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Yomiuri Shimbun
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yomiuri Shimbun
New Yokozuna Onosato Debuts Alongside Hoshoryu in Pre-Tournament Ceremony in Nagoya to Crowd of 5,000
With the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament set to open on July 13, yokozuna Hoshoryu and yokozuna Onosato offered a ceremonial ring-entering performance called 'dohyo-iri' at Atsuta Jingu shrine in Nagoya on Saturday. It marked the first time in six years that yokozuna on both east and west sides performed the ritual together at the shrine — the last being Kakuryu and Hakuho in 2019 — as about 5,000 spectators enthusiastically watched the two majestic figures. Newly promoted Onosato demonstrated the Unryu-style ring entrance, accompanied by two wrestlers, Takayasu as 'tachimochi' sword bearer and Takanosho as a 'tsuyuharai' dew sweeper. 'I'm truly delighted to gain this experience in front of so many fans,' Onosato said. 'I want to prepare as thoroughly as possible and enter the tournament in perfect condition.' Hoshoryu, appearing in his third tournament at sumo's highest rank, declared, 'I'll psych myself up and put on good sumo,' voicing his determination to capture his first championship since his promotion.
Asahi Shimbun
31-05-2025
- Sport
- Asahi Shimbun
SUMO/ Onosato puts on ring-entering ritual indoors at Meiji Jingu
Yokozuna Onosato performs the ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on March 30. (Pool) Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato performed his first ring-entering ceremony at Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine, but did so indoors because of rain. The May 30 ceremony was closed to general visitors. The 24-year-old Onosato is the 75th sumo wrestler to hold the title of yokozuna and the third to do so from Ishikawa Prefecture. He was accompanied to the venue in Shibuya Ward by two sumo wrestlers from the same Nishonoseki stable. Komusubi Takayasu served as a sword-bearer and maegashira No. 15 Ryuden as an usher. Onosato performed the Unryu-style ring-entering ceremony just as his stablemaster Nishonoseki, the former yokozuna Kisenosato, did. It was the first time the ceremony has been held inside Meiji Jingu shrine due to bad weather since Chiyonoyama, the 41st yokozuna, began to hold a ring-entering ceremony at the shrine, according to the Japan Sumo Association.
