ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YOKOZUNA
From Japanese yoko across + zuna rope, from the sacred straw rope presented to the grand champion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YOKOZUNA»
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Yokozuna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Yokozuna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gaijin
Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan
The work is further informed by volumes of secondary source material on sumo, Japanese culture, and local Hawaii culture.
When a group of children is mysteriously transported from a museum garden into a fantastic world where myths, magic, and spirits of traditional Japan have come to life, they find escape isn't as simple as a phone call home.
3
Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes
Unlike members of all other ranks, a yokozuna can never be demoted; he is
simply expected to retire when his performance begins to slip. Because the rank
is permanent, the decision of whether to promote an ozeki ("champion") to
yokozuna ...
4
Japanese Sports: A History
During this time, the word "yokozuna" still referred merely to the rope worn by the
wrestler licensed to perform a solo ring-entering ceremony. In fact, Tanikaze did
not even hold the highest rank of ozeki in the tournament after which he was ...
Allen Guttmann, Lee Austin Thompson, 2001
The term yokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoa'i had never competed as an actual sumotori.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Mirror of Modernity: Invented Traditions of Modern Japan
The simultaneous development of the "traditional" yokozuna alongside the "
modern" championship system demonstrates the complexity of the relationship.
The yokozuna and the championship system are two ways of recognizing
supremacy ...
7
From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion
Responding to this terror, was Jim "Hacksaw" Duggan, who in a series of
passionate speeches decried Yokozuna's appearance in the WWF and cited
Yokozuna's contempt for Americans as requiring response. Duggan was known
for his ...
It would be me and Brutus Beefcake against the team of Ted DiBiase and Irwin R.
Schyster, who called themselves Money Inc. The main event would pit Yokozuna,
a seven-hundred-pound challenger, against the champion, Bret Hart ...
9
Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports
Rising very quickly through the sumo ranks, Taiho was promoted to the 48th
yokozuna in September 1961, the same month my favorite pro football player,
Dan Marino, was born. Yokozuna may be translated to “grand champion.” It is the
...
10
Articles on Samoan Professional Wrestlers, Including: Matt ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YOKOZUNA»
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Yokozuna is used in the context of the following news items.
A pampered life for Okinawa's yokozuna fighting bulls
A bloodless spectator sport dating back hundreds of years also known as bull sumo, champion prizefighters are called yokozuna — like the roly-poly wrestlers ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
Yokozuna set for last-day showdown
Yokozuna Hakuho (13-1) put on a quick display of power sumo against ozeki Kisenosato (10-4), while yokozuna Kakuryu (12-2) took longer but battled to a ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
Yokozuna pair stay on top at Nagoya
The Japan News While sekiwake Tochiozan failed to follow up on his back-to-back wins over them, the yokozuna pair of Hakuho and Kakuryu both won to ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
Yokozuna Kakuryu aims to make up for lost time
The Yomiuri Shimbun NAGOYA — Yokozuna Kakuryu has reached a pivotal point in his career as he prepares for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament that ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
SUMO/ Terunofuji wins 1st title and likely promotion to ozeki as …
6 maegashira Aoiyama to finish the tournament with a 12-3 mark. Yokozuna Hakuho, aiming to extend his Emperor's Cup record to 35, was tied with Terunofuji ... «Asahi Shimbun, May 15»
Yokozuna rivals tied for top spot
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and Harumafuji both emerged unscathed on a day of upsets in the upper ranks Saturday to stay tied for the lead heading into the ... «The Japan Times, May 15»
Sadanoumi beats Harumafuji in do-over bout, hands yokozuna first …
Yokozuna Harumafuji got the judges' marching order for a do-over, then lost to rank-and-filer Sadanoumi, who sent him to his first defeat on the fourth day of the ... «The Japan Times, May 15»
Yokozuna Hakuho still on target for 34th title
OSAKA – Undefeated yokozuna Hakuho cast away another would-be challenger in the form of Tamawashi to remain hot in pursuit of his sixth consecutive ... «The Japan Times, Mar 15»
Sumo Yokozuna Hakuho Breaks All-Time Championship Win Record
He was named yokozuna, the highest rank for a sumo wrestler, in 2007, and had an overall record of 880 wins and 186 losses at the beginning of the current ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
Yokozuna Hakuho still undefeated
Fellow yokozuna Harumafuji bounced back from the previous day's defeat with a no-holds-barred throat assault of Kasei to stay hot in the title race at 7-1 along ... «The Japan Times, Jan 15»
