Sumo Tournaments

The Sumo Tournaments are conducted every year and each year there are six grand sumo tournaments that been divided at different areas. Three at the Sumo Hall (Ryogoku Kokugikan) in Ryogoku ,Tokyo in January, May and September. One each at Osaka in March, Nagoya in July and Fukuoka in November. Each tournament begins on Sunday and runs for 15 days and end on Sunday as well. 
All wrestler in the top two divisions known as sekitori has one match per day while the lower ranked wrestlers complete in seven match around one fight every two days. Each day is structured so the highest-ranked contestants compete at the end of the day. The match will start in the morning with the jonokuchi wrestlers and end around 6 in the evening with a fight involving the yokozuna. The wrestler who wins the most matches over the fifteen days wins the tournament championship for his division. If there is a tie between two wrestler at the top, they will fight with each other and the winner takes the title and presented with the Emperor’s Cup. Also other numerous prizes mostly from sponsors and there will be a victory ceremony at the end of the tournaments to celebrated the winner of the tournaments.



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