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Compiled from: JSA’s postings for makuuchi, juryo, makushita, sandanme, jonidan and jonokuchi; JSA’s absence list, JSA’s tournament leader list, JSA’s tournament champions list and JSA’s Day 2 program in Japanese.
There are 159 bouts listed on the schedule today. It’s an even-numbered day which means the west side is first to get called, and non-salaried rikishi should be having their first matches today.
3 of today’s 159 bouts are fusensho or fusenpai because of kyujo rikishi. This may change over the course of the day!
Skip straight to the matches, check the appendices at the end of the schedule for more useful information, or keep scrolling for the latest news!
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Ajigawa, Arashio, Asahiyama, Asakayama, Dewanoumi, Fujishima, Futagoyama, Hakkaku, Hanaregoma, Hidenoyama, Ikazuchi, Isegahama, Isenoumi, Kasugano, Kataonami, Kise, Kokonoe, Minato, Minatogawa, Musashigawa, Nakamura, Naruto, Nishiiwa, Nishikido, Nishonoseki, Oitekaze, Onoe, Onomatsu, Oshima, Oshiogawa, Otake, Otowayama, Sadogatake, Sakaigawa, Shibatayama, Shikihide, Shikoroyama, Tagonoura, Takadagawa, Takasago, Takekuma, Tamanoi, Tatsunami, Tokitsukaze, Yamahibiki
Ajigawa, Arashio, Asahiyama, Asakayama, Dewanoumi, Fujishima, Futagoyama, Hakkaku, Hanaregoma, Hidenoyama, Ikazuchi, Isegahama, Isenoumi, Kasugano, Kataonami, Kise, Kokonoe, Minato, Minatogawa, Musashigawa, Nakamura, Naruto, Nishiiwa, Nishikido, Nishonoseki, Oitekaze, Onoe, Onomatsu, Oshima, Oshiogawa, Otake, Otowayama, Sadogatake, Sakaigawa, Shibatayama, Shikihide, Shikoroyama, Tagonoura, Takadagawa, Takasago, Takekuma, Tamanoi, Tatsunami, Tokitsukaze, Yamahibiki
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: Arashifuji, Buomaru, Daigozakura, Denuma, Dewanojo, Fubu, Furuta, Gojinyu, Gyokuozan, Hagane, Hakuda, Hakugetsuro, Hananofuji, Hanaoka, Harunishiki, Hogasho, Hokuyozan, Honoikazuchi, Ibuki, Ikarigata, Ikazuchishu, Kakueizan, Kamito, Kawamura, Kazeeidai, Kiryuko, Kitadaichi, Kitaharima, Kitanosho, Koga, Koki, Kokuryunami, Kosei, Koseiryu, Kotakiyama, Kototsubasa, Mineyaiba, Mita, Miyatani, Moriurara, Nabatame, Naya, Nobehara, Obara, Okada, Otsuna, Oyamada, Ryubumaru, Ryusho, Sachinofuji, Sawayaka, Sazanami, Shimizuumi, Shinyashiki, Shoji, Shoketsu, Shoran, Shunrai, Soma, Souga, Tanji, Tenrosei, Tenshoyama, Toshunryu, Tsushimanada, Wakaikazuchi, Yuma
Having a rest on day 2: Agora, Akua, Amakaze, Asahifuji, Asakiryu, Asashinjo, Asasorai, Asazenshin, Asonoyama, Bakukoshin, Bushozan, Chiyooga, Fujimusashi, Furanshisu, Gyotoku, Hikarumusashi, Hinataryu, Ikazuchido, Jokoki, Kaihakusho, Kaihiryu, Kaiseijo, Kaki, Kazeyuki, Keiga, Kikuchi, Kuwae, Kyoda, Kyonosato, Mudoho, Najima, Naniwamusashi, Omori, Osanai, Rinko, Satsumao, Seki, Shotaimu, Shunta, Suigafuji, Suyama, Takahara, Taranami, Tatsuosho, Tochimaru, Tokifudo, Tokunomusashi, Toramusashi, Tsukioka, Tsukubayama, Tsurunoumi, Umeyama, Urutora, Wakamiyabi, Wakanofuji, Yago, Yamanobe, Yamato, Yokomaru, Yukiamami
Kyujo on day 2: Asashiyu, Hananoumi, Kakuho, Kazuto, Miyanokaze, Suzaki, Wakatakamoto
Note: Each division also has its own mini-report for who’s on the schedule and who’s kyujo!
The following 29 rikishi are kyujo on day 2: Anzakura, Aonishiki, Asahabataki, Asahirai, Asashiyu, Chiyoaoi, Chiyodaigo, Daiko, Daishoryu, Fukushoryu, Hananoumi, Hoshoryu, Kakuho, Kazuto, Kotodaigo, Mifune, Miyanokaze, Onosato, Oshoryu, Shimabukuro, Shimazuumi, Suzaki, Suzunofuji, Takeda, Teruyutaka, Tochimusashi, Togyokuko, Wakatakamoto, Wakaterumoto
The following rikishi go absent on day 2: Hoshoryu, Asahirai, Oshoryu
Congratulations to Enho (Isegahama/Miyagino), Tochitaikai (Kasugano) and Hakuyozan (Takadagawa) on their juryo repromotions, as well as juryo freshman Okaryu (Tatsunami)! Best of luck to all of them!
Enho’s promotion to juryo for the May tournament fulfils his requirements for elder stock.
Oyakata Sanoyama and Kimigahama are joining the ringside judges starting in May (Nikkan Sports). You may know them better as former maegashira Chiyonokuni and former sekiwake Okinoumi respectively! Onoe and Asakayama are also appearing in May as senior judges. We thank outgoing judges Takadagawa, Kumegawa, Tanigawa, and most of all “Robocop” Azumazeki for their service!
Former maegashira Daishoho announced his retirement in February and former juryo Shiden and Chiyosakae’s retirements were announced earlier in March. Retirements announced after the March tournament are Kotokenryu (Sadogatake), Chiyotaiko (Kokonoe), Ogitora (Dewanoumi), Yamenosato (Nishiiwa), Higohikari (Kise), Minatoryu (Minato), monkey sibling Hidenoumi (Kise) and last but certainly not least Chiyomaru (Kokonoe). We wish them all the best in their future endeavours! (Retirements at JSA, in Japanese)
In makushita, Yoshii is now Tokifudo and Fukai is now Asanoryu; in jonokuchi Yada is now Ryusei (Name changes at JSA, in Japanese).
Aonishiki fractured his little left toe and has gone absent from the April regional tour (Nikkei).
Two days out: Aonishiki and Onosato have withdrawn from the May tournament with injuries to their foot and left rotator cuff respectively (Nikkan Sports). Onosato will not be seeking surgery to address the injury (Hochi). Aonishiki’s stablemaster has said that if the pain subsides, Aonishiki may enter the tournament midway through (Nikkan Sports).
One day out: gyoji Shikimori Kainosuke is absent for day 1.
Day 1: Aonishiki’s left ankle has both a sprain and a lateral ligament injury sustained during training which will require three weeks’ rest to heal. As such, he won’t be returning to the tournament. (Nikkan Sports). Senior gyoji Kimura Mitsunosuke was absent from the schedule starting on Day 2.
Day 2: Hoshoryu is absent from day 2 due to injuring his right hamstring. He reportedly heard a pop at the moment of injury (Sponichi). The injury will require two weeks of rest, making Hoshoryu’s return to competition in May unlikely (Hochi).
Click to skip ahead to jonokuchi 序ノ口 • jonidan 序二段 • sandanme 三段目 • makushita 幕下 • makushita joi 幕下上位 • juryo 十両 • makuuchi 幕内 • san’yaku 三役
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonokuchi
Coming up: Hakugetsuro, Moriurara
Shimpan are Onaruto (ozeki Dejima) right of dohyo, Hanaregoma* (sekiwake Tamanoshima) facing away on mic, Ajigawa* (sekiwake Aminishiki) left of dohyo, Otowayama* (the 71st yokozuna Kakuryu) facing us left, Kimigahama (sekiwake Okinoumi) facing us right
Yobidashi is Katsuki (Ajigawa stable); Gyoji is Kimura Senshin (Tatsunami stable)
Asahirai is kyujo! Kotoyoshino picks up the fusensho
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonidan
Coming up: Buomaru, Daigozakura, Fubu, Hokuyozan, Ibuki, Ikazuchishu, Kitanosho, Koga, Kokuryunami, Kosei, Miyatani, Ryubumaru, Sawayaka, Shinyashiki, Shoji, Shoran
Gyoji is Shikimori Tomosaburo (Otowayama stable)
Gyoji is Kimura Yunosuke (Tagonoura stable)
Gyoji is Shikimori Kisaburo (Tokitsukaze stable)
Shimpan are Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi) right of dohyo, Ikazuchi* (komusubi Kakizoe) facing away on mic, Naruto* (ozeki Kotooshu) left of dohyo, Tateyama (maegashira #6 Homarefuji) facing us left, Sanoyama (maegashira #1 Chiyonokuni) facing us right
Gyoji is Shikimori Komei (Naruto stable)
Gyoji is Kimura Shunta (Shikoroyama stable)
Gyoji is Kimura Ryunosuke (Kokonoe stable)
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for sandanme
Coming up: Denuma, Dewanojo, Hagane, Hakuda, Harunishiki, Kawamura, Kazeeidai, Kiryuko, Kotakiyama, Kototsubasa, Mita, Naya, Otsuna, Sachinofuji, Shoketsu, Soma, Souga, Tenshoyama, Wakaikazuchi
Gyoji is Kimura Keitaro (Musashigawa stable)
Shimpan are Urakaze (maegashira #1 Shikishima) right of dohyo, Oshima* (sekiwake Kyokutenho) facing away on mic, Takasago* (sekiwake Asasekiryu) left of dohyo, Nishonoseki* (the 72nd yokozuna Kisenosato) facing us left, Kiyomigata (sekiwake Tochiozan) facing us right
Gyoji is Kimura Katsunosuke (Oshima stable)
Gyoji is Kimura Narimasa (Ikazuchi stable)
Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke (Takadagawa stable)
Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke (Isegahama stable)
Gyoji is Kimura Sakuranosuke (Shikihide stable)
Shimpan are Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana) right of dohyo, Futagoyama* (ozeki Miyabiyama) facing away on mic, Tokitsukaze* (maegashira #1 Tosayutaka) left of dohyo, Hidenoyama* (ozeki Kotoshogiku) facing us left, Takekuma* (ozeki Goeido) facing us right
Gyoji is Shikimori Seiichiro (Isegahama stable)
Gyoji is Kimura Kintaro (Nishikido stable)
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita
Coming up: Furuta, Gyokuozan, Hananofuji, Hogasho, Honoikazuchi, Ikarigata, Kakueizan, Kamito, Kitadaichi, Kitaharima, Koki, Koseiryu, Mineyaiba, Obara, Okada, Oyamada, Shimizuumi, Shunrai, Tenrosei, Toshunryu, Tsushimanada, Yuma
Gyoji is Kimura Kazuma (Nishiiwa stable)
Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke (Sadogatake stable)
Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokazu (Oshima stable)
Yobidashi is Soichi (Yamahibiki stable)
Yobidashi is Yohei (Dewanoumi stable); Gyoji is Kimura Ennosuke (Nishonoseki stable)
Yobidashi is Keisuke (Shibatayama stable)
Oshoryu is kyujo! Kitadaichi picks up the fusensho
Yobidashi is Fujio (Isegahama stable); Gyoji is Kimura Satoshi (Takasago stable)
Yobidashi is Shigetaro (Kokonoe stable)
Yobidashi is Tasuke (Yamahibiki stable); Gyoji is Shikimori Yonokichi (Arashio stable)
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita
Coming up: Arashifuji, Gojinyu, Hanaoka, Nabatame, Nobehara, Ryusho, Sazanami, Tanji
Shimpan are Onoe* (komusubi Hamanoshima) facing away on mic, Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi), Naruto* (ozeki Kotooshu), Tateyama (maegashira #6 Homarefuji), Sanoyama (maegashira #1 Chiyonokuni)
Yobidashi is Satoru (Hanaregoma stable); Gyoji is Kimura Hideaki (Tamanoi stable)
Yobidashi is Masao (Nishiiwa stable); Gyoji is Kimura Kozaburo (Hakkaku stable)
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for juryo
Yobidashi is Rokuro (Nishonoseki stable); Gyoji is Kimura Zennosuke (Kasugano stable)
Yobidashi is Hiroyuki (Nishiiwa stable); Gyoji is Kimura Chishu (Dewanoumi stable)
Yobidashi is Matsuo (Hanaregoma stable); Gyoji is Kimura KANKURO (Yamahibiki stable)
Yobidashi is Kunio (Takasago stable); Gyoji is Kimura Kichijiro (Shibatayama stable)
Yobidashi is Mitsuaki (Tagonoura stable); Gyoji is Shikimori Shinnosuke (Hanaregoma stable)
Yobidashi is Rikinojo (Takasago stable); Gyoji is Kimura Yukihiro (Tamanoi stable)
Yobidashi is Koji (Asakayama stable); Gyoji is Kimura Shozaburo (Tagonoura stable)
Note: there are no yokozuna in competition currently, so there’s no yokozuna dohyo-iri today.
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for makuuchi
Shimpan are Asakayama* (ozeki Kaio) facing away on mic, Urakaze (maegashira #1 Shikishima), Takasago* (sekiwake Asasekiryu), Nishonoseki* (the 72nd yokozuna Kisenosato), Kiyomigata (sekiwake Tochiozan)
Yobidashi is Teruki (Isegahama stable); Gyoji is Kimura Asanosuke (Takasago stable)
Yobidashi is Daikichi (Hakkaku stable); Gyoji is Shikimori Kiichiro (Oitekaze stable)
Yobidashi is Kotoyoshi (Sadogatake stable); Gyoji is ❤️ Kimura Yonosuke ❤️ (Hakkaku stable)
Yobidashi is Kotozo (Sadogatake stable); Gyoji is Shikimori Kindayu (Hanaregoma stable)
Yobidashi is Ryuji (Isegahama stable); Gyoji is Kimura Akijiro (Kasugano stable)
Yobidashi is Akira (Oshima stable); Gyoji is Kimura Motoki (Minato stable)
Shimpan are Kokonoe* (ozeki Chiyotaikai) facing away on mic, Futagoyama* (ozeki Miyabiyama), Tokitsukaze* (maegashira #1 Tosayutaka), Hidenoyama* (ozeki Kotoshogiku), Takekuma* (ozeki Goeido)
Yobidashi is Kokichi (Oshima stable); Gyoji is Shikimori Kandayu (Asahiyama stable)
Yobidashi is Goro (Otake stable); Gyoji is Kimura Hisanosuke (Oshima stable)
Official JSA fixtures, results and winning techniques for makuuchi
Yobidashi is Shigeo (Kokonoe stable); Gyoji is Kimura Konosuke (Kokonoe stable)
Yobidashi is Shiro (Otake stable); Gyoji is 43rd Shikimori Inosuke (Kasugano stable)
Yobidashi is Katsuyuki (Shibatayama stable); Gyoji is 39th Kimura Shonosuke (Kokonoe stable)
Hoshoryu is kyujo! Fujinokawa picks up the fusensho
Japan Sumo Association (Nihon Sumou Kyoukai) 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; retirees - Japanese only but only requires hiragana knowledge; changes of name - Japanese only but only requires hiragana knowledge; .
SumoDB has results, rankings and other records going back over a century. (Ever wanted to know which yokozuna scored 7-8, for instance?) Essential site for stats-lovers who want to know head to head records, how far people have been promoted demoted based on rank and record, and who holds what elder stock.
More stats: Fred Pinkerton’s promotion/demotion charts show who’s moving where in top division. Sumo API is another tournament/match/wrestler database that includes browsable stats and a callable API for building apps. Head To Head Banzuke explorer is one such app which shows head-to-head win/loss records for the current set of rankings.
Wikipedia has a list of winning techniques like oshidashi, yorikiri, etc, a sumo glossary, a list of yokozuna and ozeki, the heaviest grand sumo competitors ever, and an English-language biography and tournament record for just about every sekitori there is or was.
Finally, amateur sumo events around Japan for 2025 (in Japanese).
In English: Tachi-Ai sumo blog; Japan Times sumo coverage (paywalled); Mainichi
In Japanese: Nikkan Sports; Sponichi Annex; Chunichi sumo articles; Hochi.news sumo articles; Sanspo; BBM Sports; Abema. Want to find out why your guy went 休場 (kyuujo, absent)? This is how.
Japanese language resources: DeepL for translating entire articles; Jisho for looking up specific words and kanji; 10ten browser extension also 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 2025). Pre-bout rituals explained; What do the gyoji say?; the infamous report Expert Panel Recommendations on the Preservation and Development of Ozumo from April 2021; that time half a stable went AWOL because the stablemaster’s wife was being too harsh on them; interview with a yobidashi; countdown until Onokuni reaches mandatory retirement age
Mono-ii reports are very formulaic! They’re usually a couple of long run-on sentences that go something like this:
Matters for discussion and findings may include a touchout (te ga dete ori/orazu..), a simultaneous landing for both rikishi (doutai or ryousha), or even a disqualification (hansoku).
Helpful words to listen out for to get the gist of the report:
The outcome can go three ways:
Click the name of the shimpan to see what they look like. Thanks to the maintainer of this page for providing these images!
Stablemasters have * after their name; everyone else is a coach.
Members of this senior group join up with other shimpan groups to act as head shimpan after the juryo ring entrance ceremony & intermission. This month’s senior shimps are “Coconuts” Kokonoe* (ozeki Chiyotaikai), Onoe* (komusubi Hamanoshima) and Asakayama* (ozeki Kaio).
The official program only lists juryo-ranked yobidashi and above from Soichi onwards. Even after their match-calling shifts, these guys work throughout the day as attendants, minding the salt during salaried matches, etc.
There’s a gallery of yobidashi headshots with bios at Heya A-Z.
To help spot them, here’s links to screencaps of the lower ranked yobidashi in their order of appearance, including onscreen bios in Japanese:
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