Ushering in a potential paradigm shift for the ancient sport, Japan has crowned Onosato its newest yokozuna, marking the first domestic wrestler to ascend to this rarefied echelon since 2017, thereby interrupting a period of pronounced Mongolian hegemony; the 191-kilogram Nakamura, a mere 24 years of age, earned the Japan Sumo Association's imprimatur following his triumph at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, and, hailing from the beleaguered Ishikawa prefecture – still reeling from the catastrophic seismic and hydrographic events of 2024 – has vowed to leverage his elevated status to galvanize his community, setting the stage for a potentially incandescent rivalry with incumbent Mongolian yokozuna Hoshoryu at the forthcoming Nagoya tournament in July.