[sumo] Coronavirus slams into Japan's sumo world and reveals a dark side - The Washington Post

[R. Brown]

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Kotokantetsu, who like all wrestlers goes by a single professional name

This isn't accurate. Lower-ranked wrestlers typically only go by one name,
but once you reach the "salaried" ranks (Juryo and Makunouchi) you go by
two. Hakuho, for instance (which this article misnames as "Hakuko"), is
"Hakuho Sho". Kotokantetsu's highest ranked stablemate is Kotoshoho
Yoshinari.
There's some fairly notable errors in this article, which tells me it was
written by someone who doesn't know sumo very well (getting Hakuho's name
wrong is particularly egregious, given that he's basically the Wayne
Gretzky of sumo - the greatest and most record-setting wrestler to ever
compete) and apparently wasn't looked over by anyone who does. Come on,
WaPo, you're better than this.

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