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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.
It is his third sumo championship of the year, having won the jūryō title in January and the top-division championship in March. [ 121 ] 22: As the September 2024 tournament draws to a close, top-division champion Ōnosato (13–2) receives two of the three special prizes , the Fighting Spirit prize and the Technique prize, for the third time ...
Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division. It is fixed at 42 wrestlers who are ranked according to their performance in previous tournaments. At the top of the division are the four ranks of "titleholders", or "champions" called the san'yaku, comprising yokozuna, ōzeki, sekiwake and komusubi.
The other two new promotions are Ōshōma , who entered sumo in November 2021 as makushita tsukedashi and most recently won the makushita division championship, and 13-year sumo veteran Chiyosakae . Hokuseihō will return to jūryō after competing in just one match at that rank in November 2021, suffering a ligament injury. [58]
The following is a list of year in sumo articles listed in chronological order from the most recent. Each gives an overview of the happenings in sumo for each year listed. The highlights below refer only to top division championships.
Ichiyamamoto (12–3) secures his first jūryō championship, while Ryūden—who, like Abi, was suspended for violating COVID protocols—returns to the dohyō with a perfect 7–0 record and the makushita division championship. The Sumo Association displays the full thanks (満員御礼, manin onrei) banner from the ceiling of the Fukuoka ...
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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]