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[[Category:Sumo by year]]
[[Category:Sumo by year]]
[[Category:2009 in sports|Sumo]]

Revision as of 00:43, 24 July 2009

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2009.

Tournaments

News

January

Asashoryu
  • 11-25: At the Hatsu-basho, Yokozuna Asashoryu comes back from three tournaments out injured to defeat his fellow yokozuna Hakuho in a playoff on the final day to claim his 23rd tournament championship with a 14-1 record, putting him in sole possession of fourth place on the all time list.[1] His only defeat in the tournament is to Hakuho in their regular match. Hakuho is denied his fourth straight championship and has to settle for the runner-up position. New ozeki Harumafuji barely makes his kachi-koshi with eight wins. Goeido wins ten bouts and receives the Ginosho or Technique Prize. Homasho, who has fallen to maegashira 16 in the rankings, scores an impressive 11-4 and is awarded the Fighting Spirit Prize. Shotenro wins his second straight juryo division championship and promotion to the top makuuchi division.
  • 29: Japan Sumo Association chairman Musashigawa criticises Asashoryu for raising his arms above his head whilst still on the dohyo in the aftermath of his playoff win.
  • 30: Juryo and former maegashira wrestler Wakakirin is arrested for cannabis possession at a CD store in Tokyo's Roppongi district that had been monitored by police for some time. He is the fourth wrestler after Wakanoho, Roho and Hakurozan, to be caught up in a drug scandal, but the first Japanese. At the drug tests in September 2008 that led to the dismissals of Roho and Hakurozan, Wakakirin's sample was borderline before eventually being declared negative.[2]
  • 31: The retirement ceremonies of Tochisakae and Tochinohana take place at the Kokugikan.

February

  • 1: At a meeting of the elders of the Japan Sumo Association, Wakakirin is dismissed from sumo.[3] His stablemaster Oguruma, who had already submitted Wakakirin's retirement papers, is given a pay cut for three months and demoted.
  • 8: Hakuho wins the one-day Japan Ozumo Tournament held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo. Although unofficial, the tournament is sponsored by Fuji Television and the Sankei newspaper and offers a large amount of prize money (3 million yen for the victor). Asashoryu, the winner of the tournament for the last three years, is defeated in the semi-finals by Kotooshu.
  • 12: Junichi Yamamoto, the former head of the Tokitsukaze stable, goes on trial at the District Court in Nagoya for his involvement in the death in June 2007 of one of his junior wrestlers, Takashi Saito. He denies ordering three of his wrestlers to beat Saito.[4]

March

Hakuho
  • 5: The Tokyo District Court awards Kitanoumi and the Sumo Association 15.4 million yen (154,000 USD) in damages after ruling against Kodansha, the publishers of Shukan Gendai, who alleged that he threw a bout for the championship in 1975.
  • 17: Roho and Hakurozan's lawsuit against the Sumo Association claiming unfair dismissal is rejected.
  • 26: A second ruling by the court awards Asashoryu and 29 other wrestlers repesenting the Association 40 million yen for another article in the Shukan Gendai alleging that Asashoryu had thrown bouts in November 2006.[5]
  • 29: At the Haru basho in Osaka, Hakuho wins his tenth championship with an unbeaten 15-0 score. Asashoryu finishes four wins behind on 11-4. Homasho also wins eleven and is rewarded with his second successive Fighting Spirit Prize. Kakuryu gets the Technique Award. Ozeki Chiyotaikai finishes on 2-13, the worst score ever recorded by an ozeki fighting the full 15 days. Toyohibiki wins his second juryo championship with a 12-3 score and earns promotion back to the top division. Former maegashira Otsukasa, who at 38 years is the oldest active sekitori, announces his retirement.

April

  • 5: The Spring tour begins with a ceremonial tournament in the Ise Shrine, Mie Prefecture.
  • 10: A ceremonial tournament is held at the Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
  • 11: The tour visits Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.
  • 13: The former Wakakirin appears at the Yokohama District Court and pleads guilty to cannabis possession.[6]
  • 18: The regional tour goes to Nagano, Nagano Prefecture.
  • 19: The tour concludes at Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture.
  • 22: Wakakirin is sentenced to ten months in prison, but suspended for three years.[7]
  • 22: The Sumo Association carries out random drug tests on 104 wrestlers and coaches from the Musashigawa, Tokitsukaze, Ōshima, Ōnomatsu and Takasago stables at the Kokugikan. The tests (for recreational drugs only) were conducted by the WADA-certifed Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp.[8] All test negative.
  • 27: The banzuke for the May tournament is released, showing Goeido at sekiwake and Kakuryu and Tochiozan at komusubi for the first time. There are no wrestlers making their makuuchi or juryo debuts for the first time since July 2003.
  • 29: The Yokozuna Deliberation Council joint practice session, attended by the sekitori ranked wrestlers, is held in public for the first time, with around 5000 spectators in the Kokugikan. Asashoryu and Hakuho participate but do not fight each other. Instead, Hakuho fights eleven matches against the ozeki, losing twice to Kotooshu, while Asashoryu goes undefeated in eight bouts against Kakuryu and other maegashira.[9]

May

Harumafuji
  • 8: A group of Mongolian rikishi, including both yokozuna, play golf together in Chiba Prefecture two days before the start of the Natsu basho, attracting criticism from elders within the Sumo Association.[10]
  • 10-24: At the Natsu basho in Tokyo, Hakuho's 33 bout winning streak is brought to an end by Kotooshu on Day 14. Hakuho and Harumafuji enter the final day tied on 13-1, Harumafuji's only loss thus far being to Hakuho. Harumafuji defeats Kotooshu while Hakuho beats Asashoryu. The subsequent playoff is won by Harumafuji who becomes the eighth foreigner to win a top division championship.[11] Third place goes to Kisenosato, who rebounds from losing his sekiwake rank in the previous tournament by compiling a superb 13-2 score and is awarded the Fighting Spirit Prize. The Technique award goes to Kakuryu, who holds his rank in his komusubi debut with a 9-6 record. Kadoban ozeki Chiyotaikai, who has been struggling with diabetes and has dropped to 144kg in weight, wins his last three matches to stave off demotion with an 8-7 mark. The juryo division championship goes to Tamaasuka with a 12-3 record. He finishes one win ahead of Mokonami who, at Juryo 1, is guaranteed promotion to makuuchi for the first time. The makushita championship is won by Mongolian Tokusegawa with a perfect 7-0 record. Former maegashira Ushiomaru retires.
  • 29: Junichi Yamamoto is sentenced to six years in prison, with the judge saying his "immeasurable power" as head of the Tokitsukaze stable led to abuse which "grossly disrespected the victim's human dignity." Yamamoto appeals against the ruling.[12]
  • 30: Tamakasuga's retirement ceremony or danpatsu-shiki takes place at the Kokugikan.

June

July

  • 20: The retirement date of Hidenoyama Oyakata, the former sekiwake Hasegawa.

August

The summer tour is scheduled to take place at the following locations:[13]

September

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Asashoryu takes title". Japan Times. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Oguruma hands JSA Wakakirin's resignation". Japan Times. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  3. ^ February 2009 "Sumo fires wrestler in pot arrest". Japan Times. Retrieved 17 April 2009. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ "Ex-stablemaster denies ordering assault". 13 February 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publsiher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Sumo champion Asashoryu wins defamation suit against publisher Kodansha". News.com.au. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Ex-sumo wrestler Wakakirin pleads guilty to marijuana possession". Breitbart.com. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  7. ^ "Sumo Wrestlers Face Drug Testing". KUTV. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  8. ^ "Random sumo drug tests held". Japan Times. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  9. ^ "Yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho don't square off in annual practice matches". Mainichi Daily News. 4 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accesdate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Top sumo wrestlers cop criticism for playing golf before tournament". Mainichi Daily News. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  11. ^ "Harumafuji topples Hakuho in playoff". Japan Times. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Former stable master gets six years for young wrestler's hazing death". Japan Times. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  13. ^ "http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/jungyo/schedule/index.html". Japan Sumo Association. Retrieved 27 May 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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