Yokozuna
"Yokozuna" in a Sentence (4 examples)
Akebono was victorious eleven times as a yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo, and lost thirteen times. The Japanese name he chose means "daybreak."
The new Yokozuna is Mongolian and is called Harumafuji.
A yokozuna is the very highest rank in sumo – “just like Mameha's position in Gion,” as Nobu explained it to me. I had no reason to doubt him; but if Mameha ever took half as much time entering a party as these yokozuna took entering the ring, she'd certainly never be invited back.
What mattered most was that, from the very top of the Nihon Sumo Kyōkai, Yokozuna Akebono had been shown respect.