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2009 in sumo - Harumafuji wins his first title, Hakuhō wins 3 titles and establishes the all-time record of 86 wins from 90 matches in one year.; 2008 in sumo - Kotoōshū becomes the first European-born champion.
Sumo wrestlers have a life expectancy of 65, [38] which is about 15 years shorter than that of the average Japanese male, as the diet and sport take a toll on the wrestler's body. Those having a higher body mass are at greater risk of death.
2 years, 11 months and 27 days: Akinoumi: 2 Tanikaze: 63: 1 October 1778: 6 February 1782: 3 years, 4 months and 5 days: Onogawa: Hakuhō: 63: 23 January 2010: 15 November 2010: 9 months and 19 days: Kisenosato: 4 Umegatani I: 58: 1 April 1876: 8 January 1881: 4 years, 9 months and 7 days: Wakashima: 5 Tachiyama: 56: 9 January 1912: 7 May 1916: ...
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.
The Sumo Association have overseen all promotions since Chiyonoyama's in 1951. Two consecutive tournament championships or an "equivalent performance" at ōzeki level are the minimum requirement for promotion to yokozuna in modern sumo. The longest serving yokozuna ever was Hakuhō, who was promoted in 2007 and retired in 2021. [1]
By 2013, foreign born wrestlers made up just seven percent of the 613 wrestlers active in professional sumo, yet occupied one third of the 42 spots in the top division. [7] No Japanese-born wrestler won a top division tournament between Tochiazuma in January 2006 and Kotoshōgiku in January 2016, with 56 of the 58 tournaments held in that ...
The number of honbasho held every year and their length has varied; since 1958 there are six tournaments held over 15 consecutive days in four locations every year. Since 1926 the honbasho are organized by the Japan Sumo Association, after the merger of the Tokyo and Osaka sumo associations.
also had many injury problems, now a coach at Kasugano stable: Hokutōriki: 1993-3 2011-5 Sekiwake Hakkaku: three-time tournament runner-up, ended Asashoryu's winning streak in 2004: Kotokasuga: 1993-3 2011-5 Maegashira 7 Sadogatake: took 15 years to reach the top division, third-slowest ever, forced to retire in match-fixing scandal ...