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The former Myogiryu held his retirement topknot-cutting ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan on October 5, 2025, marking his succession to the Furiwake elder name. It fell the day after the retirement ceremony of the former ozeki Takakeisho...

The former Okinoumi held his retirement ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan on September 30, 2023, an event whose formal title marked both his retirement and his succession to the Kimigahama elder name. The afternoon's rarest moment came w...

On October 1, 2023, the former sekiwake Kaisei held his retirement topknot-cutting ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. Brazilian-born, Kaisei rose to sekiwake — the third-highest rank in sumo — and went further than any Brazilian wrestler...

This was the retirement topknot-cutting ceremony of the former ozeki Tochinoshin, the Georgian-born wrestler, held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan on February 4, 2024. Georgians filled the box seats draped in their national flag, and Tochinoshi...

The former yokozuna Kakuryu, born in Mongolia, held his retirement topknot-cutting ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan on June 3, 2023, in heavy rain. The day closed one of the sport's highest careers, yet it left a question hanging over w...

This was the retirement ceremony of the former ozeki (the second-highest rank, below only yokozuna) Takakeisho, held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in October 2025. His master made the final cut, and he stood to speak of never having reached y...

This was the retirement ceremony of the former yokozuna Terunofuji, held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in early 2026. After his last dohyo-iri (ring-entering ceremony), his master made the final cut to the topknot, formally closing a career a...

Since his professional debut, yokozuna Onosato has never once finished a tournament with a losing record. The January 2026 Hatsu basho stretched that run to 17 winning tournaments in a row — a streak that has survived every scare the spo...

Hokutofuji's retirement ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan marked both his formal farewell to the dohyo and his succession to the elder name Oyama. The day brought his final ring-entering ceremony alongside his young son, a winning last b...

The danpatsu-shiki is the ceremony that marks a sumo wrestler's retirement, in which his topknot is ceremonially cut off in front of family, friends, sponsors and fellow rikishi. Guests come up one at a time to take a single snip with a ...