Huge surprise in sumo
TOKYO(AP )– Japan has a brand-new sumo grand champ– or yokozuna– and the huge news is he’s Japanese.Onosato, the new grand champ, weighs 191 kgs(421 pounds)and he is the very first Japanese rival to reach the top rank because 2017. By comparison, the typical weight of an NFL lineman is about 140 kilos, or simply over 300 pounds.Advertisement The sport has just recently been controlled by Mongolians and prior to Onosato,
six of the previous seven yokozunas have been from Mongolia.” I’ll commit myself to training so that I will not disgrace the title of yokozuna,”Onosato said
Wednesday, dressed in a formal robe and bowing as he sat on the flooring.” I will intend to end up being a one-and-only yokozuna.” Onosato, whose real name is Daiki Nakamura, is just 24 and was promoted Wednesday to sumo’s top rank by the Japan Sumo Association. Onosato was promoted by winning last week’s Summertime Grand Sumo Competition, which came after he won another prominent competition in March.Onosato is from Ishikawa prefecture, which was struck on Jan. 1, 2024, by a terrible earthquake and tsunami that killed about 600 people
in the prefecture and caused widespread damage. Much of the destruction was centered on an area called the Noto Peninsula.Advertisement “I will work hard as a yokozuna to motivate and comfort the Ishikawa prefecture and the Noto region, “he said.He then included:” I identified that yokozuna should be my goal once I went into the world of sumo,” he stated.”It’s difficult to attain and I’m actually delighted. “Sumo is regarded as Japan’s national sport, or many spiritual sport, and a lot of the routine aspects are connected to Shinto, Japan’s indigenous religion.Sumo’s origins go back more than 1,000 years, and Japan is the only country
where it is contested on an expert level.The sport is extremely regimented with numerous wrestlers living in communal training facilities where food and gown are managed by ancient traditions.Advertisement Onosato’s promo will set up an immediate rivalry with Mongolia-born Hoshoryu, who is the other wrestler in Japan
to hold the yokozuna title.The Japanese news company Kyodo said the 2 sumo stars are because of satisfy in a competition in July in the central city of Nagoya. ___ AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports