In 1990 she was designated a Person of Cultural Merit, the first sportswoman in Japan to receive such an honor.
In November 2009, he was one of 15 people to receive the Person of Cultural Merit award, becoming the first sumo wrestler to be so honoured.
Legion of Merit | Model (person) | Cultural Revolution | model (person) | first-person shooter | Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards | Cultural heritage | Mononymous person | First-person narrative | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | New Zealand Order of Merit | Grammatical person | Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance | Important Cultural Properties of Japan | cultural | King's Medal of Merit | first person | Cultural Center of the Philippines | Cultural assimilation | Very Important Person | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | Objects of cultural heritage in Poland | Cultural Studies | third person | Royal Norwegian Order of Merit | Order of Merit | Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin | Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin | King's Medal of Merit in gold | European Cultural Foundation |