2018 in sumo

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The following are the events in professional sumo during 2018.

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Tournaments

Hatsu basho

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

2018 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
2-3-10ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Yø Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato 1-5-9
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū Y
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō O Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 12-3-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi S Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi 6-9-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō Kø Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 4-6-5
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji M1 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 10-5-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze M2 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 7-8-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M3 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 14-1-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai M4 Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M5 Flag of Japan.svg Endō 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M6 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi 4-11-0
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma M7 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 6-9-0
6-6-3ø Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan M8 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M9 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru 9-6-0
0-7-8 Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji M10 Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki 3-9-3
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoyūki M11 Flag of Japan.svg Daishōmaru 7-8-0
6-9-0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sōkokurai M12 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 9-6-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze M13 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 9-6-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Abi M14 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama 9-6-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura M15 Flag of Japan.svg Nishikigi 8-7-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden M16 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami M17
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Haru basho

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

2018 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
13-2-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū Yø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō 0-0-15
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato Y
12-3-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu O Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi S Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 10-5-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō K Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 4-11-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Endō M1 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi 9-6-0
2-13-0 Flag of Japan.svg Arawashi M2 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji 5-10-0
3-7-5ø Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō M3 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M4 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai 7-8-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru M5ø Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 0-0-15
12-3-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M6 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji 6-9-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Abi M7 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki M8 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M9 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma M10 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan M11 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama 10-5-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura M12 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoyūki 1-13-1
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daishōmaru M13 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 8-7-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi M14 Flag of Japan.svg Nishikigi 5-10-0
5-6-4ø Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sōkokurai M15 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū 6-9-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami M16 Flag of Japan.svg Hidenoumi 3-12-0
8-7-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M17
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Natsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 May – 27 May [1]

2018 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
14-1-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū Y Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō 11-4-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato Y
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu Oø Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō 3-6-6
13-2-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin S Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi K Flag of Japan.svg Endō 3-10-2
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M1 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M2 Flag of Japan.svg Abi 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō M3 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama 2-13-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M4 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku M5 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma M6 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji 7-8-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden M7 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru 4-11-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze M8 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 9-6-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daishōmaru M9ø Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji 4-7-4
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M10 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō 10-5-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami M11 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 12-3-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi M12 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 7-8-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura M13 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi M14 Flag of Japan.svg Takekaze 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan M15 Flag of Japan.svg Kyokutaisei 10-5-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M16 Flag of Japan.svg Aminishiki 4-11-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Nishikigi M17
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Nagoya basho

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

2018 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
3-2-10ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū Yø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō 3-1-11
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato Y
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō O Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 9-6-0
Oø Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 5-2-8
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō S Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi 13-2-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi K Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan 3-12-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai M1ø Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 3-7-5
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi M2ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 6-6-3
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Abi M3 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō 10-5-0
9-6-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M4 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 6-9-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daishōmaru M5 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 2-13-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Endō M6 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M7 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 6-9-0
4-10-1ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma M8 Flag of Japan.svg Kyokutaisei 6-9-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M9 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama 12-3-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru M10 Flag of Japan.svg Nishikigi 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M11 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi M12 Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi 5-10-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan M13 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 11-4-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoekō M14 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi 8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura M15 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden 8-7-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji M16 Flag of Japan.svg Meisei 6-9-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Aki basho

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

2018 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
10-5-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū Y Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō 15-0-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato Y
12-3-0 Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō O Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 11-4-0
O Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 9-6-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi S Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 8-7-0
4-11-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi K Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō 9-6-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi M1 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 8-7-0
3-10-2 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama M2 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 5-10-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai M3 Flag of Japan.svg Endō 3-12-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M4 Flag of Japan.svg Abi 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M5 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki M6 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 4-11-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan M7 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan 8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M8 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku 7-8-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji M9 Flag of Japan.svg Daishōmaru 5-10-0
7-8-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M10 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi M11ø Flag of Japan.svg Kyokutaisei 1-6-8
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M12 Flag of Japan.svg Nishikigi 10-5-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden M13 Flag of Mongolia.svg Takanoiwa 10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō M14ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma M15 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 11-4-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoyūki M16 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura 4-11-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

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

2018 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
0-0-15ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Yø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū 0-0-15
0-4-11ø Flag of Japan.svg Kisenosato Y
8-4-3ø Flag of Japan.svg Gōeidō O Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu 12-3-0
O Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi S Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 6-9-0
13-2-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō Kø Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 3-9-3
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M1 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji 7-8-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tochiōzan M2 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Nishikigi M3 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai M4 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikaze 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M5 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 6-9-0
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Takanoiwa M6 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 5-10-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Abi M7 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan 10-5-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ikioi M8 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji 7-8-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōgiku M9 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi M10 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama 5-10-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M11 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi 11-4-0
11-4-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M12 Flag of Japan.svg Endō 9-6-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō M13 Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō 4-11-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma M14 Flag of Japan.svg Daishōmaru 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami M15 Flag of Japan.svg Meisei 9-6-0
1-12-2ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Arawashi M16 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru 4-11-1
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News

January

Tochinoshin was the surprise winner of the January tournament Tochinoshin 08 Sep-1 (cropped).jpg
Tochinoshin was the surprise winner of the January tournament
The 40th Shikimori Inosuke was suspended in January Shikimori Inosuke 40 IMG 5591-1 20170304.jpg
The 40th Shikimori Inosuke was suspended in January

February

March

April

May

Onosho pictured during the May 2018 tournament in which he won the juryo division championship Onosho May 2018.jpg
Ōnosho pictured during the May 2018 tournament in which he won the jūryō division championship

June

July

The summer tour visits the following locations: [44]

August

The KITTE exhibition on 26 August JP Tower-2a.jpg
The KITTE exhibition on 26 August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

See also

References

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