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The following are the events in professional sumo during 2007.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2005.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2003.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2002.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2001.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2000.
In 1999, Musashimaru firmly established his position as the dominant sumo wrestler of the year. Born in American Samoa and raised in Hawaii, Musashimaru became only the second foreign-born wrestler in history to achieve the highest rank of yokozuna or grand champion, in May 1999. He finished the year having won four tournaments, a rare accomplishment.
The following are the events in professional sumo in 1998.
The following were the events in professional sumo during 1997.
In 1996, the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament set a record for the number of wrestlers in a playoff, after Musashimaru, Akebono, Wakanohana, Takanonami, and Kaio, all tied at 11–4. Musashimaru won the historic five-way playoff, taking his second tournament title since July 1994.
In 1995, yokozuna Takanohana finished first place, while fellow yokozuna Akebono ranked second. The third-ranked sumo wrestler was ōzeki Wakanohana, who took the championship title at the November Kyūshū Basho after winning in a playoff against his brother Takanohana, the first tournament bout between brothers in the history of sumo.
In 1994, Takanohana won two successive tournaments, unbeaten (15–0), earning promotion to the highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in November. At the Nagoya tournament in July, ōzeki Musashimaru had won his first championship, also unbeaten (15–0), leading to speculation that he could become the next foreign-born sumo wrestler to be promoted to sumo's highest rank.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2012.
The following is a list of events in professional sumo in 1988. Six honbasho or official tournaments are held each year.
The following were the events in professional sumo during 2016.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 1992.
References
- ↑ "Wrestler Gives Sumo Tradition A Big Kick Into 20th Century". Chicago Tribune. January 11, 1988. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. p. 60. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.