Terunofuji, who returned to Ozeki for the first time in 21 places, announced the ranking of the sumo wrestling summer place, which will be the first day on the 9th of next month.
Terunofuji temporarily fell from Ozeki to the second stage due to knee injury and illness, but in the summer place, he returned to Ozeki for the first time in 21 places since the autumn of 2017 and sat in Ozeki in the west. ..
According to the Japan Sumo Association, it is the first time in history that Ozeki has returned to the second stage.
Terunofuji attended an online press conference and said, "I haven't changed in particular even when I returned to my original position. I'm practicing smoothly. I feel like I have to do my best in the next place." talked.
Regarding the position of Ozeki, "I am responsible for being a signboard wrestler of the association, so I want to keep a solid result. In order to be a yokozuna, I have to keep a victory or a result equivalent to the victory. Then I will do my best to win every place. "
The Sumo Summer Basho will celebrate its first day at the Kokugikan in Ryogoku, Tokyo on the 9th of next month.