When the 2015 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament gets under way on May 10 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, for the first time in just over three years, Hakuho's dominance over fellow yokozuna Harumafuji and Kakuryu will not be the hot topic on the lips of sumo fans the world over.
Neither will the greatest yokozuna in the history of the sport gunning for Emperor's Cup No. 35.
Ichinojo's continued quest to establish himself in sanyaku and prove a viable rival to ozeki-hopeful Terunofuji, as he has claimed to be, might take up a few column inches.
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