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Handover of the Czech Cup to the winner of the May Grand Sumo Tournament

On 22 May 2022, the finals of the Grand Sumo Tournament took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, whose winner was the sumo wrestler Yokozuna Terunofuji. During the closing ceremony, the winner was awarded by a diploma and a Czech crystal hand-cut cup by a representative of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo.

According to a long tradition established in 1970, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Japan presents the winner of the Grand Sumo Tournament with a diploma and a hand-cut cup made of Czech crystal. At the final ceremony of the March Tournament, on behalf of Ambassador Martin Tomčo, Mr. Lukáš Zícha, Consul of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, handed over the diploma and the Czech cup to the winning wrestler of the May Grand Sumo Tournament, Terunofuji, who thus secured the seventh title of his career. Congratulations!

Handover of the Czech Cup to the winner of the May Grand Sumo Tournament

Handover of the Czech Cup to the winner of the May Grand Sumo Tournament