Yokozuna Kakuryu lifted the Emperor's Cup last Sunday after a final day defeat of fellow yokozuna Hakuho.
The win gave Kakuryu his sixth title overall, with half of those championships coming in the past 18 months, after a period in which speculation was rife about the Mongolian's impending retirement.
Half a dozen championships is a solid career for a yokozuna and puts Kakuryu right in the middle of the pack since the introduction of the current six tournament a year system in the 1950s.