Yokozuna Hakuho, who won the grand sumo tournament 45 times, has notified the Japan Sumo Association of his retirement.

We will look back on the efforts from the first ring to the last of the active roles, and the record-filled sumo life that set numerous records in about 20 years from the first ring.

First ring (Spring 2001)

Hakuho, who came to Japan from Mongolia, stepped on the first ring in the spring of 2001.



At that time, I weighed about 80 kg, which is almost half of what I am now.

Asashoryu and Yokozuna are the best (first place in 2008, Chiakiraku)

Chiakiraku at the beginning of 2008.



Hakuho and Asashoryu's Yokozuna, who kept their eyes on each other many times before the initiative, entered the Sosei decisive battle with one loss.



Efforts that have put out all their strength, such as strong attraction.



At the end, Hakuho won and won the championship for the sixth time.

Lost to Kisenosato and stopped at "63" in a row (2010 Kyushu location)

Yokozuna Futabayama, which is said to be immortal even now and at that time, ranked first in history for "69 consecutive victories."



Hakuho was the closest to this great record.

At that time, Kisenosato Yutaka stopped the record of consecutive wins that reached "63".



Many people may remember the appearance of Hakuho, who was angry after falling to the bottom of the ring and falling into the audience.

Unusual surprise attack against Tochiozan (2015 Kyushu location 10th day)

Hakuho made a surprising move to Tochiozan (Kiyomigata's master).



Clap both hands in front of the other person's face, so-called "cat trick".



It was an unusual surprise attack for Yokozuna.



At that time, Kitanoumi Toshimitsu complained, "The technique that the side who thinks he can't win does. Yokozuna shouldn't do it."

Defeat Terunofuji and decide to win the championship (Reiwa 3rd year Nagoya place)

Hakuho has returned to Nagoya from six consecutive holidays due to surgery on his right knee.



In Chiakiraku, he defeated Terunofuji and achieved the 45th victory.



This was the last effort in active duty.

Record-filled sumo life

Hakuho has set numerous records in about 20 years.

The total number of winning stars, the number of winning stars in Makuuchi, the total number of winning and all-winning wins, and the position of Yokozuna are all No. 1 in history.



The total number of winning stars is 1187, which has been accumulated since the first ring of the spring 2001 place.

In 2nd place, Kaiō Hiroyuki's 1047 wins are greatly exceeded and he is by far the top.



The winning star in the Makuuchi is 1093 wins.



There are 1282 times in the Makuuchi calculation field, and while it remains in the 8th place in history, the only winning star in the Makuuchi is over 1000 wins, and the winning percentage is very high at 80% and 5 minutes.



Six years ago, he won the 33rd victory at the first place in 2015, breaking the record for the 32nd victory of the Showa era Yokozuna Taiho for the first time in 44 years.



The final victory was at the Nagoya location in July, setting a record high of 45 times.



Of these, the victory in all 15 races was 16 times, which is twice the total of 8 times for Futabayama and Taiho's two Yokozuna, and is the first place in history.



In addition, the record of winning seven consecutive places from the spring 2010 place to the skill examination place in May 2011 is also the first place in history along with Yokozuna Asashoryu.



In 2010, when Asashoryu retired, he recorded 63 consecutive victories, the second highest in history, after 69 consecutive victories in Futabayama from the first place to the Kyushu place.



Furthermore, in 2009 and 2010, he showed his overwhelming strength of winning 86 out of 90 races in 6 places a year and losing only 4 times a year for 2 years.

This is also the number one record in history, surpassing the 84 wins of the year recorded by Asashoryu in 2005.



As of the autumn place, 103 places were enrolled in Makuuchi, the number one place in history, and 107 places of Kaiou were approaching to 4 more places.



Of these, the yokozuna reigned in 84 places, the number of appearances during the yokozuna reign was 1019 times, and the winning star 899 wins during the yokozuna reign, which was also the first place in history, and it was a record-breaking sumo life.