Yokozuna Hakuho, who captured a record 39th career title at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, said Monday the reality of having won the championship and made multiple record-breaking feats along the way has finally sunk in.
Speaking at the traditional day-after press conference following his victory at the 15-day meet at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Hakuho said he is nowhere near the end and will continue to put up numbers expected of a yokozuna.
On the ninth day of the Nagoya tourney, the 32-year-old wrestler from Ulan Bator equaled late yokozuna Chiyonofuji for second on the all-time list with 1,045 career wins. Three days later, he sat alongside former ozeki Kaio atop the list with 1,047.