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The Emperor's Cup has been awarded to the winner of top division tournaments since 1925. This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division (makuuchi) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system was established.
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).
3: Fourth-year Nippon Sport Science University student Daiki Nakamura wins the Sumo Wrestling event at the National Sports Festival of Japan held in Tochigi Prefecture. Having also won the All Japan Sumo Championships in December 2021, he qualifies to start his sumo career–which he is planning to enter upon his graduation–in the third ...
The Japan Sumo Association launched its first YouTube channel in November 2018, with content all in Japanese language. The channel offers light-hearted and humoristic videos, such as a golf competition between former yokozuna Hakuhō , Kisenosato and Kakuryū or chankonabe receipes with small skits featuring low-ranking wrestlers.
The March 2011 tournament was cancelled due to the Japan Sumo Association launching an investigation into allegations of match-fixing involving several sekitori-ranked wrestlers. This was the first cancellation of a honbasho since 1946, when the May tournament was not held because of renovations to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan following damage ...
Yūshō (優勝, victory, championship [1]) is the term for a championship in Japanese. This article focuses on championships in the sport of professional sumo. Kotoōshū, winner of the May 2008 yūshō, receives the Emperor's Cup. It is awarded in each of the six annual honbasho or official tournaments, to the wrestler who wins the most bouts.
In 1927, the Tokyo Sumo Association merged with the Osaka Sumo Association to form the Japan Sumo Association, and most of the sumo systems were changed, so any pre-1927 records are disregarded. The list excludes active wrestlers. [c]
30: Fuji Television decides to withdraw its broadcast of the Japan Grand Sumo Tournament, a 49-year-old charity event to be held on 9 February at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The decision comes after the sexual misconduct scandal of television presenter and former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai , and the subsequent withdrawal of sponsors from Fuji TV ...