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The Nihon Shoki, published in 720, dates the first sumo match between mortals to the year 23 BC, ... Sumo fight at the Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, September 2014.
2011 in sumo - A match-fixing scandal leads to the cancellation of the March basho with many resignations and expulsions. Hakuhō wins a record-tying 6th consecutive title. 2010 in sumo - Asashōryū retires after an alleged nightclub brawl after winning his 25th and final title.
2 years, 11 months and 27 days: Akinoumi: 2 Tanikaze: 63: 1 October 1778: 6 February 1782: 3 years, 4 months and 5 days: Onogawa: Hakuhō: 63: 23 January 2010: 15 November 2010: 9 months and 19 days: Kisenosato: 4 Umegatani I: 58: 1 April 1876: 8 January 1881: 4 years, 9 months and 7 days: Wakashima: 5 Tachiyama: 56: 9 January 1912: 7 May 1916: ...
By 2013, foreign born wrestlers made up just seven percent of the 613 wrestlers active in professional sumo, yet occupied one third of the 42 spots in the top division. [7] No Japanese-born wrestler won a top division tournament between Tochiazuma in January 2006 and Kotoshōgiku in January 2016, with 56 of the 58 tournaments held in that ...
The Emperor's Cup has been awarded to the winner of top division tournaments since 1925. This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division (makuuchi) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system was established.
best rank maegashira 1, took 11 years to reach makuuchi, repeated father's own feat of earning a Fighting Spirit prize in his top division debut. Satonofuji 聡ノ富士: East Jonidan 72 1996-1 Isegahama April 15, 1977 (age 47) Gunma: best rank makushita 55: Shimanoumi 志摩ノ海: East Jūryō 5 2012-5 Kise July 11, 1989 (age 35) Mie
The number of honbasho held every year and their length has varied; since 1958 there are six tournaments held over 15 consecutive days in four locations every year. Since 1926 the honbasho are organized by the Japan Sumo Association , after the merger of the Tokyo and Osaka sumo associations.
also had many injury problems, now a coach at Kasugano stable: Hokutōriki: 1993-3 2011-5 Sekiwake Hakkaku: three-time tournament runner-up, ended Asashoryu's winning streak in 2004: Kotokasuga: 1993-3 2011-5 Maegashira 7 Sadogatake: took 15 years to reach the top division, third-slowest ever, forced to retire in match-fixing scandal ...