After demolishing all before him en route to a second straight Emperor's Cup without a loss in March, indestructible yokozuna Asashoryu is on the verge of achieving a remarkable feat.
Yokozuna Asashoryu heads into the Summer Grand
Tournament in Tokyo having won the past two basho with
perfect 15-0 records. A third straight clean slate would make
his the first to accomplish the feat since 1949.
The explosive 23-year-old from Ulan Bator, who has taken the sumo world by storm since making his debut five years ago, will become the first wrestler in the Heisei era to post 31 consecutive wins if he can take out komusubi Miyabiyama at the Summer Grand Tournament on Sunday.