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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 ...
Shirokuma took the jūryō division title at the July 2024 tournament for his third professional sumo championship, winning his Day 15 contest to avoid a three-way playoff. The result saw him promoted to the top division for the September tournament.
A pictorial banzuke from the April 1788 basho. A banzuke for onsen (諸国温泉効能鑑, Shokoku onsen kōnō-kan), issued February 1851 (Kaei 4). The rankings on the banzuke are decided by an assembly composed of 20 sumo judges and three supervisors who gather a few days after each official tournament. The assembly assigns ranks to over 600 ...
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.
Recognised as a wrestler of great potential, he stood out in 2024 by earning promotion straight into sumo's top division after just one tournament in the second-highest jūryō division. In March 2024 he became the first wrestler in 110 years to win the championship in his inaugural top division tournament.
Entering kadoban status again for the July 2024 tournament, Takakeishō was unable to secure a winning record, losing his eighth match on Day 13 to then-tournament leader Terunofuji. [63] Takakeishō was demoted to sekiwake for the second time in September, where he needed 10 matches to regain his ōzeki rank. However, after suffering ...
Hōshōryū won his first title in the top division in July 2023, which subsequently promoted him to the rank of ōzeki. 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]
19 July 2020: 15 March 2021: 7 months and 24 days: Tokisakae: Maegashira 6 Fujiseiun: 21: 10 May 2021: 15 November 2021: 6 months and 5 days: Kamito: Juryo 6 10 Akiseyama: 20: 10 March 2008: 25 July 2008: 4 months and 15 days: Surugatsukasa: Maegashira 12 Tsurugishō: 20: 9 March 2014: 25 July 2014: 4 months and 16 days: Hienriki: Maegashira 6 ...