The Grand Sumo Yokozuna Deliberation Council convened, and Chairman Masayuki Yamauchi reflected on the spring tournament, where the performance of young wrestlers like Tsunofuji, who achieved the first championship as a new top-division wrestler in 110 years, stood out, saying,
The Grand Sumo Yokozuna Deliberation Council convened, and Chairman Masayuki Yamauchi reflected on the spring tournament, where the performance of young wrestlers like Tsunofuji, who achieved the first championship as a new top-division wrestler in 110 years, stood out, saying,
Yokozuna Terunofuji suffers his second defeat and ozeki Kirishima his fourth straight loss at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, while three wrestlers maintained perfect records.
Yokozuna Terunofuji, whose strength, size and resourcefulness has allowed him to outlast a legion of opponents over his career, lost the kind of long battle he usually wins, the first day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.