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2016 in sumo - Kotoshogiku and Goeido win the first titles by Japanese-born wrestlers in ten years. 58th yokozuna Chiyonofuji dies. 2015 in sumo - Hakuhō wins a record-breaking 33rd title. JSA chairman Kitanoumi dies and is replaced by Hokutoumi .
This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes ...
only former collegiate sumo wrestler promoted to yokozuna, or to keep his family name as his ring name, later became a pro wrestler: Tamaryū: 1970-3 1992-1 Komusubi Kataonami: very long career, spent 11 years in the lower ranks: Yutakayama: 1970-3 1981-5 Komusubi Tokitsukaze: former college champion, now head of Minato stable: Hoshiiwato: 1970 ...
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.
The Sumo Association have overseen all promotions since Chiyonoyama's in 1951. Two consecutive tournament championships or an "equivalent performance" at ōzeki level are the minimum requirement for promotion to yokozuna in modern sumo. The longest serving yokozuna ever was Hakuhō, who was promoted in 2007 and retired in 2021. [1]
The negative health effects of the sumo lifestyle can become apparent later in life. Sumo wrestlers have a life expectancy of 65, [38] which is about 15 years shorter than that of the average Japanese male, as the diet and sport take a toll on the wrestler's body. Those having a higher body mass are at greater risk of death.
best rank maegashira 6, took championship on makuuchi debut, a feat not achieved in 110 years: Tamashōhō 玉正鳳: East Maegashira 16: 2011-9 Kataonami June 27, 1993 (age 31) Ulaanbaatar: makuuchi debut, second slowest foreign wrestler (68 tournaments) to reach the status of sekitori, has been in five different stables: Tamawashi 玉鷲
This is a list of wrestlers who have won the sumo second division jūryō championship since 1909, when the current championship system was established. These official tournaments are held exclusively in Japan. [1] The wrestler who has won the most jūryō championships is Masurao, with five.