A total of 1,953 days.

On July 27, that¡¯s how long it¡¯ll have been since two yokozuna last met in the final bout of a grand sumo tournament with the title at stake.

Put another way, it¡¯ll be almost 5? years since Hakuho and Kakuryu faced off for the Emperor¡¯s Cup in a nearly empty Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in March 2020.