Tournament Lingo
BradBeattie at the English-language Wikipedia , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons There are 6 tournaments held a year in Japan. Here is a list of sumo terms and some context that relate to a tournament : Term Meaning Example(s) Honbasho An official sumo tournament. These are held 6 times a year in on January, March, May, July, September and November. They take place in Tokyo, Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya, Tokyo, Fukuoka. In the top 2 divions, rikishis fight for 15 days. Lower ranks fight for 7. Rikishi The sumo wrestler Gyoji A sumo referee. Just like everything in Japan, they are ranked Dohyo The clay ring stage where the bout takes place Basho A sumo tournament, not necessarily an official one. Used interchangebly with Honbasho ...