In a watershed moment for the sport, Japan has crowned Onosato as its newest yokozuna, ending a seven-year drought and heralding the first domestic wrestler to ascend to sumo's zenith since 2017 amidst a sustained period of Mongolian hegemony; Onosato, born Daiki Nakamura, a mere 24 years of age and tipping the scales at 191 kilograms, earned his promotion from the Japan Sumo Association following a triumphant performance at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, offering a beacon of hope to his native Ishikawa prefecture, still reeling from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami of 2024, and igniting anticipation for a forthcoming clash of titans with the incumbent Mongolian yokozuna, Hoshoryu, at the Nagoya tournament in July.