Yokozuna Terunofuji  has won the Kyushi Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 score. This was his first zensho-yusho and ordinarily, is never an easy thing to achieve. Considering the fact that the yokozuna has to face the toughest opponents during the meet, to come out without a single defeat is remarkable. Everybody wants to knock off the top dog is they can.

It must be admitted though that, with the retirement of a number of key rikishi over the past few years, the going is not as tough for the current and only yokozuna as of yore. The top two ranks (yokozuna and ozeki) are thinly populated and the talent in lower ranks is not stepping up consistently, at least, not as yet. This is not to take anything away from a man who has fallen to the bottom and risen again against all expectations. He is a champion.

Congratulations Terunofuji.