[DOC] [TLE] Sumo - Wikipedia [PAR] Sumo (, sum) or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport 
where a rikishi .... All sumo wrestlers take wrestling names called shikona (
), which may or may not be related to their real names. Often ... Yokozuna, or 
grand champions, are generally expected to compete for and to win the top 
division... [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. ... Those lis ted for yokozuna active before the summer tournament of 
1909 are historically conferred from the win/loss records of the time as .... List of 
past sumo wrestlers  List of sumo tournament top division champions  List of 
zeki... [DOC] [TLE] Makuuchi - Wikipedia [PAR] Makuuchi () or makunouchi () is the top division of the six divisions of 
professional ... They may be called on to represent all sumo wrestlers on certain 
occasions. ... As the sport's biggest stars, yokozuna are in many ways the public 
face of sumo .... The promotion of a wrestler to zeki is a multi-tournament 
process. [DOC] [TLE] Konishiki Yasokichi - Wikipedia [PAR] Konishiki Yasokichi is a Hawaiian-born JapaneseSamoan former sumo wrestler
. He was the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach zeki, the second-highest 
rank in the sport. During his career he won the top division championship on 
three occasions ... came close to becoming the first foreign-born grand champion, 
or yokozuna,... [DOC] [TLE] The Structure of Sumo Wrestling - Sumo Talk [PAR] The top division, called Makuuchi, includes the top 42 wrestlers in the sport. ... 
Major tournaments, called hon-basho (or basho for short), occur six times a year 
... The highest level a rikishi can achieve is called Yokozuna, or Grand Champion
. [DOC] [TLE] Who Was the First Foreign Grand Champion in Sumo Wrestling ... [PAR] Although a sumo tournament involves much ceremony and tradition, a match is ... 
A wrestler must rise through six ranks to become a grand champion. ... of 42 
sekitori -- as wrestlers in these divisions are called -- is further subdivided ... In 
order to become a yokozuna, a wrestler must win two consecutive basho as an 
ozeki. [DOC] [TLE] Japan's decade-long wait for sumo champion comes to an end ... [PAR] Jan 24, 2016 ... Until Sunday, no Japan-born wrestler had won a tournament since ... ago, and 
the sport has not had a Japanese grand champion, or yokozuna,... [DOC] [TLE] yokozuna - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] Several Top Sumo Wrestlers Won't Compete in Tournament. The sport's reigning 
grand champion, or yokozuna, is a 25 year-old Mongolian named Hakuho... [DOC] [TLE] Sumo Tournament - Japan Guide [PAR] Feb 15, 2016 ... About Sumo Wrestling, the national sport of Japan. ... The top division is called "
Makuuchi" and the second division is called "Juryo". At the pinnacle of the sumo 
hierarchy stands the yokozuna (grand champion). [DOC] [TLE] The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making | FiveThirtyEight [PAR] May 13, 2016 ... If he could beat rival Harumafuji  himself a winner of seven Grand ... Nitschke (
a German sports data nerd) has a website called Sumo Reference where .... 
Konishiki won a few tournaments and then yokozuna Akebono and... [DOC] [TLE] A Weight on Tradition : At 576 Pounds, Hawaiian Sumo Star ... [PAR] Apr 28, 1992 ... Sumo has anointed only about 60 yokozuna in the last 300 years. ... For such 
purists, the idea of a foreign grand champion ranks somewhere between ... 
Konishiki has won three tournaments--but never two in a row. ... spat over rice or 
cars, an approach the newspaper called "superficial and sensational."... [DOC] [TLE] Akebono | Japanese sumo wrestler | Britannica.com [PAR] Jun 2, 2016 ... Akebono, original name Chadwick Haheo Rowan, also called (from ... the first 
non-Japanese person to be elevated to yokozuna (grand champion) ... In May he 
won his first tournament championship,

Question: A grand champion of a tournament in this sport is called a yokozuna
Answer: Sumo wrestling