Some numbers for Aki 2025

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 There are 611 rikishi on the banzuke. The heya with the most rikishi is Isegahama with 33, Takasago with 26, Oitekaze with 23, Sakaigawa  and Tamanoi with 22, Nishonoseki and Kokonoe  with 21, and Kise with 20. Isegahama also has the most sekitori with seven (five Makuuchi and two Juryo). By birthplace, Tokyo has the most rikishi with 52. Following that are Osaka with 30, Saitama with 28, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Aichi with 27, Hyogo with 26, Kumamoto with 24, Fukuoka with 22, and Mongolia with 20.

Aonishiki, who has 11 consecutive kachikoshi  and also got three special prizes since his debut in Makuuchi, was promoted to Komusubi, becoming the fastest rikishi to reach sanyaku - just 12 basho (excluding tsukedashi) since the introduction of the six-tournament system in 1958. The previous record was 14 bashos, held by former Ozeki Konishiki, former Yokozuna Asashouryuu, and former Ozeki Kotooushuu, but this, two tournaments less, makes him the fastest rikishi to reach sanyaku. This also marks the first time a rikishi from Ukraine, and the first time a wrestler from the heya founded by  Ajigawa Oyakata (ex-Sekiwake Aminishiki), has been promoted to sanyaku. At the Nagoya tournament, where he was ranked at Maegashira 1E he remained in the running for the yusho until the final day, but fell short of Maegashira Kotoshouhou and finished as a runner-up. Nevertheless, he got his first Technique Prize , following the Fighting Spirit Prizes in the Haru and Natsu bashos. On day three last basho, he won his first kinboshi as well, beating Houshouryuu.