2010 in sumo

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The following are the events in professional sumo during 2010.

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Tournaments

News

January

February

Yokozuna Asashoryu retired in February. SumoAsashoryu Detail.jpg
Yokozuna Asashoryu retired in February.

March

Baruto earned promotion to ozeki in March. Ba Liu Du Guan .jpg
Baruto earned promotion to ozeki in March.
  • 1: The banzuke for the upcoming Osaka tournament is released. Asashoryu does not appear in the rankings, and the West Yokozuna position is left blank. There are three newcomers to the top division: Okinoumi, the first wrestler from Shimane Prefecture to reach the top division in 88 years, Tokusegawa, the first wrestler from Kiriyama stable to reach makuuchi, and Sagatsukasa, who has become the second wrestler after Toyonoshima to make the top division despite not meeting the Sumo Association's requirement to enter sumo of 173 cm in height.
  • 9: Former maegashira Kitazakura announces his retirement at the age of 38. He becomes Onogawa Oyakata. The former Yotsukasa switches to the Sendagawa name vacated by the retirement of former ozeki Maenoyama, who has reached 65 years of age.
  • 28: Hakuho wins his thirteenth yūshō with his fifth perfect 15–0 record, defeating Harumafuji on the final day. Baruto finishes runner-up on 14–1, his only defeat being to Hakuho on Day 11. He is awarded Fighting Spirit and Technique Prizes, and is guaranteed promotion to ozeki. Tochiozan is in third place on 11–4. Okinoumi wins his last three bouts to secure kachi-koshi in his debut. Tokusegawa also scores eight wins, but Sagatsukasa falls short with a 6–9, despite being at 5–3 after Day 8. In the jūryō division Kimurayama wins his second yūshō following a three way play-off after he, Koryu and Tamaasuka all finish on 11–4. Bulgarian Aoiyama wins the makushita division title at his first attempt with an undefeated 7–0 record.
  • 31: Baruto's promotion to ozeki is officially confirmed. The decision by the executive board of the Sumo Association was unanimous. He becomes the second European, and eighth foreigner overall, to reach ozeki. [14]
  • 31: Three promotions to jūryō for the next tournament are announced. The only newcomer to the division is Komazawa University graduate Yuya Matsutani of Matsugane stable. Returning to jūryō are Oguruma stable's Mongolian rikishi Hoshikaze  [ ja ] and Hakkaku stable's Kanbayashi  [ ja ], formerly of Kinki University. (Kanbayashi was last ranked in jūryō in November 2006.)

April

May

June

Ozeki Kotomitsuki was expelled for illegal gambling. Sumo May09 Kotomitsuki.jpg
Ozeki Kotomitsuki was expelled for illegal gambling.

July

August

Sumo Association chairman Musashigawa stood down in August. Mienoumi 2010.JPG
Sumo Association chairman Musashigawa stood down in August.
  • 2: Three members of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate are arrested on suspicion of extorting 6 million yen from a former wrestler from the Onomatsu stable who acted as a middleman for Kotomitsuki and Otake. Another ex-wrestler, Mitsutomo Furuichi, is also rearrested for alleged extortion. [49]
  • 6: The summer tour begins at Minamiuonuma, Niigata.
  • 7: The next stop on the tour is Niigata city.
  • 8: The tour moves on to Fukushima.
  • 10: The tour visits Akita city.
  • 11: The tour stops at Kitaakita, Akita.
  • 12: The head of the Sumo Association Musashigawa announces his resignation, citing both the recent scandals and his own health concerns. [50] He had been hospitalised for much of the previous month after receiving treatment for stomach cancer. He is replaced by Hanaregoma. [50]
  • 12: Two more wrestlers, jūryō ranked Matsutani and sandanme ranked Wakarikido, both of the Matsugane stable, are found to have gambled on baseball. Neither wrestler came forward during the Sumo Association's investigations and consequently they competed in the July tournament while others were suspended. The investigative committee will decide on disciplinary action on September 6. [51]
  • 30: The banzuke for the Aki basho is released, showing many changes between divisions. All six suspended makuuchi wrestlers, plus Tamaasuka and Shotenro, drop to the jūryō division. Taking their places are the makuuchi veterans Tochinonada, Tosanoumi, Toyozakura and Kasugao, plus Koryu, Masatsukasa and Kotokasuga and debutants Sokokurai and Kyokunankai. Tosanoumi becomes the oldest wrestler ever to earn promotion to the top division at 38 years eight months, while the 105 tournaments Kyokunankai took to reach makuuchi is the second slowest ever. All four suspended jūryō wrestlers lose their sekitori status along with Masuraumi  [ ja ] and Kanbayashi. They are replaced by former makuuchi wrestlers Jumonji and Ryuho, and four newcomers: Mongolian Shironoryu  [ ja ], Chinese Nakanokuni  [ ja ], former collegiate competitor Takarafuji and the Korean born Tochinowaka. There are two new sekiwake, Aran and Tochiozan.

September

October

The Autumn Tour visits the following locations:

November

December

Deaths

See also

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The following are the events in professional sumo during 2009.

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