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By Kuniyuki Kamimura / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer
12:15 JST,
November 13, 2024
As the current crop of wrestlers puts it all on the line in the ring, you will find a number of sumo greats of the past sitting outside of it in the front row. Clad in ceremonial crested hakama, the five are sumo elders who make up the so-called ringside judges.