Kotonowaka promoted to Ozeki, first wrestler from Chiba Prefecture in 69 years | NHK

The Japan Sumo Association held a unprecedented board assembly on the thirty first and determined to advertise Kotonowaka, who gained 13 matches in his first event, to ozeki. This is the primary new ozeki since Toyo Shoryu, who was promoted after the Nagoya event final July, and the primary sumo wrestler from Chiba Prefecture in 69 years.

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