" since World War II at 35 years and two months, points to his name in the rankings for the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014. He needed a record 68 tourneys to make sekiwake since entering the "makuuchi" upper division.

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Kisenosato incurs 3rd loss

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kisenosato (L back) is seen after losing to sekiwake Goeido (R) at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 13, 2013. It was Kisenosato's third and fatal loss during the tournament in his yokozuna bid.

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Kisenosato incurs 3rd loss

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kisenosato (front) loses to sekiwake Goeido at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 13, 2013. It was Kisenosato's third and fatal loss during the tournament in his yokozuna bid.

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Kaio fails at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (front) loses to sekiwake Kakuryu (back) on the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on July 12, 2011. Kaio again blew a chance to match the all-time career wins record of 1,045 held by former yokozuna Chiyonofuji, crashing to a third defeat in a row.

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Aran advances to sekiwake for autumn tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Russian sumo wrestler Aran points to his name on a new rankings list for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament between Sept. 12 and Sept. 26, at his stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Aug. 30, 2010. Aran made his debut as the first Russian sekiwake -- sumo's third-highest rank.

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Recipients of three special prizes at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Recipients of three special prizes the Japan Sumo Association gives to makuuchi division wrestlers on the final day of a tournament show off their trophies for the prizes on Jan. 24, 2010. (From L to R) No. 16 maegashira Toyohibiki, who earned his third Fighting Spirit Prize, Estonian sekiwake Baruto, the Outstanding Performance Prize winner, and Aminishiki, the sixth-ranked maegashira who won the Technique Prize.

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Veteran ozeki Kaio makes sumo history

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kaio throws down sekiwake Chiyotaikai on the third day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12, 2010, claiming his 808th win in sumo's elite makuuchi division to go top of the all-time win list.

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Veteran ozeki Kaio makes sumo history at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kaio throws down sekiwake Chiyotaikai on the third day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12, 2010, claiming his 808th win in sumo's elite makuuchi division to go top of the all-time win list.

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Veteran ozeki Kaio makes sumo history at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kaio is applauded by fans at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12, 2010, after claiming his 808th win in sumo's elite makuuchi division to go top of the all-time win list by beating sekiwake Chiyotaikai on the third day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Veteran ozeki Kaio makes sumo history

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kaio throws down sekiwake Chiyotaikai on the third day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12, 2010, claiming his 808th win in sumo's elite makuuchi division to go top of the all-time win list.

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Asashoryu sentences Chiyotaikai to fatal 8th defeat in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) lifts ozeki Chiyotaikai out to the ring to a fatal eighth loss on the 10th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 24, 2009. With the defeat, Chiyotaikai will now be demoted to sumo's third rank of sekiwake for the New Year meet in Tokyo in January, while Asashoryu retained his share of the lead with chief rival Hakuho with 10th win.

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Yokozuna Hakuho on course to claim 4th straight Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Yokozuna Hakuho (R) slaps down third-ranked Takekaze, retaining a share of the lead on 6-0 alongside Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu, Estonian sekiwake Baruto and rank-and-filer Tochiozan at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16.

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Mongolian sekiwake Ama suffers 1st loss at Kyshu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Ama (R) is forced out of the ring by fourth-ranked maegashita Kisenosato on the third day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 11.

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Mongolian sekiwake Ama wins on 2nd day of Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Ama (L) pushes third-ranked maegashira Hokutoriki out of the ring on the second day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 10.

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Mongolian sekiwake Ama wins on 1st day of Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Ama (L) throws down third-ranked maegashira Kotoshogiku in the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 9, day 1 of the 15-day competition.

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Kotomitsuki stays perfect on 3rd day of Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Kotomitsuki (R), an ozeki hopeful, stays unbeaten by beating top-ranked maegashira Asasekiryu on the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 10.

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Ama says 'my mother gave me a kiss' with sekiwake promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Ama, the newly promoted sekiwake from Mongolia, shows the rankings list for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association in Tokyo on April 25. He told reporters that ''my mother gave me kiss'' on the telephone when he called her in Mongolia and told her about his new sumo ranking. Ama, 23, is the fourth Mongolian wrestler to gain promotion to sekiwake, the third highest rank in sumo.

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Miyabiyama loses to Kotooshu at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Miyabiyama's (R) hopes of regaining the ozeki rank he lost five years go faded further as he lost a battle with ozeki Kotooshu (L) and dropped to his third loss on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 14.

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Kotooshu keeps clean slate with win at Autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Bulgarian sekiwake Kotooshu forces third-ranked maegashira Dejima out of the ring at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 17, day seven of the 15-day tournament.

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Kotooshu to fight as sekiwake at Autumn sumo

MATSUDO, Japan - Bulgarian bruiser Kotooshu (R) officially earned promotion to sekiwake, sumo's third rank, when the Japan Sumo Association on Aug. 29 issued the rankings for the Sept. 11-25 tournament in Tokyo. At left is his stablemaster Sadogatake.

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Kakuho suffers 3rd loss at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Newly promoted sekiwake Hakuho (R) was beaten by fourth-ranked maegashira Tochinonada on March 15 for his third loss at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.

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(2)Foreign young guns moving up for spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Hakuho of Mongolia shows his joy in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28 after being promoted to sekiwake, sumo's third-highest position, in the ranking list for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Tochiazuma suffers 3rd loss at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Tochiazuma (back) is blasted out by top-ranked maegashira Iwakiyama for his third loss on the 10th day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 18 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Tochiazuma needs 10 wins to return to his ozeki rank.

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Asashoryu suffers 3rd defeat at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) suffers his third defeat on the 12th day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 23. Asashoryu never got his attack rolling in the day's final bout and was quickly shown the exit by sekiwake Miyabiyama.

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Musashimaru defeated by Asashoryu

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Asashoryu (L) drives out yokozuna Musashimaru to mark his 12th win at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 20. Musashimaru suffered his third straight defeat.

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Asashoryu beats Tochinonada

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Asashoryu (background), who is trying to become the first Mongolian ozeki, flips No. 1 maegashira Tochinonada with a beautifully timed, well-executed combined arm-leg throw to win with a record of 3-0 on the third day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 9.

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Tochiazuma beaten by Kotomitsuki at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - New Year champion ozeki Tochiazuma (L) is pushed out of the ring by sekiwake Kotomitsuki for his third loss on the 10th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 19.

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Sekiwake Kotomitsuki beats No. 3 maegashira Tochinonada

OSAKA, Japan - Sekiwake Kotomitsuki (R) forces third-ranked maegashira Tochinonada out of the ring at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka on March 10, the opening day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Asashoryu promoted to sekiwake

TOKYO, Japan - Rising Mongoian sumo star Asashoryu points to his name in the new rankings after being promoted to the third-highest rank of sekiwake by the Japan Sumo Association on Dec. 25.

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Kotomitsuki defeats Tokitsuumi on day 2 of Kyushu tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sekiwake Kotomitsuki (L) thrusts down third-ranked maegashira Tokitsuumi at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 12 during the second day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Ozeki hopeful Kotomitsuki lost on the first day of the tourney.

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Kotomitsuki returns to sekiwake position at Kyushu sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Kotomitsuki, winner of last month's autumn sumo tournament, points to his name on a new ranking table at his stable in the town of Hisayama in Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 29. Kotomitsuki, who went 13-2 as a No. 2 maegashira to win the September tournament, regained sumo's third-highest rank of sekiwake for the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on the new ranking released by the Japan Sumo Association.

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Day 3 of Nagoya sumo tournament free of upsets

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (R) slaps down sekiwake Kotomitsuki on July 10, the third day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Kaio and the four other competing ozeki posted comfortable wins in a rare upset-free day at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.

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Kotomitsuki new sumo supernova

MATSUDO, Japan - Kotomitsuki poses outside his Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 20 after winning promotion to sumo's third highest rank of sekiwake. Kotomitsuki, wrestling as a No. 9 maegashira, was a surprise runner-up to grand champion Akebono at last month's Kyushu tourney with a 13-2 record.

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Hayateumi promoted to sekiwake for Kyushu sumo meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Newly promoted sekiwake Hayateumi displays the rankings for the Nov. 5-19 Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, which were announced by the Japan Sumo Association on Oct. 23. Hayateumi, a 25-year-old Oitekaze stable wrestler, needed just 16 tournaments since his professional debut to reach sumo's third-highest rank.

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Sentoryu makes elite makuuchi division

NAGOYA, Japan - Sentoryu (R), or Henry Miller from St. Louis, Missouri, on June 26 holds a new sumo rankings list for next month's Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The list shows he is to debut in the elite makuuchi division as a No. 13 maegashira. Sentoryu is the first wrestler from the mainland United States to reach the division. On left is Kaio, who takes over the top sekiwake position after winning the summer tournament as a komusubi. He will be listed at sumo's third-highest rank for the 21st time in his career.

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Miyabiyama, Musoyama beam as they see sumo rankings

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Musoyama (R) and sekiwake Miyabiyama, both of the Musashigawa stable, beam as they look at the new rankings released April 24 by the Japan Sumo Association. Musoyama joins yokozuna Musashimaru and ozeki Dejima in the elite ranks for the May 7-21 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Miyabiyama could become the Musashigawa stable's third ozeki if he posts 10 or more wins.

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Tochiazuma beats Tamakasuga in Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - In a hard-fought battle between sekiwake Tochiazuma (L) and top-ranked maegashira Tamakasuga, Tochiazuma comes out the winner on Nov. 14, the eighth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center. He remains on track to become the third sekiwake to win a tournament this year.

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Chiyotaikai, 2 others share lead in autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (R) turns in yet another solid performance on Sept. 15 to keep his slate clean for a share of the lead with sekiwake Kaio and maegashira Miyabiyama four days into the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. The photo shows Chiyotaikai throwing down third-ranked maegashira Toki in the middle of the ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Kaio throws down Musashimaru in Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Kaio (R) throws over yokozuna Musashimaru on the ninth day, July 12, of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Musashimaru's hand touched out of the ring first for his third loss in the 15-day tourney, leaving him two steps behind leaders yokozuna Akebono, ozeki Chiyotaikai and sekiwake Dejima. Kaio is 3-6.

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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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Kotomitsuki defeats Tokitsuumi on day 2 of Kyushu tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sekiwake Kotomitsuki (L) thrusts down third-ranked maegashira Tokitsuumi at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 12 during the second day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Ozeki hopeful Kotomitsuki lost on the first day of the tourney.

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Tochiazuma beaten by Kotomitsuki at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - New Year champion ozeki Tochiazuma (L) is pushed out of the ring by sekiwake Kotomitsuki for his third loss on the 10th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 19.

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Tochiazuma suffers 3rd loss at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Tochiazuma (back) is blasted out by top-ranked maegashira Iwakiyama for his third loss on the 10th day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 18 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Tochiazuma needs 10 wins to return to his ozeki rank. (Kyodo)

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(2)Foreign young guns moving up for spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Hakuho of Mongolia shows his joy in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28 after being promoted to sekiwake, sumo's third-highest position, in the ranking list for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo)

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Kakuho suffers 3rd loss at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Newly promoted sekiwake Hakuho (R) was beaten by fourth-ranked maegashira Tochinonada on March 15 for his third loss at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. (Kyodo)

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Miyabiyama loses to Kotooshu at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Miyabiyama's (R) hopes of regaining the ozeki rank he lost five years go faded further as he lost a battle with ozeki Kotooshu (L) and dropped to his third loss on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 14. (Kyodo)

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Ama says 'my mother gave me a kiss' with sekiwake promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Ama, the newly promoted sekiwake from Mongolia, shows the rankings list for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association in Tokyo on April 25. He told reporters that ''my mother gave me kiss'' on the telephone when he called her in Mongolia and told her about his new sumo ranking. Ama, 23, is the fourth Mongolian wrestler to gain promotion to sekiwake, the third highest rank in sumo. (Kyodo)