2019 Grand Sumo Tournaments
2020 Grand Sumo Tournaments
Special Events
Grand Sumo Tournament Schedule for 2019
Tournaments are 15 days long, and start and finish on Sundays.
| Tournament | Location | Start Date | End Date | Pre-orders Begin | Tickets On Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | Nagoya | 7th | 21st | late-April | May 23rd |
| September** | Tokyo | 8th | 22nd | late-June | August 3rd |
| November | Fukuoka | 10th | 24th | early-September | September 14th |
**Now accepting pre-orders!
Grand Sumo Tournament Schedule for 2020
Tournaments are 15 days long, and start and finish on Sundays.
| Tournament | Location | Start Date | End Date | Pre-orders Begin | Tickets On Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Tokyo | 12th | 26th | late-October, 2019 | December 7th, 2019 |
| March | Osaka | 8th | 22nd | mid-January | February 2nd |
| May | Tokyo | 10th | 24th | late-February | April 4th |
| July | Nagoya | 5th | 19th | late-April | May 23rd |
| September | Tokyo | 13th | 27th | late-June | August 1st |
| November | Fukuoka | 8th | 22nd | early-September | September 19th |
Special Events
July 28th (Gifu city, Gifu prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
July 29th (Habikino, Osaka prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
July 30th (Kusatsu, Shiga prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
July 31st (Echizen, Fukui prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 1st (Toyama city, Toyama prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 2nd (Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 3rd (Tokorozawa, Saitama prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 6th (Tachikawa, Tokyo prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 8th (Utsunomiya, Tochigi prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 11th (Sendai, Miyagi prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 12th (Murayama, Yamagata prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 13th (Aomori city, Aomori prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 14th (Kitatsugaru-gun, Aomori prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 16th (Hakodate, Hokkaido prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 17th (Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 18th (Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
August 19th (Kushiro, Hokkaido prefecture): A tour event, includes matches for the top 2 divisions. Please contact us for ticket information!
September 28th (Tokyo): Retirement ceremony for a wrestler at the main sumo arena. The schedule includes matches for the top two divisions and the ceremonial hair-cutting of the retiring wrestler, completing the retirement process. Please contact us for ticket information!
October: Events in many parts of Japan to be announced later. Keep watching this space or contact us to be notified when the schedule is ready!
February 1st (Tokyo): Retirement ceremony for a wrestler at the main sumo arena. The schedule includes matches for the top two divisions and the ceremonial hair-cutting of the retiring wrestler, completing the retirement process. Please contact us for ticket information!
April: Events in many parts of Japan to be announced later. Keep watching this space or contact us to be notified when the schedule is ready!
**Watch this page for more events to be added later! We expect to announce events for October, November, December, January, February and April. Please send us a Standard Contact Form if you want to be notified when the schedules are ready.**