SUMO/ 'Hungry' Mongolians continue to dominate - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun: "The Ryogoku Kokugikan walls are adorned with framed photos of the winners of the 32 most recent grand sumo tournaments. All of the faces now are of foreign-born wrestlers.
Non-Japanese wrestlers have won every tournament since the 2006 spring basho, and 36 of the 38 tournaments held since then have been won by Mongolian wrestlers.
The Mongolians' dominance in the professional sumo world began in 1992, when six wrestlers, including Kyokutenho, came to Japan. Takeo Ota (retired ozeki Asahikuni), scouted the six wrestlers when he was stablemaster Oshima. Ota, now 65, looks back fondly on those days."
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