2017 in sumo

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The following were the events in professional sumo during 2017.

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Tournaments

Hatsu basho

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

2017 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
5-6-4ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū Yø Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji 4-3-8
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuho YFlag placeholder.svg
14-1-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato Oø Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 8-5-2
4-11-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji O Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshogiku 5-10-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi S Flag of Japan.svg Shodai 7-8-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu Kø Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 0-6-9
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M1 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi 11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shohozan M2 Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi 6-9-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M3 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi 8-7-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiozan M4 Flag of Japan.svg Endo 7-8-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze M5 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshoma M6 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoyuki 6-9-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myogiryu M7 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji M8 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M9 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura 6-9-0
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Takanoiwa M10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sokokurai 12-3-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki M11 Flag of Japan.svg Nishikigi 5-10-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō M12 Flag of Japan.svg Daishōmaru 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Gagamaru M13 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojo 11-4-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyootori M14 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyoo M15 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi 8-7-0
4-11-0 Flag of Egypt.svg Osunaarashi M16Flag placeholder.svg
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 12 March – 26 March [1]

2017 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
2-3-10ø Flag of Mongolia.svg HakuhoY Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryu10-5-0
10-5-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg HarumafujiY Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato13-2-0
1-5-9ø Flag of Japan.svg GōeidōO Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji13-2-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TamawashiS Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu12-3-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg KotoshogikuSøFlag placeholder.svg0-0-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg MitakeumiK Flag of Japan.svg Shodai4-11-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg TakekazeM1 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi5-10-0
4-11-0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg SokokuraiM2 Flag of Mongolia.svg Takanoiwa6-9-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg ShohozanM3 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji7-8-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg YoshikazeM4ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi3-10-2
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg EndoM5 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg ChiyonokuniM6 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg IchinojoM7 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshoma9-6-0
3-7-5ø Flag of Brazil.svg KaiseiM8 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi10-5-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg KagayakiM9 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoyuki5-10-0
7-8-0 Flag of Georgia.svg TochinoshinM10 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiozan10-5-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daieisho M11 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura7-8-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg SadanoumiM12 Flag of Japan.svg Ura 8-7-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg TakakeishoM13 Flag of Japan.svg Daishomaru7-8-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg MyogiryuM14 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kyokushuho 5-10-0
3-8-4ø Flag of Japan.svg ChiyooM15 Flag of Japan.svg Tokushoryu 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg NishikigiM16øFlag placeholder.svg0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Natsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 14 May – 28 May [1]

2017 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
6-5-4ø Flag of Japan.svg KisenosatoYø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryu1-4-10
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg HarumafujiY Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuho15-0-0
12-3-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TerunofujiO Flag of Japan.svg Goeido9-6-0
10-5-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TamawashiS Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg KotoshogikuSøFlag placeholder.svg0-0-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg MitakeumiK Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze8-7-0
2-13-0 Flag of Japan.svg ChiyonokuniM1 Flag of Japan.svg Endo6-9-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg OkinoumiM2 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshoma5-10-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg DaieishoM3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama4-11-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg TochiozanM4 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji3-12-
5-7-3ø Flag of Mongolia.svg TakanoiwaM5 Flag of Japan.svg Shodai10-5-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg TakekazeM6 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi9-6-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg HokutofujiM7 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeisho11-4-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg ShohozanM8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sokokurai5-10-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg IchinojoM9 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki9-6-0
12-3-0 Flag of Georgia.svg TochinoshinM10 Flag of Japan.svg Ura11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg ArawashiM11 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg TokushoryuM12 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoyuki6-9-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Toyohibiki M13 Flag of Japan.svg Daishomaru8-7-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Onosho M14 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyu9-6-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg MyogiryuM15 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei7-8-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama M16øFlag placeholder.svg0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 9 July – 23 July [1]

2017 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
14-1-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg HakuhoY Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji11-4-0
2-4-9ø Flag of Japan.svg KisenosatoYø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryu2-2-11
1-5-9ø Flag of Mongolia.svg TerunofujiO Flag of Japan.svg Goeido7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg TakayasuOøFlag placeholder.svg--
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TamawashiS Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi9-6-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg YoshikazeK Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshogiku7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg ShodaiM1 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeisho5-10-0
9-6-0 Flag of Georgia.svg TochinoshinM2 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji8-7-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg IkioiM3ø Flag of Japan.svg Endo2-3-10
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg UraM4 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki5-10-
5-10-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg ChiyoshomaM5 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiozan12-3-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg IchinojoM6 Flag of Japan.svg Onosho10-5-0
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TakanoiwaM7 Flag of Japan.svg Daieisho5-10-0
13-2-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg AoiyamaM8 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura7-8-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg TokushoryuM9 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi5-10-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg ChiyotairyuM10 Flag of Japan.svg Shohozan10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg ChiyonokuniM11 Flag of Japan.svg Daishomaru7-8-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg ArawashiM12 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg TakarafujiM13 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sokokurai6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg SadanoumiM14 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoyuki4-11-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg NishikigiM15 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru 9-6-0
3-12-0 Flag of Georgia.svg GagamaruM16øFlag placeholder.svg0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Aki basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 September – 24 September [1]

2017 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
0-0-15ø Flag of Mongolia.svg HakuhoY Flag of Mongolia.svg Harumafuji11-4-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg KisenosatoYø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryu0-0-15
1-2-12ø Flag of Japan.svg TakayasuO Flag of Japan.svg Goeido11-4-0
1-5-9ø Flag of Mongolia.svg TerunofujiOøFlag placeholder.svg--
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg MitakeumiS Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TamawashiK Flag of Japan.svg Tochiozan6-9-0
4-11-0 Flag of Georgia.svg TochinoshinM1 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshogiku10-5-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg HokutofujiM2ø Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama3-5-7
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg OnoshoM3 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyu8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg ShohozanM4ø Flag of Japan.svg Ura1-2-12
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg ShodaiM5 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeisho9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg IchinojoM6 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki4-11-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg ChiyonokuniM7 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg ChiyoshomaM8 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TakanoiwaM9 Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi9-6-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg IshiuraM10 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg DaieishoM11 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru9-6-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg DaishomaruM12ø Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi2-8-5
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg NishikigiM13 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei9-6-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg EndoM14 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi8-7-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg TokushoryuM15 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama4-11-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama M16øFlag placeholder.svg0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 12 November – 26 November [1]

2017 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
0-3-12ø Flag of Mongolia.svg HarumafujiY Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuho14-1-0
4-6-5ø Flag of Japan.svg KisenosatoYø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryu0-0-15
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg GoeidoOø Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu8-5-2
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg MitakeumiS Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze6-9-0
0-5-10ø Flag of Mongolia.svg TerunofujiSøFlag placeholder.svg--
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg KotoshogikuK Flag of Japan.svg Onosho8-7-0
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg TamawashiM1 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeisho11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg ChiyotairyuM2 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiozan4-11-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg ShohozanM3 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji11-4-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg ChiyonokuniM4 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojo10-5-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg TakarafujiM5 Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg ChiyoshomaM6 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin9-6-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg DaishomaruM7 Flag of Japan.svg Shodai9-6-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Mongolia.svg TakanoiwaM8 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg EndoM9 Flag of Japan.svg Daieisho5-10-0
8-7-0 Flag of Brazil.svg KaiseiM10 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi9-6-0
3-8-4ø Flag of Bulgaria.svg AoiyamaM11 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama5-10-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg OkinoumiM12 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg TakekazeM13 Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki 8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg KotoyukiM14 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg NishikigiM15ø Flag of Japan.svg Myogiryu6-8-1
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg UraM16øFlag placeholder.svg0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News

January

Kisenosato's first public yokozuna duties at the Meiji Shrine on January 27 Kisenosato Yutaka1.jpg
Kisenosato's first public yokozuna duties at the Meiji Shrine on January 27

February

Kisenosato at Setsubun Kisenosato Yutaka-1e.jpg
Kisenosato at Setsubun
  • 3: Kisenosato and Hakuho throw soy beans at the Narita-san temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture as part of the annual festival to celebrate Setsubun. [9]
  • 5: The 41st Fuji TV Grand Sumo Tournament takes place at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. Yokozuna Kisenosato performs his dohyo-iri in the Kokugikan for the first time. The event is a knock-out format. In the makuuchi competition, the top eight men on the Hatsu tournament banzuke are seeded (except for Harumafuji and Goeido who are injured and do not take part) – Kakuryu (1), Hakuho (2), Kisenosato (3), Terunofuji (4), Kotoshogiku (5), Tamawashi (6), Shodai (7) and Takayasu (8). Kisenosato wins the tournament, defeating Takanoiwa in the final. The juryo tournament is won by Kyokutaisei who defeats Seiro.
  • 11:The 50th NHK Charity Sumo Tournament takes place, also at the Kokugikan. This time Harumafuji attends along with the other three yokozuna. Several wrestlers take part in a singing competition with partners or groups: Hakuho with Rimi Natsukawa, Harumafuji with Natsuko Godai, Kakuryu with Midori Oka, Terunofuji with Team Syachihoko, Takayasu with Ai Nishida and Ikioi with Yoshimi Tendo.
  • 27: The banzuke for the March tournament is released. Kisenosato is listed on the west side at yokozuna rank, the first Japanese born wrestler since Takanohana in 2003 to be yokozuna on the banzuke. There are three sekiwake following Kotoshogiku's demotion from ozeki. It is the first time since 1949 that there has been a promotion of a yokozuna and a demotion of an ozeki in the same tournament. [10] The only newcomer to the top division is Ura. He is the first former student of Kwansei Gakuin University to reach the top division. [10] Making his juryo debut is Takasago stable's Asanoyama, the first sekitori from Toyama Prefecture since Kotogaume in 1997. [10] His promotion means Takasago stable has a sekitori again after they had none in the previous tournament for the first time in their history.

March

April

Wrestlers during the April 13 stop in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Da Xiang Pu Chuan Qi Chang Suo 2017 (33234083763).jpg
Wrestlers during the April 13 stop in Kawasaki, Kanagawa

May

Oyakata Takanohana, Isegahama, Shibatayama and Oguruma watch the yokozuna keiko soken before the May tournament. Yokoduna Keiko Soken-3.jpg
Oyakata Takanohana, Isegahama, Shibatayama and Oguruma watch the yokozuna keiko soken before the May tournament.

June

July

August

September

Former juryo Rikishin retired through injury at age 21 in September Rikishin 2017.jpg
Former juryo Rikishin retired through injury at age 21 in September
  • 7: It is announced that both Kisenosato and Kakuryū will skip the Aki basho as neither have fully recovered from their respective injuries. It is the first time since 1999 that two yokozuna have been absent from Day 1 of a tournament. [30]
  • 8: Hakuhō also announces that he is withdrawing due to a knee injury, making this the first tournament since the start of the Shōwa era that three yokozuna are out. [31]
  • 15: Terunofuji withdraws due to his knee injury, joining fellow ozeki Takayasu who pulled out on Day 3. It is the first time since the Summer tournament of 1918 that three yokozuna and two ozeki have been missing through injury. [32]
  • 24:The Aki basho ends with Harumafuji defeating Goeido in a playoff after both finish with 11–4 records. [33] Goeido had been two wins ahead of the rest of the field on Day 11 but lost three of his last four bouts, with Harumafuji defeating him twice on the final day to win his ninth championship. [33] He is only the third wrestler to win a top division championship with a mere 11–4 record following Tochiazuma in 1972 and Musashimaru in 1996. [34] Makuuchi debutant Asanoyama wins the Fighting Spirit Award after a fine 10–5 record. [35] He shares the prize with Onosho who becomes the first man to secure double-digit winning records in his first three top division tournaments in the modern era. [36] The Technique Award goes to Yoshikaze for the fourth time. The Outstanding Performance Award is won by Takakeisho for defeating both Harumafuji and Goeido. The juryo championship is won by Abi with a 10–5 record after a four-way playoff that also involved Kotoyuki (who Abi beat earlier in the day as well), Aminishiki and Homarefuji. The makushita division championship is won by former maegashira Kagamio with a prefect 7–0 record. Two former juryo wrestlers, Wakanoshima  [ ja ] and Rikishin  [ ja ] announce their retirements. Wakanoshima is a 32 year old veteran with 17 years in sumo but Rikishin is just 21 years old and has failed to recover from recent knee surgery.

October

November

Harumafuji Da Xiang Pu Chuan Qi Chang Suo 2017 (33888979592).jpg
Harumafuji

December

From the winter tour in Ginowan, Okinawa, Dec 17 Sumo in Okinawa - 2017 (30069223888).jpg
From the winter tour in Ginowan, Okinawa, Dec 17

Deaths

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