3️⃣ *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* .