The following are the events in professional sumo during 2024.
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 14 January – 28 January [1]
2024 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ![]() | Terunofuji* | Y | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kirishima | O | ø | ![]() | Hōshōryū | 10 | - | 4 | - | 1 | |
0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ø | O | ø | ![]() | Takakeishō | 2 | - | 2 | - | 11 | ||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kotonowaka | S | ![]() | Daieishō | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
2 | - | 4 | - | 9 | ø | ![]() | Takayasu | K | ![]() | Ura | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | |
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ![]() | Wakamotoharu | M1 | ![]() | Atamifuji | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ![]() | Midorifuji | M2 | ![]() | Abi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ![]() | Gōnoyama | M3 | ø | ![]() | Hokutofuji | 4 | - | 5 | - | 6 | |
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tobizaru | M4 | ![]() | Shōdai | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ryūden | M5 | ![]() | Nishikigi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kinbōzan | M6 | ![]() | Shōnannoumi | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ichiyamamoto | M7 | ![]() | Asanoyama | 9 | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||
2 | - | 4 | - | 9 | ø | ![]() | Hokuseihō | M8 | ![]() | Hiradoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | |
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Mitakeumi | M9 | ![]() | Meisei | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tamawashi | M10 | ![]() | Sadanoumi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tsurugishō | M11 | ![]() | Ōhō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ![]() | Takanoshō | M12 | ![]() | Myōgiryū | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Churanoumi | M13 | ![]() | Endō | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kotoshōhō | M14 | ![]() | Ōnoshō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tomokaze | M15 | ![]() | Ōnosato | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Takarafuji | M16 | ![]() | Bushōzan | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Shimazuumi | M17 | ø | ![]() | Aoiyama | 0 | - | 7 | - | 8 | |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yūshō Winner *Won Playoff |
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 10 March – 24 March [1]
2024 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
2 | - | 5 | - | 8 | ø | ![]() | Terunofuji | Y | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kirishima | O | ![]() | Hōshōryū | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 6 | - | 1 | ø | ![]() | Takakeishō | O | ![]() | Kotonowaka | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Daieishō | S | ![]() | Wakamotoharu | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Abi | K | ![]() | Nishikigi | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ura | M1 | ![]() | Asanoyama | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Atamifuji | M2 | ![]() | Meisei | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ōhō | M3 | ![]() | Takanoshō | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tobizaru | M4 | ![]() | Hiradoumi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Midorifuji | M5 | ![]() | Ōnosato | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||
2 | - | 3 | - | 10 | ø | ![]() | Tsurugishō | M6 | ![]() | Gōnoyama | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |
6 | - | 7 | - | 2 | ![]() | Kinbōzan | M7 | ![]() | Tamawashi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ōnoshō | M8 | ![]() | Takayasu | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Hokutofuji | M9 | ![]() | Kotoshōhō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Shōdai | M10 | ![]() | Mitakeumi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ichiyamamoto | M11 | ![]() | Sadanoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Shōnannoumi | M12 | ø | ![]() | Shimazuumi | 0 | - | 4 | - | 11 | |
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ryūden | M13 | ![]() | Churanoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Nishikifuji | M14 | ![]() | Kitanowaka | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Myōgiryū | M15 | ![]() | Rōga | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ![]() | Endō | M16 | ![]() | Daiamami | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ![]() | Takerufuji | M17 | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yūshō Winner |
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 May – 26 May [1]
2024 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
0 | - | 2 | - | 13 | ø | ![]() | Terunofuji | Y | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ![]() | Hōshōryū | O | ![]() | Kotozakura | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||
0 | - | 2 | - | 13 | ø | ![]() | Takakeishō | O | ø | ![]() | Kirishima | 1 | - | 6 | - | 8 |
4 | - | 8 | - | 3 | ![]() | Wakamotoharu | S | ![]() | Abi | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | ![]() | Asanoyama | K | ![]() | Ōnosato | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | |
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Atamifuji | M1 | ![]() | Daieishō | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Hiradoumi | M2 | ![]() | Gōnoyama | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 3 | - | 5 | ![]() | Takayasu | M3 | ![]() | Tobizaru | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ōhō | M4 | ![]() | Ura | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ōnoshō | M5 | ![]() | Meisei | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | ![]() | Takerufuji | M6 | ![]() | Midorifuji | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | |
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ![]() | Nishikigi | M7 | ![]() | Mitakeumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Takanoshō | M8 | ![]() | Kotoshōhō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tamawashi | M9 | ![]() | Shōdai | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Shōnannoumi | M10 | ![]() | Kinbōzan | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Sadanoumi | M11 | ![]() | Hokutofuji | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ichiyamamoto | M12 | ![]() | Nishikifuji | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||
2 | - | 9 | - | 4 | ø | ![]() | Mitoryū | M13 | ![]() | Churanoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | |
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ryūden | M14 | ![]() | Ōshōma | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tokihayate | M15 | ![]() | Rōga | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tomokaze | M16 | ![]() | Takarafuji | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tsurugishō | M17 | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yūshō Winner |
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 14 July – 28 July [1]
2024 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ![]() | Terunofuji* | Y | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kotozakura | O | ø | ![]() | Hōshōryū | 9 | - | 4 | - | 2 | |
0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ø | O | ![]() | Takakeishō | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Abi | S | ![]() | Ōnosato | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kirishima | S | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Daieishō | K | ![]() | Hiradoumi | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ![]() | Meisei | M1 | ![]() | Atamifuji | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Wakamotoharu | M2 | ![]() | Mitakeumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
0 | - | 2 | - | 13 | ø | ![]() | Takayasu | M3 | ![]() | Gōnoyama | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | |
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Tobizaru | M4 | ![]() | Ura | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||
0 | - | 4 | - | 11 | ø | ![]() | Ōnoshō | M5 | ![]() | Shōnannoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | |
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ![]() | Takanoshō | M6 | ![]() | Ōhō | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kotoshōhō | M7 | ![]() | Sadanoumi | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ryūden | M8 | ![]() | Kinbōzan | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ōshōma | M9 | ![]() | Tamawashi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ![]() | Shōdai | M10 | ![]() | Midorifuji | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ![]() | Ichiyamamoto | M11 | ![]() | Nishikigi | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||
3 | - | 2 | - | 10 | ø | ![]() | Asanoyama | M12 | ![]() | Churanoumi | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Hokutofuji | M13 | ![]() | Takarafuji | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ![]() | Wakatakakage | M14 | ![]() | Endō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||
5 | - | 5 | - | 5 | ![]() | Chiyoshōma | M15 | ![]() | Rōga | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ![]() | Kagayaki | M16 | ![]() | Bushōzan | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ![]() | Nishikifuji | M17 | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yūshō Winner *Won Playoff |
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 September – 22 September [1]
Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 10 November – 24 November [1]
The spring jungyō (regional tours) were held at the following locations: [69]
The summer jungyō (regional tours) will be held at the following locations: [69]
Takayasu Akira is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He made his professional debut in 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in 2011, the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to do so. His highest rank has been ōzeki. He has been runner-up in a tournament seven times and has earned twelve special prizes: six for Fighting Spirit, four for Outstanding Performance and two for Technique. He has won five gold stars for defeating yokozuna. After achieving 34 wins in the three tournaments from January to May 2017, he was officially promoted to ōzeki on May 31, 2017. He maintained the rank for a total of 15 tournaments.
2014 in sumo saw the traditional six major tournaments or basho held in January, March, May, July, September and November as usual. The yokozuna Hakuhō won five of the six tournaments taking his total of yūshō to 32 to equal the record of Taihō. Kakuryū's victory in March saw him promoted to become the sport's 71st yokozuna. Consistent performances at the rank of sekiwake saw Gōeidō being promoted to ōzeki for the September tournament. The most notable retirement was that of the former ōzeki Kotoōshū.
Terunofuji Haruo, is a Mongolian-Japanese professional sumo wrestler. Wrestling for the Isegahama stable, he entered professional sumo in January 2011 and took the second division jūryō championship in his debut as a sekitori in September 2013. He took the top makuuchi division championship in May 2015, only 25 tournaments after his professional debut, which is the third-fastest behind Asashōryū and Takanohana's 23 tournaments. This earned him promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ōzeki.
Daieishō Hayato is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in 2012 at the age of eighteen and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2015. His highest rank to date has been sekiwake. He has four gold stars for defeating yokozuna, five special prizes for Outstanding Performance and two special prizes for Technique. He wrestles for the Oitekaze stable. In January 2021 he became the first wrestler from Saitama Prefecture to win the top-division championship. He was a runner-up in the May 2022 and March 2023 tournaments.
Ura Kazuki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Neyagawa, Osaka. After winning a gold medal in sumo at the 2013 World Combat Games, he made his professional debut in 2015, wrestling with the Kise stable and he won the jonokuchi division championship in his first tournament. He reached the top makuuchi division in March 2017, but a pair of serious injuries led to two extended layoffs, and his rank dropped to the lowest since his debut tournament, and it was three and a half years before he returned to top-level competition. He has two kinboshi, or gold stars, for defeating a yokozuna.
Ōnoshō Fumiya, born July 4, 1996, as Fumiya Utetsu is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture. He debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his top makuuchi debut in May 2017. His highest rank has been komusubi, and he has won four special prizes for Fighting Spirit (3) and Outstanding Performance (1) as well as two gold stars for defeating a yokozuna while ranked as a maegashira. He wrestles for Ōnomatsu stable.
Asanoyama Hiroki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama Prefecture. He wrestles for Takasago stable. He debuted in sumo in March 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in September 2017. His highest rank has been ōzeki. He has earned six special prizes, and one gold star for defeating a yokozuna. In May 2019 he won his first top division yūshō or tournament championship, the first of the Reiwa era. He was also runner-up in November 2019 and finished the calendar year with more top division wins than any other wrestler. He was promoted to ōzeki after the March 2020 tournament, and was a runner-up in his ōzeki debut in July 2020 and in January 2021.
Tomokaze Sōdai, born December 2, 1994, as Yūta Minami is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kawasaki, Kanagawa. He debuted in sumo wrestling in May 2017 and made his makuuchi debut in March 2019. His highest rank has been maegashira 3. Originally a member of Oguruma stable, he moved to Nishonoseki stable in 2022. In June 2024 he moved to the newly-established Nakamura stable. He has one special prize and two kinboshi for defeating a yokozuna.
Kotozakura Masakatsu, born 19 November 1997 as Masakatsu Kamatani, is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Chiba Prefecture. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable, a sumo stable previously run by his grandfather, former yokozuna Kotozakura, and currently run by his father, former sekiwake Kotonowaka. He made his debut in November 2015 and reached the top makuuchi division in March 2020, reaching the san'yaku ranks in January 2023. His highest rank has been ōzeki. During his career he has won five special prizes for Fighting Spirit, as well as one Technique prize.
Kirishima Tetsuo, born April 24, 1996, as Byambachuluun Lkhagvasuren is a professional sumo wrestler from Mongolia. He made his debut in March 2015 representing Michinoku stable under the name Kiribayama Tetsuo (霧馬山鐵雄), and reached the top makuuchi division in January 2020. He wrestles for Otowayama stable, where he moved to in April 2024 following the closure of Michinoku stable. His highest rank has been ōzeki. He has won the makuuchi championship twice along with one runner-up performance and four special prizes in his career to date.
Wakatakakage Atsushi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima. He made his debut in March 2017 and reached the top makuuchi division in November 2019. He wrestles for Arashio stable, where he is a stablemate of his older brothers Wakatakamoto and Wakamotoharu. His highest rank has been sekiwake. He won his first top division championship in March 2022 and has collected four Technique prizes.
Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, born May 22, 1999, as Sugarragchaagiin Byambasuren is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. Wrestling for Tatsunami stable, he made his professional debut in January 2018. He is known for his throwing skills, even when measured among Mongolian sumo wrestlers, who tend to use throws more than average reflecting the skills used in bökh. After winning the top division division title in July 2023, Hōshōryū was promoted to his highest rank, ōzeki. He is the nephew of the sport's 68th yokozuna Asashōryū.
Nishonoseki stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It broke off from Tagonoura stable by its founder, the 72nd yokozuna Kisenosato, and officially opened in August 2021 as Araiso stable. The name of the stable changed in January 2022 after the Japan Sumo Association approved the changing of Kisenosato's toshiyori from Araiso to Nishonoseki, following the retirement of former ōzeki Wakashimazu.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2022.
Wakamotoharu Minato is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima. He wrestles for the Arashio stable, where he is a stable mate of his brothers Wakatakakage and Wakatakamoto. His highest rank to date has been sekiwake.
Hiradoumi Yūki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hirado. He wrestles for the Sakaigawa stable. His highest rank is komusubi.
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2023.
Hakuōhō Tetsuya is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in January 2023, via makushita tsukedashi system, winning that division's championship and being promoted to sumo's top division in July 2023. Nicknamed "Reiwa monster" thanks to his record-breaking promotions, his highest rank has been maegashira 9. A member of Miyagino stable, under the guidance of former yokozuna Hakuhō, he currently wrestles for Isegahama stable.
Ōnosato Daiki, born June 7, 2000, as Daiki Nakamura is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture. After a successful amateur career and defined as "the most eagerly awaited prospect to come out of collegiate sumo in decades," he joined Nishonoseki stable and began his professional career at the rank of makushita 10 via the makushita tsukedashi system. He reached the top makuuchi division in January 2024 after competing in just four tournaments, and in May of the same year won his first top-division championship in a record seven tournaments. His highest rank has been sekiwake.
Takerufuji Mikiya, born April 9, 1999, as Mikiya Ishioka is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kanagi, Aomori Prefecture. His highest rank is maegashira 6.