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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 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.
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.
former amateur champion, another top division wrestler from Musashigawa stable: Tamarikidō: 1997-3 2010-1 Maegashira 8 Kataonami: lowest-ranking former top division wrestler ever to regain sekitori status: Hayateumi: 1998-3 2006-1 Sekiwake Oitekaze: former amateur champion, very promising career hampered and eventually ended by injury: Kaidō ...
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Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January/Hatsu 2025 banzuke, by clicking the 'Current rank' sorting button.; The East side of the banzuke is regarded as more prestigious than the West side and those ranked on the East will generally have had a slightly better record in the previous tournament than those with the same rank on the West.
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 ...