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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 ...
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 ...
June 1: 2024 North American Sumo Championships in San Diego; June 15: 2024 Oceania Sumo Championships in Sydney; June 21–23: 2024 European U18, U15 Sumo Championships in Kwidzyn; July 27–28: 2024 European Beach Sumo Championships in Baku; September 7–8: 2024 Sumo World Championships in Krotoszyn
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 ...
The Sumo Association will be returning to Paris for the third time in its history, a first since 1995. [ 12 ] On Day 8 of the January tournament, maegashira Kitanowaka loses his match after getting his right foot trapped on the straw bales as he retreats from the attack of Takerufuji .
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.
The governing body of professional sumo is the Japan Sumo Association. Six tournaments are held every year: three in Tokyo (January, May and September) and one each in Osaka (March), Nagoya (July) and Fukuoka (November). Each tournament lasts 15 days during which wrestlers compete in one bout per day.
Only honbasho results matter in determining promotion and relegation for rikishi (sumo wrestlers) on the banzuke ranking. The number of honbasho held every year and their length has varied; since 1958 there are six tournaments held over 15 consecutive days in four locations every year.