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Taihō Kōki

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Taihō Kōki (大鵬幸喜, born Kōki Naya, May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was the 48th yokozuna in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling. [1]

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Asashōryū Akinori

is a Mongolian former sumo wrestler (rikishi).

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Asashio Tarō III

Asashio Tarō III (朝潮 太郎, November 13, 1929 – October 23, 1988) was a sumo wrestler from Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (born on Tokushima in the Amami Islands).

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Ōtake stable

is a stable of sumo wrestlers.

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Ōzutsu Takeshi

Ōzutsu Takeshi (born 18 April 1956 as Takakoshi Matsumoto) is a former sumo wrestler from Mie, Japan.

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Chiyonofuji Mitsugu

(June 1, 1955 – July 31, 2016), born, was a Japanese champion sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport.

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Empire of Japan

The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

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Futabayama Sadaji

Futabayama Sadaji (双葉山 定次; February 9, 1912 – December 16, 1968), born as Akiyoshi Sadaji (龝吉 定次) in Oita Prefecture, Japan, was the 35th yokozuna in sumo wrestling, from 1937 until 1945.

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Glossary of sumo terms

The following words are terms used in sumo wrestling in Japan.

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Hakuhō Shō

is a professional sumo wrestler (rikishi) from Ulaanbataar, Mongolia.

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Heya (sumo)

In sumo wrestling, a is an organization of sumo wrestlers where they train and live.

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Hokkaido

(), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture.

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Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

The is a hotel in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize

is given to one sportsperson or sports team every year since 1968 by the Japan Professional Sports Association.

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Japan Sumo Association

The is the body that operates and controls professional sumo wrestling in Japan under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Judge (sumo)

or Shinpan are the ring-side judges of a professional sumo bout.

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Kanreki dohyō-iri

In sumo wrestling, a kanreki dohyō-iri (Japanese: 還暦土俵入り) is a ring-entering ceremony (dohyō-iri) performed by a former yokozuna in celebration of his 60th birthday (called kanreki in Japanese).

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Karafuto Prefecture

, commonly called South Sakhalin, was the Japanese administrative division corresponding to Japanese territory on southern Sakhalin island from 1905 to 1945.

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Kashiwado Tsuyoshi

Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (柏戸 剛, November 29, 1938 – December 8, 1996) was a sumo wrestler from Japan.

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Kimarite

are winning techniques in a sumo bout.

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Kitanoumi Toshimitsu

known as Kitanoumi Toshimitsu (北の湖敏満), was a sumo wrestler.

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List of past sumo wrestlers

This is a list of prominent past wrestlers (either retired or deceased) in the sport of professional sumo.

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List of sumo record holders

This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo.

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List of sumo tournament second division champions

This is a list of wrestlers who have won the sumo second division jūryō championship since 1909, when the current championship system was established.

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List of sumo tournament top division champions

This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division (makuuchi) championship since 1909, when the current championship system was established.

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List of sumo tournament top division runners-up

The table below lists the runners up (jun-yusho) in the top makuuchi division at official sumo tournaments or honbasho since the six tournaments per year system was instituted in 1958.

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List of yokozuna

This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.

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Mainichi Shimbun

The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by.

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Makuuchi

or is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo.

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Mawashi

In sumo, a is the belt (loincloth) that the rikishi (or sumo wrestler) wears during training or in competition.

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Nikkan Sports

is the first-launched Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1946.

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Nishonoseki stable

was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki group of stables (ichimon) named after it.

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October Revolution

The October Revolution (p), officially known in Soviet literature as the Great October Socialist Revolution (Вели́кая Октя́брьская социалисти́ческая револю́ция), and commonly referred to as Red October, the October Uprising, the Bolshevik Revolution, or the Bolshevik Coup, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917.

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Peng (mythology)

Peng or Dapeng (大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from a Kun giant fish in Chinese mythology.

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Person of Cultural Merit

is an official Japanese recognition and honor which is awarded annually to select people who have made outstanding cultural contributions.

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Poronaysk

Poronaysk (Порона́йск; 敷香, Shisuka; Ainu: Sistukari or Sisi Tukari) is a town and the administrative center of Poronaysky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the Poronay River north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

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Professional sumo divisions

Professional sumo is divided into six ranked divisions.

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Rohō Yukio

Rohō Yukio (born March 9, 1980 as Soslan Feliksovich Boradzov, Сослан Феликсович Борадзов, in Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia–Alania in the Russian Federation) is a former sumo wrestler.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Ryōgoku Kokugikan

, also known as Ryōgoku Sumo Hall, is an indoor sporting arena located in the Yokoami neighborhood (bordering to the Ryōgoku neighborhood) of Sumida, one of the 23 wards of Tokyo in Japan, next to the Edo-Tokyo Museum.

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Ryokan (inn)

A is a type of traditional Japanese inn that has existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period, in which the oldest hotel in the world, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, was created in 705 A.D. Another old ryokan called Hōshi Ryokan was founded in 718 A.D and was also known as the world's second oldest hotel.

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Sakhalin

Sakhalin (Сахалин), previously also known as Kuye Dao (Traditional Chinese:庫頁島, Simplified Chinese:库页岛) in Chinese and in Japanese, is a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean, lying between 45°50' and 54°24' N.

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Sankei Sports

is a Japanese language daily sports newspaper published by Sankei Shimbun.

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Sanshō (sumo)

Sanshō are the three special prizes awarded to top (Makuuchi) division sumo wrestlers for exceptional performance during a sumo honbasho or tournament.

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Shigeo Nagashima

is a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager.

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Shikona

A is a sumo wrestler's ring name.

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Shinjuku

is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Stroke

A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.

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Sumo

or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (dohyō) or into touching the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet.

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Takanohana Kenshi

Takanohana Kenshi 貴ノ花健士 (born Hanada Mitsuru; February 19, 1950 – May 30, 2005) was a sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

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Takatōriki Tadashige

Takatōriki Tadashige (born September 28, 1967 as Tadashige Kamakiri) is a former sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Kobe, Japan.

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Tamanoumi Masahiro

Tamanoumi Masahiro (玉の海 正洋, February 5, 1944 – October 11, 1971), was a sumo wrestler, born in Aichi, Japan.

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Teshikaga, Hokkaido

is a town located in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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Tochinoumi Teruyoshi

Tochinoumi Teruyoshi (栃ノ海 晃嘉, born March 13, 1938 as Shigehiro Hanada) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Toshiyori

A toshiyori (年寄) is a sumo elder of the Japan Sumo Association.

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Ukrainians

Ukrainians (українці, ukrayintsi) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is by total population the sixth-largest nation in Europe.

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Ventricular tachycardia

Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular and fast heart rate that arises from improper electrical activity in the ventricles of the heart.

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Yūshō

This article is about the sports award.

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Yomiuri Giants

The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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Yomiuri Shimbun

The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taihō_Kōki

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