1993 in sumo

Last updated August 16, 2024

The following are the events in professional sumo during 1993.

Tournaments

Hatsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 – 24 January

1993 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
13	-	2	-	0		Akebono	O		Konishiki	10	-	5	-	0
11	-	4	-	0		Takahanada	S		Kotonishiki	7	-	8	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Musashimaru	HD	ø	Kirishima	0	-	0	-	15
4	-	11	-	0		Daishōhō	K		Takamisugi	4	-	11	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Akinoshima	M1		Kushimaumi	7	-	8	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Tomoefuji	M2		Misugisato	7	-	8	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Wakahanada	M3		Wakashoyo	10	-	5	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Daizen	M4		Toyonoumi	7	-	8	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Terao	M5		Takatōriki	5	-	10	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Tochinowaka	M6		Kyokudōzan	8	-	7	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Takanonami	M7		Kitakachidoki	7	-	8	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Oginohana	M8		Kotonowaka	6	-	9	-	0
0	-	0	-	15	ø	Kototsubaki	M9	ø	Kotobeppu	8	-	6	-	1
3	-	12	-	0		Tokitsunada	M10		Mitoizumi	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kasugafuji	M11	ø	Kirinishiki	0	-	5	-	10
9	-	6	-	0		Kotoinazuma	M12		Tamakairiki	2	-	13	-	0
2	-	13	-	0		Tatsuhikari	M13		Kiraiho	8	-	7	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Naminohana	M14		Daishōyama	12	-	3	-	0
2	-	3	-	10	ø	Kotogaume	M15		Kotofuji	9	-	6	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Mainoumi	M16		Kyokugōzan	4	-	11	-	0

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 14 March – 28 March

1993 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
10	-	5	-	0		Akebono	Y	ø
11	-	4	-	0		Takanohana	O		Konishiki	9	-	6	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Musashimaru	S	ø	Akinoshima	0	-	2	-	13
					ø		HD		Kirishima	5	-	10	-	0
14	-	1	-	0		Wakahanada	K		Wakashoyo	10	-	5	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Kotonishiki	HD	ø
9	-	6	-	0		Takanonami	M1		Tochinowaka	4	-	11	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kyokudōzan	M2	ø	Kushimaumi	7	-	7	-	1
3	-	12	-	0		Daishōyama	M3		Misugisato	9	-	6	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Oginohana	M4		Tomoefuji	9	-	6	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Daishōhō	M5	ø	Kotobeppu	0	-	0	-	15
8	-	7	-	0		Takamisugi	M6		Toyonoumi	8	-	7	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Naminohana	M7		Mitoizumi	4	-	11	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kotoinazuma	M8		Kitakachidoki	8	-	7	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Kototsubaki	M9		Terao	8	-	7	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kotofuji	M10		Daizen	7	-	8	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kiraiho	M11		Mainoumi	6	-	9	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Takatōriki	M12		Kotonowaka	9	-	6	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Aogiyama	M13		Tochinofuji	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Hitachiryu	M14		Kenkō	10	-	5	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kasugafuji	M15		Enazakura	6	-	9	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Higonoumi	M16	ø

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Natsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 May – 23 May

1993 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
13	-	2	-	0		Akebono	Y	ø
14	-	1	-	0		Takanohana	O		Konishiki	7	-	8	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Musashimaru	S		Wakanohana	10	-	5	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Wakashoyo	HD	ø
10	-	5	-	0		Takanonami	K		Kyokudōzan	4	-	11	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Misugisato	M1		Tomoefuji	3	-	12	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kirishima	M2		Takamisugi	5	-	10	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kotonishiki	M3		Toyonoumi	5	-	10	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kushimaumi	M4	ø	Kitakachidoki	0	-	0	-	15
5	-	10	-	0		Terao	M5		Kotobeppu	5	-	10	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Kenkō	M6		Takatōriki	11	-	4	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kotofuji	M7		Kotonowaka	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Tochinowaka	M8		Kasugafuji	5	-	10	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Daishōhō	M9		Higonoumi	7	-	8	-	0
0	-	0	-	15	ø	Akinoshima	M10		Oginohana	9	-	6	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Tochinofuji	M11		Daizen	7	-	8	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Daishōyama	M12		Kotoinazuma	8	-	7	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Tokitsunada	M13		Naminohana	4	-	11	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Mitoizumi	M14		Kiraiho	8	-	7	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Mainoumi	M15		Kaiō	4	-	11	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Oginishiki	M16	ø	Hitachiryu	0	-	0	-	15

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 4 July – 18 July

1993 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
13	-	2	-	0		Akebono *	Y	ø
13	-	2	-	0		Takanohana	O		Konishiki	9	-	6	-	0
13	-	2	-	0		Wakanohana	S		Musashimaru	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Takanonami	HD	ø
8	-	7	-	0		Takatōriki	K		Wakashoyo	7	-	8	-	0
3	-	12	-	0		Kirishima	M1		Kotonishiki	12	-	3	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Misugisato	M2		Kotonowaka	8	-	7	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Oginohana	M3		Kyokudōzan	4	-	11	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Tokitsunada	M4		Kitakachidoki	5	-	10	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Daishōhō	M5		Mitoizumi	9	-	6	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Daishōyama	M6		Mainoumi	4	-	11	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Takamisugi	M7		Kushimaumi	5	-	10	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Tomoefuji	M8		Kotoinazuma	5	-	10	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Toyonoumi	M9		Kotofuji	11	-	4	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Akinoshima	M10		Oginishiki	4	-	11	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Terao	M11		Higonoumi	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kotobeppu	M12		Kiraiho	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kenkō	M13		Tochinowaka	10	-	5	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Daizen	M14		Kasugafuji	9	-	6	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Minatofuji	M15		Aogiyama	5	-	10	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Tomonohana	M16		Hitachiryu	5	-	10	-	0

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner *Won 3-Way Playoff

Playoff

(Two consecutive victories required to win the Playoff and the yūshō)

Match 1: Akebono defeated Wakanohana
Match 2: Akebono defeated Takanohana

Aki basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 September – 26 September

1993 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
14	-	1	-	0		Akebono	Y	ø
12	-	3	-	0		Takanohana	O		Wakanohana	9	-	6	-	0
0	-	2	-	13	ø	Konishiki	HD	ø
8	-	7	-	0		Musashimaru	S		Takanonami	10	-	5	-	0
					ø		HD		Kotonishiki	9	-	6	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Takatōriki	K		Kotonowaka	8	-	7	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Wakashoyo	M1	ø	Mitoizumi	4	-	10	-	1
6	-	9	-	0		Kotofuji	M2		Akinoshima	9	-	6	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Tochinowaka	M3		Kotobeppu	5	-	10	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kenkō	M4		Terao	6	-	9	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Higonoumi	M5		Daizen	5	-	10	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Misugisato	M6		Kasugafuji	7	-	8	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Kiraiho	M7		Tokitsunada	7	-	8	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Minatofuji	M8		Takamisugi	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kitakachidoki	M9		Oginohana	7	-	8	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Tomonohana	M10		Daishōhō	9	-	6	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kyokudōzan	M11		Toyonoumi	7	-	8	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kirishima	M12		Daishōyama	8	-	7	-	0
12	-	3	-	0		Kushimaumi	M13		Tomoefuji	4	-	11	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Mainoumi	M14		Kotoinazuma	9	-	6	-	0
2	-	13	-	0		Tatsuhikari	M15		Musōyama	9	-	6	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Tamakairiki	M16	ø

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 7 November – 21 November

1993 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
13	-	2	-	0		Akebono *	Y	ø
7	-	8	-	0		Takanohana	O		Wakanohana	12	-	3	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Konishiki	HD	ø
12	-	3	-	0		Takanonami	S		Kotonishiki	9	-	6	-	0
					ø		HD		Musashimaru	13	-	2	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kotonowaka	K		Akinoshima	6	-	9	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Takatōriki	M1		Kushimaumi	5	-	10	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Misugisato	M2		Tomonohana	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	8	-	1	ø	Daishōhō	M3		Takamisugi	4	-	11	-	0
3	-	12	-	0		Kirishima	M4	ø	Kotofuji	0	-	0	-	15
7	-	8	-	0		Kenkō	M5		Wakashoyo	8	-	7	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Tochinowaka	M6		Terao	7	-	8	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Higonoumi	M7		Kyokudōzan	6	-	9	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Mainoumi	M8		Kotobeppu	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kotoinazuma	M9		Kasugafuji	6	-	9	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Daishōyama	M10		Tokitsunada	6	-	9	-	0
0	-	0	-	15	ø	Mitoizumi	M11		Musōyama	9	-	6	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Daizen	M12		Oginohana	4	-	11	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kiraiho	M13		Tamakairiki	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kitakachidoki	M14		Toyonoumi	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Minatofuji	M15		Kaiō	10	-	5	-	0
11	-	4	-	0		Oginishiki	M16	ø

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner *Won Playoff

News

January

24: Ōzeki Akebono takes his third top division championship and his second straight, virtually guaranteeing his promotion to yokozuna after only eight months as an ōzeki. The second division jūryō championship goes to Aogiyama. He would win a second eight years later in 2001.
27: The Yokozuna Deliberation Council announces the promotion of Akebono to yokozuna, ending years of speculation about whether a foreign-born wrestler would ever be judged to have the dignity and ability necessary to wear the tsuna.^[1] This also marks the end of the exceedingly rare occurrence of there being no active yokozuna, a gap which had lasted for eight months.

March

14: Akebono makes his yokozuna debut. Takahanada's ōzeki debut makes him the youngest ōzeki ever at 20 years and 5 months.
28: Following historical precedent, Akebono does not take the championship in his yokozuna debut, losing it to komusubi Wakahanada, who along with his first championship also snaps up the Technique Prize and the Outstanding Performance Prize. His brother Takahanada is the runner up. Tokitsunada takes his first of his two jūryō championships.

May

9: The brothers Ōzeki Takahanada and newly promoted sekiwake Wakahanada have their first tournaments at the new ring names Takanohana II and Wakanohana III respectively, to mark their pedigree as the sons of the legendary ōzeki Takanohana I and nephews of the great yokozuna Wakanohana II.
23: Takanohana takes his third top division yūshō, his first as an ōzeki, with a 14–1 record. Akebono must settle for runner-up. Future makuuchi regular Minatofuji takes the jūryō championship.

July

18: In Nagoya, Akebono finally gets his first championship as yokozuna by winning a three-way playoff between himself and brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana. It is Akebono's fourth championship. Takanohana's loss would deny him a promotion to yokozuna this time around. Tatsuhikari wins his first of two jūryō championships.

September

12: Wakanohana debuts for the first time at ōzeki. Future ōzeki Musōyama makes his makuuchi debut. Ōzeki Konishiki is injured against Akinoshima and withdraws from the entire tournament after only this bout.
26: Akebono takes a consecutive championship and his fifth overall. Takanohana is again runner-up. Later makuuchi regular Hamanoshima has his one and only jūryō championship. Two former jūryō wrestlers announce their retirements – Wakatosho at the age of 24 due to a left ankle injury, and Daigaku at age 28.

November

21: Akebono has his 3rd consecutive championship and his sixth overall by beating future yokozuna Musashimaru in a playoff. Konishiki's 6–9 losing record following the previous tournament where he missed all but the first day, would see him finally lose ōzeki status after 39 consecutive tournaments. Asanowaka receives his one and only jūryō championship.

Deaths

3 September: Former komusubi Wakasegawa Taiji, also former Asakayama Oyakata, aged 73, of pancreatic cancer.

Related Research Articles

Takanohana stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, created in 2004 when Takanohana Kōji took over the running of Futagoyama stable from his father Takanohana Kenshi. Formerly of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables, it became the leader of a breakaway Takanohana group in 2010, which was formally recognized as an ichimon in 2014. It is one of the most successful sumo stables with 42 top division championships to its name, won by eight different wrestlers, if Futagoyama's history from 1962 is included. As of the September 2018 tournament the stable had eight wrestlers, including three sekitori. Takanohana resigned from the Japan Sumo Association shortly after that tournament and the stable was absorbed into Chiganoura stable on October 1, 2018.

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2009.

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2005.

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2004.

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 1987.

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

↑ Pollack, Andrew (26 January 1993). "Tokyo Journal; Sumo Bows and Opens Sacred Door to U.S. Star". New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

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[1] Pollack, Andrew (26 January 1993). "Tokyo Journal; Sumo Bows and Opens Sacred Door to U.S. Star". New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

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