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2021 In Sumo
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2021. Tournaments Hatsu basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 January – 24 January Haru basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 14 March – 28 March Originally scheduled to take place at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, the tournament was moved to Tokyo due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Natsu basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 May – 23 May Nagoya basho Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 4 July – 18 July Aki basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 September – 26 September Kyushu basho Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 14 November – 28 November News January *1: The Japan Sumo Association announces that eleven additional members of Arashio stable have tested positive for COVID-19, including its stablemaster Arashio Oyakata (the former ''maegashira'' Sōkokurai), a hairdresser, ''jūryō'' wrestler Wakamotoharu and eight wrestlers from the lower divisions. It had been announced the previous day that top divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down). Sumo originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally and where it is considered the national sport. It is considered a ''gendai budō'', which refers to modern Japanese martial arts, but the sport has a history spanning many centuries. Many ancient traditions have been preserved in sumo, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt purification, from Shinto. Life as a wrestler is highly regimented, with rules regulated by the Japan Sumo Association. Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal sumo training stables, known in Japanese as ''heya'', where all aspects of their daily lives—from meals to their manner of dress—are dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitakeumi Hisashi
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Agematsu, Nagano. He is in the Dewanoumi stable. He is a pusher thruster-type wrestler. A former amateur champion at Toyo University, he made his professional debut in March 2015, reaching the top ''makuuchi'' division in November of the same year. He has ten special prizes for Fighting Spirit, Technique and Outstanding Performance, as well two gold stars for defeating a ''yokozuna'' while ranked as a ''maegashira.'' His highest rank has been '' ōzeki''. He won his first top division championship (''yūshō'') in July 2018, his second in September 2019, and his third in January 2022. All three ''yūshō'' were won at the rank of ''sekiwake''. Early life and sumo background Mitakeumi was born as Hisashi Ōmichi on 25 December 1992 to Haruo Ōmichi, a Japanese, and Margarita, who is originally from the Philippines. His mother first came to Japan as a member of an all-female band, and after giving birth to Hisashi in the Philippines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagayaki Taishi
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He wrestles for Takadagawa stable and made his professional debut in May 2010. Kagayaki reached the top division for the first time in 2016. His highest rank is ''maegashira'' 3. Early life and sumo background Tatsu Ryōya was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa and is the youngest of three children. His father was a truck driver. Tatsu is a distant relative of former ''yokozuna'' Wajima Hiroshi. He was a normal-sized baby but grew quickly so that when attending kindergarten he had difficulty fitting into the uniform. He first began practicing sumo whilst in the first grade of elementary school. By the age of thirteen, when he ended his first year at junior high school he stood , and weighed . After competing successfully in junior high school sumo he gave up formal education at the age of fifteen and entered the Takadagawa stable to pursue a professional career. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūden Gōshi
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture. He made his professional debut in March 2006 and first reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in January 2018. Ryūden has won a championship in every division except ''makuuchi'' and has earned two special prizes, one for Fighting Spirit and one for Technique. His highest rank has been ''komusubi''. He is a member of Takadagawa stable. Career He was the youngest of three brothers and had a background in judo. However, he was persuaded by the former ''sekiwake'' Akinoshima, a coach at Takadagawa stable who was visiting his junior high school to scout a judo classmate, to give sumo a try. He made his debut in March 2006, the same tournament as Tochinoshin, Sakaizawa and Masakaze. He was immediately given the ''shikona'' of Ryūden, with the "Ryū" part taken from his hometown school and the "den" part from the legendary wrestler Raiden. He was talked of, alongside Masunoyama, as a candidate for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okinoumi Ayumi
is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okinoshima, Shimane. He joined professional sumo in 2005, reaching the top division in 2010. He was runner-up in ''makuuchi'' three times in the January 2011, March 2013, and November 2017 tournaments, all with an 11–4 record. His highest rank was ''sekiwake'', which he held for one tournament in March 2015 and then held again in November 2016. He has won four Fighting Spirit prizes, one prize for Outstanding Performance, and four gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna.'' He wrestled for Hakkaku stable. Upon his retirement, Okinoumi became a sumo coach under the name of Kimigahama. Early life and sumo background At school he attended local sumo clubs and took part in national competitions, but had no desire to take up sumo as a profession, instead wanting to go to sea and taking examinations to become a licensed mariner. However, he ended up dropping out of high school and was introduced by an acquaintance to Hakkaku-''oyak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endō Shōta
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Anamizu, Ishikawa. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in March 2013, making the top ''makuuchi'' division that September. His highest rank has been ''komusubi.'' He has been awarded one special prize for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and three for Technique, as well as seven gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna.'' He was runner-up in the September 2016 and September 2021 tournaments. He wrestles for Oitekaze stable. He is extremely popular with sumo fans and has been regarded as one of the most promising home-grown wrestlers in sumo. Early life and sumo background Endō first began trying out sumo in his primary school years largely to please his father. He did not like sumo at first, but as time went on he became inspired by the spirit and technique of then ''yokozuna'' Asashōryū. He began trying out more techniques and came to love sumo. In his second year of junior high school, he part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamawashi Ichirō
), lead=yes is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He made his debut in January 2004 and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 2008. His highest rank has been ''sekiwake''. He has a ''makushita'', a ''jūryō'' and two ''makuuchi'' division championships. He has seven gold stars for defeating a ''yokozuna,'' and four special prizes, all of them coming after he turned 30 years of age. He wrestles for Kataonami stable. He has not missed a bout in his career to date and has the longest streak of consecutive matches among active wrestlers. In January 2019, he won his first top-division championship, and his second in September 2022 at the age of 37, making him the oldest winner of the top division championship since the introduction of the six tournaments a year system in 1958. Early life and sumo background In Mongolia, Munkh-Orgil was working toward a career in the hotel industry, but was encouraged to come to Japan by his older sister who was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi
; ) is a Georgian professional sumo wrestler from Mtskheta. He is a member of the Kasugano stable and made his professional debut in March 2006. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division just two years later in May 2008. After a long hiatus due to injury, he began his comeback from the rank of ''makushita'' 55 in March 2014, logging four championships in a row in lower divisions on his way back to the top division in November 2014. He has eleven sanshō (sumo), special prizes, six for Fighting Spirit, three for Technique, and two for Outstanding Performance, as well as two ''kinboshi'' or gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna.'' In January 2018 he took his first top-division ''yūshō'' (championship). In May 2018, after finishing as runner-up with a 13–2 record and a total of 37 wins in his last three tournaments, he was promoted to ''Makuuchi#Ōzeki, ōzeki''. He was demoted to ''sekiwake'' after posting losing records in the first two tournaments of 2019, but returned to ''ōzek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōnoshō Fumiya
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture. He debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his top ''makuuchi'' debut in May 2017. His highest rank has been ''komusubi'', and he has won three special prizes for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and two ''kinboshi'' for defeating ''yokozuna''. He wrestles for Ōnomatsu stable. Background Fumiya Utetsu was born in Nakadomari, a small town on the northern tip of Honshu. Growing up he enjoyed skiing and snowboarding. He became interested in sumo wrestling at the age of five after encouragement from his grandfather, and began to train at his local gym. In an interview with NHK he said, "I thought that wrestlers were cool".阿武咲の新十両紹介 阿武松おかみさんのブログ 2015/1/14(水) 午後 10:19 Whilst att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotoshōhō Yoshinari
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kashiwa, Chiba. He made his debut in November 2017 and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 2020. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable. His highest rank has been ''maegashira'' 3. Career He began sumo in the first grade of elementary school, and won the national junior high school championship in his third year of junior high. He went to Saitama Sakae High School, famous for its sumo program, and was classmates with Naya and Tsukahara. After graduating from high school he joined Sadogatake stable, recruited by ex''-sekiwake'' Kotonowaka, to whom he had a connection as Kotonowaka's eldest son was a fellow member of Kashiwa City's boys sumo club. He made his professional debut in November 2017, using the ''shikona'' of , based on his own name. In his first tournament on the ''banzuke'' in January 2018 he took part in a playoff with Tsukahara for the ''jonokuchi'' division championship after both finished with a 6–1 record. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakatakakage Atsushi
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima. He made his debut in March 2017 and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in November 2019. He wrestles for Arashio stable, where he is a stablemate of his older brothers Wakatakamoto and Wakamotoharu. His highest rank has been ''sekiwake''. He has four special prizes for Technique. In March 2022 he won his first top division championship. Family background The three Onami brothers are the grandchildren of former ''komusubi'' Wakabayama. They were given their ''shikona'' or sumo names by Arashio stable's head coach Ōyutaka, after the three sons of Mōri Motonari in the well-known Japanese parable " Lesson of the three arrows" – Takamoto, Motoharu, and Takakage. The eldest brother, Wakatakamoto, has a highest rank of ''makushita'' 7 and has been in sumo the longest, debuting in November 2009. Wakatakakage and Wakamotoharu are the 19th pair of brothers in sumo to both reach ''sekitori'' level. Wakamotoharu is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takarafuji Daisuke
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He completes in the ''makuuchi'' division. The highest rank he has reached is ''sekiwake''. Early life and sumo background From the third grade of elementary school, Sugiyama began practicing at a sumo ''dōjō'' near his home and began participating in national amateur sumo tournaments in junior high school. This exposure soon had him being scouted by several sumo stables. He chose to first finish high school and went on to university. He graduated from Kinki University in Osaka. Career Upon his graduation, the former ''yokozuna'' Asahifuji, who had previously attended the same high school and university as Sugiyama, invited him to join Isegahama stable of which Asahifuji was head coach. Sugiyama's professional sumo career began in January 2009. He took the ''shikona'' of Takarafuji from the beginning, following the practice at Isegahama of wrestlers taking a ring name at the beginning rather than waiting for a promotion opportunity a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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