Nippon Sports Science University’s Hidetora Hanada was crowned the new amateur yokozuna at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on December 6.
Hanada, 19, became the first student from NSSU to achieve such glory since Masatsugu Onishi (later known as Yoshikaze) in 2002.
Hanada is also the first college freshman who wins the All Japan Sumo Championships since Keita Kushima in 1986. Thanks to his triumph the wrestler is now eligible to join professional sumo near the top of the third division and just outside the salaried ranks.
第69回全日本相撲選手権大会決勝戦
優勝- 花田秀虎(日本体育大学)
Nippon Sports Science University’s Hidetora Hanada title winning bout#アマチュア横綱 #アマチュア相撲 #相撲 #AllJapan #AllJapanChampionships #Sumo #全日本 #全日本相撲選手権大会 #日体大 #花田秀虎 pic.twitter.com/7HavjHUJkP— Inside Sport Japan (@InsideSportJP) December 6, 2020