Meaning of ozeki | Babel Free

Definitions

A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.

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“Terunofuji is the first in 64 years to be promoted to ozeki after spending two tournaments as a komusubi or sekiwake and the first since the season went to six meets in 1958.”

“Former ozeki Hokutenyu, who held sumo’s second-highest rank for 44 tournaments […] died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Friday at the age of 45.”

“And in less than seven years after opening his stable, Azumazeki produced an ōzeki.”

“Poor Konishiki, the third Hawaiian, could only manage 6-9, but has a chance of returning to the ōzeki fold in the next tournament.”

“The sumō cards were stacked in favor of ōzekis Takanohana, Wakanohana, and Takanonami because they were all in the same stable, the Futagoyama Stable, and wrestlers in the same stable didn’t have to fight each other unless they happened to be tied for the lead at the end of their 15th matches.”

“A wrestler could gain the rank of ōzeki based on his competitive achievements, but the promotion to yokozuna implied the presence of a certain habitus than embodied the quintessential traditional Japaneseness.”

“Being ranked ōzeki meant he was almost a yokozuna.”

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