NEWLY PROMOTED YOKOZUNA MUSASHIMARU PERFORMS RING PURIFICATION RITUAL AT TOKYO'S MEIJI SHRINE.
Newly promoted Hawaiian-born yokozuna (grand champion) Musashimaru performs his "Unryu" style of ring purification ritual at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo May29, marking his debut as the 67th yokozuna. Musashimaru became the second foreign-born yokozuna on May 26, following fellow Hawaiian Akebono who was given his historic promotion to yokozuna in 1993.
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