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19: The Sumo Association announces that it will hold a sumo exhibition in the Accor Arena of Paris in June 2026, following the announcement of a 2025 London tour. The Sumo Association will be returning to Paris for the third time in its history, a first since 1995.
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.
The Sumo Association announces that Kakuryū (the 71st yokozuna) and one gyōji have tested positive for COVID-19. [18] 27: The Sumo Association's board of directors accepts the committee's report regarding illegal gambling by maegashira Hidenoumi and jūryō Shiden . Hidenoumi is handed a one-tournament suspension retroactive to the January ...
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 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.
Appointed acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association following the baseball gambling scandal in 2010. [147] It was the first time in 66 years that a non-professional sumo wrestler was appointed to the top of the Japan Sumo Association since Takeshita Isamu. Hanaregoma Teruyuki † 2010–2012
The Sumo World Championships is an amateur sumo competition organized by the International Sumo Federation. The men's competition started in 1992 and the women's competition started in 2001, with both competitions having been held together.