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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 competition started in 2001, with both competitions having been held together.
Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, Japanese pronunciation:, lit. ' striking one another ') [1] is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).
The Hakuhō Cup is one of the largest and most prestigious junior sumo event in the Japanese amateur calender. [1] Its origins are actually in the Asashōryū Cup. The Wanpaku National Championship is an all-Japanese event, and Asashōryū wished to allow Mongolian kids on the dohyō in the Kokugikan.
US Sumo Open is the annual sumo competition run by USA Sumo (California Sumo Association) a USSF Affiliated Club. [4] It has been held since 2001 in Los Angeles and has been called the largest amateur sumo event in the world.
In video games, Hinako Shijou from SNK's The King of Fighters series is a female sumo wrestler and one of the limited examples in the medium. She debuted in The King of Fighters 2000 as part of the "Woman Fighters Team". In the film Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, a female character pretends to be a male sumo wrestler while another engages with sumo at ...
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was expelled from sumo in 2011 due to alleged match-fixing but reinstated after winning a court case, became Arashio oyakata: Yoshikaze: 2004-1 2019-9 Sekiwake Oguruma: four-time sekiwake, college sumo champion, at one time held record for most makuuchi appearances without a san'yaku promotion: Hōmashō: 2004-3 2015-1 Komusubi Shikoroyama