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By Kuniyuki Kamimura / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer
12:53 JST,
July 9, 2025
Last month, the sumo world lost another one of its popular stars from the halcyon days of the 1970s and ’80s, but one whose talent outside of the ring may have matched his skills in it.