FUKUOKA Ozeki Kirishima captured his second career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament here Nov. 26, putting the Mongolian national in line for a shot at grand champion in the next tournament early next year.
When a coterie of sumo wrestlers disembarked on a platform at Nagoya Station just after 3 p.m. on June 25, the distinctive smell of the hair oil that they use wafted through the air.
Mongolian sumo wrestler Kiribayama will soon be one step closer to following in the footsteps of his stablemaster and other yokozuna from his country, when he is promoted to the second-highest rank of ozeki.