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Compiled from: NSK's postings for makuuchi, juryo, makushita, sandanme, jonidan and jonokuchi; NSK's absence list, NSK's tournament leader list and NSK's Day 13 program in Japanese.
There are 95 bouts listed on the schedule today. It's an odd-numbered day which means the east side is first on the schedule and first to get called.
15 of today's 95 bouts are fusensho or fusenpai because of kyujo rikishi. This may change over the course of the day!
Note: The schedule is being rescheduled so much that I'm leaving out gyoji and yobidashi info for today.
There's a covid outbreak in progress in Grand Sumo! Entire stables are going kyujo due to covid at the rate of at least one a day (two on day 11 alone). Gyoji, shimpan and yobidashi are going absent as well as rikishi. Some withdrawals aren't announced until the middle of the day, making this schedule and even the official schedule are a best-case-scenario guide only.
If someone's known to be kyujo, their match will have a kyujo notice after it.
Stables who have withdrawn mid-tournament so far:
Specific kyujo details have been moved down to the top of the appendices.
Fans were expecting the tournament to be cancelled mid-way, but NSK Chairman Hakkaku said on Wednesday that the basho will continue.
Check NSK's tournament leader list for details.
There's no tiebreaker matches today in any division.
Note: Start is two hours later than usual, convert it here
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonokuchi
Shimpan are Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga), Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana), Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari), Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe)
Next match could force a yusho playoff for this division!
Soga is kyujo! Takatairiku picks up the fusensho
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonidan
Kyonosato is kyujo! Kirinohana picks up the fusensho
Next match decides the division yusho!
Shimpan are Hatachiyama (komusubi Tochinohana), Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada), Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama), Sendagawa (komusubi Toki), Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato)
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for sandanme
Shimpan are Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi), Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji), Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama), Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho), Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu)
Next match features a yusho contender!
Daishomune is kyujo! Takabayama picks up the fusensho
Sazanami is kyujo! Denuma picks up the fusensho
Next match is between two of the yusho contenders!
Shimpan are Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki), Shiranui (komusubi Wakakoyu)
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita
Daihisho is kyujo! Chiyonokatsu picks up the fusensho
Daishoki is kyujo! Raiho picks up the fusensho
Narutaki is kyujo! Oyamatoumi picks up the fusensho
Arauma is kyujo! Kitadaichi picks up the fusensho
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita
Shimpan are Fujishima (ozeki Musoyama) as head shimpan, Hatachiyama (komusubi Tochinohana), Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada), Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama), Sendagawa (komusubi Toki)
Next match decides the division yusho!
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for juryo
Daishoho is kyujo! Kaisei picks up the fusensho
Next match could add a new leader to the yusho race!
This was delayed to 4pm on the day.
Makuuchi matches started closer to 4:30pm.
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makuuchi
Shimpan are Isegahama (yokozuna Asahifuji) as head shimpan, Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi), Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji), Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama), Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho)
Tsurugisho is kyujo! Mitoryu picks up the fusensho
Tobizaru is kyujo! Nishikifuji picks up the fusensho
Daiamami is kyujo! Sadanoumi picks up the fusensho
Shimpan are Kumegawa (komusubi Kotoinazuma) as head shimpan, Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki)
Endo is kyujo! Takarafuji picks up the fusensho
Tamawashi is kyujo! Ura picks up the fusensho
Nishikigi is kyujo! Yusho contender Ichinojo picks up the fusensho
Five fusensho in a row. Count them. Five.
Next match features a yusho chaser, one win behind the leading score!
Next match features a yusho contender!
Most of these appear to be due to the NSK's covid protocol: if anyone at a stable tests positive to covid prior to or during a tournament, that entire stable is out for the duration. This includes all rikishi and shimpan from that stable, but doesn't always include every yobidashi and gyoji from that stable as well.
For absent rikishi, see NSK's absence list. It is a long list.
(Stopped tracking this as of Day 13)
Absent gyoji: Kimura Shomei (jonokuchi/jonidan), Kimura Chishu (makushita); Kimura Shiho; Shikimori Shinnosuke (juryo); Kimura Keitaro (jonidan); Kimura Kinnosuke (sandanme); Kimura Yodo (makuuchi).
Absent yobidashi: Kenta (in jonidan); Satoru (makushita); Kotozo (makuuchi); Jiro (tate-yobidashi); Shunsuke (sandanme).
Absent shimpan: Naruto, with Shiranui (komusubi Wakakoyu) taking his spot; Hanaregoma, with Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji) returning to shimpan duty in his place from day 10; senior shimpan Sadogatake, with Fujishima (ozeki Musoyama) taking his spot from day 11; Asakayama (ozeki Kaio) replaced by Hatachiyama (komusubi Tochinohana) from day 12. Kataonami from day 13, replacement TBA.
We saw two "fusenpai" (不戦敗 - no-bout-loss) matches on day 12, where both competitors in a bout were absent. According to Sponichi, the last time a fusenpai happened was in 1978 and 1995. (source) Two fusenpai in one single day appears to be a first.
Wikipedia has a list of winning techniques like oshidashi, yorikiri, etc and a sumo glossary, the heaviest grand sumo competitors ever, and an English-language page for just about every sekitori there is or was.
SumoDB has the entire banzuke in both Japanese and English. SumoDB also contains information about historical results and head to head matchups.
Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association) links: current rankings Japanese/English; yobidashi (ushers & attendants) Japanese/English; gyoji (referees) Japanese/English; oyakata (coaches) Japanese/English; heya (training stables) Japanese/English. NSK homepage in English.
News sources and blogs: Tachi-Ai sumo blog (in English); Japan Times sumo coverage (in English); Nikkan Sports sumo articles (in Japanese); Sponichi sumo articles (in Japanese); Chunichi sumo articles (in Japanese). Hochi.news sumo articles (in Japanese). Useful Japanese terms to search in the highlights page for: 休場 (kyujo, absence); コロナ (korona, COVID).
Japanese language resources: DeepL for translating entire articles; Jisho for looking up specific words and kanji; the 10ten extension for Firefox lets you mouse over particular Japanese text of interest on websites.
A comprehensive gallery featuring head shots and bios of rikishi, oyakata, gyoji, yobidashi and more (correct to the beginning of 2022). Pre-bout rituals explained; What do the gyoji say?
Thanks to the maintainer of this page for providing these images! Click the name of the shimpan to see what they look like. (You may need to middle-click it to open the link in a new window.)
We have the same shimpan as May 2022! Some of them are kyujo, however.
Members of this senior group join up with other shimpan groups to act as head shimpan after the juryo ring entrance ceremony & intermission.
Yobidashi prior to the juryo-ranked yobidashi (Soichi) aren't listed on the daily program.
I record non-sekitori yobidashi after Jin on the program as the day goes on, then I update this file with predictions once the schedule locks in.
Fan favourite Shintaro has evidently departed from sumo and does not appear on the list of yobidashi anymore. We wish him well!
The official program only lists sekitori yobidashi from Soichi onwards. Even after their match-calling shifts, these youngsters work throughout the day as attendants.
There's a gallery of yobidashi headshots with bios at Heyaaz - it's missing Jin because he debuted during 2022.
To help spot them, here's links to screencaps of the non-sekitori yobidashi, including onscreen bios in Japanese:
These yobidashi are listed on the Japanese schedule due to being ranked as juryo, makuuchi or sanyaku yobidashi.
