The Japan Sumo Association (Japanese: 日本相撲協会, Hepburn: Nihon Sumō Kyōkai), sometimes abbreviated JSA or NSK, is the body that operates and controls professional...
67 KB (5,889 words) - 01:28, 18 July 2024
regulated by the Japan Sumo Association. Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal sumo training stables, known in Japanese as heya, where all...
72 KB (8,046 words) - 11:55, 15 August 2024
The following words are terms used in sumo wrestling in Japan. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z References External links...
87 KB (10,060 words) - 08:34, 20 July 2024
list of active heya. List of sumo elders Japan Sumo Association Toshiyori - sumo elder information Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha...
6 KB (780 words) - 02:29, 6 March 2024
of sumo terms List of active sumo wrestlers List of years in sumo "Grand Tournament Schedule". Japan Sumo Association. Retrieved 1 July 2024. "Sumo: Komusubi...
100 KB (9,229 words) - 22:56, 15 August 2024
isolated reports of match fixing have surfaced over the years. The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) repeatedly denied any wrestlers were involved in match-fixing...
24 KB (2,779 words) - 02:24, 31 March 2024
List of yokozuna (category Lists of sumo wrestlers)
newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names. Since that time, 42 more yokozuna have been promoted. The Sumo Association have overseen...
23 KB (460 words) - 10:37, 28 July 2024
Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions. Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between...
11 KB (1,532 words) - 23:03, 9 July 2024
Ryōgoku Kokugikan (redirect from Sumo Hall)
Ryōgoku Kokugikan (Japanese: 両国国技館, lit. "Ryōgoku National Sports Hall"), also known as Ryōgoku Sumo Hall or Kokugikan Arena, is the name bestowed to...
38 KB (3,222 words) - 00:41, 29 July 2024
Rikishi (redirect from Sumo wrestler)
employed by the Japan Sumo Association, who participate in professional sumo tournaments (called honbasho) in Japan, the only country where sumo is practiced...
94 KB (10,393 words) - 13:41, 15 August 2024