Newly promoted yokozuna Musashimaru accepts messengers from the Japan Sumo Association to deliver the message of his promotion at Musashigawa Stable...
Newly promoted ozeki Miyabiyama and his stable master Musashigawa pose with yokozuna Musashimaru , ozeki Dejima and ozeki Musoyama at Musashigawa...
Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu watches fellow sumo wrestlers as they wove a heavy, white rope belt to be donned around his waist during the...
Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu practices the unryugata style "dohyo iri" ring-entering ritual at the lodgings of his stable, the Izutsu...
Newly promoted grand champion Kisenosato resumes training in Tokyo on Feb. 7 for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament beginning March 12 in Osaka.
Newly promoted grand champion Kisenosato defeats Takanoiwa in the final of a one-day sumo tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2017.
Mongolian grand champion Hakuho throws salt before a second-round match against Tochiozan during a one-day sumo tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in...
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and Kisenosato, newly promoted the same rank, scatter roasted beans during a Japanese traditional annual event to drive...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato attend a greeting session at Koiwa Elementary School on January 28, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Some 4,500 local...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato high fives with children during a greeting session at Koiwa Elementary School on January 28, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan....
Newly promoted yokozuna, sumo grand champion Kisenosato holds a brand new 'yokozuna' sacred rope fprior to performing the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring...
Newly promoted yokozuna, sumo grand champion Kisenosato receives a brand new 'yokozuna' sacred rope from the Japan Sumo Association president Hakkaku...
People take photograghs of newly promoted yokozuna, sumo grand champion Kisenosato prior to performing the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual at...
Newly promoted yokozuna, sumo grand champion Kisenosato performs the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual at Meiji Jingu Shrine on January 27, 2017...
Newly promoted yokozuna, sumo grand champion Kisenosato performs the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual at Meiji Jingu Shrine on January 27, 2017...
Newly promoted yokozuna, sumo grand champion Kisenosato performs the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual at Meiji Jingu Shrine on January 27, 2017...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
People attend a ceremony as newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at...
People attend a ceremony as newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank in professional sumo, performs at the Meijijingu Shrine in...
Officials of Sumo Association and people attend a ceremony as newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato, who is the 72nd wrestler to reach the highest rank...
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato performs a ring-entering ceremony beside Tachimochi, or sword carrier, Takayasu and...
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato enters the ground of Meiji shrine to hold a ring-entering ceremony in Tokyo on January...
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato performs a ring-entering ceremony beside Tachimochi, or sword carrier, Takayasu and...
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato performs a ring-entering ceremony beside Tachimochi, or sword carrier, Takayasu and...
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato enters the ground of Meiji shrine to hold a ring-entering ceremony in Tokyo on January...
Shinto priest purifies the spectators prior to the ring-entering ceremony for the newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato at...
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato performs a ring-entering ceremony beside Tsuyuharai, or dew sweeper, Shohozan at Meiji...
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato performs a ring-entering ceremony at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on January 27, 2017....
Newly promoted "Yokozuna" or sumo's grand champion, Kisenosato enters the ground of Meiji shrine to hold a ring-entering ceremony in Tokyo on January...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato is seen on arrival as his fellow wrestlers make a sacred rope for him prior to the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato practices the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual instructed by former yokozuna Oonokuni, stable master...
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato has his rope, just hand made by fellow sumo wrestlers, tied at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2017....
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato receives coaching for the "unryu" style "dohyo-iri" ring-entering ritual from stablemaster Shibatayama in...
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato has his rope, just hand made by fellow sumo wrestlers, tied at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2017....
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato receives coaching for the "unryu" style "dohyo-iri" ring-entering ritual from stablemaster Shibatayama in...
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato has a commemorative photo taken at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2017 with sumo wrestlers who...
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato has his rope, just hand made by fellow sumo wrestlers, tied at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2017....
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato receives coaching for the "unryu" style "dohyo-iri" ring-entering ritual from stablemaster Shibatayama in...
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato has his rope, just hand made by fellow sumo wrestlers, tied at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2017....
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato watches over sumo wrestlers making a hemp rope at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2017. The new rope...
The newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato watches over sumo wrestlers making a hemp rope for him at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2017. The...
Sumo wrestlers knead hemp with rice bran at the Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 25 in a process to make a new rope to be worn by the newly promoted...
Sumo wrestlers knead hemp with rice bran at the Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on Jan. 25 in a process to make a new rope to be worn by the newly promoted...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato has his sacred rope wrapped during a practice of the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual instructed by former...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato has his sacred rope wrapped during a practice of the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual instructed by former...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato and fellow wrestlers pose for photographs after a practice of the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual instructed...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato practices the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual instructed by former yokozuna Oonokuni, stable master...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato practices the 'Dohyo-Iri' ring purification ritual instructed by former yokozuna Oonokuni, stable master...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato poses for photos in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2017. Shouldering Kisenosato is fellow Tagonoura stable wrestler Takayasu,...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato poses for photos in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2017. The 30-year-old became the 72nd yokozuna in sumo history and the first...
Newly promoted yokozuna Kisenosato celebrates his promotion to yokozuna on January 25, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Kisenosato has officially been granted...
