US EditionUkrainian Refugee Wins Japan's Elite Sumo Title
At 21, Aonishiki won his first Kyushu title with a 12-3 record and is poised for the fastest promotion to ozeki in sumo history, officials said.
- Danylo Yavhusishyn, using the ring name Aonishiki Arata, won the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, becoming the first competitor from Ukraine to win an elite-level tournament.
- He received the Prime Minister's Cup from Takahiro Inoue, an adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, during the ceremony.
- Aonishiki Arata, who has only been in Japan for two months, is praised for his quick rise in the sumo ranks.
- He expressed his happiness in Japanese during a televised victory interview, stating he was glad to show his usual performance.
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Ukrainian Refugee Makes History as Japan’s New Sumo Champion
Aonishiki Arata at Grand Sumo Tournament, Day 9. Credit: TSUBAME98 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Danylo Yavhusishyn, a Ukrainian refugee who arrived in Japan three years ago, has become the first from his country to win a professional sumo tournament, claiming victory at the Kyushu basho after a tie-breaking match against Mongolian grand champion Hoshoryu. Competing under the ring name Aonishiki Arata, the 21-year-old addressed fans in flue…
The Ukrainian major tournament winner is also known as Aonishiki.
The last major tournament of the year, the Kyushu-basho, was won for the first time by Ukrainian Danõlo Javhusišņyn, also known by his ring name Aonishiki Arata.
Sumo sport is an almost hermetically sealed system in Japan. Despite everything, a 21-year-old Ukrainian has come to the top and raises the question: How much does Sumo want to change in order to preserve tradition?
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