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+Title: Takerufuji made history
+Date: 2024-04-01
+Category: Aprilcools
+Tags:
+Slug: takeru
+Lang: en
+Summary:
+    This March we witnessed history of sumo. What **Takerufuji** did what seemed
+    impossible.
+
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+    margin: auto;
+    width: 300px;
+}
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+    margin: 0;
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+</style>
+
+
+**Takerufuji** Mikiya, born as Ishioka Mikiya in 1999, loves sumo. He does
+amateur fights at university, where he finds **Ōnosato** Daiki, 2000, formerly
+known as Nakamura Daiki, the most prominent young fighter in top-level sumo
+today, a worthy rival.
+
+It's 2017, **Terunofuji** Haruo, born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as Gantulgyn
+Gan-Erdene in 1991, is a top-level *ōzeki*, the second highest sumo range. He
+is strong as a monster, lifting other fighters and carefully placing them out
+of the *dohyō*, the sumo "ring", almost without resistance. He is an absolute
+display of strength, but he's not immune to injury. After several knee injuries
+and health problems, he is not able to fight for so long he is relegated to
+lower sumo ranges, forced to fight in a lower division each competition he
+misses. He is forced to start in *jonidan* when he returns in 2019. That's the
+fifth division in sumo.
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}/sumo/terunofuji.jpg">
+<figcaption>Terunofuji in 2023 (wikipedia)</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+**Terunofuji** is back in business. During his first competition after the
+return he secures the promotion to the *sandanme*, next he is promoted to
+*makushita*. Two *makushita* competitions later, with a 6-1 record, he wins the
+*makushita* competition with an amazing 7-0, securing the promotion to *jūryō*,
+which he also wins (13-2) once and has a very good performance next (10-5).
+He's back in *makuuchi*, the top level division. It's 2020.
+
+During the first top-level division competition after his return,
+**Terunofuji** wins the competition (13-2), also obtaining the special prizes
+for *Outstanding Performance* and *Technique*. One year later, he is back at
+*ōzeki* range, winning three of the six competitions he took part in during the
+year, and being in the runner-up on five of them. After a great performance
+(14-1) he is promoted to *yokozuna*, the highest range in sumo, reserved only
+for the grandmasters of the sport. In 2021, after a two-year comeback, he
+became the 73rd *yokozuna* in the recorded sumo history (since 1798).
+
+The young **Takerufuji**, who is still fighting in amateur sumo, decides to
+make the jump to professional, inspired by **Terunofuji**'s comeback. In
+November 2022, he wins (7-0) his first *jonokuchi* competition, the lowest
+division in sumo. He is promoted to *jonidan*, that he also wins (7-0). Next he
+makes a great performance in *sandanme* (6-1) and is promoted to *makushita*
+where he obtains very good results (6-1, 6-1, 5-2 and 6-2) and is finally
+promoted to *jūryō*, the second division. Now, he can consider himself a proper
+professional. It's January 2024. Only a little bit more than a year passed
+since he started his professional attempt.
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}/sumo/takerufuji.jpg">
+<figcaption>Takerufuji in 2024 (wikipedia)</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+**Ōnosato** Daiki has also made his bet. In May 2023 he started at *makushita*
+level, as he was a top fighter in amateur sumo, he could skip lower divisions.
+After two good performances in *makushita* (6-1 and 4-3) he is promoted to
+*jūryō* and continues to perform at the same level (12-3 and 12-3) and is
+finally promoted to the top division, with a *maegashira 15* range, in January
+2024. In less than a year, thanks to his exceptional strength and technique,
+**Ōnosato** signs the third-fastest to reach the top division since 1989. He
+was so fast, his hair hasn't grow enough yet to tie in a *chonmage*, the
+mandatory sumo hairstyle.
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}/sumo/onosato.jpg">
+<figcaption>Ōnosato in 2023 (wikipedia)</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+While **Ōnosato** is doing a great performance in his top division debut, in
+January 2024, ending with a great 11-4 record, **Takerufuji** is almost
+unstoppable in *jūryō*, winning the championship with an excellent 13-2 record
+and being thus promoted to the top-level division, where both young fighters
+would meet, again since their amateur times, in March.
+
+It's March 2024, and the time has come. Both **Ōnosato** and **Takerufuji**
+have a great start, with 0 losses the sixth day. After the first two thirds of
+competition, the tenth day, both arrive with very good numbers: **Ōnosato**
+with a 8-1 after his loss against **Ōnoshō** the seventh day and **Takerufuji**
+has a surprising non-loss streak, very rare on first division debutants, 9-0
+that is.
+
+Both having a similar range, and a very good record, are paired together.
+**Ōnosato** is 40 kilograms heavier, he is very strong and his technique is
+sharp. **Takerufuji** is 8 centimeters shorter, and strong as a truck. In their
+first duel in the sumo top division, hopefully from many, **Ōnosato** is
+blasted out of the ring, and **Takerufuji** obtains his 10-0. Since the 15-day
+tournament format was established in 1949, only the *yokozuna* **Taiho**
+conquered an eleven-win streak in his first top-level competition.
+
+Next day, **Takerufuji** fights **Kotonowaka**, a young fighter at the *ōzeki*
+range, winning the fight and matching **Taiho**'s record. After this, he
+demonstrated he could challenge the hardest fighters in the competition. Next
+day **Hōshōryū** comes, the young Mongolian fighter is one of the most feared
+in the *ōzeki* range. **Hōshōryū** is fast, strong and his technique, based on
+traditional Mongolian wrestling, *bökh*, is both accurate and hard to defend
+against.
+
+After a very intense start, **Hōshōryū** lands a perfect technique and throws
+**Takerufuji** out of the *dohyō*, putting an end to the 11 win streak, but not
+yet to the competition.
+
+The 14th fight comes and **Takerufuji** has a 12-1 record, the best from all
+the participants. This time loses against **Asanoyama** injuring his ankle
+right at the beginning of the fight. 12-2 that is, and everybody is afraid he
+won't compete the last day, as he couldn't walk in his way out.
+
+The last day of the competition starts, **Takerufuji**, with his 12-2 is one
+win away from the next fighter, **Ōnosato**, who secured a great 11-3 record
+and is one win away from the next in the list: **Hōshōryū**.
+
+**Takerufuji** has an injured ligament, and his master has advised him not to
+fight. Nobody knows what would happen. When his turn comes, he walks to the
+center of the *dohyō* with a bandage in his right ankle. Even if he loses he
+would still have chances to win the tournament if **Ōnosato** loses his fight
+against **Hōshōryū**, but we all know he will try to win this fight against
+**Gōnoyama**, his spirit is one of a warrior.
+
+**Gōnoyama**, a great fighter (10-4 at the fight), has a great start, almost
+dropping **Takerufuji**, when he put too much weight in his injured ankle. But
+**Takerufuji** holds in place, grabs **Gōnoyama**'s *mawashi* and push, push,
+push until he is out. **Takerufuji** wins the competition and becomes the
+second fighter that wins the *makuuchi* competition as a debutant since
+**Ryogoku**, who won the summer tournament of 1914, that's 110 years.
+
+The tournament continues, as some fights are left. **Ōnosato** has to fight
+**Hōshōryū**, the only sumo that was able to win against an uninjured
+**Takerufuji**. In a spectacular display of technique and flexibility,
+**Hōshōryū** throws **Ōnosato** out of the *dohyō*. 11-4 for **Ōnosato** in the
+end, signing a great competition and also wining  *fighting spirit* and
+*technique* special prices.
+
+**Takerufuji**, also received all possible special prices: *fighting spirit*,
+*outstanding performance* and *technique*; and he is honored as the great
+warrior he is. His name is now written in sumo history forever.
+
+Many have no doubt that **Takerufuji**, **Ōnosato**, and probably **Hōshōryū**,
+will become great *yokozuna*s one day, but sadly, the only one we have now, the
+inspiration for this huge accomplishment, **Terunofuji**, was out of the
+competition, after a very poor start, due to his injuries and health problems
+at his 32 years of age.
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