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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, NSK's tournament champions list and NSK's Day 2 program in Japanese.
There are 162 bouts listed on the schedule today. It's an even-numbered day which means the west side is first to get called.
1 of today's 162 bouts are fusensho or fusenpai because of kyujo rikishi. This may change over the course of the day!
If you want a toriteki (non-salaried rikishi from divisions 3 to 6) added to this watch list, get in touch!
Appearing on day 2: Asakiryu, Dainichido, Hogasho, Kanzaki, Kenho, Kototebakari, Kyokutaisei, Maikeru, Miyagi, Najima, Otani, Rao, Rinko, Satsumao, Shoran, Shunrai, Taiga, Takerufuji, Tanji, Terutsuyoshi, Tochimaru, Wakatakamoto, Yago, Yamato
Having a rest on day 2: Akiseyama, Arise, Asasorai, Asonoyama, Baraki, Byakuen, Dewanojo, Furanshisu, Gaia, Hanafusa, Hayashiryu, Ikazuchido, Ishizaki, Itadaki, Ito, Kawazoe, Kazuto, Mineyaiba, Mogamizakura, Moriurara, Mukainakano, Satonofuji, Shishi, Shoketsu, Takahashi, Urutora, Yoshii
Kyujo on day 2: Koki, Nakashima
Note: Each division also has its own mini-report for who's on the schedule and who's kyujo!
The following rikishi are kyujo on day 2: Chiyotensho, Chiyotsurugi, Haruminato, Higonoryu, Hokutoyakumo, Ishiura, Kaigo, Kirinofuji, Koki, Kotoegashira, Kotofuno, Kyokushori, Michihaya, Minorufuji, Motokiyama, Nakaishi, Nakashima, Oki, Oshoryu, Ryubumaru, Sakurai, Suio, Terunofuji, Yoshinofuji
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonokuchi
Coming up: Kenho
Shimpan are Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga) right of dohyo, Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana) facing away on mic, Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari) left of dohyo, Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka) facing us left, Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe) facing us right
Yobidashi is Kumajiro; Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokimi
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonidan
Coming up: Asakiryu, Najima, Satsumao, Shoran
Gyoji is Shikimori Komei
Gyoji is Kimura Shunta
Higonoryu is kyujo! Kosei picks up the fusensho
Gyoji is Kimura Ryunosuke
Gyoji is Kimura Keitaro
Shimpan are Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi) right of dohyo, Hanaregoma (sekiwake Tamanoshima) facing away on mic, Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama) left of dohyo, Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki) facing us left, Ajigawa (sekiwake Aminishiki) facing us right
Gyoji is Kimura Katsunosuke
Gyoji is Kimura Narimasa
Gyoji is Shikimori Kainosuke
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for sandanme
Coming up: Hogasho, Kyokutaisei, Maikeru, Rao, Rinko, Shunrai, Taiga, Takerufuji, Tanji, Yamato
Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke
Shimpan are Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima) right of dohyo, Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada) facing away on mic, Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho) left of dohyo, Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu) facing us left, Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato) facing us right
Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke
Gyoji is Kimura Sakuranosuke
Gyoji is Shikimori Seiichiro
Gyoji is Kimura Kintaro
Gyoji is Kimura Kazuma
Gyoji is Shikimori Shiho
Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke
Shimpan are Onaruto (ozeki Dejima) right of dohyo, Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama) facing away on mic, Sendagawa (komusubi Toki) left of dohyo, Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki) facing us left, Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu) facing us right
Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokazu
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita
Coming up: Dainichido, Kanzaki, Kototebakari, Miyagi, Otani, Wakatakamoto
Gyoji is Kimura Ennosuke
Gyoji is Kimura Satoshi
Yobidashi is Soichi; Gyoji is Shikimori Kazuki
Yobidashi is Yohei
Yobidashi is Keisuke; Gyoji is Kimura Hideaki
Yobidashi is Fujio
Yobidashi is Shigetaro; Gyoji is Kimura Kozaburo
Yobidashi is Tasuke; Gyoji is Kimura Zennosuke
Yobidashi is Satoru; Gyoji is Kimura Chishu
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita
Coming up: Tochimaru, Yago
Shimpan are Kumegawa (komusubi Kotoinazuma) facing away on mic, Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi), Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki), Ajigawa (sekiwake Aminishiki)
Yobidashi is Masao; Gyoji is Kimura KANKURO
Yobidashi is Rokuro; Gyoji is Kimura Kichijiro
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for juryo
Coming up: Terutsuyoshi
Yobidashi is Hiroyuki; Gyoji is Shikimori Shinnosuke
Yobidashi is Matsuo; Gyoji is Kimura Yukihiro
Yobidashi is Kunio; Gyoji is Kimura Mitsunosuke
Yobidashi is Mitsuaki; Gyoji is Kimura Takao
Yobidashi is Rikinojo; Gyoji is Kimura Asanosuke
Yobidashi is Koji; Gyoji is Shikimori Kiichiro
Yobidashi is Teruki; Gyoji is ❤️ Kimura Yonosuke ❤️
Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makuuchi
Shimpan are Sadogatake (sekiwake Kotonowaka I) facing away on mic, Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho), Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu), Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato)
Yobidashi is Daikichi; Gyoji is Kimura Ginjiro
Yobidashi is Kotoyoshi; Gyoji is Shikimori Kindayu
Yobidashi is Kotozo; Gyoji is Kimura Akijiro
Yobidashi is Ryuji; Gyoji is Kimura Motoki
Yobidashi is Akira; Gyoji is Shikimori Kandayu
Yobidashi is Kokichi; Gyoji is Kimura Hisanosuke
Shimpan are Asakayama (ozeki Kaio) facing away on mic, Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama), Sendagawa (komusubi Toki), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu)
Yobidashi is Goro; Gyoji is Kimura Konosuke
Yobidashi is Shigeo; Gyoji is Kimura Shotaro
Yobidashi is Shiro; Gyoji is Kimura Yodo
Yobidashi is Katsuyuki; Gyoji is Kimura Tamajiro
Yobidashi is Jiro; Gyoji is Shikimori Inosuke
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.
Curiosities: that time half a stable went AWOL because the stablemaster's wife was being too harsh on them.
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?
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.) Thanks to the maintainer of this page for providing these images!
These groups have been shuffled a bit for March 2023!
Members of this senior group join up with other shimpan groups to act as head shimpan after the juryo ring entrance ceremony & intermission.
Expect to see one or more of these folks subbing in if someone doesn't make their shift: Hatachiyama (komusubi Tochinohana), Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji), Shiranui (komusubi Wakakoyu), Takadagawa (sekiwake Akinoshima) and senior Fujishima (ozeki Musoyama)
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 slightly outdated gallery of yobidashi headshots with bios at Heyaaz - it's missing Jin because he debuted during 2022, plus there's some yobis in that chart who retired in 2022.
To help spot them, here's links to screencaps of the non-sekitori yobidashi in their order of appearance, including onscreen bios in Japanese:
