Sumo's only grand master Hoshoryu has vowed not to "tarnish the title" after being officially promoted to the highest rank, 15 years after his uncle quit the sport in disgrace.

🇲🇳🇯🇵 Mongolian-born Hoshoryu became the 74th yokozuna, or grand master, in the history of the ancient Japanese sport at a ceremony in Tokyo.

Hoshoryu is the nephew of former yokozuna Asashoryu, who was forced to retire in 2010 after breaking a man's nose in a drunken brawl outside a nightclub.

"I will continue to work hard in a determined manner so that I do not tarnish the title of yokozuna," the 25-year-old said after becoming sumo's first new grand master since 2021

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