2025 July Grand Sumo Tournament
2025 July Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics
Yokozuna DebutOnosato
- Onosato is the first newly promoted Yokozuna since Hoshoryu after the January 2025 tournament, and the 75th in history.
- He is the first to reach Yokozuna since the founding of Nishonoseki Stable by its current stablemaster.
- He is the third Yokozuna from Ishikawa Prefecture, following Wajima after the May 1973 tournament.
- He is the first Yokozuna from Nippon Sport Science University, and the second from student Sumo overall since Wajima.
- Reaching the Yokozuna-rank in just 13 tournaments since his professional debut is the fastest pace post WWII. (Table 1)
- Reaching Yokozuna in only 9 tournaments since his Makuuchi debut is the fastest since 1958. (Table 2)
- Becoming Yokozuna with a streak of winning records in every tournament since his debut is a first concerning professional debuts since Showa Era.
SekiwakeDaieisho
- Daieisho stays Sekiwake for five and in Sanyaku for seven consecutive tournaments.
SekiwakeKirishima
- Kirishima stays Sekiwake for two and in Sanyaku for three consecutive tournaments.
Sekiwake ReturnWakatakakage
- Wakatakakage returns to the Sekiwake-rank he previously held in March 2023. He stays in Sanyaku for two consecutive tournaments.
- He is the third Rikishi in history to return to the Sekiwake-rank after having fallen to the Makushita Division or lower, following Kotokaze and most recently Terunofuji in the January 2021 tournament.
Komusubi DebutOshoma
- Oshoma is the first Rikishi from Naruto Stable to reach the Komusubi-rank, since it was founded by the current stablemaster.
- He is the 15th wrestler from Mongolia to achieve this, following Hoshoryu, who was promoted in the March 2022 tournament.
- Oshoma is the 7th former student of Nippon Sport Science University to reach the rank, following Onosato, who was promoted in the May 2024 tournament.
KomusubiTakayasu
- Takayasu stays in the Komusubi-rank for the second consecutive tournament.
- It is the first time since the 15-day tournament schedule was established, that a Komusubi with 6 wins in the previous tournament is Komusubi again in the following one.
Makuuchi DebutKusano
- Kusano is the first Rikishi from Isegahama Stable to reach the top division since the current stablemaster took over. As of the stable, this is the first promotion since Takerufuji in the March 2024 tournament.
- He is the 21st wrestler from Kumamoto Prefecture to reach the top division post WWII, and the first since Shodai, who was promoted in the January 2016 tournament.
- He is the 43rd former student from Nihon University to reach the top division, also following Takerufuji.
Makuuchi DebutFujinokawa
- Fujinowaka is the first Rikishi from Isenoumi Stable to reach the top division since Nishikigi in the May 2016 tournament.
- He is the 4th wrestler from Kyoto Prefecture to reach the top division post WWII, following Oikari, who was promoted in the November 1998 tournament.
Makuuchi DebutKotoeiho
- Kotoeiho is the first Rikishi from Sadogatake Stable to be promoted to Makuuchi since Kotoshoho in July 2020.
- He is the 25th Rikishi from Chiba Prefecture to achieve this post WWII, also following Kotoshoho.
Makuuchi ReturnHidenoumi
- Hidenoumi returns to Makuuchi he had been demoted from after the January tournament 2022.
Makuuchi ReturnMitakeumi
- Mitakeumi returns to Makuuchi he previously held a rank at in March this year.
Juryo ReturnOtsuji
- Otsuji returns to Juryo he previously held a rank at in March this year.
Juryo ReturnKotokuzan
- Kotokuzan returns to Juryo he previously held a rank at in March 2023.
*The previous tournament without a Juryo Debutant had been the March tournament 2024.