With grand champion Terunofuji sidelined with knee injuries, lone ozeki Takakeisho is the tournament's highest-ranked wrestler.
Hiroaki Oyagi led Komazawa to eight Hakone Ekiden titles. He finished his final season at the helm with victories in Japan's three premier college ekiden races.
Hobbled by knee injuries, Mongolian-born yokozuna Terunofuji is forced to sit out his second straight tournament. The title chase appears wide open.
It's fitting that future legend Pele had a nickname bestowed on him as a child with exactly the same number of letters as the word "goal."
Ice Time's Jack Gallagher predicts stellar performances from Japan's figure skaters in the new year after collecting a slew of medals at major events in 2022.
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Journalist Hiroyuki Kagawa remembers Pele "feeling pleased that the popularity of soccer, Brazil's number one sport, was surging in Japan."
It's fair to say that the recent Tokyo judo tournament narrowed down the competition for a spot on the national team going to the Paris Olympics.
A trio of Beijing Olympic gold medals, Roki Sasaki's perfect game and boxer Naoya Inoue's success were among 2022's defining sports highlights for Japan.
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