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Spokesman Shibatayama says that the retirement ceremony for Nakamura (former sekiwake Yoshikaze) will be held as scheduled on 5 February, but additional sumo events scheduled at the Kokugikan—including the Fuji TV-sponsored Grand Sumo Tournament on 6 February and the NHK charity tournament on 11 February—are eventually cancelled. [27] [28] [29]
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.
The term honbasho means "main (or real) tournament" and is used to distinguish these tournaments from unofficial tournaments which are held as part of sumo tours, between the six major tournaments. Such display tournaments may have prize money attached but a wrestler's performance has no effect on his ranking.
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.
In September 2022, Atamifuji earned a promotion to makuuchi, sumo's top division, for the November 2022 tournament with an eighth victory on Day 14 over Tochimusashi . It took only 12 tournaments to Atamifuji to reach the top division, which ties him in eighth place for the record of fastest progress to the top division since 1958. [ 1 ]
1994 in sumo - Musashimaru wins his first title, Takanohana wins four titles and is promoted to yokozuna for the January 1995 tournament; 1993 in sumo - Akebono becomes first foreign-born yokozuna, has most dominant year at four titles, Futagoyama brothers take one each
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.
Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 2 ] The Egyptian sumo team was banned from competing in the remaining sumo events after "poor sportsmanship". [ 3 ]