Tokyo: Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo s newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony ...

Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna after winning a major tournament last week.

Mongolian-born Hoshoryu became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, in sumo history this week after winning the second tournament of his career ...

Mongolian-born Hoshoryu became the 74th yokozuna in sumo history this week after winning the second tournament of his career.

In front of around 3,500 fans gathered at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine, sumo wrestling's newest grand champion, or 'yokozuna', ...

About 3,500 people gathered at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Friday to see sumo yokozuna grand champion Hoshoryu perform his first ring-entering ceremony. He was promoted to the sport's highest rank ...

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Takerufuji, 24, pushed down Gonoyama to end the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Edion Arena ... was set by legendary yokozuna Taiho. Ozeki Hoshoryu defeated Takerufuji on Day 12, keeping him ...

Sumo wrestler Hoshoryu, second from left, tosses beans into the air for luck during this year’s setsubun ceremony in ...

He then refined his skills at the sumo club of Kansai University in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, although he didn't attend any classes there. Aonishiki, 20, a member of the Ajigawa stable ...

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