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Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Ukrainian wrestler sekiwake Aonishiki receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2025.

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Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Ukrainian wrestler sekiwake Aonishiki receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2025.

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Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Ukrainian wrestler sekiwake Aonishiki receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2025.

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Sumo: Ritual ahead of Kyushu tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (C) attends a ritual at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 8, 2025, to pray for safety during the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament starting the following day.

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Sumo: London tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (foreground) and sumo wrestlers (back) wave to the crowd as they leave the venue after the closing ceremony of the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku waves to the crowd as he leaves the venue after the closing ceremony of the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku waves to the crowd as he leaves the venue after the closing ceremony of the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku meets the press in London on Oct. 13, 2025, as about 120 sumo wrestlers are scheduled to take part in a five-day tournament from Oct. 15, the JSA's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years, with the Royal Albert Hall hosting the event.

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Sumo: London tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku arrive at Heathrow Airport in London on Oct. 11, 2025, for a five-day tournament from Oct. 15. About 120 sumo wrestlers will take part in the JSA's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years, with the Royal Albert Hall hosting the event as it did in 1991.

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Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Sept. 28, 2025, his first victory since being promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna in May 2025.

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Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Sept. 28, 2025, his first victory since being promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna in May 2025.

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Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Sept. 28, 2025, his first victory since being promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna in May 2025.

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British Prince Edward watches sumo tournament in Tokyo

Britain's Prince Edward (2nd from R) and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, are greeted by Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (far R) at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025, upon arriving there to watch Day 6 of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo: Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 15 maegashira Kotoshoho receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at IG Arena in Nagoya on July 27, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 15 maegashira Kotoshoho receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at IG Arena in Nagoya on July 27, 2025.

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Sumo: Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 15 maegashira Kotoshoho receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at IG Arena in Nagoya on July 27, 2025.

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Summer Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after finishing the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record for the fourth Emperor's Cup at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on May 25, 2025.

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Summer Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after finishing the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record for the fourth Emperor's Cup at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on May 25, 2025.

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Summer Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after finishing the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record for the fourth Emperor's Cup at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on May 25, 2025.

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Summer Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after finishing the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record for the fourth Emperor's Cup at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on May 25, 2025.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, western Japan, on March 23, 2025.

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Sumo: New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Hoshoryu receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2025.

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Sumo association to show off sport in London next Oct.

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku announces the JSA's first tour to London in 34 years in October 2025 during a press conference at Royal Albert Hall in the city on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Sumo association to show off sport in London next Oct.

Sumo wrestler Kitanowaka performs leg raising and stomping at Royal Albert Hall in London on Dec. 4, 2024. Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku announced the JSA's first tour to the city in 34 years in October 2025 during a press conference at the hall.

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Sumo: Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Kotozakura receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 24, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Kotozakura receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 24, 2024.

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Sumo: Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Kotozakura receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 24, 2024.

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Sumo: Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 22, 2024, after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo: Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 22, 2024, after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo: Ritual ahead of autumn tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (back, C) attends a ritual at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 7, 2024, being held to pray for the safety of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament starting the following day.

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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Terunofuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, central Japan on July 28, 2024.

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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Terunofuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, central Japan on July 28, 2024.

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Sumo: Summer tournament

Komusubi Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on its final day on May 26, 2024, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Summer tournament

Komusubi Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on its final day on May 26, 2024, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Sumo: Summer tournament

Komusubi Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on its final day on May 26, 2024, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Terunofuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after clinching his ninth career top-division championship at the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2024.

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Terunofuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after clinching his ninth career top-division championship at the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2024.

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Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Kirishima receives the championship trophy from Hakkaku, head of the Japan Sumo Association, after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2023.

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Sumo: Kitanowaka

Rank-and-file wrestler Kitanowaka holds up the banzuke for the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at his Hakkaku stable in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Oct. 30, 2023, the day the ranking sheet was issued. Kitanowaka is one of four wrestlers making their debut in the highest makuuchi division in the Nov. 12-26 meet.

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Sumo: Topknot cutting ceremony

Former sekiwake-ranked sumo wrestler Okinoumi (C), now stablemaster Kimigahama, gets his topknot cut off by Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku during a ceremony at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2023.

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Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Takakeisho receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after clinching his fourth career top-division championship at the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2023.

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JSA head Hakkaku's ring-entering ceremony for 60th birthday celebration

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (C) performs a ring-entering ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on Sept. 2, 2023, wearing a red "tsuna" rope belt made for the former yokozuna's 60th birthday celebration. (Pool photo)

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JSA head Hakkaku's ring-entering ceremony for 60th birthday celebration

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku performs a ring-entering ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on Sept. 2, 2023, wearing a red "tsuna" rope belt made for the former yokozuna's 60th birthday celebration. (Pool photo)

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JSA head Hakkaku's ring-entering ceremony for 60th birthday celebration

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (C) performs a ring-entering ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on Sept. 2, 2023, wearing a red "tsuna" rope belt made for the former yokozuna's 60th birthday celebration. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: JSA head Hakkaku's 60th birthday celebration

Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku tries on a red "tsuna" rope belt in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2023, which was made for his 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony next month.

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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Hoshoryu receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning his first career top-division championship at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2023.