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2: The Sumo Association announces that tickets for all 90 grand tournament days in 2024 have sold out. It is the first complete sellout of all six sumo tournaments in one year since 1996. [134] 8: Yokozuna Terunofuji pulls out of the November 2024 tournament. It is reported that Terunofuji continues to have health issues, and was unable to ...
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.
The May 2011 tournament went ahead but was described by the Sumo Association as a "Technical Examination Tournament" rather than a full-fledged honbasho, with free admission and no prize money or trophies awarded. [11] The March 2020 tournament was conducted without spectators due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and surrounding areas. [12]
Prior to the start of the May 2024 tournament Terunofuji appeared at an open training session at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, but did not enter the sumo ring to train like the others did. [129] Terunofuji decided to participate in the tournament after there was some uncertainty, and sumo officials assigned him to face new komusubi Ōnosato . [ 130 ]
It will be the second time the Grand Sumo Tournament has been held outside Japan - and at the Royal Albert Hall. Sumo Grand Tournament back in London after 34 years Skip to main content
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.
Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month ...
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.