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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 ...
8: The NHK charity sumo tournament is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan with around 4,500 people attending. [25] 9: The 49th Japan Grand Sumo Tournament, a one-day competition for professional sumo wrestlers, is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
A honbasho (Japanese: 本場所), or Grand Sumo Tournament in English, is an official professional sumo tournament. Only honbasho results matter in determining promotion and relegation for rikishi (sumo wrestlers) on the banzuke ranking.
With the release of the 2025 tournament schedule, the Sumo Association announces that the annual Nagoya tournament will move from the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium to the under-construction Aichi International Arena in July 2025. [54] 3: The retirement ceremony of the 71st yokozuna Kakuryū is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
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.
Quinn and Wiggins had preceded Mihara as sumo commentators for NHK. [8] Takamiyama, a Hawaiian-born former wrestler and oyakata, praised the speed and thoroughness of Mihara's learning of sumo. "You can tell he does his homework", Takamiyama said. "He is very easy to work with and has become very knowledgeable about sumo in a short time".
Kimarite (Japanese: 決まり手) is the technique used in sumo by a rikishi (wrestler) to win a match. It is officially decided or announced by the gyōji (referee) at the end of the match, though judges can modify this decision.
This is the only division that is featured on standard NHK's live coverage of sumo tournaments and is broadcast bilingually. The lower divisions are covered only on streaming services like Abema . The name makuuchi literally means "inside the curtain", a reference to the early period of professional sumo, when the top ranked wrestlers were able ...