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Yokozuna Kisenosato Performs 1st Ring-Entry Ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, -Jan. 27:New yokozuna Kisenosato performed his first ring-entry ceremony before a large crowd of around 18,000 at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine on Friday. The first Japanese native to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of grand champion since 1998, the 30-year-old Kisenosato made his ceremonial debut as yokozuna. The Tagonoura stable star was accompanied in the ceremony by fellow wrestlers Takayasu and Shohozan. Kisenosato gives the sport four active yokozuna alongside theMongolian trio of Hakuho, Harumafuji and Kakuryu.
TOKYO, Japan, -Jan. 27:New yokozuna Kisenosato performed his first ring-entry ceremony before a large crowd of around 18,000 at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine on Friday. The first Japanese native to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of grand champion since 1998, the 30-year-old Kisenosato made his ceremonial debut as yokozuna. The Tagonoura stable star was accompanied in the ceremony by fellow wrestlers Takayasu and Shohozan. Kisenosato gives the sport four active yokozuna alongside theMongolian trio of Hakuho, Harumafuji and Kakuryu.
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Kyodo News Video
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January 27, 2017
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