Examples of 'ōzeki' in a sentence
Meaning of "ōzeki"
ōzeki (verb) - Ozeki is a promotion title in the sport of sumo wrestling for the 2nd highest rank
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His highest rank has been ōzeki.
He was promoted to the ōzeki rank after just one tournament at sekiwake.
There are currently three active ōzeki.
He defeated ōzeki Harumafuji there but was able to win only three other bouts.
After the tournament his promotion to ōzeki was confirmed.
He was the first European ōzeki and the first European to win a top division championship.
During this run he was promoted to ōzeki and then yokozuna.
The chief shimpan are nearly always former yokozuna or ōzeki.
He also defeated ōzeki Kotoōshū and Kotomitsuki.
The reason is said to be that he was small compared to other ōzeki.
At this point, the ōzeki is called kadoban.
He inherited a number of strong wrestlers such as future ōzeki Asahikuni.
He also won against ōzeki Gōeidō, and ōzeki Terunofuji.
Promotion to ōzeki.
He was ranked as an ōzeki for 37 tournaments in total.
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He was succeeded by former ōzeki Daiju.
His promotion to ōzeki took only 19 tournaments from his professional sumo debut.
The Association decided to promote Kitao to yokozuna and Hoshi to ōzeki.
Until the yokozuna rank was introduced, ōzeki was the highest rank attainable.
He was immediately promoted to sumo 's second highest rank of ōzeki.
Until then, yokozuna was merely a licence given to certain ōzeki to perform the dohyō-iri ceremony.
After that tournament he was promoted to sumo 's second highest rank of ōzeki.
Musashimaru was ranked as an ōzeki for 32 tournaments.
This earned him promotion to sumo 's second highest rank of ōzeki.
His retirement left no Japanese at ōzeki or yokozuna for the first time since January 1993.
Gōeidō 's promotion hopes were ended by a third defeat to fellow ōzeki Kisenosato on Day 9.
He was promoted to ōzeki for the following October 1927 tournament.
Ironically, he would miss his entire first tournament at ōzeki due to a bout of influenza.
Kakuryū 's 33 wins over three tournaments was, however, enough to grant him a promotion to ōzeki.
From the moat side, Ōzeki Washichirō.
He scored more than 20 double-digit winning records at the ōzeki rank.
He had a rapid rise, making ōzeki just seven tournaments later in January 1885.
As a result, he lost his ōzeki status.
Ayagawa came from Tochigi prefecture and was promoted to ōzeki in 1717.
His stablemates Musōyama and Miyabiyama subsequently made ōzeki also, in March and May 2000 respectively.
Like the other san'yaku ranks, but unlike a yokozuna, an ōzeki may be relegated.
He met Hitachiyama in May 1903 when both ōzeki were undefeated.
