# Grand Sumo September Tournament 2026 (Aki Basho) - Ticket Oosumo advance lottery

> The public ticket ballot for Grand Sumo September Tournament 2026 ran 30 Jul 2026 to 2 Aug 2026, with results 4 Aug 2026; entry was free.

- Canonical: https://theticketlottery.com/ballots/grand-sumo-september-tournament-2026-ticket-oosumo-advance-lottery
- Sport: Sumo
- Status on 2026-09-08: Closed
- Public ballot: yes
- Access: draw
- Ballot type: free-entry draw
- Opens: 2026-07-30
- Closes: 2026-08-02
- Results: 2026-08-04
- Event dates: 2026-09-13 to 2026-09-27
- Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
- Organizer: Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association); official ticketing via Ticket Oosumo (operated with PIA Corporation)
- Entry cost: Free to enter. Requires free Ticket Oosumo member registration; no application fee. Winners pay face value plus issuing/system fees.
- Eligibility: Anyone with a free Ticket Oosumo account (Japanese-language site; tickets issued in Japan). Overseas buyers use the official English site sumo.pia.jp/en: no lottery, first-come from the general-sale date, JPY 2,000/ticket fee, tickets printable only at 7-Eleven stores in Japan.
- Ticket prices if you win: Kokugikan: chair seats JPY 2,500-9,500 per person (grades S-D; child chair D JPY 500), tamari ringside JPY 20,000 per person (age 16+); masu boxes S-C approx JPY 17,000 (2-person C) to 78,000 (6-person A); weekday vs weekend/holiday pricing.
- Official site: https://sumo.pia.jp/sumo09.jsp
- Last verified: 2026-09-06 (confidence: high)

## Key dates

- 2026-07-30: Lottery entry opens (11:00 JST; free Ticket Oosumo account needed)
- 2026-08-02: Lottery entry closes (23:00 JST)
- 2026-08-04: Results announced (from about 18:00 JST, via MyPage and email)
- 2026-08-04 to 2026-08-05: Ticket Pia pre-reserve lottery (separate draw, 11:00 to 23:00 JST; its results about 12:00 JST on 2026-08-07)
- 2026-08-05: Payment deadline (card charged automatically by 23:30 JST)
- 2026-08-08: General sale opens (10:00 JST, first come first served; runs to 17:00 on each match day)
- 2026-08-24: Wheelchair reservations open (10:00 JST)
- 2026-09-13 to 2026-09-27: Tournament runs (Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo)

## Where it stands

ALL FREE AND PAID ENTRY ROUTES ARE CLOSED for this tournament. The free Ticket Oosumo lottery ran 11:00 JST 2026-07-30 to 23:00 JST 2026-08-02, its results and the Ticket Pia pre-reserve lottery (entries 2026-08-04 to 08-05) concluded by 2026-08-07, and the general sale that opened 10:00 JST 2026-08-08 is sold out (sumo.pia.jp marks it '完売御礼', sold out, with no seats left in any date or seat type from the lottery-era sales). Wheelchair seat reservations remain a separate, unsold-out route: they open 10:00 JST on 2026-08-24 via the dedicated phone line (0570-02-9310), not through sumo.pia.jp. sumo.pia.jp also links its own official face-value resale service ('定価リセールサービス') as a legitimate route to remaining or returned tickets.

## How to enter

Register free at sumo.pia.jp; submit an online lottery entry during the window for chosen day(s)/seat type (priority-ranked or multiple-win); random draw; results by MyPage/email ~18:00 JST; card charged automatically between close and results. For Tokyo tournaments the exact seat number stays hidden until ticket issuance.

## Your odds

No official odds published; fully random draw. Weekend and final-weekend days heavily oversubscribed; recent tournaments (including July 2026) sold out entirely, so lottery is the realistic route for prime days.

## Good to know

- This free draw is one rung of a ladder, not the only chance. Two paid Fan Club rounds run before it, and a separate Ticket Pia pre-reserve draw and then the general sale come after it, so missing this window is not the end of the road.
- The lottery exists only on the Japanese-language site. The official English site is first come, first served from the general sale date, adds a JPY 2,000 per ticket fee, and issues tickets for pickup at 7-Eleven stores inside Japan.
- A win is not something you accept. The card on file is charged automatically between the close and the results, so apply only for days and seat types you actually want.

## Sources

- https://sumo.pia.jp/
- https://sumo.pia.jp/en/
- https://sumo.pia.jp/sumo09.jsp
- https://md.pia.jp/sumo/guide/prereserve.jsp
- https://md.pia.jp/sumo/seat09.jsp