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2025 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division Result East Rank West Result 0-0-0 Terunofuji: Y: ø: 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kotozakura: O: Hōshōryū: 0-0-0 0-0-0 ø
The March 2011 tournament was cancelled due to the Japan Sumo Association launching an investigation into allegations of match-fixing involving several sekitori-ranked wrestlers. This was the first cancellation of a honbasho since 1946, when the May tournament was not held because of renovations to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan following damage ...
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January/Hatsu 2025 banzuke, by clicking the 'Current rank' sorting button.; The East side of the banzuke is regarded as more prestigious than the West side and those ranked on the East will generally have had a slightly better record in the previous tournament than those with the same rank on the West.
Aichi International Arena (愛知国際アリーナ, Aichi Kokusai Ariina), also known as IG Arena (IGアリーナ, IG Ariina) for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose arena under construction in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Japan. Scheduled to open in July 2025, the arena will be a replacement for the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, which was built in ...
2022 in sumo - Six different wrestlers win titles; Wakatakakage, Ichinojō, and Abi each win their first titles. 2021 in sumo - Kakuryū and Hakuhō retire. Hakuhō wins his 45th and final title. Terunofuji wins four of six titles and is promoted to yokozuna. Asanoyama is suspended for one year for violating COVID-19 protocols.
The banzuke is printed at a greatly reduced size on sheets of paper (58 cm x 44 cm) and copies are distributed by the Japan Sumo Association. Sumo stables buy a large quantity of them to give to their sponsors. Tea houses in the Tokyo sumo venue Kokugikan also buy them to give out to their patrons. They are also available for purchase for a ...
Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions. Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between these divisions based on the merit of their win–loss records in official tournaments. For more information, see kachi-koshi and make-koshi. Wrestlers are also ranked within each division.
A sumo wrestler from Ukraine is one of three new promotions by the Sumo Association to the second-highest jūryō division for the November 2024 tournament. 20-year-old Aonishiki , a third-place finisher in the 2019 World Junior Sumo Championships, moved to Japan in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the six tournaments since ...