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HAKUHO

Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Sep 13, 2015
Hakuho crashes to stunning opening defeat at Autumn basho
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho, the most successful yokozuna in sumo history, was handed a stunning upset defeat by komusubi Okinoumi on Sunday, the first day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Sep 12, 2015
Hakuho rules roost again ahead of Autumn Basho
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho will be the man to beat again when the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament gets underway in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Aug 31, 2015
Hakuho poised to tie Takanohana record
Hakuho will appear in his 49th meet as yokozuna at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament to equal Takanohana for fourth on the all-time list as the rankings were released Monday for the Sept. 13-27 competition.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 30, 2015
Time for Hakuho to bring down curtain on legendary career?
In 1971, when the great Taiho retired from the sport of sumo with 32 Emperor's Cups to his name, Hakuho was not yet born.
SUMO
Jul 27, 2015
Veteran Kyokutenho retires from sumo
Veteran Mongolian-born maegashira Kyokutenho, who has wrestled in a record 1,470 bouts in the elite makuuchi division, on Monday announced his retirement as an active sumo wrestler, saying he has reached his physical limit.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 26, 2015
Hakuho triumphs to claim 35th career title
Hakuho outlasted fellow Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu in the final bout of regulation to extend his all-time record of career titles to 35 on Sunday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 25, 2015
Hakuho steps closer to 35th Emperor's Cup
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho moved within one win of extending his all-time record of career titles to 35 on Saturday with a demolition of nemesis Kisenosato on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 24, 2015
Hakuho regains sole possession of top spot
Hakuho blasted out Goeido to close in on his 35th career championship on Friday as fellow Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu crashed to his second defeat at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 23, 2015
Hakuho, Kakuryu remain tied for lead
Hakuho and fellow Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu remained on a collision course at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday as both men pulled out 11th wins to stay tied for the lead.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 22, 2015
Hakuho beats upstart ozeki Terunofuji
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho rebounded from an upset defeat by outlasting newly promoted ozeki Terunofuji on Wednesday to remain tied for the lead heading into the final straight of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 21, 2015
Hakuho handed first loss; four tied for lead
Yokozuna Hakuho threw away his sole lead at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, slipping and falling on his charge on Tuesday to suffer his first loss of the 15-day event.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 20, 2015
Hakuho moves ahead of pack
Yokozuna Hakuho maintained his perfect record on Monday to take the sole lead on the ninth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 19, 2015
Terunofuji bounces back after first loss
Ozeki Terunofuji sweated out a victory over Tochinoshin to hop back on the winning track at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 18, 2015
Terunofuji suffers first loss at Nagoya tourney
Terunofuji lost his first bout as an ozeki to Goeido on the seventh day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 17, 2015
Terunofuji maintains unblemished record
Terunofuji put on a sumo clinic to see off Sadanoumi and retain his share of the lead at 6-0 in his ozeki debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo on Friday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 15, 2015
Hakuho, Kakuryu raise marks to 4-0
Terunofuji outmuscled Takayasu to extend the perfect start to his ozeki debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 14, 2015
Terunofuji still unbeaten
Terunofuji continued to show he belongs as ozeki by posting his third win in as many days at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 13, 2015
Terunofuji holds off Ikioi to stay unbeaten
Terunofuji rolled to his second win as ozeki with victory over third-ranked maegashira Ikioi at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 12, 2015
Terunofuji victorious in ozeki debut
Terunofuji dodged a bullet to score a hard-fought win over maegashira Aoiyama in his ozeki debut Sunday, the opening day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 11, 2015
Terunofuji takes spotlight entering Nagoya tournament
Newly promoted ozeki Terunofuji will be out to prove his stunning championship victory in May was no fluke when the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament gets underway on Sunday.
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