Sumo-Takerufuji Becomes First Top-division Debutant To Win Tournament In 110 Years – News18

Takerufuji turned the primary sumo wrestler in 110 years to win the highest-division event on debut on Sunday, triumphing on the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka regardless of injuring his ankle on the penultimate day.

The 24-12 months-previous from northern Japan, who solely entered skilled sumo in late 2022, shoved out his opponent Gonoyama on the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the group, giving him an unassailable report of 13 wins and two losses to say the Emperor’s Cup.

“I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going on,” Takerufuji stated of his last win in a televised ringside interview.

The wrestler, whose actual identify is Mikiya Ishioka, had been taken out of the world in a wheelchair on Saturday after showing to harm his ankle in a dropping bout.

“My stablemaster (manager) told me to pull out but I knew I would regret it for the rest of my life if I did,” Takerufuji stated.

Most of the highest-ranked wrestlers had a event to overlook after notching up a number of early losses, and the only real “grand champion”, Mongolian grappler Terunofuji, pulled out after the primary week with a dropping report.

Grand sumo tournaments are held as soon as each two months and final 15 days, with every wrestler combating as soon as a day and aiming not less than for a profitable report to protect their rank, which may change after each event relying on their efficiency.

(Writing by Hugh (*110*))

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