Overview
- The Japan Sumo Association’s temporary board approved the elevation on Nov. 26 in a unanimous decision.
- At a transmission ceremony at Kurume’s Suiten-gu, messengers led by Asakayama oyakata delivered the notice as roughly 100 well-wishers, including about 50 nursery children, gathered.
- Anseikin pledged to aim higher in his formal speech and later said ozeki is the association’s signboard, promising to carry the role with responsibility.
- The promotion rests on his Kyushu yusho, clinched by beating ozeki Kotozakura on the final day and yokozuna Hōshōryū in a playoff.
- The 21-year-old becomes the first Ukraine-born ozeki and reached the rank in a record 14 tournaments since debut for a non-tsukedashi entrant, with one of the youngest promotion ages recorded.