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Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 15, 2016
Kotoshogiku displays strength in victory
Ozeki Kotoshogiku, pursuing a second straight championship and promotion to yokozuna, improved to 3-0 on Tuesday, the third day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 14, 2016
Kotoshogiku plows on with promotion push
Ozeki Kotoshogiku's drive for his second straight championship and promotion to yokozuna continued at full speed Monday, beating Yoshikaze on the second day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 13, 2016
Kotoshogiku starts strong as Hakuho falters on opening day
Kotoshogiku made the perfect start in his bid for back-to-back championships and a promotion to yokozuna on Sunday with a comfortable opening-day win over Takayasu at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 11, 2016
Kotoshogiku aiming to prove staying power at Spring Basho
Ozeki Kotoshogiku will be out to prove his first Emperor's Cup win in January was no fluke when the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament begins on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Feb 29, 2016
Kotoshogiku guns for promotion
The Japan Sumo Association announced the rankings for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, and ozeki Kotoshogiku will aim to become the first homegrown yokozuna in 18 years when he returns to the prestigious east side.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 6, 2016
Does sumo commentary need to stress the foreignness of the wrestlers?
Let's scroll 10 years back to 2006, when a wrestler named Tochiazuma emerged victorious in the January Grand Sumo tournament. That win, by a native Japanese grappler, was already a rare occasion, as Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu almost completely dominated the sport and another Mongolian,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 3, 2016
Economist says pre-bout parade of sumo sponsors gives clues to Japan Inc.'s health
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SUMO
Feb 2, 2016
Terunofuji to enter Spring Basho
Ozeki Terunofuji, who pulled out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a broken right collar bone and damaged meniscus in his left knee, said Tuesday he will return to the ring for the Spring Basho in March.
SUMO
Jan 29, 2016
Hakkaku, Takanohana keep seats on JSA board
Japan Sumo Association chairman Hakkaku and former yokozuna Takanohana retained their posts as JSA directors on Friday.
SUMO
Jan 28, 2016
Eleven stable masters declare candidacies for JSA board
Eleven stable masters filed their candidacies on Thursday for the Japan Sumo Association's board member election as they vie for 10 seats available at Friday's vote.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 27, 2016
Fortune smiled on Kotoshogiku during surprise run to Emperor's Cup
If, on Jan. 10, the first day of the 2016 Hatsu Basho, the 11,000 sell-out crowd at the Ryogoku Kokugikan had been asked who they thought would be standing atop the dohyo two weeks later to collect the Emperor’s Cup, few, if any, would have pointed to ozeki Kotoshogiku.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 25, 2016
Kotoshogiku on track for yokozuna promotion
Ozeki Kotoshogiku, who completed an impressive win in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, could earn promotion to yokozuna in March's Spring tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 24, 2016
Kotoshogiku ends Japan's decade-long wait for Emperor's Cup winner
The decade-long wait for a Japanese-born championship winner is finally over.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 23, 2016
Kotoshogiku keeps title hopes alive
Ozeki Kotoshogiku came roaring back to move within one win of becoming the first Japanese-born champion in a decade at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 22, 2016
Tournament title still up for grabs
Toyonoshima sentenced ozeki and longtime friend Kotoshogiku to his first loss of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, blowing the title race open in the process.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 21, 2016
Kotoshogiku shocks Harumafuji to home in on prize
Ozeki Kotoshogiku floored Harumafuji on Thursday to complete a clean sweep of yokozuna and retain sole possession of the lead heading into the final straight at the New Year Grand Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 20, 2016
Kotoshogiku gets by yokozuna Hakuho to claim sole lead
Kotoshogiku stole the show at the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday, when he defeated Hakuho in a clash of unbeaten wrestlers.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 18, 2016
Kotoshogiku keeps Japan's hopes alive at New Year basho
Ozeki Kotoshogiku remained on course to become Japan's first champion in a decade with a convincing ninth straight win at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jan 17, 2016
Kotoshogiku keeps share of lead
Kotoshogiku beat rival ozeki Kisenosato for the 32nd time on Sunday to maintain his share of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament lead with a perfect 8-0 record as the duo faced each other for the 58th time.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 15, 2016
Hakuho stays tied for New Year lead
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho put on another sumo clinic to beat Georgian komusubi Tochinoshin on Friday and preserve his unbeaten record six days into the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
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