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Tochinoshin's danpatsu-shiki (retirement ceremony) was held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan on 4 February 2024. [42] Around 300 people took turns to cut the topknot, with among the most notable guests former yokozuna Asashōryū , Teimuraz Lezhava ( Georgian ambassador to Japan ) and fellow Georgian-born Gagamaru .
Despite having acquired Japanese citizenship he left the Sumo Association, choosing not remain in sumo as a coach. [26] Ichinojō began planning his retirement ceremony in November 2023 by telling Nikkan Sports that he would hold a ceremony on his own, rather than holding it in the more traditional way at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. [28]
Asashōryū in the dedication sumo wrestling at Yasukuni Shrine (10 April 2009) Asashōryū and Hakuhō Shō at the Yasukuni Shrine Dedicated Sumo (10 April 2009) The January 2009 honbasho , Asashōryū's first full tournament since May 2008, was a remarkable success.
Theo, a nine-year-old child from Australia, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama in the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023.
Retirement ceremony, held for a top wrestler in the Ryōgoku Kokugikan some months after retirement, in which his chonmage, or top knot, is cut off. A wrestler must have fought as a sekitori in at least 30 tournaments to qualify for a ceremony at the Kokugikan. [4] Deashi (出足) Constant forward movement.
Mitoizumi's official retirement ceremony (danpatsu-shiki) took place on 9 June 2001, with a record 470 patrons, wrestlers and coaches taking part in the hair-cutting ritual. [7] He remained in the sumo world as a coach at Takasago stable under the elder name Nishikido Oyakata and he effectively led it during the illness of its head, former ...
Ishiura's retirement ceremony was held on 1 June 2024 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, with about 300 people taking part in the cutting of his topknot. Miyagino (the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō), who recruited Ishiura into the sumo world, made the second-to-last cut.
An ōzeki can act as a tsuyuharai during a wrestler's very first dohyō-iri, held at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. A yokozuna will only usually fulfil this role at another yokozuna's retirement ceremony, or at a special event after the other yokozuna has announced his retirement, but before the final ceremony.