The Sumo World Championships is an amateur sumo competition organized by the International Sumo Federation. The men's competition started in 1992 and the women's competition started in 2001, with both competitions having been held together. The competitions are generally held every year, although the 2009 and 2011 events were cancelled due to the 2009 flu pandemic and political unrest over the Arab Spring respectively.[1] The 24th edition, originally scheduled to take place in Russia in 2022, was rescheduled to be held in Tokyo in late 2023.[2]
Weight classes
[edit]1992–2018
[edit]Weight class | Men | Women | Jr. Men* | Jr. Women* |
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Open | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
Heavyweight | ≥115 kg | ≥80 kg | ≥100 kg | ≥75 kg |
Middleweight | 85−115 kg | 65–80 kg | 80–100 kg | 60–75 kg |
Lightweight | <85 kg | <65 kg | <80 kg | <60 kg |
* Age restrictions of 13–18 years old apply
2019–present
[edit]Weight class | Men | Women | Jr. Men* | Jr. Women* |
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Open | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
Heavyweight | ≥115 kg | ≥80 kg | ≥100 kg | ≥75 kg |
Light Heavyweight | 100–115kg | 73–80 kg | (Unused) | |
Middleweight | 85−100 kg | 65–73 kg | 80–100 kg | 60–75 kg |
Lightweight | <85 kg | <65 kg | <80 kg | <60 kg |
* Age restrictions of 13–18 years old apply
Men's Individual competition
[edit]The wrestlers who subsequently entered professional sumo (or were former professionals) also have their ring name or shikona listed.
Year | Host | Weight class | Winner | Country | shikona | ref | |
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1st | 1992 | ![]() |
Openweight | Kazuo Saitō | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Takeharu Dejima | ![]() |
Dejima Takeharu | ||||
Lightweight | Akihiro Kiku | ![]() |
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2nd | 1993 | Openweight | Sunao Yasu | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Fumihito Tsuruga | ![]() |
Hokutomori Fumihito | ||||
Middleweight | Akihiro Kiku | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Hitoshi Omura | ![]() |
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3rd | 1994 | Openweight | Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Keiji Tamiya | ![]() |
Kotomitsuki Keiji | ||||
Middleweight | Ryōji Kumagai | ![]() |
Kaihō Ryōji | ||||
Lightweight | Bayanmnh Gantogtoh | ![]() |
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4th | 1995 | Openweight | Emmanuel Yarborough | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Naohito Saitō | ![]() |
Hayateumi Hidehito | ||||
Middleweight | Ryōji Kumagai | ![]() |
Kaihō Ryōji | ||||
Lightweight | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | ![]() |
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5th | 1996 | Openweight | Mark Robinson | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Koichi Katō | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Tatsurō Takahama | ![]() |
Hamanishiki Tatsurō | ||||
Lightweight | Hitoshi Omura | ![]() |
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6th | 1997 | Openweight | Naohito Saitō | ![]() |
Hayateumi Hidehito | [8] | |
Heavyweight | Keiji Tamiya | ![]() |
Kotomitsuki Keiji | ||||
Middleweight | Tatsurō Takahama | ![]() |
Hamanishiki Tatsurō | ||||
Lightweight | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | ![]() |
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7th | 1998 | Openweight | Keiji Tamiya | ![]() |
Kotomitsuki Keiji | [9] | |
Heavyweight | Jörg Brümmer | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Tatsurō Takahama | ![]() |
Hamanishiki Tatsurō | ||||
Lightweight | Svetoslav Binev | ![]() |
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8th | 1999 | ![]() |
Openweight | Levan Ebanoidze | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Takahisa Osanai | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Hideto Tsushima | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Svetoslav Binev | ![]() |
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9th | 2000 | ![]() |
Openweight | Tōru Kakizoe | ![]() |
Kakizoe Tōru | [11] |
Heavyweight | Takahisa Osanai | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Aias Mongouch | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Peer Schmidt-Düwiger | ![]() |
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10th | 2001 | ![]() |
Openweight | Torsten Scheibler | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Robert Paczków | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Aias Mongouch | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Chōhei Kimura | ![]() |
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11th | 2002 | ![]() |
Openweight | Alan Karaev | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Robert Paczków | ![]() |
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Middleweight | David Tsallagov | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Claudio Ikemori | ![]() |
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− | 2003 | ![]() |
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12th | 2004 | ![]() |
Openweight | Keishō Shimoda | ![]() |
Wakakeishō Hiroki | [14] |
Heavyweight | Takayuki Ichihara | ![]() |
Kiyoseumi Takayuki | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Vitaliy Tikhenko | ![]() |
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13th | 2005 | ![]() |
Openweight | Torsten Scheibler | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Takayuki Ichihara | ![]() |
Kiyoseumi Takayuki | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Vitaliy Tikhenko | ![]() |
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14th | 2006 | ![]() |
Openweight | Alan Gabaraev | ![]() |
Aran Hakutora | [16] |
Heavyweight | Byambajav Ulambayar | ![]() |
Daishōchi Kenta (ex-professional sumo wrestler) | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Takaharu Nagasawa | ![]() |
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15th | 2007 | ![]() |
Openweight | Alan Karaev | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Byambajav Ulambayar | ![]() |
Daishōchi Kenta | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Sándor Bárdosi | ![]() |
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16th | 2008 | ![]() |
Openweight | Naranbat Gankhuyag | ![]() |
Maenoyū Tarō (ex-professional sumo wrestler) |
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Heavyweight | Takashi Himeno | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Takashi Shimako | ![]() |
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− | 2009 | ![]() |
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17th | 2010 | ![]() |
Openweight | Vasily Margiev | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Dezso Libor | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Ryō Itō | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Stiliyan Georgiev | ![]() |
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− | 2011 | ![]() |
Cancelled due to political instability | ||||
18th | 2012 | ![]() |
Openweight | Naranbat Gankhuyag | ![]() |
Maenoyū Tarō | [20] |
Heavyweight | Alan Karaev | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Kostiantyn Iermakov | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Gantugs Rentsendorj | ![]() |
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19th | 2014 | ![]() |
Openweight | Turbold Baasansuren | ![]() |
Mitoryū Takayuki | [21] |
Heavyweight | Alan Karaev | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Kiyoyuki Noguchi | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Yūya Nakamura | ![]() |
Enhō Akira | ||||
20th | 2015 | ![]() |
Openweight | Sōichirō Kurokawa | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Ryōta Oyanagi | ![]() |
Yutakayama Ryōta | ||||
Middleweight | Atsamaz Kaziev | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Yūya Nakamura | ![]() |
Enhō Akira | ||||
21st | 2016 | ![]() |
Openweight | Turbold Baasansuren | ![]() |
Mitoryū Takayuki | |
Heavyweight | Vasilii Margiev | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Hayato Miwa | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Batyr Altyev | ![]() |
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22nd | 2018 | ![]() |
Openweight | Vasilii Margiev | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Vasilii Margiev | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Badral Baasandorj | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Sviatoslav Semykras | ![]() |
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23rd | 2019 | ![]() |
Openweight | Batsuuri Namsraijav | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Atsushi Igarashi | ![]() |
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Light Heavyweight | Konstantin Abdula-Zade | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Badral Baasandorj | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Sviatoslav Semykras | ![]() |
Men's Team competition
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2015 | ![]() |
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Women's Individual competition
[edit]Year | Host | Weight class | Winner | Country | ref | ||
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1st | 2001 | ![]() |
Openweight | Sandra Köppen | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Veronika Kozlovskaya | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Satomi Ishigaya | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Lene Aanes | ![]() | |||||
2nd | 2002 | ![]() |
Openweight | Rie Tsuihiji | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Olesya Kovalenko | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Edyta Witkowska | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Satomi Ishigaya | ![]() | |||||
− | 2003 | Hong Kong | Cancelled due to the SARS outbreak. | ||||
3rd | 2004 | ![]() |
Openweight | Sandra Köppen | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Fernanda Pereira da Costa | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | ![]() | |||||
4th | 2005 | ![]() |
Openweight | Ekaterina Keyb | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Sandra Köppen | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Satomi Ishigaya | ![]() | |||||
5th | 2006 | ![]() |
Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Olesya Kovalenko | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | ![]() | |||||
6th | 2007 | ![]() |
Openweight | Ekaterina Keyb | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Olesya Kovalenko | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Asano Matsuura | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Nelli Vorobyeva | ![]() | |||||
7th | 2008 | ![]() |
Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Olga Davydko | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Maryna Pryshchepa | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Nelli Vorobyeva | ![]() | |||||
− | 2009 | ![]() |
Cancelled due to the flu pandemic | ||||
8th | 2010 | ![]() |
Openweight | Sylwia Krzemien | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Anna Zhigalova | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Dulmaa Yadmaa | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | ![]() | |||||
− | 2011 | ![]() |
Cancelled due to political instability | ||||
9th | 2012 | ![]() |
Openweight | Yuka Ueta | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Anna Zhigalova | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | ![]() | |||||
10th | 2014 | ![]() |
Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Mariia Drboian | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Anna Aleksandrova | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Vera Koval | ![]() | |||||
11th | 2015 | ![]() |
Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Sunjidmaa Khishigdorj | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Maryna Maksymenko | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Daria Ibragimova | ![]() | |||||
12th | 2016 | ![]() |
Openweight | Anna Poliakova (nee Zhigalova) | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Sunjidmaa Khishigdorj | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Maryna Maksymenko | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | ![]() | |||||
13th | 2018 | ![]() |
Openweight | Anna Poliakova | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Olga Davydko | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Anna Aleksandrova | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Vera Koval | ![]() | |||||
14th | 2019 | ![]() |
Openweight | Svitlana Yaromka | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Anna Poliakova | ![]() | |||||
Light Heavyweight | Maryna Maksymenko | ![]() | |||||
Middleweight | Magda Katarzyna Skrajnowska | ![]() | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Duzhenko | ![]() |
Women's Team competition
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See also
[edit]- List of World Sumo Championships medalists (men)
- List of World Sumo Championships medalists (women)
- Sumo at the World Games
- International Sumo Federation
Notes
[edit]- ^ Gunning, John (26 February 2020). "Calling off Spring Basho would be right move for JSA". The Japan Times. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Gunning, John (26 October 2022). "Tokyo takes over as host of 2023 Sumo World Championships". Japan Times. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "1st Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "2nd Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "3rd Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "4th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "5th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "6th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "7th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "8th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "9th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "10th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "11th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "12th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "13th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "14th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "15th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "16th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "17th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "18th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "19th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.
- ^ "20th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "1st Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "2nd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "3rd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "4th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "5th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "6th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "7th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "8th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "9th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "10th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.
- ^ "11th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.