2021 in sumo

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The following are the events in professional sumo during 2021.

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Tournaments

Hatsu basho

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

2021 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
0-0-15ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Y ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū 0-0-15
2-8-5ø Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō O Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai 11-4-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama Oø0-0-0
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji S Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō 9-6-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu K Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji M1 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 13-2-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M2ø Flag of Japan.svg Wakatakakage 0-0-15
2-13-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōhō M3 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 9-6-0
4-11-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M4 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Endō M5 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi 7-8-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden M6 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Meisei M7 Flag of Japan.svg Tobizaru 6-9-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tokushōryū M8 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kiribayama 8-7-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M9 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shimanoumi M10 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 6-9-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M11 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoeko 6-9-0
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō M12 Flag of Japan.svg Terutsuyoshi 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Akua M13ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma 0-0-15
9-6-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hōshōryū M14 Flag of Japan.svg Midorifuji 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama M15 Flag of Japan.svg Kotonowaka 10-5-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Akiseyama M16ø Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei 0-0-15
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi M17ø0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Haru basho

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

Originally scheduled to take place at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, the tournament was moved to Tokyo due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

2021 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
2-1-12ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Y ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Kakuryū 0-0-10
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai O Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 10-5-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō Oø0-0-0
12-3-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji S Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō 8-7-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu K Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi 8-7-0
0-0-0øK Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 8-7-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M1 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 4-11-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji M2 Flag of Japan.svg Wakatakakage 10-5-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Meisei M3 Flag of Japan.svg Shimanoumi 4-11-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kiribayama M4 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū 7-8-0
5-5-5ø Flag of Japan.svg Endō M5 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi 3-12-0
5-10-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M6 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M7 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 6-9-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotonowaka M8 Flag of Japan.svg Tobizaru 10-5-0
8-5-2ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M9 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hōshōryū 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Midorifuji M10 Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden 6-9-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M11 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoshōhō 1-6-8
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Akiseyama M12 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 11-4-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Terutsuyoshi M13 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma 8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoeko M14 Flag of Japan.svg Tsurugishō 9-6-0
4-10-1ø Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama M15 Flag of Japan.svg Hidenoumi 10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M16 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami 9-6-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Natsu basho

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

2021 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
0-0-15ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Y ø0-0-0
7-5-3ø Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama O Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō 12-3-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai O Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji *12-3-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu S Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō 5-10-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi K Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 6-9-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Wakatakakage M1 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutōfuji 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Meisei M2 Flag of Japan.svg Tobizaru 5-10-0
4-3-8 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M3ø Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 0-4-11
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kiribayama M4 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hōshōryū M5 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hidenoumi M6 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 9-6-0
5-10-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M7 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji 7-8-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tsurugishō M8 Flag of Japan.svg Endō 11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shimanoumi M9 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 6-9-0
7-8-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M10 Flag of Japan.svg Terutsuyoshi 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotonowaka M11 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoekō M12 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi 9-6-0
1-7-7ø Flag of Japan.svg Akiseyama M13 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami 7-8-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Ryūden M14 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 10-5-0
9-6-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M15ø Flag of Japan.svg Midorifuji 0-0-15
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura M16 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Akua M17ø0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner
*Won Playoff

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 4 July – 18 July [1]

2021 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
15-0-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Y ø0-0-0
14-1-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji O ø Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō 1-2-12
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai Oø Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 0-0-15
7-6-2 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu S Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Wakatakakage K Flag of Japan.svg Meisei 8-7-0
1-4-10ø Flag of Japan.svg Endō M1 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 5-10-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō M2 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutōfuji M3 Flag of Japan.svg Tobizaru 4-11-0
2-13-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoekō M4 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū 4-11-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M5 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hōshōryū 10-5-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō M6 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kiribayama 9-6-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū M7 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma 8-7-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M8 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Hidenoumi M9 Flag of Japan.svg Shimanoumi 8-7-0
11-4-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M10 Flag of Japan.svg Terutsuyoshi 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M11 Flag of Japan.svg Kotonowaka 12-3-0
7-8-0 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin M12 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki 7-8-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru M13 Flag of Japan.svg Ura 10-5-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daiamami M14 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyono-ō  [ ja ]7-8-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Tsurugishō M15 Flag of Japan.svg Tokushōryū 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M16 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ichiyamamoto M17ø0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

Aki basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 September – 26 September [1]

2021 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
0-0-15ø Flag of Mongolia.svg Hakuhō Y Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji 13-2-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai O Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō 8-7-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi S Flag of Japan.svg Meisei 8-7-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama Sø0-0-0
4-8-3ø Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu K Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō 8-7-0
5-8-2 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hōshōryū M1 Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō 7-8-0
2-3-10ø Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji M2 Flag of Mongolia.svg Kiribayama 9-6-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Wakatakakage M3ø Flag of Japan.svg Kotonowaka 3-7-5
6-9-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi M4 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō 10-5-0
5-10-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma M5 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji 8-7-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ura M6 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō 10-5-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shimanoumi M7 Flag of Japan.svg Terutsuyoshi 5-10-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M8 Flag of Japan.svg Tobizaru 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M9 Flag of Japan.svg Hidenoumi 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M10 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū 11-4-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Endō M11 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoeko 8-7-0
0-0-15ø Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura M12 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki M13 Flag of Japan.svg Tsurugishō 5-10-0
6-9-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M14 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama 8-7-0
4-11-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ichiyamamoto M15 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonoō  [ ja ]4-11-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru M16 Flag of Japan.svg Tokushōryū 4-11-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni M17ø0-0-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 14 November – 28 November [1]

2021 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
15-0-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Terunofuji Y ø0-0-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shōdai O Flag of Japan.svg Takakeishō 12-3-0
11-4-0 Flag of Japan.svg Mitakeumi S Flag of Japan.svg Meisei 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ichinojō K Flag of Mongolia.svg Kiribayama 6-9-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Daieishō M1 Flag of Japan.svg Wakatakakage 8-7-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ōnoshō M2 Flag of Japan.svg Takanoshō 11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Okinoumi M3 Flag of Japan.svg Myōgiryū 2-13-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takarafuji M4 Flag of Japan.svg Endō 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Takayasu M5 Flag of Mongolia.svg Hōshōryū 7-8-0
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Shimanoumi M6 Flag of Mongolia.svg Tamawashi 9-6-0
10-5-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ura M7 Flag of Mongolia.svg Chiyoshōma 8-7-0
3-12-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoekō M8 Flag of Japan.svg Tobizaru 7-8-0
4-11-0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aoiyama M9 Flag of Japan.svg Hidenoumi 8-7-0
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyotairyū M10ø Flag of Japan.svg Asanoyama 0-0-15
6-9-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kotonowaka M11 Flag of Japan.svg Terutsuyoshi 7-8-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Ishiura M12 Flag of Japan.svg Hokutofuji 11-4-0
7-8-0 Flag of Japan.svg Yutakayama M13 Flag of Georgia.svg Tochinoshin 6-6-3
5-10-0 Flag of Japan.svg Kagayaki M14 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyonokuni 9-6-0
8-7-0 Flag of Japan.svg Chiyomaru M15 Flag of Japan.svg Abi 12-3-0
9-6-0 Flag of Japan.svg Akua M16 Flag of Japan.svg Sadanoumi 9-6-0
7-8-0 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaisei M17 Flag of Japan.svg Shōhōzan 4-11-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yūshō Winner

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