1 maegashira Kirishima on Day 3 of the New Year Grand Sumo ... champion for the first time in about 32 years, during which at least one foreign-born wrestler always occupied the exalted rank ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sumo grand champion Terunofuji ... when Hawaiian-born Akebono debuted as a yokozuna. A foreign-born wrestler has continuously held the yokozuna rank since then, but that streak ...
Pray tell, how can someone who thinks they "know" about sumo, conveniently "forget" Takanohana, who won 22 tournaments, which is 6th place overall and so many others WAY ahead of Terunofuji! Akebono ...