US EditionSumo: Top wrestlers set for Paris exhibition tour in June 2026
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In June 2026, Japanese sumo wrestlers will be in the French capital for an unprecedented event.
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Sumo to stage event in Paris as part of global push
Sumo will stage a tournament in Paris for the first time in over three decades next year in a push to expand the ancient sport beyond Japan, organisers said Sunday. Accor Arena, which hosted basketball and gymnastics events at last year's Paris Olympics, will stage a two-day competition featuring top wrestlers in the French capital
“A show like in Japan”: thirty years later, a sumo tournament will once again be held in Paris in 2026 Source
On the 19th, the Japan Sumo Association announced that it will hold a Paris performance on June 13th and 14th next year. This will be the third time since 1995, and Chairman Hakkaku (former yokozuna Kitakachiyama) said at a press conference at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, "We will make thorough preparations so that people can enjoy the charm of traditional culture and the power of the sumo ring."
Thirty-one years after their last visit to Bercy, the sumo wrestlers will return to Paris for a tournament organized at the Accor Arena on June 13 and 14, 2026.
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