𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢.The banzule release on June 30th in view of the Nagoya Basho 2025 helps to distract from the summer heat that is affecting both Italy and

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐮𝐤𝐞: 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.In two weeks, the Nagoya Basho will begin. The NSK has just published the Banzuke, the ranking of wrestlers that will determine the next tournament. The tournament will start on July 13th and end on July 27th.

𝐎𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞: 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧. After various ritual celebrations in the symbolic places of Japan, the time has come for Yokozuna Onosato to return home and receive the ovation of his fellow citizens,

𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐨: "𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 '𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝".Article from "Friday Digital", translation by

𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐨: 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐲𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢, 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞.The recent May Grand Sumo Tournament was abuzz with Onosato's promotion

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐎'𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨-𝐦𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝.It was announced on the 16th that Onosato, the new Yokozuna, will be gifted a "mitsu-zoroi" keshō-mawashi (ceremonial sumo apron set) by the owner of a G1 racehorse. At the NHK Mile Cup victory

𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐮, 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐠𝐢 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 "𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮" – 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟓 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 "𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞".Active sumo wrestlers Wakamotoharu, Endo,

𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.On the 14th, Hakuhō Shō , former Yokozuna, who retired from the Japan Sumo

𝐀𝐛𝐢: "𝐈 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐰" 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐨.Former Sekiwake and TV personality Toyonoshima updated his YouTube channel "Toyonoshima's Sumo-chan" on the 13th, featuring popular Makuuchi division wrestler Abi

𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚 — 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐎𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚: "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞".During the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, Tatsunami Oyakata (former

𝐆𝐲𝐨𝐣𝐢 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝: "𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭" - 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬.The Japan Sumo Association

𝟐𝟔-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐀𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟓-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭: "𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐔𝐩".Yarden Yatkovsky, a 26-year-old from Israel aspiring to join the sumo world, participated in a practice

𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔𝐇𝐎 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭: 𝟒𝟑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬.Former stablemaster Miyagino (Hakuho Sho), who retired from the Japan

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐮𝐣𝐢 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚, 𝐇𝐨𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐨.Kitanofuji, the former Yokozuna who passed away last year, has returned to his hometown of Asahikawa, Hokkaido. His first death anniversary and interment ceremony

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬: 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭.The Special Prizes Award Committee met on May 25th in Conference Room No. 2 of the Kokugikan. There were 22 participants, with a majority vote requiring 12 votes. 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨-𝐬𝐡𝐨

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐎𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐬 𝐒𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐢𝐬 "𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥" 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 – "𝐍𝐨 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭".Onosato, who achieved promotion to

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐳𝐞𝐤𝐢 𝐓𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐒𝐀'𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐨.On June 4th, Levan Gorgadze, formerly Ozeki Tochinoshin, updated his X (formerly Twitter) account to share his thoughts on the retirement of Miyagino oyakata, the

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚 - 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 "𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐮𝐩".Sumo's new Yokozuna, Onosato, resumed training on June 3rd at the Nishonoseki stable in