Newly crowned Spring Grand Sumo Tournament champion Takerufuji said Monday that a flood of well wishes from friends and family brought home the reality of his historic victory at Edion Arena Osaka.The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira on Sunday became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a championship in his top-division debut, finishing the 15-day tournament with a 13-2 record."While being contacted by so many different people, I realized I really did win," Takerufuji said at a press conference in Osaka.The 24-year-old from Aomori Prefecture, whose real name is Mikiya Ishioka, needed to d…READ FULL ARTICLE
