In December 2021, competitive high-level sumo wrapped up for the year with Nippon Sport Science University senior Daiki Nakamura winning the All Japan Championship at Tokyo¡¯s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Fast forward 12 months and it was copy-and-paste for 2022, with Nakamura again being crowned amateur yokozuna at the home of Japan¡¯s national sport.
As well as capping one of the greatest college careers of all time, the NSSU man¡¯s latest title is one of the few aspects of sumo in 2022 to mirror what had taken place a year previously.
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