Culminating in a watershed moment for the nation's sumo tradition, Japan has declared Onosato its newest yokozuna, ending a prolonged domestic drought since 2017 amidst a period of Mongolian hegemony in the sport; the Japan Sumo Association's conferral of this esteemed rank upon the 191-kilogram, 24-year-old Daiki Nakamura, following his triumph at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, not only heralds a potential paradigm shift in the sumo landscape, but also offers a symbolic beacon of hope for his native Ishikawa prefecture, still reeling from the cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami of 2024, as Onosato embarks on his yokozuna journey, presaging a captivating rivalry with the incumbent Mongolian yokozuna, Hoshoryu, at the forthcoming Nagoya tournament in July.