For First Time in Years, Japan Boasts a Sumo Grand Champion

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The promotion, by the Japan Sumo Association, was a top news story in the country on Wednesday. That changed on Wednesday, when Kisenosato became the first Japanese athlete since 1998 to receive the sumo title of yokozuna, or grand champion. At a Tokyo hotel on Wednesday, Kisenosato, 30, told officials from the Japan Sumo Association that he had accepted the designation with humility. ?The number of Japanese wrestlers is not growing, that?s for sure,? Mr. Mainoumi said. ?I hope he will do well so that his dignified character and ability are remembered by history.?Kisenosato, who weighs about 385 pounds, becomes the fourth active yokozuna in professional sumo wrestling.