[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. ... The number of top division championships won by each yokozuna 
is also listed. Those lis ted for yokozuna active before the summer tournament of
... [DOC] [TLE] Sumo - Wikipedia [PAR] Sumo (, sum) or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport 
where a rikishi .... In each rank are two wrestlers, the higher rank is designated as 
"east" and the lower as ... Yokozuna, or grand champions, are generally expected 
to compete for and to win the top division tournament title on a regular basis. [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 in January 2003. He was one of the most successful 
yokozuna ever. ... Over his entire career, he won 25 top division tournament 
championships,... [DOC] [TLE] Yokozuna - artelino [PAR] Yokozuna are Grand Champions of Sumo Wrestling, the popular Japanese sport. 
Yokozuna is the highest rank possible for a sumo wrestler. In the 1980s the... [DOC] [TLE] Hawaiian-born sumo star to be awarded grand-champion status ... [PAR] Jan 25, 1993 ... Hawaiian-born sumo star to be awarded grand-champion status ... Sporting a 
gray kimono, Akebono, ascending to the top in a record time of ... a 14-1 record to 
attain the rank of yokozuna, Kyodo quoted sources as saying,... [DOC] [TLE] SPORTS - Hawaiian-born sumo grand champ Akebono calls it quits [PAR] Jan 23, 2001 ... Akebono is first foreign wrestler ever to reach the highest rank in Japan s ... The 
yokozuna, or grand champion, tendered his resignation to the... [DOC] [TLE] The Structure of Sumo Wrestling - Sumo Talk [PAR] The top division, called Makuuchi, includes the top 42 wrestlers in the sport. The 
Makuuchi rank receives the most attention and media coverage. Because ... The 
highest level a rikishi can achieve is called Yokozuna, or Grand Champion. [DOC] [TLE] Asashoryu gets yokozuna rank | The Japan Times [PAR] Jan 30, 2003 ... Asashoryu is the sport's 68th grand champion. ... His promotion to the top also 
underscores sumo's increasingly cosmopolitan makeup. [DOC] [TLE] Sports|In Japan, Sumo Is Dominated by ... - The New York Times [PAR] Jan 24, 2013 ... The first foreign-born wrestler to break through to the top was Chad Rowan ... to 
reach the sport's highest rank  yokozuna, or grand champion. [DOC] [TLE] A Weight on Tradition : At 576 Pounds, Hawaiian Sumo Star ... [PAR] Apr 28, 1992 ... "Strictly speaking, this is racism," the former high school football ... where sumo 
has been practiced as a sport, a quasi-religious ritual and ... Because it is 
considered unbecoming for a grand master to be defeated, when yokozuna 
begin losing, ... For such purists, the idea of a foreign grand champion ranks... [DOC] [TLE] yokozuna - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] yokozuna: The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; a grand champion. ... 
The sport's reigning grand champion, or yokozuna, is a 25 year-old Mongolian... [DOC] [TLE] Sumo's Hawaiian Giant | Sports and Fashion | Trends in Japan ... [PAR] Aug 6, 1999 ... Second Foreign Wrestler Reaches Highest Rank ... has gained promotion to the 
highest rank of yokozuna (grand champion) after winning the... [DOC] [TLE] BIG BROTHERS: New Sumo Champion Delights Fans with Speed ... [PAR] Aug 6, 1998 ... Sumo, Japan's oldest professional sport, has seen its popularity on the ... 
Wakanohana to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna (grand champion),... [DOC] [TLE] Sumo - Japan Guide [PAR] Feb 15, 2016 ... About Sumo Wrestling, the national sport of Japan. ... At the pinnacle of the sumo 
hierarchy stands the yokozuna (grand champion). Unlike wrestlers ... The highest 
ranked wrestlers have their matches just before 18:00. On the... [DOC]

Question: Yokozuna, or Grand Champion, is the highest rank in this sport
Answer: Sumo Wrestling