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
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Shōdai O Japan Takakeishō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 ø O Japan Mitakeumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Wakatakakage S Japan Abi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Takanoshō K Mongolia Hōshōryū 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Daieishō M1 Japan Ura 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Mongolia Ichinojō M2 Mongolia Tamawashi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Ōnoshō M3 Japan Meisei 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Mongolia Kiribayama M4 Japan Endō 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Takarafuji M5 Japan Ishiura 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Hokutofuji M6 Japan Kotonowaka 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Takayasu M7 Japan Okinoumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Mongolia Chiyoshōma M8 Japan Sadanoumi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Tobizaru M9 Japan Wakamotoharu 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Shimanoumi M10 Bulgaria Aoiyama 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Myōgiryū M11 Japan Terutsuyoshi 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Kotoekō M12 Japan Chiyotairyū 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Chiyomaru M13 ø Japan Chiyonokuni 4 - 3 - 8
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Kotoshōhō M14 Japan Yutakayama 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Akua M15 Georgia (country) Tochinoshin 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Nishikigi M16 Japan Kōtokuzan 0 - 0 - 0
0 - 0 - 0 Japan Kagayaki M17 Japan Ichiyamamoto 0 - 0 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Natsu basho[]

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

Nagoya basho[]

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

Aki basho[]

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

Kyushu basho[]

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

News[]

January[]

  • 4: The Japan Sumo Association 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  [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. 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, likely resulting in a return to maegashira after one year.[12][13]
  • 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  [ja] and 25-year-old  [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  [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  [ja] 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  [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]

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

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