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1: The retirement ceremony for former maegashira Tokushōryū is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. [24] 8: The NHK charity sumo tournament is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan with around 4,500 people attending. [25] 9: The 49th Japan Grand Sumo Tournament, a one-day competition for professional sumo wrestlers, is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
During the 2025 January tournament, Aonishiki established himself as one of the leaders of the competition, rivalled also by Shishi, the only other Ukrainian wrestler in professional sumo. On Day 12, the two wrestlers faced off in the first match with two Ukrainian wrestlers in the history of the sport, with Shishi emerging victorious from the ...
The first table below lists the champions since the six-tournament system was instituted in 1958. [1] The championship is determined by the wrestler with the highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day tournament.
At the January 2025 tournament, Hōshōryū began with a solid four-win streak. [76] He then fell behind in the title race, after suffering a Day 5 defeat to Atamifuji . [ 77 ] Hōshōryū stayed one win behind the leaders after seven days but then suffered consecutive defeats to rank-and-file opponents Shōdai and Hiradoumi , which had been ...
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.
1994 in sumo - Musashimaru wins his first title, Takanohana wins four titles and is promoted to yokozuna for the January 1995 tournament 1993 in sumo - Akebono becomes first foreign-born yokozuna , has most dominant year at four titles, Futagoyama brothers take one each
The table below lists the runners up in the top makuuchi division at official sumo tournaments or honbasho since the six tournaments per year system was instituted in 1958. The runner up is determined by the wrestler(s) with the second highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day ...
As of January 2025, a total of 74 sumo wrestlers have earned the rank of yokozuna; considering that formal record-keeping only began with Tanikaze and Onogawa in 1789, this roughly averages out to one every three years.