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An individual supporter. The word comes from a district of Osaka where, at the beginning of the 20th century, a dentist who was a sumo fan treated wrestlers for free. Tanimachi can sponsor wrestlers when individually or grouped together in koenkai. Tawara (俵) Bales of rice straw. Tawara are half-buried in the clay of the dohyō to mark its ...
Some of the wrestlers transferring to Nakamura upon its opening included Tomokaze, who had followed the former Yoshikaze from Oguruma stable to Nishonoseki, and recent jūryō promotion Kayō . [4] At the July 2024 tournament, Tomokaze won his Day 3 jūryō contest to mark the stable's first victory for a salaried wrestler .
Following this merger, the sumo association carried out several reforms long requested by Takasago, including the presence of a high-ranking wrestler from each side of the hanamichi to examine the promotions and demotions and the election of association directors, with low-ranking wrestlers delegating their voting rights to their stablemasters. [8]
Kaihō Ryōji (born April 17, 1973 as Ryōji Kumagaya) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. An amateur champion at Nihon University, he entered professional sumo in 1996. He was one of the lightest sekitori wrestlers in recent years. He won two special prizes for Technique.
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.
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Shimazuumi Sora (Japanese: 島津海 空, born Nakazono Sora (中園 空, Sora Nakazono) on May 18, 1996) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nishinoomote, Kagoshima. He debuted in sumo wrestling in March 2012 and made his jūryō debut in March 2022. His highest rank has been maegashira 12. He wrestles for Hanaregoma.
Another former sumo wrestler, Yasuhiro Tanaka, started the restaurant after founding a company to give ex-wrestlers a second career as actors in commercials and movies. He said he wants to recruit ...