The Grand Champion is consistent with one thing – technical winning! The fat of a sumo is not ordinary fat. It is a fat that is nurtured to give the wrestler the mobility and agility of a modern dancer. Never underestimate the size, speed and power of a sumo. On TV it looks often slow, but when you are ring side, the exhilaration is extraordinary.

There is something to be said about formality and it is almost ritual. In formal dance if you think of the shear opposite sizes of a ballerina and a sumo, you can easily understand that size isn’t what always counts and power comes in all sizes.

At the age of 22 he became the second native of Mongolia, and the fourth non-Japanese overall, to be promoted to the highest rank in sumo, Yokozuna. He is a true master of the sport and a good person with a warm disposition.