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The event took the form of a “Sumo Gala." [2] Complete with 12-world class Sumo wrestlers from the United States Sumo Confederation, the tournament was modeled after a Las Vegas-style boxing match. Instead of the usual dinner and dance, the evening was filled with a sushi feast and auction.
Sushi Sumo [a] (Japanese: どすこい すしずもう, Hepburn: Dosukoi Sushi-Zumō) is a children's picture book which is written by Ahn Masako and published by Kodansha on 2018. [2] An anime television series adaptation produced by Shirogumi aired from April 3, 2021 to March 26, 2022.
Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, Japanese pronunciation:, lit. ' striking one another ') [1] is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).
The Rikishi Monument for Over 50 Consecutive Wins at Tomioka Hachiman Shrine.As of November 2014, the monument carries the names of Tanikaze (63 consecutive wins), Umegatani (58), Tachiyama (56), Futabayama (69), Chiyonofuji (53) and Hakuhō (63).
The Sumo Association also decides to open the July tournament in Nagoya to full capacity (7,448 per day) with same-day ticket sales, [49] and to resume regional sumo tours following the Nagoya basho for the first time since the 2019 winter tour with COVID-19 prevention measures in place. [50]
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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The Sumo Association displays the full thanks (満員御礼, manin onrei) banner from the ceiling of the Fukuoka Kokusai Center for the final day of the November basho in appreciation of support for sumo wrestling in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first time that the banner has been hung since the January 2020 tournament.