Overview

• Onosato was promoted by the Japan Sumo Association on May 28 after winning his second straight Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
• He clinched yokozuna status after just 13 professional tournaments, eight fewer than the previous record under the six-tournament calendar.
• At 24, Onosato becomes the 75th grand champion in sumo’s history and the first Japan-born yokozuna in eight years.
• The 1.92m, 191kg wrestler follows Mongolia-born Hoshoryu’s January elevation and ends a Mongolian streak that saw six of the last seven yokozuna hail from abroad.
• The two yokozuna will meet for the first time at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament opening in July.