1993 in sumo

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.

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of years in sumo
• List of yokozuna

References

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.