The following are the events in professional sumo during 2010.
Tournaments
Hatsu basho Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 January – 24 January 2010 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest12 -3 -0HakuhōYAsashōryū13 -2 -09 -6 -0KotoōshūOHarumafuji10 -5 -01 -7 -7øKotomitsukiOKaiō9 -6 -012 -3 -0BarutoSøChiyotaikai0 -4 -06 -9 -0KotoshōgikuKKakuryū7 -8 -08 -7 -0ToyonoshimaM1Tochinoshin5 -10 -07 -8 -0GōeidōM2Miyabiyama5 -10 -03 -12 -0HokutōrikiM3Kisenosato9 -6 -06 -9 -0KakizoeM4Takekaze6 -9 -06 -9 -0YoshikazeM5Kyokutenhō8 -7 -02 -13 -0BushūyamaM6Aminishiki11 -4 -08 -7 -0TamawashiM7Wakanosato9 -6 -05 -5 -5øTokitenkūM8Asasekiryū6 -9 -05 -10 -0KokkaiM9Shōtenrō3 -12 -08 -7 -0TochiōzanM10Aran10 -5 -07 -8 -0TakamisakariM11Mōkonami6 -9 -09 -6 -0HōmashōM12Tosayutaka10 -5 -07 -8 -0TamanoshimaM13Shimotori8 -7 -09 -6 -0IwakiyamaM14Hakuba9 -6 -09 -6 -0KitataikiM15Tochinonada5 -10 -03 -12 -0KōryūM16Toyohibiki12 -3 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Haru basho Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 14 March – 28 March 2010 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest15 -0 -0HakuhōYø10 -5 -0HarumafujiOKotoōshū10 -5 -08 -7 -0KaiōOKotomitsuki9 -6 -014 -1 -0BarutoSToyonoshima6 -9 -09 -6 -0KisenosatoKAminishiki8 -7 -06 -9 -0KakuryūM1Wakanosato6 -9 -03 -12 -0KyokutenhōM2Aran1 -14 -02 -4 -9øGōeidōM3Kotoshōgiku10 -5 -05 -10 -0TamawashiM4Tosayutaka3 -12 -04 -11 -0ToyohibikiM5Hōmashō9 -6 -011 -4 -0TochiōzanM6Tochinoshin9 -6 -010 -5 -0MiyabiyamaM7Kakizoe7 -8 -08 -7 -0IwakiyamaM8Takekaze5 -10 -08 -7 -0HakubaM9Yoshikaze5 -10 -010 -5 -0KitataikiM10Shimotori5 -10 -010 -5 -0AsasekiryūM11Hokutōriki6 -9 -08 -7 -0OkinoumiM12Takamisakari7 -8 -010 -5 -0TokitenkūM13Tokusegawa8 -7 -010 -5 -0KokkaiM14Tamanoshima6 -9 -06 -9 -0SagatsukasaM15Mōkonami9 -6 -05 -10 -0KasugaōM16Bushūyama4 -11 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Natsu Basho Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 May – 23 May 2010 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest15 -0 -0HakuhōYø9 -6 -0HarumafujiOKotoōshū9 -6 -09 -6 -0KotomitsukiOKaiō9 -9 -0øOBaruto10 -5 -08 -7 -0KisenosatoSAminishiki5 -10 -09 -6 -0KotoshōgikuKTochiōzan7 -8 -05 -10 -0ToyonoshimaM1Miyabiyama5 -10 -00 -7 -8øHōmashōM2Tochinoshin8 -7 -06 -9 -0KakuryūM3Wakanosato6 -9 -07 -8 -0KitataikiM4Asasekiryū9 -6 -00 -0 -15øIwakiyamaM5Hakuba10 -5 -08 -7 -0TokitenkūM6Kokkai3 -12 -03 -12 -0TamawashiM7Kyokutenhō9 -6 -07 -8 -0KakizoeM8Toyohibiki8 -7 -07 -8 -0TosayutakaM9Gōeidō9 -6 -012 -3 -0AranM10Okinoumi5 -10 -08 -7 -0MōkonamiM11Tokusegawa9 -6 -08 -7 -0TakekazeM12Kimurayama7 -8 -09 -6 -0YoshikazeM13Takamisakari8 -7 -03 -12 -0TochinonadaM14Hokutōriki7 -8 -010 -5 -0WakakoyuM15Shimotori10 -5 -05 -10 -0KōryūM16Tamanoshima5 -10 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Nagoya basho Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 11 July – 25 July 2010 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest15 -0 -0HakuhōYø8 -7 -0BarutoOHarumafuji10 -5 -010 -5 -0KotoōshūOøKotomitsuki0 -0 -0øOKaiō6 -5 -47 -8 -0KisenosatoSKotoshōgiku5 -10 -04 -11 -0HakubaKTochinoshin6 -9 -09 -6 -0TochiōzanM1Asasekiryū4 -11 -011 -4 -0AranM2øAminishiki6 -7 -27 -8 -0KyokutenhōM3Tokitenkū8 -7 -00 -0 -15øGōeidōM4Kitataiki6 -9 -00 -0 -15øToyonoshimaM5øMiyabiyama0 -0 -1511 -4 -0KakuryūM6øToyohibiki0 -0 -159 -6 -0WakanosatoM7Tokusegawa8 -7 -00 -0 -15øWakakoyuM8Yoshikaze5 -10 -06 -9 -0ShimotoriM9Kakizoe3 -12 -08 -7 -0MōkonamiM10Tosayutaka8 -7 -06 -9 -0TakekazeM11Takamisakari9 -6 -05 -10 -0GagamaruM12Kokkai8 -7 -011 -4 -0HōmashōM13Kimurayama8 -7 -07 -8 -0TamawashiM14øOkinoumi0 -0 -158 -7 -0BushūyamaM15Hokutōriki8 -7 -05 -10 -0TamaasukaM16Shōtenrō5 -10 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Aki basho Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 September – 26 September 2010 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest15 -0 -0HakuhōYø8 -7 -0HarumafujiOKotoōshū10 -5 -08 -7 -0BarutoOKaiō8 -7 -07 -8 -0AranSTochiōzan11 -4 -07 -8 -0KisenosatoKKakuryū9 -6 -02 -13 -0TokitenkūM1Wakanosato5 -10 -07 -8 -0HōmashōM2Tochinoshin9 -6 -09 -6 -0KotoshōgikuM3Kyokutenhō4 -11 -06 -9 -0TokusegawaM4Aminishiki8 -7 -04 -11 -0TakamisakariM5Hakuba8 -7 -05 -10 -0MōkonamiM6Asasekiryū9 -6 -09 -6 -0KitataikiM7Tosayutaka6 -9 -08 -7 -0KokkaiM8øMasatsukasa0 -0 -158 -7 -0KimurayamaM9Bushūyama6 -9 -04 -9 -2øHokutōrikiM10Shimotori8 -7 -09 -6 -0KotokasugaM11Yoshikaze11 -4 -06 -9 -0KōryūM12Takekaze12 -3 -06 -9 -0KasugaōM13Sōkokurai8 -7 -08 -7 -0TochinonadaM14Tamawashi10 -5 -010 -5 -0GagamaruM15Kakizoe3 -12 -04 -11 -0KyokunankaiM16Tosanoumi2 -13 -06 -9 -0ToyozakuraM17ø ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Kyushu basho Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 14 November – 28 November 2010 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest14 -1 -0Hakuhō*Yø8 -7 -0KotoōshūOBaruto11 -4 -00 -4 -11øHarumafujiOKaiō12 -3 -07 -8 -0TochiōzanSKakuryū7 -8 -04 -11 -0AranKTochinoshin6 -9 -010 -5 -0KisenosatoM1Kotoshōgiku9 -6 -08 -7 -0AminishikiM2Asasekiryū6 -9 -07 -8 -0HōmashōM3Kitataiki5 -10 -04 -11 -0HakubaM4Takekaze6 -9 -08 -7 -0YoshikazeM5Wakanosato5 -10 -04 -11 -0KokkaiM6Tokusegawa8 -7 -05 -10 -0KotokasugaM7Kimurayama5 -10 -09 -6 -0TamawashiM8øShimotori6 -9 -09 -6 -0KyokutenhōM9Toyonoshima14 -1 -09 -6 -0GagamaruM10Tosayutaka9 -6 -07 -8 -0MōkonamiM11Tokitenkū8 -7 -08 -7 -0TakamisakariM12Bushūyama3 -12 -06 -6 -0SōkokuraiM13Tochinonada6 -9 -012 -3 -0GōeidōM14Miyabiyama9 -6 -08 -7 -0KōryūM15Kasugaō5 -10 -09 -6 -0ShōtenrōM16Okinoumi8 -7 -00 -0 -15øHokutōrikiM17ø ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner *Won Playoff News
January 12: At the Hatsu basho in Tokyo, ozeki Kaio wins his 808th top makuuchi division bout by throwing down former ozeki Chiyotaikai, breaking the record set by Chiyonofuji in 1991. It is Chiyotaikai's third defeat in the first three days, leaving his hopes of getting promoted back to ozeki by scoring 10–5 or better virtually gone. 13: Chiyotaikai announces his retirement from sumo. He will stay in the sumo world as a coach at Kokonoe stable, under the name Sanoyama Oyakata. 19: The 65th Yokozuna Takanohana is told to leave the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables after announcing that he will run for a position on the board of Directors of the Japan Sumo Association against the two officially sanctioned candidates for the group. Six of Takanohana's supporters, Otake (the former Takatoriki), Futagoyama (the former Dairyu), Otowayama (the former Takanonami), Tokiwayama (the former Takamisugi), Onomatsu (the former Masurao) and Magaki (the former Wakanohana II), are also kicked out of the ichimon. 23: Yokozuna Asashoryu wins his 25th yūshō or championship by defeating ozeki Harumafuji by shitatenage or underarm throw. His score of 13 wins against just one loss means he cannot be caught by any of his rivals. He is now alone in third place on the all-time list of top division championships, behind only Taiho and Chiyonofuji. 24: On the final day of competition, Hakuho defeats Asashoryu to finish runner-up to his yokozuna rival on 12–3. Having lost only four regulation bouts in the whole of 2009, his three losses in this tournament (to Baruto, Harumafuji and Kaio) are the most he has suffered since May 2008. Baruto also finishes on 12–3, and wins his first Outstanding Performance Award. Had he achieved kachi-koshi, maegashira Goeido would have received a share of that prize as he defeated Asashoryu earlier in the tournament, but he loses to Aminishiki who receives the Technique Award. The third man on 12–3 is Toyohibiki, who wins the Fighting Spirit Prize. The jūryō division championship is won by Georgian Gagamaru. Two former maegashira who have been fighting in the third makushita division for some time, Tamarikido and Daimanazuru, both announce their retirements. Tamarikido is staying in sumo as Araiso Oyakata, but Daimanazuru is leaving. 25: Asashoryu is warned over his conduct by Sumo Association head Musashigawa after reportedly punching one of his managers during a drunken night out after Day 6 of the basho. 27: The promotions to the jūryō division for the Haru tournament in March are announced. There are three newcomers: (formerly Kurosawa, his new shikona is based on that of his stablemaster, the former Masurao) and Daido (formerly Nakanishi), both from the Onomatsu stable, and Sadanofuji from the Sakaigawa stable. In addition, Tokushinho from Kise stable returns to the jūryō division after two tournaments away. 28: The weekly magazine Shukan Shincho hits the newsstands and claims that the man allegedly assaulted by Asashoryu was not his manager but another acquaintance in charge of a dance club where Asashoryu was drinking, who received a broken nose. Amid suggestions of a cover-up, the Sumo Association demand an explanation. 30: Musashigawa says that Asashoryu has reached an amicable settlement with the man he allegedly attacked, meaning the yokozuna will not face police charges, although the chairman has not seen written confirmation. He confirms that any punishment will not be decided on until the next board meeting on February 4. 30: The danpatsu-shiki or retirement ceremony of former maegashira Otsukasa takes place at the Kokugikan. 31: The retirement ceremony of former maegashira Ushiomaru is held at the Kokugikan. Asashoryu performs the dohyo-iri and takes a snip of Ushiomaru's hair.
February
1: The first contested elections to the Sumo Association's board of Directors since 2002 are held. Independent candidate Takanohana is elected with the necessary ten votes, replacing the 62-year-old Oshima who can only manage eight. Michinoku and Kagamiyama are the other new members of the ten man board. Isenoumi did not run for re-election, as he is due to retire from the Association next year. Musashigawa retains his position as chairman. 2: Ajigawa Oyakata, the former Kobo, admits that he was one of the oyakata who switched his vote from Oshima to Takanohana, and says he will resign from the Sumo Association. He is however later persuaded to stay. 2: Tomozuna Oyakata, the former Kaiki, who is heading a committee looking into the Asashoryu affair, says he has spoken to the yokozuna's personal manager (who has said he is standing down to take responsibility for his misleading statement that he was the one attacked) and his driver, who denied reports that Asashoryu punched the man or made threats against him. "The driver did not see Asashoryu slug the man. He said it was nothing like what was reported." 4: Following a meeting with the Directors of the Sumo Association, Asashoryu and his stablemaster Takasago announce the yokozuna's retirement from sumo. Asashoryu said, "I have caused a lot of trouble for so many people. I decided to step down to bring this to a closure." Musashigawa told reporters, "He felt compelled to resign for misconduct that was inexcusable, and the board accepted. I want to apologise to sumo fans and the injured person. We will work to ensure this kind of incident never happens again." 4: Kataonami Oyakata (former sekiwake Tamanofuji) swaps elder names with Tateyama Oyakata (former sekiwake Tamakasuga), who takes over the running of Kataonami stable. 7: The 34th Japan Ozumo one-day knockout exhibition tournament takes place at the Kokugikan. Goeido wins the 2,500,000 yen prize, defeating Baruto, Harumafuji, Hakuho (in the semi-final) and Kotooshu (in the final). He is the first Japanese winner since Musoyama in 2003. Masatsukasa takes the jūryō tournament. 10: The 43rd NHK charity sumo tournament takes place.
March