Terunofuji Sekiwake, who won the Sumo Spring Basho for the third time, will officially return to Ozeki for the first time in 21 places on the 31st, and will attend the promotion ceremony.
Terunofuji has temporarily lowered its ranking to the second stage due to injury, etc., and it is the first time since Showa that it has returned to Ozeki from less than 10 cars.
Terunofuji, who has experience in Ozeki, won the championship for the third time with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses in the spring place, and the total number of winning stars in the last 3 places exceeded 33 wins, which is the guideline for promotion to Ozeki, to 36 wins. did.
Terunofuji's return to Ozeki will be officially decided on the 31st after a ranking meeting for the next summer and an extraordinary board meeting of the Japan Sumo Association.
After that, the messenger of the Sumo Association will visit Terunofuji to hold a promotion ceremony.
Terunofuji had experienced the first two steps at one point after falling from Ozeki to Sekiwake in 2017 due to the effects of knee injuries, etc., and returned to Ozeki after lowering the ranking to 10 cars or less. This is the first time since Showa.
In addition, it will be the longest blank since the Showa era, and it will be the first time in 21 places to return, and it will be the first time since Kaiketsu in 1977 that the second Ozeki promotion ceremony will be held.
When Terunofuji was promoted after the summer of 2015, he said, "I will continue to improve my mental and physical skills and work hard to improve my skills," in a "verbal" manner that shows Ozeki's determination. I did.
At the second transmission ceremony, we will pay attention to how we will show our determination.
Terunofuji's promotion ceremony for Ozeki will be held on the morning of the 31st at the Isegahama room in Koto-ku, Tokyo.