Hakuho's retirement from sumo has left fans wondering who will fill the gap at the top of the ancient Japanese sport JIJI PRESS / STR Gunning says such "storylines" are what drives sumo's popularity.

In 2007 at the age of 22, Hakuho achieved the highest rank of Yokozuna. He became a Japanese citizen in 2019, meaning after retirement he can train wrestlers at his own sumo table.

Hakuho fought in his 1,000th bout in July 2020, becoming sumo’s longest-serving Yokozuna. His retirement will leave only one wrestler, Terunofuji, at sumo’s top rank. Originally Published ...

Hakuho fought in his 1,000th bout in July 2020, becoming sumo’s longest-serving Yokozuna. His retirement will leave only one wrestler, Terunofuji, at sumo’s top rank.

Retired sumo great Hakuho said Monday he was quitting the ancient sport in Japan after his wrestling stable was closed because of a bullying scandal involving his protege. Sumo has been dogged by ...

Hakuho, a native of Mongolia who came to Japan to pursue sumo at age 15, retires with more top-level championships, or yusho, than anyone in the sport’s history. He won his first title at the ...

It is hard to overstate what he accomplished. Hakuho was the Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic of sumo, all in one man. He was a Yokozuna — the sport’s top rank — for 14 years ...

That may soon change as Miyagino stablemaster — former yokozuna Hakuho — whose retirement precipitated the current state of flux, appears to be positioning himself both to return stability to ...

Hakuho helped usher in a new wave of sumo popularity with a record 45 tournament wins, drawing huge crowds to his epic battles with arch-rival Asashoryu in the late 2000s.

Hakuho's retirement from sumo has left fans wondering who will fill the gap at the top of the ancient Japanese sport STR JIJI PRESS/AFP. A string of journeymen have emerged from the pack to win ...

TOKYO: Sumo will struggle to fill the "void" left by the retirement of its greatest-ever champion Hakuho, experts say, with few new stars emerging and public interest in the ancient Japanese sport ...