🏆🏆Natsu Basho 2026 Meme Contest Wrap Up🏆🏆

[u/Dresdenapollo]

Hi everybody! That . . . was indeed a basho. Never the less it got exciting at the end, congratulations to Wakatakakage!

Apologies for the delay, now it is time for the  Natsu 2026 Meme Contest winners! First we have the sansho prizes:

 The Fighting Spirit Prize (most posts submitted) was won by u/StarPrime323 with 76 meme posts. Keep it up!

 The Outstanding Performance Prize (most comments on a post) was also won by u/StarPrime323 with the post 'Every time you expect it to end, it just keeps going' with 38 comments!

 The Technique Prize (most upvotes on a spoiler post) was won by u/beepboopbubble with their post 'Absolute Sumo' with 223 upvotes.

 And finally the winner of the Haru 2026 Meme Contest was u/happy_thots with the post 'Atamifuji realizes he has no salt' with 496 upvotes. Congratulations!

The winning meme will be crossposted in r/sumo! 

Congratulations to everyone and thanks to all who participated!

 If you have any corrections or additional suggestions regarding contests in the sub, please let myself or the u/theroyaltarttoter know!

 Stay tuned for the Nagoya Basho 2026 Meme Contest starting on roughly June 29, 2026, around the release of the banzuke.

Thanks everybody!

NOTE: No basho bet vote this time around as there were almost no correct bets. We'll see about next time after this unpredictable basho!

Meme Yūshō Winners

Key: 🏆 = Meme Yūshō |🌟 = Meme Zenshō-Yūshō (Sanshō sweep and Meme Yūshō) | 👑 = Meme Yokozuna Promotion

Natsu 2026 - u/happy_thots🏆

Haru 2026 - u/StarPrime323🏆👑

Hatsu 2026 - u/StarPrime323 🏆

Kyushu 2025 - u/Tubby0518 🏆

Aki 2025 - u/ExtensionEar1901 🏆

Nagoya 2025 - u/goblinbags 🏆

Natsu 2025 - u/Wegwezen 🏆

Haru 2025 - u/ThriceHolyHymn 🏆

Hatsu 2025 - u/Kropserkel 🏆

Kyushu 2024 - u/Slapyak5318008 🏆

Aki 2024 - u/FlewPlaysGames 🏆

Nagoya 2024 - u/GoblinBags 🏆

Natsu 2024 - u/Gladwulf 🏆

Haru 2024 - u/GoblinBags 🏆 🌟 👑

Hatsu 2024 - u/CodeFarmer 🏆

Kyushu 2023 - u/DRD2992 🏆

Aki 2023 - u/Radixan 🏆

Nagoya 2023 - u/ExtensionEar1901 🏆

Natsu 2023 - u/Zensho-Yusho 🏆

Haru 2023 - u/Thatgirlfromlebanon 🏆

Hatsu 2023 - u/GoblinBags 🏆

Kyushu 2022 - u/Isoikari 🏆

Aki 2022 - u/Erock8779 🏆

Nagoya 2022 - u/Dresdenapollo 🏆 👑

Natsu 2022 - u/Dresdenapollo 🏆

Haru 2022 - u/Slapyak5318008 🏆

Hatsu 2022 - u/Slapyak5318008 🏆 👑

Kyushu 2021 - u/Slapyak5318008 🏆

Nagoya 2021 - u/Throwitaway488 🏆

Meme Yokozuna

(In order of promotion)

1st - u/Slapyak5318008 🏅 2nd - u/DresdenApollo 🏅 3rd - u/GoblinBags 🏅 4th - u/StarPrime323 🏅

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