[DOC] [TLE] Sumo - Wikipedia [PAR] Sumo (, sum) or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport 
where a rikishi ... Over the rest of Japanese recorded history, sumo's popularity 
has changed .... In each rank are two wrestlers, the higher rank is designated as "
east" and the lower ... At the pinnacle of the ranking system is the rank of 
yokozuna. [DOC] [TLE] List of yokozuna - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of 
yokozuna. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially... [DOC] [TLE] Asashry Akinori - Wikipedia [PAR] Asashry Akinori is a Mongolian former sumo wrestler (rikishi). He was the 68th 
yokozuna in the history of the sport in Japan and became the first Mongol to 
reach sumo's highest rank .... The great yokozuna Taih achieved the feat of six 
consecutive tournament victories twice, but never in a calendar year. Asashry 
lost... [DOC] [TLE] Makuuchi - Wikipedia [PAR] Makuuchi () or makunouchi () is the top division of the six divisions of 
professional ... This is largely because the top two ranks of yokozuna and zeki 
have ... Any wrestler who reaches one of them is entitled to purchase one of the ... 
As the sport's biggest stars, yokozuna are in many ways the public face of sumo... [DOC] [TLE] Sumo Goes International | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan [PAR] Feb 4, 2004 ... Sports SUMO GOES INTERNATIONAL Ranks of Foreign-Born ... has come to the 
fore, the most prominent of which is yokozuna Asashoryu. ... his sumo debut in 
1964 and reached the third-highest sumo rank of sekiwake at ... all-
encompassing "state amateur" system that supported athletes in the Soviet era. [DOC] [TLE] Sports|In Japan, Sumo Is Dominated by ... - The New York Times [PAR] Jan 24, 2013 ... At the time, he was not thought to have great promise. ... sumo wrestler to reach 
the sport's highest rank  yokozuna, or grand champion. [DOC] [TLE] Sumo - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Oct 27, 2015 ... The Sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes .... The rank 
of Yokozuna is held in 2006 by only one man, Asashoryu. ... Asashoryu heads a 
small group of Mongolian wrestlers who have achieved Sekitori status. .... Once 
the highest ranked wrestler is introduced they turn inwards and... [DOC] [TLE] The Joy of Six: athletes who crossed over into combat sports | Sport ... [PAR] Feb 19, 2016 ... He's a great athlete who still has some of that greatness in him. .... US-born 
wrestler reached yokozuna, sumo's highest rank, in 1993, becoming... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A ... [PAR] Buy Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book) on ... for 
Tokyo with visions of becoming a star athlete in Japan's national sport, sumo. ... "
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Roman and the Rock have the same way of holding the mic .... He was the first 
non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach zeki, the second highest rank in the sport. [DOC] [TLE] The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making | FiveThirtyEight [PAR] May 13, 2016 ... The highest-ranked sumo wrestlers like Hakuho wear the yokozuna rope during 
.... Raiden isn't a story of a sport that has stayed the same for hundreds of years, 
... Although he would eventually reach 6-foot-4 and competes at around .... that 
may afford better opportunities to athletic Japanese youth. [DOC] [TLE] FIGHT SPORTS Official Website: UFC, Bellator MMA, NewsHakuho ... [PAR] Sep 11, 2015 ... With his debut in March 2001, he reached the top makuuchi division ... age of 22

Question: A Yokozuna is an athlete who has reaced the highest rank in this sport
Answer: sumo wrestling