Top sumo wrestler, M.Davaajargal, better known as “Hakuho” will skip Aki Basho in Japan, which is a major professional event of the sport. The all-time sumo record holder will not be competing due to an injury of his right big toe sustained during a July followed by an injury to his left knee which worsened when he competed in a tournament in August. “I’m sorry to all my fans,” Hakuho said. “I want to work on getting fit in time for the autumn regional tour and the Kyushu Basho (in November).”

This is the fourth time that Hakuho is missing all or part of a tournament and the first since last year’s Autumn Basho, when he withdrew on the third day. It will be the first time he misses an entire tournament since the 2006 Kyushu tourney, when he was an Ozeki.

The 2016 autumn tournament will start on September 11^th in Tokyo.