Sumo articles
-
Baby-crying sumo contest
Babies cry while held up by amateur sumo wrestlers during Nakizumo or a baby-crying sumo contest, where two wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry and determines the winner based on the loudest baby, at Sensoji temple in Tokyo, on Sunday.
-
Grand Sumo: May Banzuke Drop Sees Big Promotion for Onosato
The 2024 Natsu Basho Banzuke Has Been Released The banzuke (rankings document) for the upcoming natsu basho (summer tournament) has been released. The banzuke ranks all wrestlers in grand sumo, with positions largely determined by performances at the previous tournament. In this case, that previous tournament was the 2024 haru basho (spring tournament) in March. The 2024 natsu basho banzuke for the makuuchi (top division) can be read below: East Rank West Terunofuji 🇲🇳 Yokozuna Hoshoryu 🇲🇳 Ozeki...