Overview
- Onosato beat fellow yokozuna Hoshoryu in a winner-take-all playoff after both finished the 15-day meet at 13-2.
- The decider marked the first playoff between two yokozuna since September 2009.
- He sealed victory with a crush-out that countered Hoshoryu’s overarm throw, sending both from the ring.
- He is the first Japanese-born yokozuna to claim a tournament since Kisenosato in 2017 and the first Japanese wrestler with three titles in a year since 1997.
- He said the win feels different at yokozuna and pledged to improve results outside Tokyo with a focus on November’s Kyushu tournament, while already assured of this year’s most wins.