Aki Basho
(Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) September 12th - 26th
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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82
The original former grand champion Wakanohana, whose nickname in the ring was the "Devil of the Dohyo," died Wednesday evening of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital, the Japan Sumo Association said. He was 82. Wakanohana, a former JSA chairman whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, lived the second longest of all yokozuna after the first Umegatani, who... [+]