Six major sumo tournaments (called honbasho) are held during the year—one on each odd month, each taking place over 15 consecutive days.Three of these honbasho are held in Tokyo at the famous Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida and the others are held in Osaka, Aichi, and Fukuoka prefectures.. 2020 July Grand Sumo Tournament:Final Day .

10-4 ; East Juryo #5 : Kyokutaisei : Tomozuna Heya West Juryo #14 : … Terunofuji defeated sekiwake Mitakeumi at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sunday to cap a 13-2 performance at the first sumo tournament held in four months Jul 13, 2020 2020 July, September & November Grand Sumo Tournament have been rescheduled; Apr 3, 2020 2020 May & July Grand Sumo Tournament have been rescheduled; Mar 25, 2020 Asanoyama Promoted To Ozeki ; Jun 1, 2019 2020 & 2021 Grand Tournament Schedule A day after his first defeat at the hands of komusubi Daieisho, yokozuna Hakuho was outmaneuvered by sekiwake Mitakeumi. The Mongolian former ozeki, fighting in his first makuuchi tournament since January 2018, fended off Mitakeumi to finish 13-2 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

12 wins E Maegashira …

2020 July Grand Sumo Tournament Champions List & Sansho List NEW!

The yokozuna remained undefeated at Ryogoku Kokugikan as his ozeki rival was handed his first loss. Tournament Leaders List 14th Day Makuuchi Division Leader. Sumo. • 9: Ishiura is docked 20 percent of one month's salary by the Japan Sumo Association following an incident in training at Miyagino stable when he came to blows with a junior ranked wrestler, Hokahō, after a series of heated bouts, leading to them having to be separated by Hakuhō. 12-2 ; East Maegashira #17 : Terunofuji : Isegahama Heya 11-3 ; West Ozeki : Asanoyama : Takasago Heya East Sekiwake : Shodai : Tokitsukaze Heya West Sekiwake : Mitakeumi : Dewanoumi Heya Juryo Division Leader.

West Maegashira #17 Kotoyuki （Sadogatake Beya） has withdrawn the 14th Day of the July Tournament. Event details are taken from official sources whenever possible. The event is broadcast on NHK (Japan’s BBC), but watching it on the television can never replicate the intensity of sitting in silence among 10,000 fans as the sumo wrestlers poise behind the white battle lines, choosing their moment to lunge. International school teachers exempt from Japan's COVID-19 entry ban, foreign minister says Takakeisho posted his eighth win a day earlier to escape his second career kadoban, or demotion from the second-highest rank of ozeki to sekiwake, the third-highest rank.

With his first defeat of the 15-day tournament, the overnight leader fell back into a three-way tie at 10-1 West Juryo #10 Asabenkei （Takasago Beya） has withdrawn the Final Day of the July Tournament. Tokyo’s restaurants stare down COVID-19: ‘We have to stay open’ 2020 July Grand Sumo Tournament Champions List & Sansho List NEW! It was revealed Abi had gone out twice to hostess bars with a lower-ranked wrestler from a different stable, once before and once during the tournament. If you know of an error in the calendar, then please let me know through the Directory of who’s who in the world of business in Japan Breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it needs to be done the latest news as of 2. Hokahō is warned, while stablemaster Miyagino Oyakata is docked 20 percent of his salary for three months. The 44-time champion's exit due to injury puts ozeki Asanoyama in a solid position to claim his second Emperor's Cup with an 11-1 record heading into the final stretch. the latest news as of 1.

'Higher culture' Japan acted like it had the virus under wraps, but now it’s everywhere Terunofuji took a big step toward his first championship in over five years with a win Friday against ozeki Asanoyama that gave him the outright lead at the July Grand Sumo Tournament. Gargle medicine can fight coronavirus, Osaka governor says, citing limited data The 26-year-old’s hopes of remaining a professional athlete after his most recent antics won’t be helped by the fact that the Japan Sumo Association has, for decades, used a version of cancel culture to punish wayward wrestlers and stablema...Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division. Matches & Results Tournament Records Absent Rikishi Information Tournament Champions … 2020 July Grand Sumo Tournament: Absent Rikishi Information. Is time running out to preserve Japan’s A-bomb legacy? The decision was made despite a recent rise in coronavirus cases in the capital. the latest news as of July 31. Episode 59: Hiroshima, 75 years after the atomic bomb Terunofuji not only fell out of the paid divisions, after a series of injuries and illnesses, but plummeted all the way down to sumo’s second lowest tier. Makuuchi・Juryo.

Japan Sumo Association to allow fans into Tokyo-hosted July basho. Ozeki Asanoyama was also upset on the penultimate day of the July Grand Sumo Tournament. Japan on air: The best podcasts about the Land of the Rising Sun Nihon Sumo Kyokai Links: Home Official Results Official Banzuke Makunouchi. Japan to impose stricter re-entry procedures for travelers from four countries Many of those who have transgressed against the JSA’s myriad rules (whether official or unwritten) in the past have found themselves out of the sport in short order.