The current boom in sumo popularity is a product of many factors.
Increased exposure through various media channels is one reason, as is the fact that a host of camera-friendly up-and-coming wrestlers rose to prominence at roughly the same time.
The No. 1 cause of the massive upswing in interest, however, was the promotion of Kisenosato to yokozuna.
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