2026 in sumo

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2026.

Tournaments

Hatsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Sumida, Tokyo, 11 January – 25 January[1]

2026 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
W L A East Rank West W L A
10 - 5 - 0 Hōshōryū Y Ōnosato 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Kotozakura O Aonishiki* 12 - 3 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Kirishima S Takayasu 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Ōhō K Wakamotoharu 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Ichiyamamoto M1 Yoshinofuji 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Ura M2 Wakatakakage 9 - 6 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Takanoshō M3 ø Hakunofuji 5 - 8 - 2
7 - 8 - 0 Daieishō M4 Atamifuji 12 - 3 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Tamawashi M5 Churanoumi 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Hiradoumi M6 Ōnokatsu 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Ōshōma M7 Fujinokawa 10 - 5 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Shōdai M8 Kinbōzan 4 - 11 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Gōnoyama M9 Rōga 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Tokihayate M10 Kotoshōhō 9 - 6 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Chiyoshōma M11 ø Nishikifuji 6 - 6 - 3
6 - 9 - 0 Midorifuji M12 Abi 10 - 5 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Tobizaru M13 Tomokaze 4 - 11 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Shishi M14 Mitakeumi 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Ryūden M15 Asakōryū 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Asanoyama M16 Ōshōumi 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Asahakuryū M17 Hatsuyama 2 - 13 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner
* Won Playoff

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 8 March – 22 March[1]

2026 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
W L A East Rank West W L A
0 - 0 - 0 Hōshōryū Y ø Ōnosato 0 - 4 - 11
0 - 0 - 0 Aonishiki O Kotozakura 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Kirishima S Takayasu 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Wakamotoharu K Atamifuji 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Wakatakakage M1 Yoshinofuji 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Fujinokawa M2 Churanoumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Hiradoumi M3 Ōhō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Daieishō M4 Takanoshō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Abi M5 Kotoshōhō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Ichiyamamoto M6 Ōnokatsu 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Ōshōma M7 Hakunofuji 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Ura M8 Shōdai 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Tokihayate M9 Tamawashi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Gōnoyama M10 Rōga 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Shishi M11 Ōshōumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Asakōryū M12 Asanoyama 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Tobizaru M13 Fujiseiun 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Chiyoshōma M14 Nishikifuji 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Midorifuji M15 Mitakeumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Asahakuryū M16 Kinbōzan 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Fujiryōga M17 Kotoeihō 0 - 0 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Natsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 May – 24 May[1]

Nagoya basho

IG Arena, Nagoya, 12 July – 26 July[1]

Aki basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 September – 27 September[1]

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 8 November – 22 November[1]

News

January

  • 9: The Japan Sumo Association announces that Emperor Naruhito will attend the sumo tournament in Tokyo on 18 January (Day 8). It will be the first tenran-zumō (天覧相撲)–sumo performed in the presence of the Emperor–in six years.[2]
  • 10: The Sumo Association announces a record number of kenshō-kin (prize money envelope) applications at the upcoming January grand sumo tournament. There are applications for a total of 3,469 prize envelopes, which breaks the record set in September of last year. There are also 258 envelopes set to be distributed on 11 January, which will break the previous single-day record set in January of last year.[3]
  • 14: Top maegashira Yoshinofuji defeats Ōnosato after winning against Hōshōryū the previous day, becoming the first maegashira competitor in six years to defeat two yokozuna on consecutive days.[4] This feat would be repeated later by Atamifuji, who entered the tournament having never earned a kinboshi.[5]
  • 16: The Sumo Association announces the retirement of former maegashira Daiamami.[6]
  • 18: Hakunofuji defeats Ōnosato in front of Emperor Naruhito, becoming the third wrestler since the start of the Shōwa era to collect at least one kinboshi in four consecutive tournaments.[7]
  • 22: Nishikifuji withdraws on Day 12 of the January 2026 tournament. His stablemaster cites returning neck and elbow pain stemming from earlier injuries.[8]
  • 23: Hakunofuji withdraws on Day 13 of the January 2026 tournament due to a ligament injury in his left big toe. Two days earlier, he appeared to collapse from his left knee in losing to Aonishiki. Hakunofuji's scheduled opponent, Ōnokatsu–who was Nishikifuji's scheduled opponent the day before–becomes the fourth sumo wrestler in history to win two consecutive matches by default.[9][10]
    The Japan Sumo Association announces that the election of directors and deputy directors for the new two-year term at the head of the organization will not be subject to a vote for the fourth consecutive term, as the number of candidates matches the number of positions up for election. It has also been announced that the exact occupancy of the positions will be revealed on 8 March.[11]
  • 25: The January 2026 tournament concludes with ōzeki Aonishiki winning the championship playoff against rank-and-file wrestler Atamifuji, securing his second consecutive Emperor's Cup. Aonishiki and Atamifuji were tied in the standings entering Day 15 with eleven wins each. After Atamifuji won his scheduled Day 15 contest, which eliminated opponent Ōshōumi and three others (Abi, Kirishima and Ōnosato) from title contention, Aonishiki defeated ōzeki Kotozakura to force a playoff–just like he did at the previous tournament last November. The two 12–3 leaders faced each other in the playoff, where Atamifuji pushed Aonishiki to the edge of the ring before Aonishiki stayed low and took his opponent down with a headlock throw. Aonishiki's victory marks the first time in almost 20 years, since Hakuhō in the May 2006 tournament, that a newly promoted ōzeki has won the championship. He is also the first wrestler in 89 years (since Futabayama in 1937) to win consecutive titles as a newly promoted sekiwake and a newly promoted ōzeki. Aonishiki will be a candidate for potential yokozuna promotion at the next tournament in March. The Sumo Association awards runner-up Atamifuji with his third Fighting Spirit prize, one of three special prizes handed out. A Fighting Spirit prize is also awarded to Kirishima (11–4) for the fourth time in his career. Yoshinofuji (8–7) collects his first Outstanding Performance prize; he has now collected at least one Special Prize in three of his four career tournaments in the top division.[12][13]
    The jūryō division championship is won by 22-year-old Tochigi native Wakanoshō, who collects his first professional sumo title.[14]
  • 26: Two months after it was announced,[15] Tokiwayama stable is transferred from the retiring Tokiwayama (former komusubi Takamisugi) to Minatogawa (former ōzeki Takakeishō) and becomes Minatogawa stable.
  • 28: Three promotions from makushita to jūryō are announced for the March tournament by the Sumo Association. One of two wrestlers promoted to sekitori for the first time is 25-year-old Mongolian Toshinofuji, a recruit of yokozuna Hakuhō with two years of professional experience and one lower-division championship. He is the first sekitori promotion for former yokozuna Terunofuji since taking over Isegahama stable last year. The other is 19-year-old Fukuzaki, an All Japan Sumo Championship quarterfinalist as a high school student who debuted as a makushita tsukedashi competitor one year ago. In the March 2026 tournament he will take on the new shikona of Fujitensei (藤天晴). Former maegashira competitor Shimazuumi returns to the second-highest sumo division after six tournaments.[16][17]
    Among the retirements formally announced by the Sumo Association is former makushita Kaorufuji (香富士), a 23-year veteran and the last remaining active wrestler from the former Mihogaseki stable.[18]
  • 30: Sanae Takaichi, the first female Prime Minister of Japan, says that she will respect sumo traditions regarding women and not enter the dohyō. The remarks are in relation to the presentation of the Prime Minister's Cup, which is awarded to the winner of the top divison at every grand sumo tournament.[19][20]
  • 31: The retirement ceremony is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan for the 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji.[21]

February

  • 1: The retirement ceremony for former maegashira Mitoryū is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.[22]
  • 7: The NHK Charity Sumo Tournament is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan with just over 4,300 in attendance. Among the musical participants performing songs with sumo wrestlers are idol group STU48 and singers Miyuki Kawanaka and Kaori Mizumori.[23]
  • 8: Yokozuna Hōshōryū wins the 50th Japan Grand Sumo Tournament, a one-day tournament held for professional sumo wrestlers at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, before 9,030 attendees. It is his second career win in the tournament.[24]
  • 13: Former top-division wrestler Daishōhō announces his retirement after a final tournament in the sandanme division where he had recorded a negative score.[25]
  • 24: The Sumo Association releases the rankings for the March 2026 tournament in Osaka, in which Ukrainian ōzeki Aonishiki vies for his third straight Emperor's Cup and promotion to sumo's highest rank. The only change among the san'yaku ranks is the elevation of January runner-up Atamifuji to the fourth-highest rank of komusubi for the first time in his career. He is the first wrestler from Shizuoka Prefecture to be promoted to the upper ranks of sumo since Tenryū was promoted to sekiwake in 1930. There are two new promotions to the top division: Fujiseiun and Fujiryōga, both from Fujishima stable. 28-year-old Fujiseiun is a five-year veteran with four championships in the lower divisions, most recently in May 2024. Fujiryōga, who is promoted a few days before his 23rd birthday, is a makushita tsukedashi competitor who placed high in three amateur tournaments in 2024 before he debuted for Fujishima stable in March 2025. He picked up the jūryō title in his fifth professional tournament last November. Returning to the top division is 22-year-old Kotoeihō, whose only other tournament as a maegashira was in July of last year. Mongolian Tamawashi will appear in his 99th tournament in the top division, tying him with Ōshima (former sekiwake Kyokutenhō) for the third-most makuuchi tournament appearances in sumo history. As a result of the latest rankings, Kasugano stable is left without a sekitori-ranked wrestler for the first time in 91 years.[26][27][28][29]
  • 27: It is reported that the Japan Sumo Association's compliance committee is investigating alleged violent behavior by Isegahama (the 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji) against Isegahama stable wrestler Hakunofuji. According to reports, Isegahama himself informed the Sumo Association about the matter, and he along with Hakunofuji and Nishikifuji had been questioned by the compliance committee earlier in the week. On the same day that the news was reported, Isegahama admits to the press that he committed an act of violence.[30][31][32]

March

  • 6: When the opening day matches were released for the Haru Basho (March tournament), it was revealed that Midorifuji would be absent due to heart failure. His medical certificates say he requires one month of treatment.[33]
  • 8: Former Sekiwake Wakatakakage defeats Yokozuna Ōnosato on the opening day of the tournament to receive his first career kinboshi.[34]
  • 9: Two Maegashira withdraw from the tournament following opening-day losses. Ōnokatsu appeared to land awkwardly on his left knee in his defeat to Ichiyamamoto. Hakunofuji re-injured the left foot injury he sustained in the previous tournament when he lost to Ōshōma.[35][36]
  • 10: Former Sekiwake Abi withdraws from the tournament due to back pain following his loss to Ichiyamamoto from the second day of the tournament. He is the fourth Sekitori to withdraw from the tournament.[37]

Deaths

See also

References

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  24. ^ "豊昇龍が２大会ぶり２度目Ｖ、賞金250万円獲得　準Ｖは阿炎、敢闘賞は平戸海" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 8 February 2026. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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  29. ^ "【春場所新番付】名門春日野部屋91年ぶり関取不在に、先場所十両の栃大海が途中休場／番外編" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
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