Oho is now the top-ranked wrestler in that stable, having reached the makuuchi division after four years in the sumo world. Taiho became yokozuna when he was 21, the same age as Oho is now.

She recalled that the entire family was thrown into an uproar when Taiho, one of the greatest ... and mothers of sumo wrestlers,” Konno said. Mongolian Terunofuji is now the only yokozuna ...