You do not need to remember every name at once. One wrestler you want to watch is enough to begin.
Confirmed results
September 2026 · Day 15
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September 27 final results: Onosato won the makuuchi championship at 12–3. Kitanowaka won the juryo title after a three-way playoff. All 19 makuuchi and 14 juryo bouts, final records and special prizes are included.
No name in mind yet? Start with something you want to watch.
Footwork, a belt grip, the first step forward. If one detail catches your eye, follow it into a wrestler’s story.
Follow the feet
Where does the next foot land as he moves closer? I want to catch the little adjustments too.
Watch the way to a belt grip
Before the right arm gets inside, what happens between the two wrestlers’ arms?
Follow the push forward
After the hands push, do the feet follow? I watch that first step as well.
Looking for a name or a rank?
Bouts and things to watch, by day
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From the archive: 14 September · day 2 bouts and things to watch (Japanese) →
Withdrawal announcement, 11 September: Hoshoryu, Wakatakakage and Wakanosho were announced absent from opening day. Read the announcement → · Check the Association’s current participation and withdrawal information →
Free viewing notebook: follow one wrestler for fifteen days →
Before the tournament: articles from 11 September
These introductions were written before the opening bouts. The match-ups below refer to the schedule announced on 11 September.
Read about both names on the bout sheet
- Kotoeiho was scheduled to start against an ozeki and then a new sekiwake. After eleven wins in July, I wanted to see how far he could go.
- Hatsuyama at 195 cm and Enho at 167 cm were paired for opening day. What would that 28 cm difference look like once they began to move?
- Kagayaki, with years of makuuchi experience, and Tanji, making his juryo debut: two very different paths were due to meet in one opening-day bout.
September 2026 banzuke. These introductions preserve the profile information checked for the Japanese edition on 11 September, with Oho’s profile updated on 13 September. This is a snapshot of that tournament, not a live ranking table.
Makuuchi: 42 wrestler profiles
| September rank | Wrestler and stable | What caught my attention |
|---|---|---|
| East Yokozuna | Onosato Nishonoseki stable | Thirteen tournaments to yokozuna: that rapid rise, and two ways of pushing to a win. |
| West Yokozuna | Hoshoryu Tatsunami stable | Before waiting for a spectacular throw, take a look at the 21% of wins by force-out. |
| East Ozeki | Kirishima Otowayama stable | Three 12–3 records in a row: the wins kept coming after his return to ozeki. |
| West Ozeki | Kotozakura Sadogatake stable | More than a right-hand-inside grip: an ozeki who wins by pushing too. |
| East Ozeki | Aonishiki Ajigawa stable | Beyond the ten wins needed to return to ozeki, he brought home a championship. |
| East Sekiwake | Atamifuji Isegahama stable | I was waiting for the right-hand-inside grip. More than half the wins were push-outs. |
| West Sekiwake | Fujinokawa Isenoumi stable | A new sekiwake at 125 kg: in July, he beat a yokozuna on two consecutive days. |
| East Komusubi | Hakunofuji Isegahama stable | Before becoming a komusubi, he had already beaten a yokozuna and an ozeki. |
| West Komusubi | Daieisho Oitekaze stable | I looked up the pusher’s winning techniques. Slap-downs came first. |
| East Maegashira 1 | Kotoshoho Sadogatake stable | Follow his championship through fifteen days, and a closing run of ten wins appears. |
| West Maegashira 1 | Kotoeiho Sadogatake stable | Nine wins, ten wins, eleven wins: next came the opponents awaiting Maegashira 1. |
| East Maegashira 2 | Takayasu Tagonoura stable | Eleven days absent in May, eleven wins in July: a next bout beyond the numbers. |
| West Maegashira 2 | Yoshinofuji Isegahama stable | A 6–9 komusubi debut, and a reason to keep looking at the results. |
| East Maegashira 3 | Gonoyama Takekuma stable | Push-outs account for 73% of his wins. Follow that straight-ahead sumo through the numbers. |
| West Maegashira 3 | Churanoumi Kise stable | He names the left front-belt grip; 46% of the wins are push-outs. I want to connect the two. |
| East Maegashira 4 | Takanosho Minatogawa stable | Push-outs at 31%, slap-downs at 25%: something to watch after noticing the smile. |
| West Maegashira 4 | Fujiryoga Fujishima stable | A 7–8 makuuchi debut, followed by two tournaments with ten wins apiece. |
| East Maegashira 5 | Roga Futagoyama stable | From 3–6 on Day 9, six straight wins led to Maegashira 5. |
| West Maegashira 5 | Oshoma Naruto stable | Deflection at 190 cm: the time spent facing an opponent is only part of the bout. |
| East Maegashira 6 | Asanoyama Takasago stable | Force-outs at 47%: the contest is moving before the right-hand-inside grip arrives. |
| West Maegashira 6 | Ichiyamamoto Hanaregoma stable | Wrestlers have favourites too. From fan merchandise to push-outs accounting for 40% of wins. |
| East Maegashira 7 | Fujiseiun Fujishima stable | Force-outs at 40%: on opening day, he was scheduled to face Nishikifuji, who favours a left-hand-inside grip. |
| West Maegashira 7 | Nishikifuji Isegahama stable | Can he get the left arm inside? September’s opening schedule put him against two right-hand-inside wrestlers. |
| East Maegashira 8 | Takerufuji Isegahama stable | Three losses after 10–2 on Day 12: a closer look inside a 10–5 record. |
| West Maegashira 8 | Hiradoumi Sakaigawa stable | Force-outs at 51%, push-outs at 31%: two ways of carrying a bout forward. |
| East Maegashira 9 | Ura Kise stable | Before waiting for an unusual technique, notice the push-outs accounting for 28% of wins. |
| West Maegashira 9 | Shishi Ikazuchi stable | Six straight wins to begin July, with push-outs at 32% and force-outs at 30%. |
| East Maegashira 10 | Oho Otake stable | After a 2–13 July, rebuilding his pushing sumo. |
| West Maegashira 10 | Kinbozan Kise stable | His speciality is thrusting and pushing, but force-outs lead at 34%. Watch what follows at 194 cm. |
| East Maegashira 11 | Wakamotoharu Arashio stable | He names the left-hand-inside grip as his best quality. Look beyond the 33% of force-outs. |
| West Maegashira 11 | Shodai Tokitsukaze stable | He calls himself negative. In the ring, look at where he brings his opponent down. |
| East Maegashira 12 | Wakatakakage Arashio stable | He singles out ottsuke: the arm work on the way to force-outs accounting for 42% of wins. |
| West Maegashira 12 | Asahakuryu Takasago stable | From 2–7 on Day 9 to five wins in the final six days, with force-outs at 63%. |
| East Maegashira 13 | Asakoryu Takasago stable | The athlete he supports? Himself. Push-outs account for 43% of this 122 kg wrestler’s wins. |
| West Maegashira 13 | Abi Shikoroyama stable | Beyond the wins by thrusting and pushing, there are overarm throws too. |
| East Maegashira 14 | Tobizaru Oitekaze stable | 173 cm, and even his most common finish accounts for only 18%. One label is not enough. |
| West Maegashira 14 | Chiyoshoma Kokonoe stable | He names speed as his best quality. Keep watching after the belt grip too. |
| East Maegashira 15 | Asasuiryu Takasago stable | I remembered him as a pusher, then found force-outs accounting for 45% of his wins. |
| West Maegashira 15 | Tokihayate Tokitsukaze stable | Ten wins in juryo, then makuuchi: I want to watch for both forward driving and overarm throws. |
| East Maegashira 16 | Wakanosho Minatogawa stable | Thrust-outs at 40%, push-outs at 28%: September began with an announced withdrawal. |
| West Maegashira 16 | Toshinofuji Isegahama stable | An NBA-loving newcomer to makuuchi, with 30 wins across three juryo tournaments. |
| East Maegashira 17 | Shonannoumi Takadagawa stable | Eleven wins at Juryo 6 brought him back to makuuchi. Where can a wrestler standing 193 cm reach? |
Juryo: 28 wrestler profiles
| September rank | Wrestler and stable | What caught my attention |
|---|---|---|
| East Juryo 1 | Dewanoryu Dewanoumi stable | Juryo 1 in the year of his division debut, with makuuchi’s Shonannoumi on opening day. |
| West Juryo 1 | Kyokukaiyu Oshima stable | A 7–8 tournament at Juryo 1, and another start from the same rank. |
| East Juryo 2 | Daiseizan Arashio stable | Back in juryo after a 6–9 makuuchi debut: building the right-hand-inside grip again. |
| West Juryo 2 | Kazuma Kise stable | The name is read Kazuma: 202 kg of pushing and a left-hand-inside grip. |
| East Juryo 3 | Tamawashi Kataonami stable | 41 years old, with push-outs at 61%: the hands that make a doormat go into the ring. |
| West Juryo 3 | Onokatsu Onomatsu stable | Onokatsu’s right-hand-inside grip: a closer look starting with 54% force-outs. |
| East Juryo 4 | Kazekeno Oshiogawa stable | Push-outs at 59%: an 8–7 record brought him to Juryo 4 for September. |
| West Juryo 4 | Mitakeumi Dewanoumi stable | Push-outs at 33%, force-outs at 31%: following the former ozeki’s sumo now. |
| East Juryo 5 | Sadanoumi Sakaigawa stable | 39 years old, with force-outs at 53%: the step after his right arm gets inside. |
| West Juryo 5 | Arashifuji Isegahama stable | Eleven wins on his juryo debut: a low stance at 172 cm, and push-outs at 69%. |
| East Juryo 6 | Kitanowaka Hakkaku stable | From thrusts to a right-hand-inside grip: watch this 191 cm wrestler’s bout as a whole. |
| West Juryo 6 | Shirokuma Nishonoseki stable | He likes purin and macarons. In the ring, a right-hand-inside grip and 41% force-outs. |
| East Juryo 7 | Midorifuji Isegahama stable | If I only wait for an under-shoulder swing-down, I miss the 25% of force-outs. |
| West Juryo 7 | Tomokaze Nakamura stable | Slap-downs account for 70%: watch the pulling wrestler’s feet as well as his opponent’s. |
| East Juryo 8 | Ryuden Takadagawa stable | His speciality is getting both arms inside. What happens before he reaches that position? |
| West Juryo 8 | Hatsuyama Tamanoi stable | 195 cm and 167 cm were scheduled to meet on opening day. Push-outs and slap-downs each account for 23%. |
| East Juryo 9 | Enho Isegahama stable | 167 cm, but push-outs lead at 31%: look beyond his size. |
| West Juryo 9 | Tohakuryu Tamanoi stable | He names his retreating footwork as his best quality. Watch the feet behind 36% slap-downs. |
| East Juryo 10 | Nabatame Futagoyama stable | Six makushita wins in July brought him back to juryo: a DJ hobby and 35% thrust-outs. |
| West Juryo 10 | Tanji Arashio stable | One last win from 3–3: the seventh bout that led to a juryo debut. |
| East Juryo 11 | Kagayaki Takadagawa stable | 192 cm, with push-outs at 41%: opening day against juryo newcomer Tanji. |
| West Juryo 11 | Hitoshi Oitekaze stable | Hitoshi’s right-hand-inside grip: slap-downs lead the winning breakdown at 32%. |
| East Juryo 12 | Tamashoho Kataonami stable | Four ring names on the way to sekitori: the results of someone who enjoys making stories. |
| West Juryo 12 | Kayo Nakamura stable | Push-outs at 40% from a height of 174 cm, and a glimpse of his “I’ll try tomorrow” outlook. |
| East Juryo 13 | Meisei Tatsunami stable | Before the left arm gets inside: from a 4–11 July to Juryo 13. |
| West Juryo 13 | Tokifudo (Japanese) Tokitsukaze stable | Yoshii became Tokifudo and a new juryo wrestler: taking his force-outs from seven bouts to fifteen days. |
| East Juryo 14 | Tochitaikai Kasugano stable | Slap-downs at 35%: watch this 193 cm wrestler through his opponent’s feet. |
| West Juryo 14 | Nishikigi Isenoumi stable | Pushing is his speciality, force-outs lead at 39%: following a wrestler who took ten years to reach makuuchi. |
The Japanese edition matched all 42 makuuchi and 28 juryo names against the Japan Sumo Association’s September banzuke. Absent wrestlers remain listed. Technique percentages describe the Association’s breakdown of winning finishes over the six tournaments preceding each profile’s source check.