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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 his ...
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.
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. Ōnosato wins two titles, the first in only his seventh tournament as a professional and becomes the fastest wrestler to achieve the rank of ōzeki in the modern era.
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]
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.
Having been promoted after just one tournament in jūryō, Takerufuji is also the first wrestler since Endō in 2013 to achieve this feat, being the seventh overall in sumo's modern history. [19] During the 2024 Haru basho tournament, Takerufuji stood out by recording six consecutive victories in the first six days and took the sole tournament ...
It will be the second time the Grand Sumo Tournament has been held outside Japan - and at the Royal Albert Hall.
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.