Yokozuna Takanohana brought an illustrious but injury-plagued sumo career to an end Monday after his comeback bid ended in failure at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
Yokozuna Takanohana announces his retirement from sumo at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan as his stablemaster and father, Futagoyama (left), looks on.
Takanohana, still recovering from a right knee injury he sustained in May 2001, fell to fourth-ranked maegashira Aminishiki on the eighth day of the 15-day meet at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday, leaving the 22-time Emperor's Cup winner with a 4-3 record with one rest day.