Word: asashoryu
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...PROMOTED. ASASHORYU, 22, 136-kilogram ethnic-Mongolian sumo wrestler, to yokozuna, the highest rank in Japan's ancient sport; in Tokyo. Asashoryu is the first Mongolian, and the third foreigner, to win the title. With only four years of professional sumo experience, his rise is the fastest in the modern history of the sport...
...sashimi, he knew it was time to hang up the loincloth. "I have no regrets," he told the press. Maybe, but sumo's notoriously conservative overlords might, as Takanohana was the only active Japanese yokozuna. The most Japanese of sports may crown as its next champion a Mongolian named Asashoryu. Tsuneo Watanabe, the head of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, said: "I pray Takanohana's retirement isn't symbolic of Japan's decline." In a country that seems to be shrinking every day in every way, there may be no Japanese sumo who can fill Taka's immense legacy...
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