Opening Tachiai…
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Every section, from the guess board to today’s card.
Today’s card during a basho. The published sheet until day 1. The guess board between tournaments.
Guess the next banzuke. Comparable cases sit beside the sheet.
Drag last basho’s results onto the ranking you think comes next.
2 points for the exact slot, 1 for the right rank.
Named sheets in this browser. Sign in to keep them on your account.
East and West, extra yokozuna and ozeki slots, and 2-and-1 scoring.
The current or most recent basho: torikumi, hoshitori, yusho, sansho. Look back at past tournaments.
The current or most recent basho. Pick an older tournament to look back.
Bouts by day, estimated local times, and a private pick on each one.
The hoshitori — every rikishi’s win-loss string for this basho.
Who can still take the cup — plus a private pick in this browser, or on your account.
Outstanding performance, fighting spirit, and technique.
Past tournaments — open results, yusho, or the banzuke that followed.
The official ranking sheet — east and west as two columns on one ladder.
The published banzuke, as the Kyokai wrote it.
Who went up, who went down, and by how much.
Older ranking sheets, one basho at a time. The published next basho is first when it is out.
Wrestlers on the current sheet — last basho, labeled sample movement, and head-to-head.
Search the last sheet by shikona, rank, or heya. This basho’s mix sits above the list.
Training houses, not teams. Grouped by ichimon; each page names the oyakata.
Heya with someone on the current sheet. Search, sort, and group by ichimon.
What you need to watch a basho — and what to do in the six weeks between.
What you need to watch a basho — and what to do in the six weeks between. English first, Japanese as a subtitle.
How a sumo bout is won and lost — the ring, the charge, the referee, and what to watch for in ten seconds.
Fifteen days, six times a year. Pairings, winning records, the yusho, sansho, and how a live day is built.
Yokozuna down through jonokuchi — who is salaried, who can fall, and why east sits slightly above west.
Columns, calligraphy, extra ozeki slots, and why East sits on the right of a printed sheet.
The winning techniques you will actually see — belt, push, slap, and the rest of the everyday list.
Six basho, six weeks in between — jungyo, the banzuke meeting, and what to do when the dohyo is dark.
Heya are training houses, not teams — oyakata, ichimon, morning practice, and who fights whom.
Banzuke, basho, kachi-koshi, kadoban, and the rest — in plain English, grouped the way a basho works.
What Tachiai is, and where the numbers come from.
An English-first sumo desk. Guess the next banzuke, follow a live basho.
Rankings and results from sumo-api.com. Official facts stay separate from estimates.
What’s included, and what isn’t.
Optional sign-in. Drafts, picks, pins, and settings move onto the account.
Optional. Guest drafts, picks, pins, and settings move onto the account when you sign in.