(See rankings for the Nagoya Basho)
The Musashigawa stable became the first sumo stable in history to have a yokozuna and three ozeki ranked for the same event Monday when the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for next month's Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Grand champion Akebono, meanwhile, tops the rankings as east yokozuna while Takanohana heads up the west and No. 13 maegashira Sentoryu becomes the first wrestler from the mainland United States to reach sumo's elite makuuchi division.
The 15-day tourney gets under way at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 9.
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