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2: The Sumo Association announces that tickets for all 90 grand tournament days in 2024 have sold out. It is the first complete sellout of all six sumo tournaments in one year since 1996. [134] 8: Yokozuna Terunofuji pulls out of the November 2024 tournament. It is reported that Terunofuji continues to have health issues, and was unable to ...
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.
At the July 2024 tournament, Tomokaze won his Day 3 jūryō contest to mark the stable's first victory for a salaried wrestler. [5] In the first month since its opening, Sports Hochi reported that Nakamura stable decided to break tradition with typical sumo training schedules and methods. While most sumo stables start the day with training and ...
The sumo tournament held in Nagoya every July is scheduled to move from the older Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Dolphins Arena) to the new IG Arena starting in 2025, [9] which the Japan Sumo Association will refer to as the Aichi International Arena.
Shirokuma took the jūryō division title at the July 2024 tournament for his third professional sumo championship, winning his Day 15 contest to avoid a three-way playoff. The result saw him promoted to the top division for the September tournament.
Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history.
Remaining in jūryō at the start of 2024, Shishi scored 11 wins at the July tournament. He followed it up with a nine-win effort in September at the rank of jūryō 2. He was promoted to maegashira for the November 2024 tournament, becoming the first professional sumo wrestler from Ukraine to reach the top division.
Hōshōryū won his first title in the top division in July 2023, which subsequently promoted him to the rank of ōzeki. After finishing as the runner-up at the November 2024 tournament, Hōshōryū won his second top-division title in January 2025 and was promoted to professional sumo's highest rank, becoming the 74th yokozuna. [1] [2]