He looked up to the 28th Kimura Shonosuke, a professional sumo referee who was a well-known scholar of sumo history, as his mentor, and learned the behavior of the great yokozuna wrestlers of the ...

Less than two weeks after the sole yokozuna retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association on Jan. 29 filled the void by promoting Hoshoryu, 25, to be the 74th yokozuna. The JSA decision came ...