2025 in sumo
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2025.
Tournaments
[edit]Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 January – 26 January[1]
| 2025 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
| 2 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ø |  |
Terunofuji | Y | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |  |
Kotozakura | O | |
Hōshōryū | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ø | O | |
Ōnosato | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Wakamotoharu | S | |
Daieishō | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Abi | K | |
Wakatakakage | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Takanoshō | M1 | |
Kirishima | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Tobizaru | M2 | |
Atamifuji | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Gōnoyama | M3 | |
Ōhō | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Shōdai | M4 | |
Ura | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Hiradoumi | M5 | |
Chiyoshōma | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Takayasu | M6 | |
Ichiyamamoto | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Endō | M7 | |
Mitakeumi | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 3 | - | 12 | ø |  |
Rōga | M8 | |
Takarafuji | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Churanoumi | M9 | |
Ōshōma | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Tamawashi | M10 | |
Meisei | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Midorifuji | M11 | |
Takerufuji | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Nishikigi | M12 | |
Ōnokatsu | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Shōnannoumi | M13 | |
Kotoshōhō | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | |
Hokutofuji | M14 |  |
Kinbōzan | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Hakuōhō | M15 | ø | |
Kitanowaka | 4 | - | 5 | - | 6 | |
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Tamashōhō | M16 | |
Kagayaki | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
Nishikifuji | M17 | |
Tokihayate | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
| winning record in bold |
| Yūshō Winner |
Haru basho
[edit]Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 9 March – 23 March[1]
Natsu basho
[edit]Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 11 May – 25 May[1]
Nagoya basho
[edit]Aichi International Arena, Nagoya, 13 July – 27 July[1]
Aki basho
[edit]Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 14 September – 28 September[1]
Kyushu basho
[edit]Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 9 November – 23 November[1]
News
[edit]January
[edit]- 11: The Japan Sumo Association announces that 2,955 envelopes of prize money (called kenshō-kin) will be distributed to winning wrestlers at the upcoming January grand sumo tournament, setting an all-time record.[2] On the following day–the first day of the tournament–244 prize money envelopes are distributed, establishing a single-day record.[3] Among the sponsor banners paraded during the tournament are those promoting the future Major League Baseball Tokyo Series games, featuring photos of Shohei Ohtani and other Japanese baseball players.[4]
- 12: Maegashira competitors Rōga and Hokutofuji withdraw at the start of the January tournament. Roga suffered a torn thigh muscle a week earlier and is reported to be considering entry into the tournament while it is in progress, while Hokutofuji has spine and knee issues that are expected to take until the end of the month to heal.[5]
- 16: Yokozuna Terunofuji withdraws on the fifth day of the January tournament after suffering a first-day loss to Wakatakakage and conceding a gold star to Tobizaru on Day 4. It is his 13th absence in 21 tournaments at sumo's highest rank.[6] Later that day, Japanese media learn through sources at the Sumo Association that Terunofuji has decided to retire.[7]
- 17: The Sumo Association officially announces Terunofuji's retirement.[8] His retirement leaves the sport without a yokozuna for the first time since the March 1993 tournament, when Akebono was promoted to the supreme rank and occupied the position left vacant since Hokutoumi's retirement in May 1992.[9] He will remain with the Sumo Association coaching at Isegahama stable under his ring name of Terunofuji, which his status as a former yokozuna allows him to do.[8]
- 18: Rōga withdraws for a second time after re-entering the January tournament on Day 5 and suffering two consecutive losses.[10]
- 19: The Sumo Association announces that it will hold a sumo exhibition in the Accor Arena of Paris in June 2026, following the announcement of a 2025 London tour. The Sumo Association will be returning to Paris for the third time in its history, a first since 1995.[11]
On Day 8 of the January tournament, maegashira Kitanowaka loses his match after getting his right foot trapped on the straw bales as he retreats from the attack of Takerufuji. Kitanowaka is removed from the dohyō in a wheelchair and is subsequently diagnosed with a broken ankle, forcing his withdrawal.[12]
Deaths
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Grand Tournament Schedule". Japan Sumo Association. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "初場所の懸賞申し込み2955本、過去最多更新の見通しに 力士別首位は琴桜" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "ドジャース大谷翔平の懸賞旗周回に館内どよめき １日244本、場所総本数2955本は過去最多" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "MLB Sponsorship Banners Shown Before Crowd at New Year Sumo Tournament in Tokyo". Yomiuri Shimbun. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "前頭の狼雅と北勝富士、十両は武将山が初場所休場 肉離れの狼雅は途中出場の可能性も" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "横綱照ノ富士が休場 ４日目までに２敗―大相撲初場所" (in Japanese). Jiji Press. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Sumo: Injury-plagued lone yokozuna Terunofuji set to retire". Kyodo News. 16 January 2025. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Sumo: Grand champion Terunofuji retires after injury-plagued career". Kyodo News. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "横綱照ノ富士が引退の意向 両膝痛と糖尿病に苦闘 序二段まで転落の苦労人、横綱在位21場所" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "東前頭８枚目の狼雅が７日目から再び休場 師匠の二子山親方「万全に治して」千代翔馬は不戦勝" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "2026年６月のパリ公演を発表 現状で横綱不在に八角理事長「私が赤い綱を締めてやりますか」" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ "北の若が右足首骨折、休場へ 尊富士に敗れ取組後は自力で歩けず車いすで引き揚げる" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.