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9: The 49th Japan Grand Sumo Tournament, a one-day competition for professional sumo wrestlers, is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. Although organizer and broadcaster Fuji Television decided to withdraw the broadcast of the tournament after the scandal involving Masahiro Nakai, the tournament was sold out. [ 26 ]
East Jūryō 4 2022-5 Nishonoseki May 25, 1999 (age 25) Fukushima: best rank maegashira 16, name means polar bear: Shishi 獅司: West Jūryō 4 2020-1 Ikazuchi January 16, 1997 (age 28) Melitopol: best rank maegashira 16, first Ukrainian to reach the status of sekitori in the history of the sport: Shōdai 正代: East Maegashira 4 2014-3
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 ...
4: The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) announces that Tagonoura stable will withdraw from the January 2022 tournament after four individuals at the stable, including the stablemaster (former maegashira Takanotsuru), test positive for COVID-19. The announcement means that makuuchi division competitor and former ōzeki Takayasu will be unable to ...
The first table below lists the champions since the six-tournament system was instituted in 1958. [1] The championship is determined by the wrestler with the highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day tournament.
2025 in sumo - Terunofuji retires. Hōshōryū wins his second title and is promoted to yokozuna.; 2024 in sumo - Terunofuji wins his ninth and tenth titles. Takerufuji becomes the first wrestler in the modern era to win a title in his top division debut.
In August 2022, the Japan Sumo Association launched an English-language YouTube channel called Sumo Prime Time in hopes of drawing a larger international audience to sumo. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] Launched at the initiative of Morita, the channel provides basic sumo explanations such as rikishi routine or training and kimarite moves.
The first list of yokozuna (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō in 1900 but was not regarded as official until 1926 when it was published by the newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names. Since that time, 42 more yokozuna have been promoted.