2012 in sumo

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The following are the events in professional sumo during 2012.

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Tournaments

Hatsu basho

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

2012 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
12-3-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Yø
14-1-0 Flag of Estonia.svg Baruto O Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 8-7-0
10-5-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kotoōshū O Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji 11-4-0
øO Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato 11-40
10-5-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū S Flag of Japan.svg Toyonoshima 5-10-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Miyabiyama K Flag of Japan.svg Wakakōyū 5-10-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze M1 Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki 9-6-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M2 Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 6-9-0
2-13-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kitataiki M3 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hōmashō M4 Flag of South Korea.svg Tochinowaka 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M5 Flag of Japan.svg Toyohibiki 7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze M6 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokutenhō 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Russia.svg Aran M7 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M8 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan 11-4-0
10-5-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M9 Flag of Japan.svg Daidō 6-9-0
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tokitenkū M10 Flag of Georgia.svg Gagamaru 12-3-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Fujiazuma M11 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanofuji 8-7-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiazuma M12 Flag of Japan.svg Tosayutaka 4-11-0
9-6-0ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M13 Flag of Japan.svg Tenkaihō 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Takanoyama M14 Flag of Japan.svg Sagatsukasa 5-10-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Asasekiryū M15 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokushūhō 3-12-0
5-10-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M16 Flag of Japan.svg Nionoumi5-10-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 11 – 25 March [1]

2012 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
13-2-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō*Yø
10-5-0 Flag of Estonia.svg Baruto O Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji 11-4-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato O Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kotoōshū 8-7-0
øO Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 9-60
13-2-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū S Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki 7-8-0
6-9-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Gagamaru K Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan 5-10-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M1 Flag of South Korea.svg Tochinowaka 5-10-0
3-12-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tokitenkū M2ø Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 3-10-2
5-10-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokutenhō M3 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 5-10-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Toyonoshima M4 Flag of Russia.svg Aran 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Wakakōyū M5 Flag of Japan.svg Hōmashō 11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M6 Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 12-3-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu M7 Flag of Japan.svg Toyohibiki 9-6-0
3-10-2ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M8 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M9 Flag of Japan.svg Miyabiyama 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanofuji M10 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Asasekiryū M11 Flag of Japan.svg Tenkaihō 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daidō M12 Flag of Japan.svg Fujiazuma 5-10-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kitataiki M13 Flag of Japan.svg Wakanosato 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M14 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi 5-10-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M15 Flag of Japan.svg Hōchiyama 4-11-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Shōtenrō M16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Takanoyama 4-11-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner
*Won Playoff

Natsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 6 – 20 May [1]

2012 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
10-5-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Yø
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji O Flag of Estonia.svg Baruto 9-6-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato O Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kotoōshū O Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū 8-70
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Toyonoshima S Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 8-7-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hōmashō K Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Russia.svg Aran M1 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 5-10-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M2 Flag of Georgia.svg Gagamaru 5-10-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Toyohibiki M3 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze 7-8-0
12-3-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan M4 Flag of South Korea.svg Tochinowaka 2-13-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M5 Flag of Japan.svg Miyabiyama 4-11-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Wakakōyū M6 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 11-4-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M7 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokutenhō*12-3-0
9-6-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M8 Flag of Japan.svg Kitataiki 5-10-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tokitenkū M9 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Wakanosato M10ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 5-4-6
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Shōtenrō M11 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanofuji 7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M12 Flag of Japan.svg Daidō 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tenkaihō M13ø Flag of Japan.svg Kimikaze 5-8-2
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Asasekiryū M14ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 0-0-15
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Fujiazuma M15 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M16ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner
*Won Playoff

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 8 – 22 July [1]

2012 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
14-1-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Yø
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato O Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 10-5-0
9-6-0 Flag of Estonia.svg Baruto O Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji 15-0-0
9-6-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kotoōshū O Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū 9-60
7-7-1ø Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō S Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan 4-11-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū K Flag of Japan.svg Toyonoshima 5-10-0
2-13-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokutenhō M1 Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M2 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi 4-11-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Wakakōyū M3 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M4 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze 7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Russia.svg Aran M5 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 6-9-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hōmashō M6 Flag of Mongolia.svg Shōtenrō 7-8-0
10-5-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Gagamaru M7 Flag of Japan.svg Toyohibiki 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze M8 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 11-4-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Miyabiyama M9 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tokitenkū 9-6-0
2-13-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tamaasuka M10 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji 6-9-0
4-11-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M11 Flag of Japan.svg Kitataiki 9-6-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanofuji M12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Takanoyama 5-10-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daidō M13 Flag of Japan.svg Masunoyama 11-4-0
5-10-0 Flag of South Korea.svg Tochinowaka M14 Flag of Japan.svg Wakanosato 8-7-0
1-14-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hōchiyama M15 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi M16ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Aki basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 – 23 September [1]

2012 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
13-2-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Yø
15-0-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji O Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato 10-5-0
2-2-11ø Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku Oø Flag of Estonia.svg Baruto 1-3-11
2-4-9ø Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kotoōshū O Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū 11-40
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū S Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 8-7-0
4-11-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama K Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M1 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 7-8-0
3-12-0 Flag of Russia.svg Aran M2 Flag of Georgia.svg Gagamaru 4-11-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hōmashō M3 Flag of Japan.svg Toyonoshima 6-9-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki M4 Flag of Japan.svg Toyohibiki 7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan M5 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tokitenkū M6 Flag of Japan.svg Masunoyama 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Miyabiyama M7 Flag of Mongolia.svg Shōtenrō 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daidō M8 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi 11-4-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kitataiki M9 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 10-5-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze M10 Flag of Japan.svg Wakakōyū 6-9-0
10-5-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokutenhō M11 Flag of Japan.svg Wakanosato 7-8-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M12 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji 5-10-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Asasekiryū M13 Flag of Japan.svg Tenkaihō 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Asahishō M14 Flag of Japan.svg Kimurayama 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Fujiazuma M15 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanofuji 5-10-0
6-9-0 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Takanoyama M16ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 11 – 25 November [1]

2012 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
14-1-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Y Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji 9-6-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū O Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato 10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku O Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kotoōshū 9-6-0
1-2-12ø Flag of Estonia.svg Baruto Oø
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū S Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki K Flag of Japan.svg Hōmashō 4-11-0
2-8-5ø Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M1 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan 10-5-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M2 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M3 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze 4-11-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu M4 Flag of Japan.svg Masunoyama 5-10-0
6-3-6ø Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M5 Flag of Japan.svg Toyohibiki 9-6-0
10-5-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokutenhō M6 Flag of Japan.svg Toyonoshima 11-4-0
8-7-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Gagamaru M7 Flag of Russia.svg Aran 8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tokitenkū M8 Flag of Japan.svg Daidō 5-10-0
5-10-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Shōtenrō M9ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Asasekiryū 0-3-12
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi M10 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Asahishō M11 Flag of Japan.svg Miyabiyama 5-10-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kitataiki M12 Flag of Japan.svg Wakanosato 8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Fujiazuma M13 Flag of Japan.svg Wakakōyū 4-11-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Jōkōryū M14 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 5-10-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiazuma M15 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 10-5-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M16ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News

January

Baruto won his first championship in January Baruto 2011 Sep.JPG
Baruto won his first championship in January

February

March

Kakuryu became sumo's sixth ozeki in March 2012 Kakuryu 08 Sep cropped.jpg
Kakuryu became sumo's sixth ozeki in March 2012
  • 18: The Sumo Association agree to allow the re–establishment of Kise stable, run by former maegashira Higonoumi, as of April 1. He was forced to merge his stable with Kitanoumi stable in 2010 after he was caught selling basho tickets to yazuka members. All the ex−Kise wrestlers as well as rising star Sakumayama will move to the new stable. [12]
  • 25: Sekiwake Kakuryu comes into the final day of the Osaka tournament on 13–1, one win ahead of Hakuho on 12–2, but he loses to Goeido while Hakuho beats Baruto to set up a playoff. Hakuho gains revenge on Kakuryu who beat him on Day 9, and claims his 22nd yusho, drawing him level with Takanohana in fifth placed all–time. [13] Kakuryu receives awards for Outstanding performance and Technique, and is guaranteed promotion to ozeki having won 33 bouts in three tournaments. Toyonoshima, who scored 11–4, shares the Technique prize while the Fighting Spirit Award goes to Goeido who won 12 bouts. The jūryō division championship is won by Kimikaze.
  • 28: The Sumo Association announce four promotions to jūryō – newcomers Sakumayama (later known as Jokoryu) and Kitazono (later Masakaze  [ ja ]) and returnees Tokushoryu and Homarefuji. All four are ex–collegiate wrestlers. Kakuryu's promotion to ozeki is also officially confirmed. [14] It is the first time in sumo history that there are six active ozeki at the same time. [14]

April

The spring tour visits the following locations:

May

Kyokutenho was the surprise winner of the May 2012 tournament Kyokutenho pm cup 2012.JPG
Kyokutenho was the surprise winner of the May 2012 tournament

June

July

August

September

Kokkai announced his retirement in September. Kokkai Futoshi 2008 May.jpg
Kokkai announced his retirement in September.
  • 20: Ikazuchi Oyakata, the former Kasugafuji, resigns from the Japan Sumo Association after a tabloid magazine claims that he submitted bogus expenses to cover up an affair he was having with a Sumo Association employee. [18]
  • 23: At the Aki basho in Tokyo, Harumafuji defeats Hakuho in an epic bout to seal his second consecutive championship with another perfect 15–0 record, and is virtually guaranteed to become sumo′s 70th Yokozuna. [19] Hakuho, who gave up a kinboshi to Tochiozan earlier in the tournament, has to settle for runner-up honours once again and has only one yusho for the year. Three ozeki, Kotooshu, Kotoshogiku and Baruto, pull out of the tournament through injury and will be kadoban in November. Sekiwake Myogiryu scores 10–5 and wins his fourth Technique prize in five tournaments. Tochiozan gets the Outstanding Performance award for his win over Hakuho. There is no Fighting Spirit prize awarded, although Kyokutenho, who won his first nine bouts, would have received it had he won on the final day. [19] The jūryō championship is won by Jokoryu, who secures promotion to the top division after just nine tournaments as a pro – the fastest rise since the introduction of six tournaments a year in 1958. Georgian Kokkai, the first European to reach the top division in 2004, announces his retirement due to persistent injuries. [20]
  • 26: The Sumo Association announces that Harumafuji has been promoted to the 70th Yokozuna, making him the fifth foreigner to make the rank. [21] Harumafuji says becoming a yokozuna, "was a dream that was distant, very distant. I think I have been very fortunate." [21]
  • 28: Harumafuji makes his first public appearance as a yokozuna, performing the dohyo-iri in the Shiranui style at the Meiji Shrine. [22]
  • 29: At the retirement ceremony or danpatsu-shiki of former sekiwake Tochinonada, Harumafuji performs the dohyo–iri in the Kokugikan for the first time.

October

The autumn tour visits the following locations:

November

December

Deaths

See also

References

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