2022 in sumo

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Years in sumo

2022 in sports

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2022.

Tournaments

Hatsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 January – 23 January[1]

2022 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
11 - 4 - 0 Mongolia Terunofuji Y ø 0 - 0 - 0
1 - 3 - 11 ø Japan Takakeishō O Japan Shōdai 6 - 9 - 0
13 - 2 - 0 Japan Mitakeumi S Japan Takanoshō 7 - 8 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Meisei K Japan Daieishō 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Wakatakakage M1 Mongolia Kiribayama 6 - 9 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Ura M2 Mongolia Ichinojō 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Mongolia Tamawashi M3 Japan Endō 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Okinoumi M4 Japan Hokutofuji 6 - 9 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Ōnoshō M5 Mongolia Chiyoshōma 4 - 11 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Mongolia Hōshōryū M6 Japan Abi 12 - 3 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Takayasu M7 Japan Takarafuji 9 - 6 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Hidenoumi M8 Japan Tobizaru 6 - 9 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Chiyonokuni M9 ø Japan Shimanoumi 5 - 6 - 4
5 - 8 - 2 Japan Myōgiryū M10 Japan Akua 4 - 11 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Sadanoumi M11 Japan Terutsuyoshi 7 - 8 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Japan Ishiura M12 Japan Chiyotairyū 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Chiyomaru M13 Japan Yutakayama 6 - 9 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Japan Kotonowaka M14 Japan Ichiyamamoto 5 - 10 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Wakamotoharu M15 Georgia (country) Tochinoshin 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Bulgaria Aoiyama M16 Japan Tsurugishō 6 - 9 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Kotoekō M17 ø Brazil Kaisei 5 - 7 - 3
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Ōhō M18 ø 0 - 0 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 13 March – 27 March[1]

2022 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
3 - 3 - 9 ø Mongolia Terunofuji Y ø 0 - 0 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Shōdai O Japan Takakeishō 8 - 7 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 ø O Japan Mitakeumi 11 - 4 - 0
12 - 3 - 0 Japan Wakatakakage* S Japan Abi 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Takanoshō K Mongolia Hōshōryū 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Daieishō M1 Japan Ura 4 - 11 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Mongolia Ichinojō M2 Mongolia Tamawashi 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Ōnoshō M3 Japan Meisei 1 - 14 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Mongolia Kiribayama M4 Japan Endō 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Takarafuji M5 Japan Ishiura 2 - 7 - 6
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Hokutofuji M6 Japan Kotonowaka 11 - 4 - 0
12 - 3 - 0 Japan Takayasu M7 Japan Okinoumi 5 - 10 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Mongolia Chiyoshōma M8 Japan Sadanoumi 5 - 10 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Tobizaru M9 Japan Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Shimanoumi M10 Bulgaria Aoiyama 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Myōgiryū M11 Japan Terutsuyoshi 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Kotoekō M12 Japan Chiyotairyū 7 - 8 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Chiyomaru M13 Japan Chiyonokuni 5 - 6 - 4
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Kotoshōhō M14 Japan Yutakayama 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Akua M15 Georgia (country) Tochinoshin 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Nishikigi M16 Japan Kōtokuzan 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Kagayaki M17 Japan Ichiyamamoto 8 - 7 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner
*Won Playoff

Natsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 May – 22 May[1]

2022 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
12 - 3 - 0 Mongolia Terunofuji Y ø 0 - 0 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Mitakeumi O Japan Shōdai 5 - 10 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 ø O Japan Takakeishō 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Wakatakakage S Japan Abi 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Mongolia Hōshōryū K Japan Daieishō 11 - 4 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Takayasu M1 ø Mongolia Ichinojō 0 - 0 - 15
10 - 5 - 0 Mongolia Kiribayama M2 Japan Kotonowaka 9 - 6 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Hokutofuji M3 Mongolia Tamawashi 9 - 6 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Endō M4 Japan Takanoshō 11 - 4 - 0
2 - 4 - 9 ø Japan Ōnoshō M5 Japan Tobizaru 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 5 - 1 ø Japan Ura M6 Japan Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Takarafuji M7 Japan Kotoekō 6 - 9 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Shimanoumi M8 Japan Terutsuyoshi 5 - 10 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Kotoshōhō M9 Georgia (country) Tochinoshin 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Okinoumi M10 Japan Nishikigi 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Bulgaria Aoiyama M11 Mongolia Chiyoshōma 6 - 9 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Myōgiryū M12 Japan Sadanoumi 11 - 4 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Chiyotairyū M13 Japan Meisei 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Ōhō M14 Japan Yutakayama 6 - 9 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Mongolia Azumaryū M15 Japan Ichiyamamoto 8 - 7 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Ishiura M16 Japan Midorifuji 9 - 6 - 0
2 - 13 - 0 Japan Kōtokuzan M17 Japan Kagayaki 6 - 9 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 10 July – 24 July[1]

2022 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
11 - 4 - 0 Mongolia Terunofuji Y ø 0 - 0 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Japan Takakeishō O ø Japan Mitakeumi 2 - 5 - 8
0 - 0 - 0 ø O Japan Shōdai 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Wakatakakage S ø Japan Daieishō 6 - 7 - 2
9 - 6 - 0 Mongolia Hōshōryū K Japan Abi 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Mongolia Kiribayama M1 ø Japan Takanoshō 1 - 6 - 8
7 - 4 - 4 ø Japan Kotonowaka M2 Mongolia Ichinojō 12 - 3 - 0
5 - 8 - 2 ø Mongolia Tamawashi M3 Japan Ura 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Wakamotoharu M4 ø Japan Takayasu 0 - 0 - 15
3 - 10 - 2 ø Japan Endō M5 Japan Sadanoumi 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Bulgaria Aoiyama M6 ø Japan Tobizaru 8 - 5 - 2
4 - 11 - 0 ø Japan Okinoumi M7 ø Japan Hokutofuji 6 - 9 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Georgia (country) Tochinoshin M8 ø Japan Nishikigi 8 - 5 - 2
1 - 14 - 0 Japan Shimanoumi M9 ø Japan Kotoekō 5 - 6 - 4
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Chiyotairyū M10 Japan Meisei 9 - 6 - 0
5 - 6 - 4 ø Japan Kotoshōhō M11 Japan Midorifuji 10 - 5 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Terutsuyoshi M12 Japan Takarafuji 9 - 6 - 0
6 - 3 - 6 ø Japan Ichiyamamoto M13 Mongolia Chiyoshōma 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Myōgiryū M14 ø Japan Tsurugishō 5 - 8 - 2
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Ōnoshō M15 Japan Ōhō 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Yutakayama M16 ø Japan Daiamami 2 - 9 - 4
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Nishikifuji M17 Japan Chiyomaru 6 - 9 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Aki basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 11 September – 25 September[1]

2022 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
0 - 0 - 0 Mongolia Terunofuji Y ø 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Takakeishō O Japan Shōdai 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 ø O Japan Mitakeumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Wakatakakage S Mongolia Hōshōryū 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Daieishō S ø 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Abi K Mongolia Ichinojō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 ø K Mongolia Kiribayama 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Tobizaru M1 Japan Midorifuji 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Kotonowaka M2 Japan Meisei 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Mongolia Tamawashi M3 Japan Ura 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Nishikigi M4 Japan Takayasu 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Takarafuji M5 Japan Sadanoumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Wakamotoharu M6 Japan Endō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Bulgaria Aoiyama M7 Japan Ōnoshō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Georgia (country) Tochinoshin M8 Japan Hokutofuji 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Myōgiryū M9 Japan Kotoekō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Nishikifuji M10 Japan Takanoshō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Kotoshōhō M11 Japan Chiyotairyū 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Okinoumi M12 Japan Ryūden 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Ichiyamamoto M13 Japan Ōhō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Mongolia Chiyoshōma M14 Japan Yutakayama 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Terutsuyoshi M15 Japan Tsurugishō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Mongolia Mitoryū M16 Japan Hiradoumi 0 - 0 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 13 November – 27 November[1]

News

January

  • 4: The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) announces that Tagonoura stable will withdraw from the January 2022 tournament after four individuals at the stable, including the stablemaster (former maegashira Takanotsuru), test positive for COVID-19. The announcement means that makuuchi division competitor and former ōzeki Takayasu will be unable to participate.[2]
  • 7: Maegashira Hidenoumi and jūryō Shiden (ja) are interviewed by Saitama Prefectural Police as part of an investigation into an illegal gambling establishment in Sōka that was raided in September 2021.[3] Both wrestlers were withdrawn from the January 2022 tournament in December. Media reports later suggest that prosecutors will likely not press charges against either of them.[4]
  • 9: Nishikido stable withdraws from the January 2022 tournament due to a COVID-19 case within the stable.[5] A follow-up PCR test confirms that stablemaster Nishikido (former sekiwake Mitoizumi) has contracted the virus.[6]
  • 12: Ōzeki Takakeishō withdraws from the January 2022 tournament after spraining his ankle in his Day 3 loss to Ura. It is the eighth time in his career that he has had to pull out of a basho.[7]
  • 15: Japanese media outlets report that the Sumo Association's compliance committee, after holding hearings, concluded that Hidenoumi and Shiden participated in illegal gambling. The association's board of directors is expected to take up the issue at their meeting on 27 January.[8][9] The committee's report recommends a suspension of one tournament for Hidenoumi and no suspension for Shiden, but the board could determine otherwise.[4]
  • 21: The Sumo Association announces the retirement of Mongolian former maegashira Kyokushūhō.[10]
  • 22: The penultimate day of the January 2022 tournament ends with four wrestlers — yokozuna Terunofuji, sekiwake Mitakeumi and rank-and-filers Abi and Kotonowaka — all in contention for the Emperor's Cup.[11]
  • 23: Sekiwake Mitakeumi (13–2) claims his third career yūshō in the top division after defeating yokozuna Terunofuji (11–4) in the final match and also receives his third Ginō-shō special prize for technique. His championship marks the first time since 2015 that the January yusho did not go to a first-time winner. With 33 victories in his last three tournaments, Mitakeumi meets the de facto requirement for promotion to the second-highest rank of ōzeki. Refereeing department chairman Isegahama (the 63rd yokozuna Asahifuji) officially requested that the Sumo Association meet on 26 January to discuss Mitakeumi, making ōzeki promotion all but certain. Meanwhile both of the current ōzeki, Shōdai (6–9) and Takakeishō (1–3–11), will enter the March basho at demotion-threatened kadoban status. Tournament runner-up Abi (12–3), who secured his sixth consecutive winning record since returning from suspension in March 2021 and picked up a kinboshi against Terunofuji on Day 14, is awarded his first Shukun-shō (Outstanding Performance prize). Kotonowaka (11–4), eliminated from Emperor's Cup contention when he was defeated by Abi on Day 15, is awarded his first Kantō-shō (Fighting Spirit prize). Former rank-and-filer Kotoshōhō (11–4) wins the jūryō division championship, eventually resulting in his return to maegashira after one year.[12][13]
File:Atamifuji Sakutaro20220718.jpg
Atamifuji reached jūryō after the January tournament
  • 26: Mitakeumi's ōzeki promotion is finalized by the Sumo Association. The 29-year-old is the sixth oldest ōzeki in sumo history, as well as the first ōzeki from Nagano Prefecture in 227 years (since Raiden Tameemon). In his customary acceptance speech, Mitakeumi said he would embrace gratitude, express his own style and devote himself to the way of sumo.[14][15]
    Four promotions to jūryō are announced. Newly promoted are 19-year-old Atamifuji (ja) and 25-year-old Shimazuumi (ja). Atamifuji made his professional debut in November 2020 and won the jonokuchi and jonidan championships in his first two tournaments. He advances to sekitori after just seven basho, all with winning records. Shimazuumi entered sumo in 2012 and had been struggling in the lower divisions with various injuries. He is the first sekitori for the Hanaregoma stable under its new owner, former sekiwake Tamanoshima. Returning to jūryō is Ryūden, who had been suspended for violating COVID-19 protocols before returning to secure the November 2021 makushita championship. He has a combined record of 13-1 in his last two basho. Takakentō also returns to sumo's second-highest division after two tournaments at makushita.[16]
    51-year-old Hanakaze is among the retirements announced by the Sumo Association. Having debuted at the age of 15 in 1986, he is the final sumo wrestler to retire from the Shōwa Era. He competed in a total of 214 tournaments, but never rose above the third-lowest sandanme division.[17]
    The Sumo Association announces that Kakuryū (the 71st yokozuna) and one gyōji have tested positive for COVID-19.[18]
  • 27: The Sumo Association's Board of Directors accepts the committee's report regarding illegal gambling by maegashira Hidenoumi and jūryō Shiden (ja). Hidenoumi is handed a one-tournament suspension retroactive to the January 2022 tournament along with a 20% salary cut for two months. Shiden is not issued any formal suspension, but his kyūjō from the January basho will likely result in his demotion from sekitori status and a loss of salary. Stablemaster Kise (former maegashira Higonoumi) is handed a warning.[19]
    Takekuma (former ōzeki Gōeidō), whose retirement ceremony is scheduled for 29 January, is approved to open a new stable, Takekuma stable.[20]
    Tomozuna (former sekiwake Kyokutenhō) and Ōshima (former sekiwake Kaiki) will swap elder names, resulting in Tomozuna stable being renamed Ōshima stable from 1 February.[21]
    The Sumo Association announces it plans to increase the daily spectator limit for the May 2022 tournament at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan to 9,265—or about 87% capacity—after submitting a COVID-19 infection control and safety plan to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.[22]
  • 30: The retirement ceremony of Kiyomigata (former sekiwake Tochiōzan) takes place at the Kokugikan, the day after the same ceremony was held for Takekuma (former ōzeki Gōeidō).[23]
  • 31: Five days after his promotion was finalized, the Sumo Association announces that new ōzeki Mitakeumi has tested positive for COVID-19. Sumo Association spokesman Shibatayama (the 62nd yokozuna Ōnokuni) says that depending on the situation, members who participated in the retirement ceremonies of both Gōeidō and Tochiōzan on 29 and 30 January, respectively, will be tested for the coronavirus since Mitakeumi took part in snipping both of their topknots in the dohyo.[24]

February

  • 2: The Sumo Association announces that six more sekitori from three different stables have tested positive for COVID-19 – Daieishō, Tobizaru, Tsurugishō and Daiamami from Oitekaze stable, Aoiyama from Kasugano stable and Takanoshō from Tokiwayama stable.[25]
  • 3: Takayasu and Okinoumi take part in the Setsubun bean-throwing ceremony at the Narita-san Shinshō-ji temple.[26]
  • 4: Yokozuna Terunofuji, ōzeki Takakeishō and former ōzeki Tochinoshin are among 17 additional individuals from nine stables announced by the Sumo Association as testing positive for COVID-19. Those also testing positive from the sekitori ranks include Hōshōryū, Ichiyamamoto, Tokushōryū, Wakamotoharu and Wakatakakage. Spokesman Shibatayama says that the retirement ceremony for Nakamura (former sekiwake Yoshikaze) will be held as scheduled on 5 February, but additional sumo events scheduled at the Kokugikan—including the Fuji TV-sponsored Grand Sumo Tournament on 6 February and the NHK charity tournament on 11 February—are eventually cancelled.[27][28][29]
  • 7: Oguruma stable closes, with Oshiogawa Oyakata (ex-sekiwake Takekaze) taking six Oguruma wrestlers with him and establishing his own Oshiogawa stable.[30] The remaining eight wrestlers are transferring along with the former Yoshikaze to Nishonoseki stable.[31]
  • 9: The Sumo Association announces that ōzeki Shōdai is among 48 additional sumo personnel, including nine sekitori and eleven elders, testing positive for COVID-19. Since the start of the January 2022 tournament a total of 252 out of the association's approximately 900 members, including half of all of the wrestlers ranked in the makuuchi division, have tested positive for the virus. Spokesman Shibatayama told reporters that symptoms of sore throat and fever were reported, but there were also quite a few cases that were asymptomatic. He said that the Sumo Association would consult with infectious disease experts as it prepares for the next basho in Osaka.[32]
  • 10: Maegashira Ura and jūryō Hiradoumi test positive for COVID-19.[33]
  • 14: Due to COVID concerns, the March maezumō for new sumo wrestlers is cancelled for the second year in a row. The new wrestler inspections scheduled for 25 February are also postponed. New wrestlers will be ranked for the May basho in Tokyo after their applications have been submitted and scrutinized by the Sumo Association.[34]
  • 19: The retirement ceremony is held for Tateyama (former maegashira Homarefuji) at the Kokugikan.[35]
  • 25: The Saitama Prefecture Public Prosecutor's Office announces that it will not prosecute wrestlers Hidenoumi and Shiden (ja), who had been suspected of illegal gambling.[36]
  • 26: The Sumo Association announces that three oyakata—Nakamura (former sekiwake Yoshikaze), Nakagawa (former maegashira Asahisato) and Inagawa (former komusubi Futen'ō)—have tested positive for COVID-19. Additional tests will be made on approximately 570 members of the Sumo Association with the March basho in Osaka just two weeks away.[37]
  • 28: The banzuke for the March 2022 tournament in Osaka is released by the Sumo Association. Mitakeumi is officially listed for the first time at sumo's second-highest rank of ōzeki, while the two others at the rank—Shōdai and Takakeishō—fight to avoid demotion. Abi, who finished as the top division runner-up twice in a row, finds himself vaulted all the way from maegashira 6 to a new career high at sumo's third-highest rank of sekiwake. It marks Abi's return to san'yaku since being ranked at komusubi for four tournaments in 2019 and 2020. Also making his sekiwake debut is Wakatakakage, who returns to san'yaku after being ranked at komusubi last July. Hōshōryū, the nephew of former yokozuna Asashōryū, makes his san'yaku debut at komusubi. He joins Takanoshō, who was demoted from sekiwake after an eight-loss performance in January. Japanese-Filipino wrestler Kōtokuzan, who had double-digit wins in jūryō in the last two tournaments, is the only new promotion to the makuuchi division. Three wrestlers are promoted again to makuuchi: Kotoshōhō, who returns after five tournaments (and securing the jūryō championship in the last tournament), Nishikigi, returning after nine tournaments, and Kagayaki, who returns after he had just been demoted.[38]

March

  • 12: After stating the previous day that there were no positive tests for COVID-19 among those scheduled to participate in the March 2022 tournament,[39] the Sumo Association announces that Onoe stable will miss the March basho after two lower-ranked wrestlers come down with the virus.[40]
  • 18: Yokozuna Terunofuji withdraws on Day 6 of the March basho citing issues with his right heel and left knee, both of which he has injured in the past. The withdrawal comes after suffering defeats to Daieishō and, for the second straight tournament, Tamawashi. It is his first kyūjō since his promotion to sumo's highest rank.[41]
File:Wakatakakage Atsushi on January 15, 2022 (cropped).jpg
Wakatakakage won his first yūshō in March
  • 27: New sekiwake Wakatakakage (12–3) defeats maegashira and former ōzeki Takayasu (12–3) in a playoff to clinch the March 2022 top division championship. Both wrestlers entered the final day in Osaka with 12 wins and the chance to win their first yūshō along with a third competitor, maegashira Kotonowaka, who started the day with 11 wins and could only hope to participate in a two or three-way playoff. First up was Kotonowaka (11–4), who was taken out of the yūshō picture with a loss to new komusubi Hōshōryū (8–7); the nephew of the 68th yokozuna Asashōryū secured his much needed winning record to stay in the san'yaku ranks. Next was Takayasu, who was pushed out by new sekiwake Abi (8–7) in his match. Wakatakakage then had the chance to win the Emperor's Cup outright in the final bout of the tournament but was driven out of the ring by ōzeki Shōdai (9–6) who, like fellow ōzeki Takakeishō (8–7), secured enough wins to be taken out of kadoban status. This set up the playoff match in which Wakatakakage eventually avoided Takayasu's charge and used a pulling overarm throw to secure the victory.[42] In addition to his maiden top division championship, Wakatakakage earns his third ginō-shō (Technique prize). The other two in contention for the Emperor's Cup both receive the kantō-shō (Fighting Spirit prize); it is the tenth overall sanshō prize for Takayasu and the third Fighting Spirit prize for Kotonowaka. The jūryō championship is won by former komusubi Ryūden (13–2), who has now won both a makushita and jūryō division title since he was suspended last year for violating COVID-19 protocols.[43]
  • 28: The Japan Sumo Association conducts the biannual elections for its Board of Directors. Newly elected to the board are Sadogatake (former sekiwake Kotonowaka, whose son presently competes in the top division) and Isenoumi (former maegashira Kitakachidoki). The board then elects Hakkaku (the 61st yokozuna Hokutoumi) to a fourth full term as chairman of the Sumo Association.[44]
  • 30: The Sumo Association announces two promotions to the second-highest jūryō division for May. Newly promoted is 29-year-old Tochimaru (ja), an 11-year sumo veteran whose maezumo took place alongside such wrestlers as yokozuna Terunofuji and former sekiwake Meisei. Chiyoarashi returns to jūryō after one tournament at makushita.[45]
    Former jūryō Sakigake (ja) is among fifteen wrestler retirements announced by the Sumo Association.[46]
    The refereeing department of the Sumo Association appoints Nishonoseki (the 72nd yokozuna Kisenosato) and Naruto (former ōzeki Kotoōshū) as shimpan (ringside judges).[47]
  • 31: At a board meeting in Tokyo, the refereeing department of the Sumo Association decides to reduce the number of total sandanme wrestlers from 100 on either side of the banzuke to 90 (180 total). Spokesperson Shibatayama (the 62nd yokozuna Ōnokuni) explained that the change was made because the number of participants had become unbalanced, suggesting that the number could be lowered further to 80 on each side in the future.[48]
    The Sumo Association also decides to open the July tournament in Nagoya to full capacity (7,448 per day) with same-day ticket sales,[49] and to resume regional sumo tours following the Nagoya basho for the first time since the 2019 winter tour with COVID-19 prevention measures in place.[50]

April

  • 15: Among the new recruits passing the entrance exam for the May 2022 tournament is 24-year-old Hotaka Suyama, the first ever student of the elite University of Tokyo to join professional sumo.[51]
  • 25: The banzuke for the May tournament is released by the Sumo Association. There are few changes in san'yaku, with January 2021 makuuchi champion Daieishō returning to komusubi after competing at that rank earlier this year. Former ōzeki Takayasu, who had been in contention for the March championship until losing to sekiwake Wakatakakage in a playoff, is promoted to the top maegashira rank. There are no new promotions from jūryō to makuuchi, but three wrestlers return to the top division: Ōhō returns after just being demoted, Midorifuji returns after five tournaments, and Azumaryū returns after 11 tournaments.[52]
    Former ōzeki Asanoyama is ranked at makushita 42 for his final suspended tournament. He was handed a six-tournament ban in June 2021 for violating COVID-19 protocols and for covering up his violations to investigators.[53]

May

June

  • 5: Nishonoseki (the 72nd yokozuna Kisenosato) opens the new Nishonoseki stable building in Ibaraki Prefecture, where he grew up.[62]
  • 8: The Tokyo District Court awards the Japan Sumo Association ¥98 million in damages following a lawsuit involving a former Sumo Association advisor. The court agreed with the Sumo Association's contention that the advisor and his company received money from a slush fund related to a business contract to conduct renovation work on the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.[63][64]
  • 22: Former komusubi Shōhōzan retires after a 16-year career in professional sumo.[65]
  • 27: The Sumo Association releases the banzuke for the July tournament in Nagoya. Two wrestlers swap ranks in san'yaku, with Daieishō promoted to sekiwake following his 11-win performance in May, and Abi dropping to komusubi after posting a losing record. Kiribayama and Takanoshō, both of whom posted double-digit wins in May, are elevated to the top maegashira rank. Consequently Ichinojō, who sat out of the May tournament after testing positive for COVID-19, is dropped one position to maegashira 2. Nishikifuji is promoted to the makuuchi division for the first time. The Isegahama stable wrestler, who made his debut in November 2016 winning back-to-back tournaments, joins the top division following his jūryō championship in May. Chiyomaru returns to makuuchi after just being demoted, Tsurugishō returns after two tournaments, and Daiamami returns after five tournaments.[66]
    Former ōzeki Asanoyama is ranked at west sandanme 22 in his return to professional sumo after completing his one-year suspension for violating COVID protocols. He also changes his ring name, switching the first name of Hideki to his real given name of Hiroki.[67]
  • 29: The Sumo Association has announced that maegashira and former ōzeki Takayasu has tested positive for COVID-19 along with a junior stablemate. Regular health inspections will be conducted on Tagonoura stable to determine whether or not those wrestlers will be able to participate in the upcoming July tournament.[68]

July

  • 2: The Sumo Association announces that Tagonoura stable, which includes Takayasu, will be withdrawn from the July tournament after another junior wrestler in the stable tests positive for COVID-19.[69]
  • 9: Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (the 61st yokozuna Hokutoumi) offers his condolences following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the day before. Hakkaku specifically recalled Abe’s attendance on the final day of the May 2019 tournament at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan with then U.S. President Donald Trump.[70]
  • 10: The first Sumo tournament in two and a half years without COVID-related spectator limits begins in Nagoya.[71] A moment of silence is held for the late Shinzo Abe prior to the start of top division matches.[72]
  • 16: Ōzeki Mitakeumi is forced to withdraw from the remainder of the Nagoya basho after another member of his stable tests positive for COVID-19. Later the same day, it is announced that Mitakeumi himself tests positive for the virus. As it is the first case of a wrestler having to withdraw in the middle of a tournament for COVID reasons, the Sumo Association will have to decide how to rank Mitakeumi — who is also in kadoban status — for the next tournament in September.[73][74]
  • 17: New jūryō wrestler Ōshōma (ja) tests positive for COVID-19 in a Nagoya hospital after winning his scheduled Day 8 match. As a result, the Sumo Association announces that all Naruto stable wrestlers will withdraw from the remainder of the Nagoya basho.[75]
  • 18: Hanaregoma stable, which includes maegashira wrestler Ichiyamamoto, is the third stable forced to withdraw during the Nagoya basho after stablemaster Hanaregoma (former sekiwake Tamanoshima) tests positive for COVID-19.[76] Including Tagonoura stable, a total of four heya have withdrawn from the tournament under COVID protocols. The Sumo Association also announces that starting on Day 10, spectators would no longer be permitted to eat or drink alcoholic beverages while they are in their seats.[77]
  • 19: Musashigawa stable becomes the fifth stable to withdraw from the Nagoya basho due to COVID-19 infections.[78]
  • 20: Sadogatake stable and Tamanoi stable pull out of the Nagoya basho due to COVID infections, bringing the total number of stables withdrawn under COVID protocols to seven. In the top division, three rank-and-filers — Kotoekō, Kotonowaka and Kotoshōhō — are all forced to withdraw. In total, about one in five wrestlers have been forced to withdraw from the basho under COVID protocols.[79]
  • 21: Asakayama stable becomes the eighth stable to withdraw from the Nagoya basho because of COVID infections. It is also announced that a san'yaku gyōji, Kimura Yodo, has tested positive for COVID-19. However, the wrestlers in his stable (Kokonoe stable) can continue to compete.[80] The total number of wrestlers forced to withdraw this tournament now stands at 134.[81]
  • 22: Four additional stables are forced to withdraw due to COVID protocols on Day 13 of the Nagoya tournament: Isenoumi stable, Kataonami stable, Oitekaze stable and Shibatayama stable. Seven top division wrestlers are forced to exit: Daiamami, Daieishō, Endō, Nishikigi, Tamawashi, Tobizaru and Tsurugishō. Tamawashi's withdrawal interrupts his streak of 1,448 consecutive matches since his debut in January 2004, but his streak will officially be kept alive by the Sumo Association. A total of 158 wrestlers from thirteen stables, including 13 sekitori wrestlers, are now out of the tournament under COVID protocols.[82][83]
    Former ōzeki Asanoyama wins all seven of his scheduled matches and the sandanme division yūshō in his return to professional sumo following a one-year suspension.[84]
  • 23: Top-ranked jūryō division wrestler Ryūden defeats maegashira Myōgiryū to secure his second jūryō championship in the last three tournaments. Ryūden, a former komusubi, was suspended for three basho in 2021 for violating COVID protocols. He has won three yūshō in his last five tournaments, including his comeback tournament at makushita in November 2021.[85]
  • 24: Mongolian Ichinojō, who was forced to sit out of the last tournament after contracting COVID-19, wins his first Emperor's Cup with a record of 12–3 at the July 2022 tournament in Nagoya. It is Ichinojō's best win record in a basho since March 2019, when he finished with 14 victories as the runner-up to Hakuhō. Yokozuna Terunofuji (11–4) had the chance to force a playoff, but was defeated in the final match of the tournament by ōzeki Takakeishō (11–4), who had been in mathematical contention for the yūshō entering the final day. Ichinojō receives the Shukun-shō (Outstanding Performance Prize), as well as a gold star for defeating Terunofuji earlier in the tournament. The other special prize goes to Nishikifuji, who receives the Kantō-shō (Fighting Spirit prize) after completing his first tournament in the top division with 10 wins – the last of which was earned by default after his final day opponent, Hokutofuji, withdrew following a COVID case at Hakkaku stable. Hakkaku's withdrawal meant that stablemate Okinoumi pulled out of his final match, and also meant that stablemaster Hakkaku (the 61st yokozuna Hokutoumi) could not present the Emperor's Cup trophy to Ichinojō in his capacity as Chairman of the Sumo Association. Instead, the duties were handled by Michinoku (former ōzeki Kirishima).[86][87]
File:Kinbozan Haruki20220718.jpg
Kinbōzan earned promotion to jūryō after the July tournament
  • 27: Three promotions to jūryō are announced by the Sumo Association. Newly promoted for the first time are Kinbōzan, who becomes the first sekitori from Kazakhstan, and Kanno (ja), who will take the new shikona of Tochimusashi in September.[88][89] Takakentō will return to jūryō after spending the previous tournament in makushita.
    The Sumo Association's refereeing department meets to discuss the rankings for the September 2022 tournament. In particular, the department had to decide the future rankings of the 174 wrestlers who were forced to withdraw from the July basho under COVID protocols. Department chairperson Isegahama (the 63rd yokozuna Asahifuji) later tells reporters that the September banzuke, in principle, will not be disclosed until the scheduled announcement date of 29 August. He states that the department took into consideration various factors, including whether or not the determination of a winning or losing record for each individual wrestler would have been known at the time of their withdrawal.[90]
  • 28: The Sumo Association announces that retired yokozuna Hakuhō will assume the Miyagino toshiyori and become the stablemaster of Miyagino stable, which is the stable that he has belonged to for the duration of his sumo career. He assumes the elder name from former maegashira Chikubayama, who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 65 in August.[91]
  • 30: The retirement ceremony for former komusubi Gagamaru is held in Tokyo.[92]

August

  • 2: The JSA launches its first official English-language sumo YouTube channel, "Sumo Prime Time," presented by NHK commentator Hiro Morita.[93]
  • 7: The retirement ceremony for former maegashira Sagatsukasa is held in Numazu.[94]
  • 20: The retirement ceremony for former maegashira Seirō is held in Tokyo.[95]
  • 29: The Sumo Association releases the banzuke for the September sumo tournament in Tokyo. The new rankings took into account wrestlers who were forced to withdraw before and during the last tournament in July under COVID protocols. One such wrestler is Mitakeumi, whose status as a kadoban ōzeki is extended to the September tournament. The banzuke also sees three wrestlers each at sekiwake and komusubi for the first time in 23 years. Daieishō keeps his sekiwake rank after his COVID withdrawal in July, joined by Wakatakakage and newly-promoted Hōshōryū, who reaches the best rank of his career. Joining Abi at komusubi are defending makuuchi champion Ichinojō and fellow Mongolian Kiribayama, who both return to san'yaku for the first time since November 2021. Two wrestlers debut in sumo's top division: Hiradoumi, following ten victories in jūryō in the previous tournament, and former All-Japan Sumo Champion Mitoryū. Ryūden returns to makuuchi after he was suspended in May 2021 for violating COVID protocols, as he is promoted to maegashira 12.[96]
    Brazilian former sekiwake Kaisei announces his retirement from professional sumo after sixteen years.[97]
  • 31: The Sumo Association reports that following PCR tests conducted in advance of the September tournament, komusubi Abi and Shikoroyama stable coach Tatsutagawa (former komusubi Hōmashō) are among several individuals testing positive for COVID-19. Positive test results were also confirmed for lower ranked wrestlers in Shikoroyama stable, Miyagino stable and Sakaigawa stable. The Sumo Association has not yet determined whether the affected individuals will be able to participate in the next tournament, which begins on 11 September.[98]

The first jungyō (regional tours) since November 2019 were held at the following locations:[99]

October

The autumn regional tours are scheduled to be held on the following dates:[99]

Deaths

See also

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