The project
About.
I am Ernesto Darge, a sumo fan, and I created Sumototal so that more people can discover the sport for what it is, with its own rules, traditions and character.
Why it exists
Sumototal was born from a gap: there is very little information in Spanish about Japanese professional sumo. Anyone drawn in by a tournament soon runs into pages in Japanese or English, and vocabulary nobody has explained.
I want to change that. This site brings together the banzuke, results, wrestlers' careers and news, and explains every term in plain language, so anyone can follow a tournament even if it is their first.
I think above all of the Spanish-speaking world, but the site is in English too: sumo is better when it is shared.
What you will find
How it is made
Every figure has a source
I use public sources, credited and cross-checked where possible, and the site shows when each figure was last updated.
What is not known is not made up
When a figure is missing, the site says so. I do not fill gaps or publish rumours, and corrections are made in the open.
Photos with permission
Every image carries its author and licence. Without clear rights, it is not published.
I review the news before publishing it
Chronicles come from our results. Digests are written with the help of artificial intelligence from linked outlets, and I review them before publication.
No ads, no payments
Today Sumototal is free, with no ads and no paid features.
The details are in Sources and methodology.
Thanks
- Sumo-API: the main source of the sports data, which gave permission to use it.
- o-sumo: the second source, used to cross-check results.
- Wikimedia Commons: and the authors who share their photographs there under free licences.
Sumototal is not affiliated with the Japan Sumo Association.