The 5-day Grand Sumo Tournament in London, England has just wrapped up, it featured only the top tier wrestlers with a few exceptions who didn’t make the trip (notably Ozeki Kotozakura). While it shouldn’t have any effect on the upcoming Banzuke despite win-loss records, here are the final award winners:
Tournament Champion-Hoshoryu (Yokozuna)
Outstanding Performance Award-Tobizaru (Maegashira 15)
Fighting Spirit Award-Takayasu (Komusubi)
Technique Award-Ura (Maegashira 8)
Audience Award-Ura
The final saw Hoshoryu beat fellow Yokozuna Onosato for the championship.
There are already reports of a Paris tournament coming in either late 2026 or 2027 so that sounds like the next abroad event to look forward to.
The tournament was streamed live on a few services in Japan but if you’re in the US and a FuboTV subscriber, it can be watched on demand on Fubo Sports Network for a limited time in English with NHK sumo reporter/host Hiro Morita on commentary.