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Shortly after withdrawing from the January 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament due to injuries, the 73rd yokozuna

2025 in sumo — Shortly after withdrawing from the January 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament due to injuries, the 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji Haruo announces his retirement. If no other wrestler is promoted

Published January 16, 2025· Updated October 28, 2026·1 min read

Context: 2025 in sumo.

Shortly after withdrawing from the January 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament due to injuries, the 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji Haruo announces his retirement. If no other wrestler is promoted this tournament, his retirement leaves sumo without a yokozuna for the first time since 1993. Terunofuji also announced his intention to remain in the Japan Sumo Association as an oyakata . [https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/14bd63c63a6b-sumo-lone-yokozuna-terunofuji-pulls-out-of-new-year-meet.html ( Kyodo News )] [https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202501160000520.html ( Nikkan Sports )]

Event summary via Wikipedia Current Events (2025-01-16).