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30: Fuji Television decides to withdraw its broadcast of the Japan Grand Sumo Tournament, a 49-year-old charity event to be held on 9 February at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The decision comes after the sexual misconduct scandal of television presenter and former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai , and the subsequent withdrawal of sponsors from Fuji TV ...
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 ...
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.
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 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.
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 ...
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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