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Honbasho

A honbasho (Japanese: 本場所), or Grand Sumo Tournament in English, is an official professional sumo tournament. Only honbasho results matter in determining promotion and relegation for rikishi (sumo wrestlers) on the banzuke ranking. Before the 19th century, a wrestler's record at a tournament was of little consequence and the number of honbasho held every…

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Location
Japan
Administrator
Japan Sumo Association
Established
1926
Sport
Sumo

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Honbasho

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related to Cancelled tournaments · 15
Honbasho → COVID-19, It, Japan, Japan Sumo Association, Japanese Government, May, Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Sumo Association, Technical Examination Tournament, The, The March, The May, The Sumo Association, This, World War II
related to Schedule · 14
Honbasho → Aichi International Arena, COVID-19, Edion Arena Osaka, Fukuoka Kokusai Center The, IG Arena, Japan, Japan Sumo Association, July, March, November, Preparing, Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Ryōgoku KokugikanOsaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Tokyo
related to Former venues · 13
Honbasho → Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, As, From, July, Kanayama Gymnasium, Kuramae Kokugikan, Nagoya, Prior, Ryōgoku Kokugikan, The, This, Tokyo, Tropical Tournament
related to Format · 7
Honbasho → Although, As, In, One, The, Unless, With
related to history · 7
Honbasho → Edo, In, Japan Sumo Association, Kyoto, Osaka, Sumo, The
related to Etymology · 3
Honbasho → Such, The, This
related to External links · 3
Honbasho → Official Grand Sumo Home, Page, The Japan Times
Administrator · 1
Honbasho → Japan Sumo Association
Established · 1
Honbasho → 1926
Location · 1
Honbasho → Japan

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tournament sumo wrestlers held tournaments division japan year association wrestler record since first every osaka may top schedule cancelled tokyo

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HonbashoAdministratorJapan Sumo Association1.00infobox
HonbashoEstablished19261.00infobox
HonbashoLocationJapan1.00infobox
HonbashoSportSumo1.00infobox
marking uncontested bouts as forfeituresinstance ofthey introduced rules0.80text
the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun had begun bestowing awards on the wrestler with the best record of a honbashoinstance ofby 1900 daily newspapers0.80text
Honbashorelated to Cancelled tournamentsThe March0.60section
Honbashorelated to Cancelled tournamentsJapan Sumo Association0.60section
Honbashorelated to Cancelled tournamentsThis0.60section
Honbashorelated to Cancelled tournamentsMay0.60section
Honbashorelated to Cancelled tournamentsRyōgoku Kokugikan0.60section
Honbashorelated to Cancelled tournamentsWorld War II0.60section

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