OzekiKotozakura

• Kotozakura is Ozeki Kadoban for the second time since the March 2025 tournament. The previous Ozeki Kadoban was Aonishiki in the last tournament.

SekiwakeAtamifuji

• Atamifuji stays Sekiwake for two and in Sanyaku for three consecutive tournaments.

SekiwakeKotoshoho

• Kotoshoho stays Sekiwake as well as in Sanyaku for two consecutive tournaments.

Sekiwake ReturnWakatakakage

• Wakatakakage returns to the Sekiwake rank he previously held in September last year. He stays in Sanyaku for two consecutive tournaments.

SekiwakeAonishiki

• This is the first demotion from the Ozeki rank since Takakeisho in the September 2024 tournament.

*The previous tournament with four Sekiwake was the September 2024 tournament. (The Rikishi were: Abi, Onosato, Kirishima and Takakeisho.)

Komusubi DebutYoshinofuji

• Yoshinofuji is the first Rikishi from Isegahama Stable to make his Komusubi Debut since Atamifuji, who was promoted in March this year.
• He is the ninth Rikishi from Kumamoto Prefecture post WWII to achieve this, following Shodai, who was promoted in the January 2017 tournament.
• Additionally, he is the nineteenth former student of Nihon University to achieve this, the previous one being Tobizaru, who was promoted in the November 2022 tournament.

Komusubi ReturnOho

• Oho returns to the Komusubi rank he previously held in January this year.

Makuuchi DebutKazuma

• Kazuma is the first Rikishi from Kise Stable to make his Makuuchi Debut since Churanoumi in November 2023.
• He is the twenty-fourth Rikishi from Osaka to achieve this post WWII, following Asakoryu, who was promoted in November 2024.
• Additionally, he is the forty-fifth former student of Nihon University to achieve this, the previous one being Hitoshi, who was promoted in the September 2025 tournament.

Makuuchi DebutDaiseizan

• Daiseizan is the first Rikishi from Arashio Stable to make his Makuuchi Debut since Kotokuzan, who was promoted in March 2022.
• He is the second Chinese Rikishi to achieve this, following Sokokurai, who was promoted in September 2010.

Makuuchi ReturnTakerufuji

• Takerufuji returns to Makuuchi. He previously held a rank here in September 2025.

Makuuchi ReturnOnokatsu

• Onokatsu returns to Makuuchi. He previously held a rank here in March this year.

Juryo DebutArashifuji

• Arashifuji is the first Rikishi from Isegahama Stable to make his Juryo Debut since Toshinofuji, who was promoted in March this year.
• He is the forty-first Rikishi from Fukuoka Prefecture post WWII to achieve this. The previous one was Hitenryu, promoted in July 2011.

*This is the first time a single Rikishi has been promoted to Juryo since the March 2016 tournament (Shotenro). It is the first time a single Rikishi made his Juryo Debut since the May 1970 tournament (Wajima).