One of professional sumo’s most interesting facets is its banzuke — a ranking list of all wrestlers in the sport’s six ...

Similarly, on an end-of-year review television show last December, when asked to predict banzuke ranking highs for 2024, I put Nakamura (by then known as Onosato) at ōzeki even though he was ...

With a remarkable 12-3 record, Onosato captured the Emperor’s Cup in only his seventh professional tournament, the fastest since the championship system was established in 1909.

New komusubi Onosato clinched his first championship on May 26, setting a record for achieving the feat so quickly after making his professional debut. Onosato, 23, swiftly pushed sekiwake Abi ...

AMI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Summer Grand Sumo Tournament champion Onosato guaranteed Monday he is aiming for bigger things after the new komusubi won his maiden Emperor's Cup at a record pace of seven ...

In sumo, 23-year-old Onosato has won his first top-division title in his seventh tourney since his debut as a professional wrestler. Onosato was recently promoted to the fourth-highest rank of ...

Twenty-three-year-old komusubi Onosato defeated sekiwake Abi on Sunday to win the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in just his seventh tourney as a pro, making him the least-experienced champion in ...

Onosato, right, defeats Shonannoumi on the 14th day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on May 25, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New komusubi Onosato took a ...

Hot shot rookie Onosato is also off to a winning start (in his top division debut). He schooled Bushozan with a slick hatakikomi. Wow. Only Day 2 of sumo in 2024 and we have a fascinating ...

Those in the first-place group in the home stretch included Kotozakura, Onosato, Mitakeumi, Shonannoumi, Takarafuji and Oshoma. But after 13 days, two wrestlers stood above the rest: Ozeki ...

Hiroshi Mikami (Eiichi Onosato)Yôko Moriguchi (Haruka Ôki)Katsumi Takahashi (Kôsuke Manabe)Kazuyuki Asano (Shôtarô Kishibe)Yasushi Kageyama Kôsuke Suzuki Seiya Nakamura Tôru Shinagawa ...