'Takakeisho' Tag

• Sumo 2018: Year of the next generation

  November 26, 2018

  When Mitakeumi won the Nagoya sumo tournament this past July, I suggested it heralded the next generation of sumo rikishi. Further evidence of this generational transition presented itself yesterday when 22-year-old Takakeisho from Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture secured the Kyushu yusho with a 13-2 record. I had the honor of observing Takakeisho up close back in […]

  posted in sumo by mark bivens