promotion to yokozuna

SUMO/ Deep ozeki field to challenge lone yokozuna...
Yokozuna Hokutoumi, right, celebrates his fifth tournament win in 1989. He was promoted to the sport's highest rank after spending just five tournaments as ozeki. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
May 04, 2012
When the May Grand Sumo Tournament gets under way May 6 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, Hakuho, the grand yokozuna of the Heisei Era, will be aiming for his 23rd tournament...
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