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Rank Ring name Max. weight Stable Highest rank Birth date Birthplace Death date 1 Ōrora Satoshi 大露羅: 292.6 kg (645 lb) Yamahibiki (also Kitanoumi) Makushita 43 April 26, 1983 (age 41) Zaigrayevo, Buryat ASSR, Soviet Union: 2 Konishiki 小錦: 287 kg (633 lb) Takasago: Ōzeki December 31, 1963 (age 61)
On his first day of high school, sumo practitioner Hinomaru Ushio joins Odachi High's sumo club. Despite his short stature (professional sumo has a height requirement of 167 centimeters (5.5 feet)), Hinomaru aims to become the best in high school to force the professional sumo association to let him compete, and then reach the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.
It was not always the strongest ōzeki but those with the most influential patrons who were chosen. The first list of yokozuna (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō in 1900 but was not regarded as official until 1926 when it was published by the newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names.
Riku Kiri (born April 5, 1963 in Kotka, Finland) is a Finnish former strongman and powerlifter, best known for competing in the World's Strongest Man competition, narrowly missing out on capturing the title on more than one occasion.
Russia has claimed that its forces captured a battered but strategic town in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a day after Kyiv launched a counterattack in the Russian region of Kursk.
Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% ...
Maxime Boudreault (born 21 September 1991) is a Canadian professional strongman competitor from Kapuskasing, Ontario. [1] [2] He secured 3rd place in the 2021 World's Strongest Man competition in Sacramento, California, [3] won the inaugural 'Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic' competition in 2021 in Iceland, [4] and won the 2022 Canada's Strongest Man competition.
California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday announced he is seeking up to $25 million in additional funding for legal fights with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect ...