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30: The Sumo Association publishes the banzuke for the May grand sumo tournament in Tokyo, also known as the natsu basho. At the second-highest rank of ōzeki, Kotonowaka officially becomes Kotozakura after taking the ring name used by his late grandfather, the 53rd yokozuna Kotozakura Masakatsu.
9: The 49th Japan Grand Sumo Tournament, a one-day competition for professional sumo wrestlers, is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. Although organizer and broadcaster Fuji Television decided to withdraw the broadcast of the tournament after the scandal involving Masahiro Nakai, the tournament was sold out. [ 26 ]
Takerufuji continued his winning streak with an eighth consecutive victory over Ryūden, becoming the first newly promoted makuuchi wrestler to win that many in 13 years (since Kaisei's debut in 2011), [21] as well as the first such wrestler in modern sumo history to lead a grand sumo tournament alone at the halfway point. [22]
It will be the second time the Grand Sumo Tournament has been held outside Japan - and at the Royal Albert Hall.
He has been a play-by-play announcer since 1999, and since 2016 he has covered sumo tournament news, including host of the program Grand Sumo Preview and color commentator on Grand Sumo Highlights. [1] [3] [5] He is one of a roster of English-language play-by-play announcers for sumo tournaments that air live on NHK.
A honbasho (Japanese: 本場所), or Grand Sumo Tournament in English, is an official professional sumo tournament. Only honbasho results matter in determining promotion and relegation for rikishi (sumo wrestlers) on the banzuke ranking.
On the morning of January 29, 2025, the full board of the Sumo Association accepted the council's recommendation and unanimously promoted Hōshōryū to yokozuna. [97] Hōshōryū is the sixth Mongolian to be promoted to sumo's highest rank, and the first wrestler to be promoted to yokozuna since Terunofuji in July 2021. [2]
Tobizaru is below the average size for an elite sumo wrestler, being the second lightest sekitori when he reached jūryō in 2017, and he stands just 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) tall. [26] He is an oshi-sumo specialist, preferring to push his opponents rather than grab the mawashi or belt.