List of sumo trophies#Once a year trophies

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| The Emperor's Cup
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| A silver trophy of {{height|m=1.08}} tall and weighing {{convert|29|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. The chrysanthemum symbol of the Imperial family is carved on the trophy. The kanji for {{nihongo3

| Japan Sumo Association chairman ({{transl|ja|rijichō}}) in the name of the Emperor of Japan

| {{Center|1926}}

| Emperor's cups are trophies bestowed by the Imperial Household Agency to organizations that manage competitions, and serve as proof of imperial recognition, giving authority to the competition.
First awarded to Yokozuna Tsunenohana in January 1926, because of the merging of all the independent sumo associations into one entity.
First known as "Prince Regent Cup" as Emperor Shōwa granted the trophy during his regency.{{cite web|url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/KokugikanSumoMuseumDisplay/wrap20160419/|title=Grand Sumo awards|language=ja|work=Japan Sumo Association|date=19 April 2016|access-date=15 May 2023}}

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| The championship flag
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| The flag is purple, because the colour symbolises strength, and is embroidered and fringed in gold. It bears the cherry blossom mon of the Japan Sumo Association in its middle and features the kanji for {{nihongo3|'victory'|優勝|yūshō}}.

| Japan Sumo Association's Judging department chairman

| {{Center|1909}}

| Introduced with the 1909's tournament reform creating the {{Interlanguage link multi|yūshōkishu|ja|3=優勝旗手|lt=yūshōkishu}} system. Highest trophy awarded to wrestlers before the introduction of the Emperor's Cup.
Held by a flag bearer (usually a high-ranking makuuchi wrestler from the same stable or the same ichimon) during the winner's parade after the tournament.
The championship flag is the only trophy awarded in the name of the Association, along the sanshō prizes.

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| Prime Minister's Cup
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| A wide silver trophy weighting {{convert|40|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.

| Cabinet of the Government of Japan
Chief Cabinet Secretary
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Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(usually)
Japanese Prime Minister
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| {{Center|1968}}

| Prime Minister's cups are trophies awarded by the Prime Minister's cabinet to organizations involved in sports competitions.{{cite web|last=Ritsunosuke|first=Momijihashi|title=Prime Minister's Cup Introduction|url=http://shiverle.web.fc2.com/etc/sori_index.html|work=List of wrestlers who won the Prime Minister's Cup|access-date=15 May 2023}}

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| French–Japanese Friendship Cup
(and giant macaron)

| A cup with two phoenixes serving as handles. The trophy is also accompanied by an emblematic inedible macaron coming in three colours: green, pink and gold. The macaron is measuring {{height|cm=41}} in diameter and {{height|cm=23}} in height and is designed by French pastry chef-chocolatier Pierre Hermé.{{cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/2114091-20170817-sumo-story-tribulations-coupe-jacques-chirac|title=Sumo story: The tribulations of the "Coupe Jacques Chirac"|language=fr|work=20 Minutes|date=17 August 2017|access-date=9 December 2022}}

| French Republic

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| Comes with a luxurious box of 22 real macarons, wrapped in gold paper.

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| Striated porcelain vase, measuring {{height|cm=34}} in diameter and {{height|cm=66}} in height. The vase is gilded with fine gold, with a 24 carat pure gold circle chamfered on the upper part of the vase, symbolizing a rising Sun. Made by French painter Pierre Soulages and executed by the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres.

| French Republic

| {{Center|2000}}

| Known informally as the "Jacques Chirac cup" (japanised as "Shiraku cup"). Created after a French ambassador to Japan suggested to Jacques Chirac, a known sumo fan, to have a trophy made by Pierre Soulages. Awarded for the first time at the July 2000 tournament. Now exposed in the French embassy in Tokyo.

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| United Mexican Friendship Plaque

| Represents an Aztec calendar.

| United Mexican States

| {{Center|1981}}

| Awarded since the visit of a Japan Sumo Association delegation of 110 people to Mexico in 1981.{{cite web|url=https://portales.sre.gob.mx/saladeprensa/index.php/lista-de-embajadas/japon/1699-emb-jap-sp-1398514103|title=The Ambassador of Mexico in Japan presents the prize to the champion of the Sumo tournament|language=es|work=Government of Mexico|date=20 May 2012|access-date=9 December 2022}}
Comes with a year supply of Corona beer.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/07/25/sumo/mitakeumi-earns-spoils-victory/|title=Mitakeumi earns spoils of victory|language=en|work=The Japan Times|date=25 July 2018|access-date=9 December 2022}}

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| A big dallah coffee pot.

| United Arab Emirates

| {{Center|1979}}

| Awarded by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan during an official visit in Japan in 1990.{{cite tweet |author=United Arab Emirates embassy in Japan|user=uaeambjapan |number=1354299658206502923 |title=Cooperation between the UAE and Japan in sumo began in 1979. In 1990, President Sheikh Zayed visited Japan and watched sumo matches, handing over gifts from the UAE to the wrestlers. The UAE Ambassador awards a friendship cup to the winner of each tournament. This tradition has continued for 42 years.|language=ja |date=27 January 2021|access-date=15 May 2023 }}
Comes with a year of gasoline.

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| A Thai elephant statue made of fiberglass. Patterns on the statue are drawn by local artists in Chiang Rai, to reflect Thai and Japanese cultures. On one side of the statue Rama's monkeys are wrestling each other under a cassia tree, Thailand's national tree. On the other side of the elephant, two sumo wrestlers bout each other under a Japanese cherry blossom tree.{{cite web|url=https://site.thaiembassy.jp/en/news/activities/11287/?sphrase_id=17280983|title=Ambassador presented anew elephant "Thailand-Japan Friendship Cup" to sumo champion on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of Thailand-Japan diplomatic relations.|work=Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo|date=29 September 2022|access-date=9 December 2022}}

| Kingdom of Thailand

| {{Center|2022}}

| The design was chosen because of the Chiang Rai Elephant Foundation, a charity creating elephant statues and working on the preservation of elephants in Thailand.{{cite web|url=https://www.chiangrai-elephants.com/|title=Project "Elephant Chiang Rai": 90 elephants by 90 Chiang Rai artists|language=Thai|work=Chiang Rai Elephant Foundation|access-date=9 December 2022}} Awarded to celebrate the 135th anniversary of Thailand-Japan diplomatic relations.
Comes with a supply of Chabaa Bangkok fruit juice or Singha beer.

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| Kingdom of Thailand

| {{Center|2017}}

| Created to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Thailand-Japan diplomatic relations.{{cite web|url=https://site.thaiembassy.jp/en/news/activities/10823/?sphrase_id=17227429|title=Ambassador presented a trophy at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament 2022|language=en|work=Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo|date=23 January 2022|access-date=9 December 2022}}

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| The tea cup measures about {{height|cm=45}} high with a capacity of approximately 15 liters. The cup is made by the Hungary-based Herend Porcelain Manufactory.{{cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190509/p2a/00m/0sp/019000c|title=Winner of grand sumo tourneys to receive huge tea cup from Hungary|language=en|work=Mainichi Shimbun|date=9 May 2019|access-date=9 December 2022}}

| Hungary

| {{Center|2019}}

| Awarded to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Hungary.
Comes with a tea set made by the Herend Porcelain Manufactory.

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| Hungarian friendship cup

| A {{height|m=1.17}} high pot made by Herend Porcelain Manufactory.

| Hungary

| {{Center|1986}}

| First awarded during the 1986 January tournament by the Hungarian People's Republic. The trophy continued being awarded after the country was democratized in 1989.

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| A Czech crystal hand-cut cup made by the Moser glass company. It weighs {{convert|15|kg|lb|abbr=on}} and measures about {{height|cm=70}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/podniky/vitez-v-sumo-dostane-pohar-z-ceska.A040302_170336_ekoakcie_maf|title=The sumo winner will receive a cup from the Czech Republic|language=cs-CZ|work=IDNES|date=2 March 2022|access-date=13 December 2022}}

| Czech Republic

| {{Center|2004}}

| The Czech Republic have awarded a sumo trophy since 1970.{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/bydleni/architektura/sumne-stopy.A110527_145723_architektura_rez|title=Handover of the Czech Cup to the winner of November Grand Sumo Tournament|language=en|work=Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo|date=27 November 2022|access-date=9 December 2022}}
Comes with a year of Pilsner beer.

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| A Czech crystal hand-cut bowl weighting {{convert|14|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/podniky/vitez-v-sumo-dostane-pohar-z-ceska.A040302_170336_ekoakcie_maf|title=Check out the Czech Embassy in Japan. As long as it still belongs to us|language=cs-CZ|work=IDNES|date=28 May 2011|access-date=13 December 2022}}

| Czech Republic

| {{Center|1970}}

| The bowl have been replaced by the current cup in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/podniky/vitez-v-sumo-dostane-pohar-z-ceska.A040302_170336_ekoakcie_maf|title=The sumo winner will receive a cup from the Czech Republic|language=cs-CZ|work=IDNES|date=2 March 2004|access-date=13 December 2022}}

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| Mongolian Prime Minister's award

| Three bökh wrestlers holds a 12 litres silver gilt cup. The original trophy was made with {{convert|12|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of solid silver and 500 g of pure gold.

| Mongolia

| {{Center|2003}}

| Also known as "The wrestlers who fought for three hours" Cup (Гурван цагийг билэгдсэн бөхчүүд).{{cite web|url=https://legalinfo.mn/mn/detail/5527|title=APPROVAL OF CUP MODEL /Highest level of professional sumo wrestling/|language=mn|work=National Institute of Justice of the Mongolian Government|date=6 August 2003|access-date=10 December 2022}} In 2022, following the meeting between Mongolian-born yokozuna Hakuhō and Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, it was announced the trophy would serve as a gift to Hakuhō who recently retired.{{cite web|url=https://www.unen.mn/a/116938|title=The trophy named after the Prime Minister of Mongolia will be kept forever by Hakuhō (M. Davaajargal)|language=mn|work=UNEN News Agency|date=11 October 2022|access-date=9 December 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://gogo.mn/r/5nnlj|title=The retirement ceremony of Hakuhō (M. Davaazargal) is being held|language=mn|work=GoGo News Agency|date=28 January 2023|access-date=30 January 2023}} Since March 2023, a new trophy has been awarded. It is however identical to the previous one (although silver) and has the same name.

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| A trophy resembling a column.

| Mongolia

| {{Center|1998}}

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| Chinese Embassy Award

| Trophy made using colored enamels held in place within partitions formed by metal strips or wires, the process being repeated to fill in the gaps left by shrinkage during firing. This technique is emblematic of the Jingtai era, hence the nickname of the trophy "China-Japan Jingtai Blue Cup".

| People's Republic of China

| {{Center|1980}}

| Awarded in memory of the past links of sumo in China.{{cite web|url=http://jp.china-embassy.gov.cn/dszlnew/201005/t20100529_9410200.htm|title=Cheng Yonghua, Ambassador to Japan, presented awards to the winners of the Japanese Grand Sumo Final|language=zh|work=Chinese Embassy|date=25 May 2010|access-date=9 December 2022}}
Comes with a supply of Shaoxing wine.

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| United States President's Cup

| A silver trophy of 1.37 meters tall and weighing {{convert|30|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. The trophy is toped by a bald eagle.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/05/27/sumo/trophy-presented-trump-go-display-sumo-museum/|title=Trophy presented by Trump to go on display at sumo museum|language=en|work=The Japan Times|date=27 May 2019|access-date=9 December 2022}}

| United States of America

| {{Center|2019}}

| Only awarded in May.
First awarded by president Donald Trump in 2019, hence its nickname of "Trump Cup".{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASM5C4S2YM5CUTFK008.html|title=President to personally award the custom-made Trump Cup to the winner of the Summer Tournament.|language=ja|work=Asahi Shimbun|url-access=subscription|date=12 May 2019|access-date=15 May 2023}}

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| Cup of the Bulgarian government

| A silver trophy made by bulgarian artist {{Interlanguage link multi|Stavri Kalinov|bg|3=Ставри Калинов|lt=Stavri Kalinov}}. The trophy height is about {{height|cm=75}}, decorated with roses, the national flower of Bulgaria, on hanging ribbons. It is also decorated with gold leaves.

| Republic of Bulgaria

| {{Center|2012}}

| Comes with a supply of Bulgarian wines.{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.bg/embassies/japan/news/21976|title=The Ambassador of Bulgaria in Japan presented the cup of the Bulgarian government to the winner of the May sumo tournament|language=bg|work=Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Japan|date=26 May 2019|access-date=13 December 2022}}

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| A glass plate made by Venini.{{cite web|url=https://ambtokyo.esteri.it/it/news/dall_ambasciata/2023/01/lambasciatore-benedetti-consegna-il-premio-italia-hatsubasho-al-vincitore-del-grand-sumo-tournament-2023/|title=Ambassador Benedetti presents the "Italian Hatsubasho" award to the winner of the Grand Sumo Tournament 2023|language=it|work=Italian embassy in Tokyo|date=23 January 2023|access-date=23 January 2023}}

| Italian Republic

| {{Center|2023}}

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| Japan–Italy 150th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Commemorative Award

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| Italian Republic

| {{Center|2016}}

| Special prize offered in collaboration with the Parmigiano Reggiano and Parma Ham Consortia on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/canale_terraegusto/notizie/prodotti_tipici/2016/05/23/campione-di-sumo-hakuho-vince-la-coppa-e-il-parmigiano_5836017b-6c22-4dda-a523-5841b78cb061.html|title=Sumo champion Hakuho wins the cup and the Parmesan cheese|language=it|work=ANSA News Agency|date=23 May 2016|access-date=9 December 2022}}

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| Japanese–Israel Friendship Trophy

| A shofar horn. The trophy is supported by a pedestal made of Israeli olives and iron resembling a cherry tree.

| State of Israel

| {{Center|2023}}

| The trophy was created by Ohad Sheinwald, an Israeli artist living in Japan. Comes with a supply of Kfar Bin Nun wine and dates.{{cite tweet |author=Israel embassy in Japan|user=IsraelinJapan |number=1663146499491131393 |title=[Israel-Japan Friendship Award presented to the winning sumo wrestler]|language=ja |date=28 May 2023|access-date=28 May 2023 }}

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| Miyazaki Governor's Award

| A trophy in the shape of a cow dressed for a contest.

| Miyazaki Prefecture

| {{Center|1986}}

| The trophy is presented in cooperation with the Council for Better Miyazaki Beef Promotion.{{cite web|url=https://pre-miya.com/miyaspo/ippan/156025.html|title=Prefectural Governor's Award for Kiribayama|language=ja|work=Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun|date=27 March 2023|access-date=12 May 2023}} Comes with a Miyazaki beef carcass and a ton of seasonal fruits and vegetables.{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/kense/koho/chijishitsu/photogalleries/2023/20230124124008.html|title=Ceremony to award the Miyazaki Prefectural Governor's Prize for the January 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament|language=ja|work=Miyazaki Prefecture Official Website|date=24 January 2023|access-date=12 May 2023}}

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| Fukui Prefectural Prize

| A trophy filled with red pickled plum.

| Fukui Prefecture

| {{Center|1986}}

| Comes with one year's worth of umeboshi as Fukui is the largest plum growing area of Japan.{{cite web|url=https://dearfukui.jp/gourmet/12416|title=What is the "Fukui Ume" presented to the sumo wrestlers who win the Grand Sumo Tournament? Fukui was the largest production area on the Sea of Japan coast!|language=ja|work=Dear Fukui Magazine|date=31 December 2019|access-date=12 May 2023}}

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| Nara Prefectural Governor's Award

| The trophy is a bronze statue of a sumo wrestler. It was created based on the mosaic wall painting of the former National Stadium of Nara-city. The pedestal is decorated with a Nara traditional lacquerware craft and with patterns inspired by the Shōsōin treasures. It is {{height|cm=84}} high, {{height|cm=5}} wide and weighs {{convert|15|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://sankei-nara-iga.jp/news/archives/1488|title=The Governor's Award trophy for the sumo champion will be unveiled the 5th in Katsuragi-city|language=ja|work=Sankei Shimbun|date=2 October 2015|access-date=10 December 2022}}

| Nara Prefecture

| {{Center|2014}}

| The wrestler on top of the trophy is Nomi no Sukune because Nara Prefecture is where Nomi no Sukune and Taima no Kehaya are said to have fought. Therefore, Nara Prefecture is said to be the birthplace of sumo. The trophy was originally intended to be awarded at every Tokyo tournament but was later awarded at other honbasho during the 2020s.{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.nara.jp/item/291660.htm|title=Sports promotion section: Presentation of the Nara Prefectural Governor's Prize to the best rikishi in the makuuchi division of the March Grand Sumo Tournament.|language=ja|work=Nara Prefecture|access-date=14 May 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.nara.jp/item/219946.htm|title=About the presentation of the Governor of Nara Prefecture Award to the highest winning wrestler in the Grand Sumo Tournament in November|language=ja|work=Nara Prefecture|access-date=15 May 2023}}
Comes with a supply of vegetables for chankonabe.

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| Tokyo Metropolitan Governor's Award

| A lion statue on top of a wooden box. The statue is made of bronze and weighs around 25 kilograms.{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/GOVERNOR/ARC/20131224/ACTIVITY/130527.htm|title=Presentation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Governor's Award for Grand Sumo Wrestling in May|language=ja|work=Tokyo Metropolitan Government|date=27 May 2013|access-date=11 December 2022}}

| Tokyo Metropolitan Government

| {{Center|1981}}

| Nicknamed the "Lion Warrior Statue", the trophy was designed by Kitamura Seibo, an honorary citizen of Tokyo.

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| Fukushima Governor's Award
(and {{convert|15|kg|lb|abbr=on}} tawara straw bag of rice)

| The trophy weighs about 15 kilograms, is about {{height|cm=6}} high and {{height|m=6.6}} wide, including the zelkova base. An Akabeko carries a golden rice bag on its back.{{cite web|url=

https://asahi1979.exblog.jp/17708322/|title=The Akabeko Trophy|language=ja|work=Asahi Kenso Co., Ltd. (constructor blog)|date=28 January 2013|access-date=9 December 2022}} During the award speech, it is accompanied by a tawara bag of rice.

| Fukushima Prefecture

| {{Center|2013}}

| Also known as the "Akabeko Trophy", because of the red cow legend of the Enzō-ji temple of Yanaizu in the ninth century.
The trophy became awarded as a communication plan to ensure the safety of Fukushima's products following the nuclear accident of 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/news/f-sp-tp3-20130117-1073233.html|title=Fukushima Prefecture Governor's Award for the winning wrestler Extra prize: 1 ton of rice|language=ja|work=Nikkan Sports|date=17 January 2013|access-date=9 December 2022}}
Comes with 1 ton of local "Ten no Tsubu" rice.

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| Tall trophy toped with the symbol of the Osaka prefecture.

| Osaka Prefecture

| {{Center|2019}}

| Comes with an assortment of products sponsored by several local businesses (such as sake, miso, caramelized rice, pork buns, dashi, monaka bean paste sandwichs, soy sauce or brown sugar).{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/miryokuzukuri/sumo/index.html#!|title=Osaka Governor's Award for March Grand Sumo Tournament|language=ja|work=Osaka Prefectural Government|date=22 March 2022|access-date=9 December 2022}}

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| Wooden plaque with a metal dohyō ring and roof on its center.{{cite web|url=https://withnews.jp/article/f0180218002qq000000000000000W08910101qq000016804A|title=The ring still forbidden to women, a subject still controversial: "When a woman prime minister is elected, who will be the cup holder..."|language=ja|work=Withnews|date=18 February 2018|access-date=12 May 2023}}

| Osaka Prefecture

| {{Center|2011}}

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| A victory flag.

| Osaka-city

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| Ōita's Shiitake Agricultural Cooperative Award

| A transparent cylindrical trophy filled with shiitake mushrooms. It weighs {{convert|21|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.

| Ōita Prefecture's Shiitake Agricultural Cooperative

| {{Center|1979}}

| Each mushrooms are hand-turned so that their top faces outwards. After the awards ceremony, they are brought to the preparation room, removed from the trophy and packed in a plastic bag for transportation.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/area/tokyo/articles/MTW20190123131590002.html|title=Enormous prize Shiitake mushrooms are real|language=ja|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=23 January 2019|access-date=13 December 2022}}{{cite tweet |author=Oita Shiitake Mushroom Agricultural Cooperative Official Account |user=Oita_Shiitake |number=1452496756202106882 |title=Beasily stuffed with dried shiitake mushrooms. It is time to produce the victory cups to be presented to the winning wrestlers of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament again this year. Specialist staff carefully pack the cups one by one. The total weight is a whopping {{convert|21|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. This is a tradition that has continued for 42 years since 1979.|language=ja |date=25 October 2021|access-date=12 May 2023 }}

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| Japan Airlines

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| A large silver trophy with a height of approximately {{height|cm=98}}, a maximum diameter of approximately {{height|cm=4}} and a weight of more than {{convert|20|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. Originally, the names of the wrestlers who won the trophy were on plaques attached to the foot of the trophy but this is no longer the case.

| Nishinippon Shimbun

| {{Center|1957}}

| Awarded to the wrestler who has won the most wins of the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nsp/item/n/666782/|title=Ōzeki Takakeishō gets the most wins in a year for the first time. A big comeback from 3rd tournament|language=ja|work=Nishinippon Shimbun|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204021727/www.nishinippon.co.jp/nsp/item/n/666782/|archive-date=4 December 2020}}

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| Small silver trophy with an eagle on top.

| Hochi Shimbun

| {{Center|1958}}

| Awarded by a committee based on the quality of sumo, the number of wins among others. Decided at the end of the year but awarded on January of the following year.{{cite web|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20221227-OHT1T51160.html?page=1|title=Wakatakakage won the Hochi Wrestler of the Year Award, the first time in 30 years that someone won the award under the Sekiwake rank... He aims to become an ozeki the following year, the same as his idol, "Waka" Takahanada, who won the award for the first time.|language=ja|work=Sports Hochi|date=28 December 2022|access-date=15 May 2023}}
Although it is sometimes confused with the "Nishinippon Shimbun Award", the two are completely different rewards as the Nishinippon award does not take into account the content of the sumo wrestling and winners will be determined solely by the number of wins.

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| A plaque with an eagle resembling a special prize plaque.

| Chunichi Sports & Tokyo Chunichi Sports

| {{Center|1964}}

| A trophy awarded among the makuuchi newcommers, given to the wrestler who showed the best performance throughout the year. Newly-arrived rikishi from the previous year who have been in the makuuchi for less than two tournaments are also eligible for the award. If there is no suitable candidate, the trophy is not awarded.{{cite web|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/183445|title=Makuuchi best newcomer award winner Kotoshōhō: 'I lost the competition under pressure' against difficult opponent Terunofuji [Sumo].|language=ja|work=Chunichi Sports|date=10 January 2021|access-date=22 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/608857|title=Kitanofuji: 'I'm looking forward to it, just like Chiyonofuji'. 29-year-old Wakamotoharu, who has made great strides, is dreading the Best Newcomer Award: 'Too many great people to mention'.|language=ja|work=Chunichi Sports|date=28 December 2022|access-date=14 May 2023}}

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| Raiden Award

| A wooden plaque with a length of about {{height|cm=8}} with a black handprint.{{cite web|url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/KokugikanSumoMuseumDisplay/wrap20180424/|title=Raiden Tameemon and Kansei Grand Sumo|language=ja|work=Japan Sumo Association's Sumo Museum|date=24 April 2018|access-date=17 December 2022}}

| Yomiuri Shimbun

| {{Center|1955}}

| Established to commemorate the publication of the magazine "Grand Sumo" and the serialization of the novel "Raiden" by {{Interlanguage link multi|Shirō Ozaki|ja|3=尾崎士郎|lt=Ozaki Shirō}} (1898-1964).
Awarded at the end of the year to the wrestler under sekiwake with the most wins in makuuchi.
Named after Raiden Tameemon, it's the only trophy to bear the name of a wrestler. It ceased to be awarded in 1965.

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| A golden plaque made in an arm band

| Meiji Shrine

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| A small cup.

| Mayor of Paris

| {{Center|1995}}

| Awarded to Akebono during an exhibition tournament at the Bercy Accor Arena in Paris.

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| A celadon vase

| Mayor of Seoul

| {{Center|2004}}

| Awarded to Asashōryū during the first exhibition tournament held in Korea since the end of World War II at the Jangchung Arena in Seoul.{{cite web|url=http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/sports/general/20040215000244|title=Asashoryu wins overall title / Grand Sumo Tournament, Seoul|language=ja|work=Shikoku News|date=15 February 2004|access-date=27 April 2023}}

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| A golden eagle.

| Mayor of Beijing

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| Awarded to Asashōryū during an exhibition tournament at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.{{cite web|url=http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/sports/general/20040606000270|title=Asashoryu wins overall title / Beijing Grand Sumo Tournament|language=ja|work=Shikoku News|date=6 June 2004|access-date=27 April 2023}}

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| The statue represents a large number "63" surrounded by 12 dolphins in the shape of an unfinished ring. A plate on the pedestal reads "Dohyō King". The trophy measures {{height|cm=8}} in length and {{height|cm=7}} in width, and is said to be made of duralumin, gold, silver, and platinum.
Produced by Miyata Ryōhei, president of Tokyo University of the Arts and member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2011/01/08/kiji/K20110108000012820.html|title='Dohyō King' Hakuhō Special Commendation Commemorative Gift with Dolphin Motif|language=ja|work=Sports Nippon|date=8 January 2011|access-date=17 December 2022}}

| Yokozuna Deliberation Council

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| Awarded to Hakuhō acknowledging his achievement of a 63-bout winning streak, the second highest in sumo recorded history.

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| Three wrestlers are selected daily by a majority of the popular vote. Each wrestler receives a cash prize and toffee sweets.{{cite web |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20240124-OHT1T51101.html?page=1|title=大の里の取組に今場所４回目、大相撲の「森永賞」とは…コロナ禍ではウェブ投票も|date=24 January 2024|publisher=Sports Hochi|access-date=24 January 2024|language=ja}}

| Morinaga & Company

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| Morinaga began awarding a popular prize in 1951, making it one of the first companies to award a prize in modern sumo history.{{cite web |url=https://www.morinaga.co.jp/morinagashou/|title=デジタル森永賞|publisher=Morinaga|access-date=24 January 2024|language=ja}} The prize was however interrupted in 1985 with the Glico Morinaga case and between 2020 and 2024 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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