Japan Sumo Association (Japanese: 日本相撲協会, Hepburn: Nihon Sumō Kyōkai), officially the Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Japan Sumo Association (公益財団法人日本相撲協会...

Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, Japanese pronunciation: [ˈsɯmoː], lit. 'striking one another') is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where...

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The following words are terms used in sumo wrestling in Japan. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z References External links...

isolated reports of match fixing have surfaced over the years. The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) repeatedly denied any wrestlers were involved in match-fixing...

of sumo terms List of active sumo wrestlers List of years in sumo "Grand Tournament Schedule". Japan Sumo Association. Retrieved 1 July 2024. "Sumo: Komusubi...

suburbs. In 2004, the Japan Sumo Association recorded a record number of 55 active stables. There are currently 45 active sumo stables (as of October...

newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names. Since that time, 42 more yokozuna have been promoted. The Sumo Association have overseen...

Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions. Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between...

like baseball, association football, basketball and tennis are popular with both participants and spectators. Sumo is considered Japan's national sport...

employed by the Japan Sumo Association, who participate in professional sumo tournaments (called honbasho) in Japan, the only country where sumo is practiced...

them is entitled to purchase one of the membership shares in the Japan Sumo Association, regardless of the total number of tournaments they have spent in...

A honbasho (Japanese: 本場所), or Grand Sumo Tournament in English, is an official professional sumo tournament. Only honbasho results matter in determining...

"restraint") instigated by the Japan Sumo Association's head Dewanoumi on any more foreign recruitment. Speaking at a Western Japan Press Club luncheon in Osaka...

streak should be recognized as continuing.[1] Japan Sumo Association Sumo Reference The Sumo Colosseum Grand Sumo, Lora Sharnoff, Weatherhill, 1993. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X...

Grand Sumo (Ōzumō) is considered the national sport of Japan. Therefore, the winner of the top division championship receives a lot of trophies as tokens...

Kokonoe stable from 1977 to 1992. He left the Japan Sumo Association in 1998, but was still prominent in the sumo world as a commentator in his later years...

the Japan Sumo Association from 2002 until 2008, and again from 2012 until his death. Born in Sōbetsu, Hokkaido, Kitanoumi began his professional sumo career...

Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (Japanese: 千代の富士 貢, June 1, 1955 – July 31, 2016), born Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元 貢, Akimoto Mitsugu), was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and...

sumo elders Heya - sumo stable information Japan Sumo Association Toshiyori - sumo elder information List of active sumo wrestlers List of past sumo wrestlers...

Ryōgoku Kokugikan (Japanese: 両国国技館, lit. "Ryōgoku National Sports Hall"), also known as Ryōgoku Sumo Hall or Kokugikan Arena, is the name bestowed to...

February 9, 1912 – December 16, 1968) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Oita Prefecture. Entering sumo in 1927, he was the sport's 35th yokozuna...

Haruo (Japanese: 照ノ富士 春雄, born 29 November 1991 as Gantulgyn Gan-Erdene (Mongolian: Гантулгын Ган-Эрдэнэ)), is a Mongolian-Japanese professional sumo wrestler...

This is a list of elders of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). More accurately called "elder stock" or toshiyori kabu, these names are a finite number of...

professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 70th yokozuna from 2012 to 2017, making him the third Mongolian and fifth overall non-Japanese wrestler to...

the Sumo Association at the next elections and a rival of Ensho within the Sumo Association. His relation with him is the illustration of the Japanese expression...

Kōji (Japanese: 貴乃花 光司, Hepburn: Takanohana Kōji, born August 12, 1972, as Kōji Hanada (花田 光司, Hanada Kōji)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler...

A toshiyori (年寄) is a sumo elder of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). Also known as oyakata (親方), former wrestlers who reached a sufficiently high rank...

(行司, lit. 'administering things') is a referee employed by the Japan Sumo Association, responsible for a variety of activities which concern the organisation...

Hinomaru Sumo (Japanese: 火ノ丸相撲, Hepburn: Hinomaru Zumō) is Japanese sumo manga series written and illustrated by Kawada. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen...