... in his message that even ozeki is a stop on the way to yokozuna, the sport's pinnacle ... "I want to make the next year no worse than 2025, win the title again and will work hard to become yokozuna.
FUKUOKA - Yokozuna Onosato stayed in the outright lead Saturday at the KyushuGrandSumoTournament by toppling rank-and-file opponent Ura and extending his perfect start to 7-0 ... ranks below yokozuna.
FUKUOKA - Yokozuna Onosato continued to make short work of his opponents at the KyushuGrandSumoTournament on Wednesday, slapping down former ozeki Kirishima and improving to a perfect 4-0.
LONDON - Yokozuna Onosato and Hoshoryu kept their winning streaks going at the exhibition GrandSumoTournament in London on Friday as five wrestlers improved to 3-0 during the five-day competition.
The Mongolian-born yokozuna invited Onosato to share a bite in a light-hearted moment between two normally fierce rivals inside the ring ... Onosato and Hoshoryu will perform traditional ring-entering ceremonies in their role as yokozuna ... ....
TOKYO - The first batch of top-tier sumo wrestlers, including yokozuna Onosato, departed Tokyo on Saturday for London, where they will take part in the Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years.
TOKYO - Hoshoryu overcame fellow yokozuna Onosato in the final to be crowned champion of a one-day sumo tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Monday.
AMI, Japan - AutumnGrandSumoTournament champion Onosato on Monday said something felt "different" about winning the Emperor's Cup for the first time as a yokozuna ... won as a yokozuna," Onosato said.
Sumo fans got the showdown they have long waited for as newly promoted yokozuna Onosato beat yokozuna Hoshoryu in a dramatic playoff to win the AutumnGrand Sumo Tournament on Sept.
TOKYO - Yokozuna Onosato seized the outright lead Friday at the AutumnGrandSumoTournament, manhandling sekiwake Wakatakakage to improve to 12-1 after fellow grand champion Hoshoryu suffered his second straight defeat courtesy of ozeki Kotozakura.
TOKYO - Ukrainian sensation Aonishiki handed yokozuna Hoshoryu his first loss of the AutumnGrandSumoTournament on Thursday, sending him into a two-way tie for the lead with fellow grand champion Onosato at 11-1.
TOKYO - Yokozuna Hoshoryu continued his best-ever start to a meet with his 10th straight win at the AutumnGrandSumoTournament on Tuesday as Onosato remained hot on the heels of his fellow grand champion by staying one win behind.
TOKYO - Yokozuna Hoshoryu racked up his 11th straight win while the other grand champion and his closest title rival Onosato survived a scare at the AutumnGrandSumoTournament on Wednesday ... No ... 17 maegashira before successfully executing one himself.