Takerufuji makes sumo history as first rookie top-division winner since 1914
OSAKA – Rookie Takerufuji became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in May 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut Sunday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. The 24-year-old from Aomori Prefecture won his first Emperor’s Cup faster than any wrestler since sumo adopted the current calendar of six annual grand tournaments in 1958,
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