No. i
Basho Fantasy
The classic.
Draft six wrestlers at the start of a basho. Score for every win across fifteen days. Reset and redraft for the next tournament.
- ✕Snake draft
- ✕Division caps
- ✕15-day tournament
- ✕Score resets each basho
The Fantasy Sumo QuarterlyVol. I · Natsu 2026Saturday, May 9, 2026
Between basho
DRAFTTHEGIANTS.
Fantasy leagues for Grand Sumo. Draft your roster. Score points every time your rikishi win. Crown a yokozuna after fifteen days of competition.
3 modes場Basho Fantasy年Year-Long勝Pick'em Dailies
式§02Three ways to play
No. ii
Year-Long Fantasy
The marathon.
Same mechanics. No reset. Points accumulate across all six tournaments of the year. Crown a real yokozuna.
- ✕Annual draft
- ✕Six bashos
- ✕No mid-season resets
No. iii
Pick'em Dailies
The daily fix.
No draft. Just predict the winner of every bout, every day. Score a point for each correct call.
- ✕No draft required
- ✕Pick daily
- ✕First-come-first-in
相§01What is this
Six times a year, hundreds of the world's largest athletes gather in Japan. Over fifteen days, the top divisions fight once a day, every day. Some leave champions. Most leave bruised.
Fantasy Sumo is a league game built around that tournament. You draft a roster of rikishi. They fight. You score. Simple, ancient, and strangely perfect as a fantasy sport — because in sumo, the top divisions fight every single day of the basho.
No injured-reserve guesswork. No Thursday-night shenanigans. Fifteen days. Your roster. One winner.
6Basho per yearJan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov.
15Days per tournamentTop divisions fight every day.
42Rikishi in MakuuchiThe top division — the giants.
道§03How it works
- 01作
Start a league
Create one with your friends or join a public league. Configure scoring rules division-by-division — or take the defaults.
- 02選
Snake-draft your roster
Three minutes per pick. Auto-drafts if you miss your turn. Respect the division caps — your Makuuchi slots are precious.
- 03戦
Score as the basho unfolds
Every day at 6pm JST, your rikishi fight. Points land live. Kachi-koshi, yusho, and sansho bonuses settle on day 15.
- 04覇
Crown your yokozuna
Highest score takes the league. Then do it all again in two months when the next basho opens.
点§04Scoring is yours
Every league
sets its own
numbers.
The defaults reward Makuuchi performance, but your league owner can tune every lever. Make Juryo wins worth more than Makuuchi. Punish zero-win wrestlers. Stack the kachi-koshi bonus.
Whatever math makes the league interesting.
DivisionWinLossK-KYushoSansho
Makuuchi幕内
+30+3+10+5Juryo十両
+20+3+8—Makushita幕下
+10+2+5—Sandanme三段目
+10+2+5—Jonidan序二段
+10+2+5—Jonokuchi序ノ口
+10+2+5—Default rules shown. K-K = kachi-koshi bonus (8+ wins in Makuuchi/Juryo, 4+ in lower divisions).
今§06The Banzuke
Next tournament: Natsu 2026. The current rankings follow.
Top ten — Makuuchi
語§05Know the words
Bashonoun
The tournament. Six per year, fifteen days each.
Rikishinoun
A sumo wrestler. Literally, “strong person.”
Heyanoun
The training stable where rikishi live and train. They eat together, fight together.
Banzukenoun
The ranking sheet, published before every basho. East and West at every rank.
Kachi-koshinoun
A winning record. Eight or more wins in fifteen bouts. Earns a promotion.
Yushonoun
Tournament championship. Awarded division by division.
Sanshonoun
The three special prizes — technique, fighting spirit, and outstanding performance.
Kyujonoun
Withdrawal, usually injury. Your wrestler sits the rest of the basho. Zero points, zero penalty.
Kimaritenoun
The winning technique. There are eighty-two officially recognized ones.
今
Ima“Now.”
The next bashoopens every two months.
Leagues fill fast. Drafts start faster. Bring friends, or find strangers with strong opinions about Onosato.
力士 Fantasy · Est. 2026
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