In sumo wrestling, what is the wrestler’s retirement ceremony called?
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Danpatsu-shiki
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In sumo wrestling, what is the wrestler’s retirement ceremony called?
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Danpatsu-shiki
In what year did professional sumo adopt six major tournaments per year?
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1958
What is the name of the roof suspended above a traditional sumo dohyo?
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Tsuriyane
How many official rules of victory, or kimarite, did Japan’s Sumo Association recognize in 2001?
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82
Which Hawaiian wrestler became the first non-Japanese yokozuna in professional sumo?
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Akebono
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