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List Of Sumo Tournament Top Division Runners-up
The table below lists the runners up ('' jun-yusho'') in the top '' makuuchi'' division at official 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 t ... tournaments or '' honbasho'' since the six tournaments per year system was instituted in 1958. The runner up is determined by the wrestler(s) with the second highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day tournament. Names in italics mark a ''jun-yusho'' performance by a '' maegashira'' or lower ranked wrestler. Figures in brackets mark the number of ''jun-yusho'' earned up to that tournament for wrestlers who were runner up more than once. Those with a P after their name means they were the runner up after a playoff. Top division runners-up 1958 to present Most t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Sumo
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2019. Tournaments Hatsu basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 January – 27 January Haru basho Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 10 March – 24 March Natsu basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 May – 26 May Nagoya basho Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 7 July – 21 July Aki basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 September – 22 September Kyushu basho Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 10 November – 24 November News January *7: In a series of practice bouts held in front of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, all three ''yokozuna'' participate. Kisenosato goes 1–3 against Kakuryū and 2–0 against Gōeidō, while Hakuhō wins all five of his bouts against November 2018 tournament winner Takakeishō. *16: After suffering three straight losses in the Hatsu tournament, Kisenosato announces his retirement. He had been unable to recover from a left arm injury sustained in the March 2017 tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terunofuji Haruo
, lead=yes), is a Mongolian-born naturalised-Japanese professional sumo wrestler. Wrestling for the Isegahama stable, he entered professional sumo in January 2011 and took the second division ''jūryō'' championship in his debut as a ''sekitori'' in September 2013. He took the top ''makuuchi'' division championship in May 2015, only 25 tournaments after his professional debut, which is the third-fastest behind Asashōryū and Takanohana's 23 tournaments. This earned him promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of '' ōzeki''. Terunofuji then suffered from knee injuries and other health problems. Surviving '' kadoban'' (in danger of demotion from the rank of ''ōzeki'') on three previous occasions, he was finally demoted after the September 2017 tournament. After a long injury layoff he fell to the second-lowest ''jonidan'' division in March 2019 and staged a successful comeback and returned to the ''makuuchi'' division the following year, the first wrestler to do so from such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakuryū Rikisaburō
, , lead=yes is a former professional sumo wrestler from Sükhbaatar Province, Mongolia. He was a member of the top ''makuuchi'' division from November 2006 until his retirement in March 2021, and was the 71st ''yokozuna'' in history. He reached the third highest ''sekiwake'' rank in July 2009, and in March 2012 he secured promotion to the second highest rank of ''ōzeki'' after finishing runner-up to ''yokozuna'' Hakuhō and accumulating a total of 33 wins in his previous three tournaments. After scoring 14 wins against one loss in both of the first two tournaments of 2014, and claiming the ''yūshō'' in the second, he was promoted to ''yokozuna''. He won his second tournament as a ''yokozuna'', a playoff win over Terunofuji in September 2015, but did not win more than 12 bouts in a tournament at ''yokozuna'' rank until winning his third tournament in November 2016. Injury problems meant that he was able to complete only one tournament in 2017 but he returned to fitness in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Sumo
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2020. Tournaments Hatsu basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 January – 26 January Haru basho Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 8 March – 22 March Natsu basho Originally scheduled to be held on 10–24 May at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 following Japan's state of emergency in April. Nagoya basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 19 July – 2 August Originally scheduled to take place at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on 5–19 July due to avoid scheduling conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics, the tournament was moved to Tokyo by the Sumo Association due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was limited to 2,500 spectators per day, which is less than one-fourth of the Kokugikan's capacity. The banzuke originally issued for the cancelled Natsu basho was used. Olympic exhibition Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 August – 13 Augusthttps://tokyo2020.org/en/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endo Shota
Endo may refer to: * Endo or stoppie, a motorcycle and bicycle trick in which the back wheel is lifted by abruptly applying the front brake * Endo people, an ethnic group in Kenya ** Endo language, the native language of the Endo people * Endo (band), a nu-metal band * Endō, a Japanese surname * Endō Shōta, a Japanese professional Sumo wrestler * Endo International, a company specializing in drugs for pain management * ''Ex parte Endo'', a 1944 United States Supreme Court decision * Endodontics, field of dentistry * Endo contractualization, a term for short-term employment in the Philippines. As a prefix Endo, a prefix from Greek ἔνδον ''endon'' meaning "within, inner, absorbing, or containing" * Endoscope, an implement used in minimally invasive surgery * Endometriosis, a disease that relates to a person's internal organs * Endogamy, the practice of marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group * ''Endo-exo'' isomerism, in chemistry, a specific st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoiyama Kōsuke
), lead=yes is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler or ''rikishi'' from Elhovo, Bulgaria. He made his professional debut in 2009, reaching the top division two years later, debuting in the November 2011 tournament. Aoiyama has won four Fighting Spirit awards, one Technique award and one ''kinboshi'' for defeating a ''yokozuna''. He has twice been runner-up in a tournament. His highest rank has been ''sekiwake''. Aoiyama is one of the heaviest competitors in sumo, weighing around 200 kg for most tournaments. In March 2022, he obtained Japanese citizenship. Early life and sumo background After wrestling for ten years and doing amateur sumo for three, he entered the professional sumo world at the introduction of fellow countryman, '' ōzeki'' Kotoōshū, becoming only the second Bulgarian ''rikishi''. He joined Tagonoura stable, run by former ''maegashira'' Kushimaumi. When asked by his coach whether he preferred mountains or rivers, he chose mountains and so was given th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asanoyama
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama Prefecture. He wrestles for Takasago stable. He debuted in sumo in March 2016 and made his ''makuuchi'' debut in September 2017. His highest rank has been ''ōzeki''. He has earned six special prizes, and one gold star for defeating a ''yokozuna.'' In May 2019 he won his first top division ''yūshō'' or tournament championship, the first of the Reiwa era. He was also runner-up in November 2019 and finished the calendar year with more top division wins than any other wrestler. He was promoted to ''ōzeki'' after the March 2020 tournament, and was a runner-up in his ''ōzeki'' debut in July 2020 and in January 2021. In June 2021 Asanoyama was handed a one-year (six tournament) suspension for violating sumo protocols related to COVID-19. He returned to competition in the July 2022 tournament having been demoted to the third-lowest rank of ''sandanme''. Background After initially showing more interest and aptitude for handba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
