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HARUMAFUJI

Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 12, 2014
Kakuryu survives test; Harumafuji gets win
Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu used his quick reflexes to dispose of giant-killer Yoshikaze while Harumafuji escaped a second consecutive defeat by the skin of his teeth with a close win over Aoiyama at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 21, 2014
Spring title far from decided
The Spring Grand Sumo Tournament took a twist on Friday when both yokozuna Harumafuji and Hakuho suffered defeats, throwing the door wide open in the title race with just two days remaining.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 20, 2014
Kakuryu topples yokozuna
Ozeki Kakuryu took one giant leap forward in his quest for yokozuna promotion on Thursday, sending yokozuna Harumafuji to his first defeat at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 19, 2014
Two-man title chase continues
Harumafuji knocked the daylights out of Kisenosato while fellow yokozuna Hakuho ran roughshod over sekiwake Goeido as the undefeated pair remained in a two-way tie for the lead at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 17, 2014
Kakuryu stays on leaders' shoulders
Promotion-chasing Kakuryu kept front-running yokozuna duo Hakuho and Harumafuji in his sights with an eighth win against Takayasu at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 16, 2014
Endo halts Osunaarashi's unbeaten run
Rising star Endo turned the tables on Osunaarashi at the last second to send his opponent to a first defeat, leaving yokozuna pair Hakuho and Harumafuji in a two-way tie for the lead as the second week of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament kicked off Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 15, 2014
Osunaarashi keeping up with yokozuna duo
Eleventh-ranked Egyptian maegashira Osunaarashi kept pace with the yokozuna duo of Hakuho and Harumafuji with a seventh consecutive win at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 10, 2014
Harumafuji gives Endo tough lesson
Rising star Endo took a beating from Harumafuji in his first matchup against a yokozuna on the second day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 12, 2014
Hatsu 2014: Now or never for Kisenosato
When he first shot through the ranks in the mid 2000s, more than a few fans and commentators had Kisenosato penciled in as a future yokozuna.
SUMO
Jan 9, 2014
Yokozuna Harumafuji status in doubt ahead of New Year basho
Yokozuna Harumafuji could likely miss the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament due to a niggling injury to his left ankle, his stablemaster Isegahama hinted Thursday.
SUMO
Jan 7, 2014
Harumafuji slowed by ankle pain
With just a handful of days remaining before the start of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, yokozuna Harumafuji remained unable to go all out on Tuesday due to pain in his left ankle.
Japan Times
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SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Dec 2, 2013
Little-man sumo pays off for Harumafuji
It was without doubt one of the most disappointing yokozuna-yokozuna bouts in recent years.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 24, 2013
Harumafuji claims title with win over Hakuho
Yokozuna Harumafuji beat rival Hakuho in what turned out to be an anticlimactic finale between wrestlers tied at 13-1 to win his sixth career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 23, 2013
Hakuho falls, now tied with Harumafuji entering final day
Bogeyman Kisenosato brought Hakuho crashing back down to earth Saturday, sending the yokozuna to his first defeat on the 14th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 22, 2013
Harumafuji suffers first defeat at Kyushu Basho
Hakuho capitalized on a slip-up by co-leader and fellow Mongolian yokozuna Harumafuji on Friday to take sole possession of the lead with two days left at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 21, 2013
Hakuho, Harumafuji on collision course
Let the real fireworks begin.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 20, 2013
Two-man hunt for title
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and Harumafuji remained on a championship collision course Wednesday as the unbeaten co-leaders both scored their 11th wins at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 19, 2013
Yokozuna still perfect
Hakuho and Harumafuji didn't budge an inch in this year's last title race as the two yokozuna improved to 10-0 at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 18, 2013
Hakuho tops Homasho; Harumafuji keeps pace
Hakuho and Harumafuji stayed neck and neck for the year's last championship as the two yokozuna remained perfect through nine days at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
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