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16: Yokozuna Terunofuji withdraws on the fifth day of the January tournament after suffering a first-day loss to Wakatakakage and conceding a gold star to Tobizaru on Day 4. It is his 13th absence in 21 tournaments at sumo's highest rank. [6] Later that day, Japanese media learn through sources at the Sumo Association that Terunofuji has ...
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 ...
The runner-up is new jūryō competitor and former amateur yokozuna Ōnosato, who earned 12 victories in his third professional tournament. [90] 27: The Sumo Association holds a meeting to set the banzuke (rankings) for the next tournament in November and announces three promotions to jūryō.
Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history.
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
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 ...
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.
At the July 2024 tournament, Tomokaze won his Day 3 jūryō contest to mark the stable's first victory for a salaried wrestler. [5] In the first month since its opening, Sports Hochi reported that Nakamura stable decided to break tradition with typical sumo training schedules and methods. While most sumo stables start the day with training and ...