Kirishima's promotion also breaks a rarity in that only one yokozuna and ozeki each competed in the New Year’s tournament earlier this year for the first time in 125 years. This “one yokozuna ...
He has a chance to win promotion to yokozuna, the highest rank, if he wins his third championship at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in January. Kirishima and rank-and-filer Atamifuji were tied ...