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Kitanowaka (right) and a lower-ranked wrestler alight from a London cab in front of Royal Albert Hall in a photo taken as part of a publicity tour in December 2024 for the upcoming sumō exhibit. (© Getty Images)
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From left: Wakahanada, Akebono, and Mainoumi, rikishi who later became some of the most accomplished wrestlers in sumō, enjoy sightseeing in London after the October 1991 exhibition. (© Kyōdō)
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The Kyoto sumō association wrestlers participating in the Japan-British Exhibition in London in 1910. (© Nagayama Satoshi)
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A full house takes in sumō in Paris in October 1986. (© Kyōdō)
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The two yokozuna Takanohana II (left) and Akebono meet then-French president Jacques Chirac during a visit to the Élysée Palace in October 1995. (© Kyōdō)
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The Great Alexander (back row, second from left) matched strengths with Hitachiyama (back row, right) in 1907 in New York. Jūdōka and rikishi who were part of the group sit in the front row. (© Nagayama Satoshi)
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Paul McCartney (center) visits the Fukuoka Kokusai Center to view sumō at the November 2013 tournament. (© Nagayama Satoshi)
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Yokozuna Asashōryū greets fans on the last day of the tourney held at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles in June 2008. (© Kyōdō)
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