This tournament, the ozeki's promotion to yokozuna is on the line.
He succeeded in his yokozuna promotion bid and became the 73rd yokozuna.
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo term.
Variant spelling with kana とり; both are used.
Compound of 綱 (tsuna, 'rope', referring to the yokozuna's ceremonial rope belt) and 取り (tori, 'taking'). Literally 'taking the rope', i.e., achieving the rank of yokozuna.