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Natsu Post-basho Report
June 05 -It's no secret that the Sumo Association is desperate for a Japanese rikishi to win a yusho, and if they could actually get one of their own promoted to Yokozuna, it would help restore face with the Japanese fans--something the sport is actually losing with each passing basho where the Japanese rikishi fail to deliver (i.e. each passing basho). So with that in mind, the Natsu basho contained about as much drama as any tournament we've seen the last little while, and of course most of it had nothing to do with the sumo itself. An explanation of what transpired at the Natsu basho is best given by an analysis of Sekiwake Goeido...
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Harumafuji
defies the odds and becomes sumo's next Yokozuna
Harumafuji
has officially been crowned as sumo's 70th Yokozuna after winning the
Nagoya basho and Aki basho with perfect 15-0 records, an achievement
last attained by Takanohana at the 1994 Aki and Kyushu tournaments prior
to his promotion to the elite rank. Harumafuji becomes the fifth
foreign-born Yokozuna behind Akebono, Musashimaru, Asashoryu, and
Hakuho, but what makes his achievement so extraordinary is his
relatively small stature. Harumafuji first entered sumo at the 2001
Hatsu basho reaching the Juryo ranks three years later at the 2004 Haru
basho. He would be promoted to the sport's highest division, Makuuchi,
later that year at the Kyushu basho where he overcame his small frame
using a variety of techniques to eventually reach the upper echelons of
the sport obtaining the Komusubi rank at the 2007 Haru basho.
Undeterred, Harumafuji continued his steady climb earning the Ozeki rank
for the 2009 Hatsu basho and winning his first career championship two
basho later. Harumafuji has now won a total of four tournaments.