Meisei, right, defeats Terunofuji on the 12th day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's

Promotion-chasing ozeki Terunofuji, right, defeats komusubi Meisei on the 12th day of the Nagoya

The 31-year-old Japan-born wrestler who represents the Tagonoura stable in sumo's fourth-highest rank, the lowest sanyaku, will likely lose his sanyaku status and fall from the three ranks below yokozuna.... Takayasu struggled to get up and was brought a wheelchair when he was shoved out of the ring and handed his seventh loss by yokozuna Terunofuji in their bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Wednesday.... Takayasu's withdrawal brings the number of absentees in the juryo division or above to

Sumo Tournament, improving to a perfect 11-0 with a physically draining win over giant komusubi

sumo's highest rank.... Picking up where he left off, he claimed a fast force-out win over komusubi

new komusubi Kiribayama on the opening day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.... Days later, the

1 maegashira Wakatakakage on the third day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov.... 1 maegashira Wakatakakage to improve to a perfect 3-0.... Giving up some 50 kilograms, the speedy and athletic Wakatakakage( 1-2) went looking for a belt grip but was quickly bundled out by Terunofuji, sumo's only active yokozuna since the retirement of Hakuho at the end of September....

Terunofuji, right, defeats Takayasu on the ninth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov.... 22, 2021, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.... Occupying the ancient sport's highest rank alone for the first time after the retirement of 45-time champion Hakuho, Terunofuji is living up to his top billing as he ousted a tricky opponent in former ozeki Takayasu( 5-4) at Fukuoka Kokusai Center....

Terunofuji, right, overpowers Endo to stay undefeated on Day 8 of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov.... 21, 2021, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in southwestern Japan.... 15 Abi remained one win off the lead at 7-1 by winning their respective bouts on Day 8 of the 15-day meet at Fukuoka Kokusai Center....

Grand champion Terunofuji, left, defeats Ura on the fourth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan.... Bidding for his third straight championship, Terunofuji needed patience and poise on Day 4 against the nimble rank-and-filer, who upset ozeki Takakeisho the previous day.... Terunofuji snared Ura( 1-3) in an arm lock on his second attempt, but the maegashira snuck out of the hold, knocked the Mongolian-born grand champion off balance and drove him to the edge....