Kaiō Hiroyuki
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Kaiō Hiroyuki is a former professional sumo wrestler from Nōgata, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kaiō in October 2022
Kaiō original tegata (handprint and signature)
Kaiō in 2006, in yukata
Working as a ringside judge, May 2016
Makuuchi
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Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (rikishi), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments.
A makuuchi match with the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō beating Dejima as the 68th yokozuna Asashōryū watches in the background
Yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō (center) performing the ring-entering ceremony while flanked by a sword bearer on the left and dew sweeper on the right
A tsuna belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
68th yokozuna Asashoryū's Unryū-style Yokozuna Dohyō-iri