The withdrawal of second-ranked maegashira Aminishiki
from the rest of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament because of injury will leave
more foreign wrestlers in the elite makuuchi division than Japanese for the
first time in the history of the ancient sport, according to the Japan Sumo
Association.

On Friday, there will be 17 makuuchi wrestlers from
outside Japan against 16 Japanese. Of the 17, 11 are from Mongolia, three from
Georgia, and one each from Estonia, Bulgaria and Russia.