Hakuho leads as ozeki stay in chase

Edit The Japan News 26 Mar 2016
The Japan News While denied a chance to clinch the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament a day early, yokozuna Hakuho easily disposed of the previous tournament champion to keep his fate in his own hands ... Hakuho can clinch the title outright with a victory over fellow yokozuna Harumafuji, with whom he has a 31-20 career record ... 4 maegashira Ikioi ... He has well exceeded that bar ... 2 maegashira Tochinoshin and Toyonoshima losing to the other No ... + - ... ....

Kisenosato scrambles to stay perfect

Edit The Japan News 22 Mar 2016
The Japan NewsOzeki Kisenosato remained perfect at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday at Osaka’s Edion Arena, but he was far from flawless ... The ozeki, at one point, had to fend off Kakuryu, who had him reaching backward to find a way to hang in the bout ... Sekiwake Toyonoshima didn’t have much trouble taking down Harumafuji, handing the yokozuna his third loss. No ... No. 6 maegashira Myogiryu and No ... Hakuho issued stern warning ... + - ... ....

Kisenosato notches key, quick win over rival Kotoshogiku

Edit The Japan News 21 Mar 2016
The Japan News In the record 59th career meeting between the ozeki duo of Kisenosato and Kotoshogiku, there could hardly have been more at stake ... Ozeki Terunofuji, although almost certainly out of the chase for the title with three losses, moved closer to the eight wins he needs to keep his rank when he twisted down sekiwake Toyonoshima to improve to 6-3. Toyonoshima faces demotion after suffering his makekoshi eighth loss.Speech ... + - ... ....

Kisenosato, Ikioi remain undefeated

Edit The Japan News 19 Mar 2016
That’s because ozeki Kisenosato and No ... Meanwhile, yokozuna hopeful Kotoshogiku stayed one win off the lead, but he did it by the skin of his teeth against sekiwake Toyonoshima. Toyonoshima had the ozeki pressed to the edge, fighting desperately to hang on and at one point balancing on one foot. But Kotoshogiku, in a last-ditch effort, twisted left then right to drop Toyonoshima and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat ... Speech ... + - ... ....

Kotoshogiku rebounds; 2 still unbeaten

Edit The Japan News 18 Mar 2016
The Japan NewsWith no room for another mistake, yokozuna hopeful Kotoshogiku chalked up a solid victory, while fellow ozeki Kisenosato and No. 4 maegashira Ikioi emerged as the lone unbeaten wrestlers after six days of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Kotoshogiku, coming off a surprising loss the previous day to No ... Hakuho easily forced out sekiwake Toyonoshima, while Kakuryu did the same to No ... Speech. Click to play ... + - ... Please wait... ....

Kotoshogiku keeps up push for promotion

Edit The Japan News 16 Mar 2016
4 maegashira Ikioi. All three yokozuna won handily to raise their records to 3-1. Kakuryu started it off by slapping down No ... 2 maegashira Tochinoshin, while Goeido, fighting to keep his ozeki rank but looking more like he might be battling for a first career tournament title, notched a solid victory over sekiwake Toyonoshima (1-3).Speech ... + -. Generating speech ... ....

Hakuho strong, ozeki sweep in Osaka

Edit The Japan News 15 Mar 2016
The Japan NewsYokozuna Hakuho seemed to be back in form on Day 3 of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on Tuesday. Hakuho (2-1) dominated No. 1 maegashira Takayasu (0-3) to stay one behind the many leaders, but his fellow yokozuna struggled. No ... Ozeki Kotoshogiku manhandled No ... Ozeki Kisenosato (3-0) had sekiwake Toyonoshima (1-2) lined up for a pushout, but failed the first time ... Meanwhile, No ... + - ... ....

Hakuho falls; Kotoshogiku starts strong

Edit The Japan News 13 Mar 2016
Hakuho, who has a record 35 Emperor’s Cups, clumsily relied on a pulling technique after the jump-off against komusubi Takarafuji ... The upset came right after another yokozuna, Kakuryu, fell to sekiwake Toyonoshima ... Toyonoshima eventually succeeded in grabbing the yokozuna’s belt and sending him out of the ring ... Unlike the yokozuna, all four ozeki notched victories ... Terunofuji forced out No ... 2 maegashira ... Click to play ... + - ... Please wait... ....

Yokozuna Kakuryu beaten on 1st day of spring sumo

Edit Kyodo 13 Mar 2016
OSAKA - Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia (R) is pushed out of the ring by sekiwake Toyonoshima ... ....

Kotoshogiku to bid for promotion from East side

Edit The Japan News 29 Feb 2016
The Yomiuri Shimbun Ozeki Kotoshogiku will make his bid for promotion to yokozuna at the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka from the prestigious East side, according to the rankings released Monday by the Japan Sumo Association ... Toyonoshima, who was in the chase for the January title down to the end and finished with 12 wins, returned to the sekiwake rank after a 23-tournament absence, making the jump all the way from No ... ....

GIANT AWAKENING / 1st-time Emperor’s Cup winner Kotoshogiku aims to keep up push

Edit The Japan News 27 Jan 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunKotoshogiku’s breakthrough was huge on many levels. The wrestler — who has toiled since making his debut 14 years ago, spending 26 tournaments at the sport’s second-highest rank — finally pushed through for his first Emperor’s Cup at the recent New Year Grand Sumo Tournament ... Even when he suffered his first and only loss on the 13th day against Toyonoshima, he drove the No.7 maegashira close to the edge of the ring ... ....

Japan's decade-long wait for sumo champion comes to an end

Edit The Guardian 24 Jan 2016
Kotoshogiku, 31, claims Emperor’s Cup in what may mark beginning of challenge to years of domination by Mongolian fighters ... Twitter ... Twitter ... Twitter ... Kotoshogiku, who performs a crowd-pleasing backward stretch before each bout, beat all three yokozuna in Tokyo, losing just once to his childhood friend Toyonoshima. Toyonoshima, who at one point was a contender for the title, embraced his rival after his victory ... ....

Kotoshogiku claims 1st Emperor’s Cup

Edit The Japan News 24 Jan 2016
The Japan NewsOzeki Kotoshogiku defeated ozeki Goeido on Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo to win the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament for his first career Emperor’s Cup and end a 10-year title drought by Japan-born wrestlers ... 7 maegashira Toyonoshima, but he rebounded to notch his career-high 14th victory and capture the Emperor’s Cup he has long sought to win. Profile. Born Jan ... Click to play ... + - ... ....
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