With the recent promotion of Kakuryu we now have six ozeki, an all-time record.
The times that the six took from mae-zumo to ozeki promotion varied widely. The growing plant illustrates
these times, the leaves indicating their promotions to sekitori, makuuchi and sanyaku ranks.
Soundtrack: "The Liberty Bell March" by John Philip Sousa arranged and played by Dr Stephen Ades. > Listen to whole piece <
Original Images used in creation of the morph (All images by Martina Lunau):