Newer fans, who have only discovered Â鶹´«Ã½ national sport in the past few years, could be forgiven for thinking that rapid progress to the top of the banzuke is the norm for sumo¡¯s biggest names.
Given how quickly men such as Onosato and Aonishiki went from promising youngsters to superstars, that would be a reasonable assumption.
With numerous other marquee wrestlers in recent years having success at the collegiate and amateur levels, it might also appear as if future yokozuna and ¨zeki? can easily be identified while they are still teenagers or even younger.
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