Kyushu tournament

SUMO/ Hakuho loses, ending a horrible year for sumo
Yokozuna Hakuho celebrates his 21st tournament victory with his supporters on Nov. 27. (Azumi Fukuoka)
Perhaps befitting of the dismal year for the sumo world, the final bout of 2011 ended with a blemish on yokozuna Hakuho's record.
SUMO/ Baruto denies Hakuho perfect record
Sekiwake Kisenosato, left, suffers a loss to new ozeki Kotoshogiku on the final day of the Kyushu tournament on Nov. 27, but he will be promoted to the sport's second highest rank. (Tadashi Mizowaki)
Estonian ozeki Baruto won the final bout of the year at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 27, denying yokozuna Hakuho an undefeated record.
Kisenosato keeps ozeki hopes alive, Hakuho survives ...
Komusubi Homasho thrusts Gagamaru down to improve to 4-10 in the Kyushu tourney at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 26. (Azumi Fukuoka)
Having already claimed the championship, the only suspense for Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho is whether he can finished undefeated at the Kyushu Grand Tournament.
Hakuho clinches 21st title on Day 13 in Kyushu
Yokozuna Hakuho, right, throws ozeki Kotooshu to the dirt to win the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 25. (Tadashi Mizowaki)
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho clinched the 21st title of his career on Nov. 25 by throwing ozeki Kotooshu to the dirt at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
Hakuho closes in on 21st career title
Homasho crushes Tochinoshin to improve to 2-10. (Soichiro Yamamoto)
Undefeated Hakuho, well on the way toward his 21st career title, handed new ozeki Kotoshigiku his third defeat on Nov. 24 as the yokozuna widened his lead at the Kyushu Grand...
Hakuho moves closer to title as Kisenosato stumbles
Yokozuna Hakuho, right, drives sekiwake Kisenosato out of the dohyo to remain unbeaten at the Kyushu tournament on Nov. 23. (Soichiro Yamamoto)
Defending champion Hakuho took a big step toward closing the year with the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament title on Nov. 23 as he blasted sekiwake Kisenosato out of the ring after ...
Kotoshogiku loses share of lead on Day 10 in Kyushu
New ozeki Kotoshogiku, left, suffers his first loss of the Kyushu tournament, to Estonian ozeki Baruto, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 22. (Azumi Fukuoka)
Unbeaten yokozuna Hakuho muscled his way into the sole leadership of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 22 as challenger Kotoshogiku--sumo's newest ozeki and the darling...
Hakuho, Kotoshogiku remain perfect after Day 9 in...
Yoshikaze, right, slaps Takayasu in Yoshikaze's fourth win of the Kyushu tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 21. (Shoma Fujiwaki)
Yokozuna Hakuho and ozeki Kotoshogiku put their skills on display once again Nov. 21 to win their ninth straight bouts and keep the lead at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, as ...
Unbeaten Hakuho destroys Toyonoshima as Kyushu...
Shohozan sends Segatsukasa out of the ring to improve to 4-3 at the Kyushu tournament on Nov. 19. (Toshiyuki Tsunenari)
Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament leaders Hakuho and Kotoshogiku cruised to their seventh-consecutive wins on Nov. 19 to head into the second half of the final sumo competition of...
SUMO / Araonami aims to emulate his grandfather
Araonami debuts at the Kyushu tournament on Nov. 15. (Photo by Kensuke Suzuki)
Araonami, a young wrestler with bullish strength and an impressive pedigree, made a solid start to his sumo career in bouts between unranked wresters at the Kyushu Grand Sumo...
Hakuho, Kotoshogiku in two-way battle in Kyushu
Yokozuna Hakuho, left, remains unbeaten after beating Russian wrestler Aran in the Kyushu tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 18. (Azumi Fukuoka)
The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament is turning into a duel between yokozuna Hakuho and new ozeki Kotoshogiku, who both easily won their matches on Nov. 18 to remain unbeaten and...
Hakuho, Kotoshogiku, Kakuryu remain unbeaten
Sekiwake Kisenosato, left, suffers his first loss of the Kyushu tourney, to top maegashira Goeido, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 17. (Azumi Fukuoka)
The leading pack at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament was narrowed to three on Nov. 17 after sekiwake Kisenosato, seeking a promotion to ozeki, lost his first bout.
Kisenosato remains unbeaten along with Hakuho
Yoshikaze, right, pulls down Gagamaru to improve to 2-2 in the Kyushu tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 16. (Azumi Fukuoka)
Pace-setting sekiwake Kisenosato plowed forward to his fourth victory at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 16 as yokozuna Hakuho, new ozeki Kotoshogiku and two others...
SUMO/ Hakuho wins a close one to share lead in...
New ozeki Kotoshogiku, left, thrusts Homasho down to remain unbeaten in the Kyushu tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 15. (Toshiyuki Tsunenari)
Unbeaten yokozuna Hakuho narrowly won a throwing duel with top maegashira Goeido to keep his share of the lead at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 15 with ozeki...
Kotoshogiku, Hakuho breeze through on Day 2 in...
New ozeki Kotoshogiku crushes down Goeido at the Kyushu tournament on Nov. 14. (Azumi Fukuoka)
Sumo's new ozeki Kotoshogiku and its reigning king, Hakuho, sailed to their second wins at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 14 as all the senior wrestlers except...
SUMO/ New ozeki feeling heat of added expectations
New ozeki Kotoshogiku works out prior to the Kyushu tournament. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Talk about a reality check!
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