The following are the events in professional sumo during 2019.
Tournaments ===January===
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 January – 27 January 2019 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest0 -4 -11øKisenosatoYøHakuhō10 -4 -12 -3 -10øKakuryūYø0 -0 -09 -6 -0TakayasuOGōeidō9 -6 -00 -0 -0øOøTochinoshin0 -4 -1111 -4 -0TakakeishōSTamawashi13 -2 -05 -10 -0MyōgiryūKMitakeumi8 -4 -36 -9 -0TochiōzanM1Ichinojō6 -9 -07 -8 -0NishikigiM2Hokutofuji9 -6 -07 -8 -0ShōdaiM3Shōhōzan5 -10 -06 -9 -0KotoshōgikuM4Okinoumi7 -8 -07 -8 -0AoiyamaM5Yoshikaze3 -12 -08 -7 -0ChiyotairyūM6Ōnoshō8 -7 -06 -9 -0RyūdenM7Daieishō9 -6 -010 -5 -0KaiseiM8Asanoyama8 -7 -00 -0 -15øTakanoiwaM9Endō10 -5 -09 -6 -0TakarafujiM10Abi10 -5 -09 -6 -0SadanoumiM11Ikioi9 -6 -06 -9 -0KagayakiM12Meisei8 -7 -09 -6 -0YagoM13øKotoyūki4 -7 -46 -9 -0YutakayamaM14Chiyoshōma6 -9 -08 -3 -4øChiyonokuniM15Kotoekō7 -8 -04 -11 -0DaiamamiM16Daishōmaru3 -12 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
March
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 10 March – 24 March 2019 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest15 -0 -0HakuhōYKakuryū10 -5 -010 -5 -0TakayasuOGōeidō12 -3 -07 -8 -0TochinoshinOø0 -0 -010 -5 -0TakakeishōSTamawashi5 -10 -07 -8 -0MitakeumiKHokutofuji7 -8 -03 -12 -0KaiseiM1Endō7 -8 -07 -8 -0DaieishōM2Myōgiryū6 -9 -04 -11 -0NishikigiM3Shōdai5 -10 -03 -12 -0TochiōzanM4Ichinojō14 -1 -08 -7 -0ChiyotairyūM5Ōnoshō5 -10 -08 -7 -0OkinoumiM6Abi8 -7 -012 -3 -0AoiyamaM7Takarafuji8 -7 -07 -8 -0AsanoyamaM8Kotoshōgiku11 -4 -05 -10 -0SadanoumiM9Ikioi2 -13 -07 -8 -0ShōhōzanM10Yago6 -9 -010 -5 -0RyūdenM11Meisei9 -6 -00 -0 -15øChiyonokuniM12Yoshikaze10 -5 -09 -6 -0TomokazeM13Kagayaki9 -6 -06 -9 -0TerutsuyoshiM14Toyonoshima5 -10 -06 -9 -0IshiuraM15Kotoekō7 -8 -07 -8 -0DaishōhōM16Yutakayama3 -12 -07 -8 -0ChiyoshōmaM170 -0 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
May - Cancelled
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 May – 26 May
2019 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest0 -0 -15øHakuhōYKakuryū11 -4 -09 -6 -0GōeidōOTakayasu9 -6 -03 -4 -8TakakeishōOø0 -0 -05 -7 -3IchinojōSTochinoshin10 -5 -06 -9 -0AoiyamaKMitakeumi9 -6 -07 -8 -0HokutofujiM1Kotoshōgiku6 -9 -07 -8 -0EndōM2Daieishō7 -8 -06 -9 -0ChiyotairyūM3Tamawashi10 -5 -05 -10 -0OkinoumiM4Abi10 -5 -06 -9 -0MyōgiryūM5Ryūden10 -5 -08 -7 -0TakarafujiM6Yoshikaze4 -11 -010 -5 -0ShōdaiM7Meisei10 -5 -03 -5 -7øKaiseiM8Asanoyama12 -3 -05 -10 -0NishikigiM9Tomokaze8 -7 -05 -10 -0KagayakiM10Ōnoshō8 -7 -08 -7 -0ShōhōzanM11Tochiōzan6 -9 -010 -5 -0ShimanoumiM12Yago6 -9 -07 -8 -0ChiyomaruM13Sadanoumi7 -8 -04 -11 -0TokushōryūM14Enhō7 -8 -06 -9 -0TerutsuyoshiM15Kotoekō8 -7 -09 -6 -0DaishōhōM16Ishiura5 -10 -05 -10 -0ChiyoshōmaM170 -0 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
July Nagoya
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 7 July – 21 July
2019 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest14 -1 -0KakuryūYHakuhō12 -3 -03 -5 -7GōeidōOøTakayasu8 -3 -40 -0 -15øTakakeishōOøTochinoshin0 -6 -99 -6 -0MitakeumiSTamawashi5 -10 -08 -7 -0AbiKRyūden4 -11 -07 -8 -0AsanoyamaM1Hokutofuji9 -6 -08 -7 -0AoiyamaM2Endō10 -5 -07 -8 -0ShōdaiM3Daieishō8 -7 -04 -11 -0MeiseiM4Ichinojō9 -6 -07 -8 -0KotoshōgikuM5Takarafuji6 -9 -08 -7 -0ChiyotairyūM6Shimanoumi8 -7 -08 -7 -0MyōgiryūM7Tomokaze11 -4 -06 -9 -0ŌnoshōM8Okinoumi8 -7 -06 -9 -0ShōhōzanM9Daishōhō6 -9 -09 -6 -0KotoekōM10Takagenji4 -11 -00 -0 -15øYoshikazeM11Nishikigi6 -9 -05 -10 -0TochiōzanM12Kagayaki7 -8 -05 -10 -0ChiyomaruM13Sadanoumi9 -6 -07 -8 -0ToyonoshimaM14Enhō9 -6 -04 -11 -0YagoM15øKaisei1 -10 -411 -4 -0KotoyūkiM16Terutsuyoshi12 -3 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
September
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 September – 22 September 2019 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest4 -4 -7øKakuryūYøHakuhō0 -2 -130 -0 -15øTakayasuOGōeidō10 -5 -06 -9 -0TochinoshinOø0 -0 -012 -3 -0Mitakeumi*STakakeishō12 -3 -09 -6 -0AbiKEndō8 -7 -09 -6 -0HokutofujiM1Aoiyama5 -10 -01 -4 -10øIchinojōM2Asanoyama10 -5 -08 -7 -0DaieishōM3Tomokaze7 -8 -07 -8 -0TamawashiM4Shōdai3 -12 -02 -13 -0ChiyotairyūM5Ryūden7 -8 -05 -10 -0ShimanoumiM6Myōgiryū8 -5 -26 -9 -0KotoshōgikuM7Kotoekō7 -8 -011 -4 -0OkinoumiM8Takarafuji9 -6 -04 -11 -0TerutsuyoshiM9Kotoyūki9 -6 -08 -7 -0SadanoumiM10Meisei10 -5 -09 -6 -0ŌnoshōM11Enhō9 -6 -09 -6 -0ShōhōzanM12Daishōhō5 -10 -06 -9 -0KagayakiM13Nishikigi6 -9 -010 -5 -0TsurugishōM14øToyonoshima1 -9 -58 -7 -0IshiuraM15Azumaryū6 -9 -010 -5 -0YutakayamaM16Tochiōzan6 -9 -04 -11 -0TakagenjiM170 -0 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner * Indicates a playoff victory
November Kyushu
Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 10 November – 24 November 2019 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest0 -1 -14øKakuryūYHakuhō14 -1 -00 -2 -13GōeidōOøTakayasu3 -5 -79 -6 -0TakakeishōO0 -0 -06 -9 -0MitakeumiSøTochinoshin2 -3 -109 -6 -0AbiKEndō7 -8 -07 -8 -0HokutofujiKAsanoyama11 -4 -08 -7 -0DaieishōM1Okinoumi6 -9 -08 -7 -0MyōgiryūM2Meisei6 -9 -06 -9 -0TakarafujiM3øTomokaze0 -3 -128 -7 -0TamawashiM4Kotoyūki8 -7 -06 -9 -0AoiyamaM5Ryūden6 -9 -07 -8 -0ŌnoshōM6Enhō8 -7 -06 -9 -0TsurugishōM7Kotoekō5 -10 -08 -7 -0ShōhōzanM8Sadanoumi7 -8 -06 -9 -0KotoshōgikuM9Yutakayama8 -7 -06 -9 -0ShimanoumiM10Shōdai11 -4 -09 -6 -0IshiuraM11Chiyotairyū9 -6 -00 -0 -15øIchinojōM12Takanoshō10 -5 -09 -6 -0ChiyomaruM13Kagayaki10 -5 -08 -7 -0TerutsuyoshiM14Nishikigi4 -11 -05 -10 -0DaishōmaruM15Daishōhō3 -12 -04 -1 -10øWakatakakageM160 -0 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
News
January
7: In a series of practice bouts held in front of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, all three yokozuna participate. Kisenosato goes 1–3 against Kakuryū and 2–0 against Gōeidō, while Hakuhō wins all five of his bouts against November 2018 tournament winner Takakeishō. 16: After suffering three straight losses in the Hatsu tournament, Kisenosato announces his retirement. He had been unable to recover from a left arm injury sustained in the March 2017 tournament, which caused him to miss or withdraw from eight consecutive tournaments from May 2017 to July 2018. His record as a yokozuna was 36 wins against 35 losses, with 97 bouts missed. He is staying in sumo as a coach under the Araiso elder name. 18: Kakuryū pulls out with a recurrence of his ankle problem. 20: Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend Day 8, the 23rd and last time before the Emperor's abdication in April that they have watched sumo in an official capacity. 26: Hakuho withdraws with knee and ankle injuries, meaning all three yokozuna have failed to complete 15 days for the second tournament in a row. 27: Sekiwake Tamawashi is the surprise tournament champion with a 13–2 record, sealing his first yusho by defeating Endō on the final day. At 34 he is the second oldest first-time yusho winner in the six tournaments per year era (post-1958), after 37 year-old Kyokutenhō in 2012. Takakeisho could have taken part in a playoff if Tamawashi had lost and he had won, but in the event he finished two wins behind on 11–4 after losing to Gōeidō. That defeat, and a 9–6 record in September 2018, means he will not be promoted to ōzeki despite winning 33 bouts in three tournaments and being the sole runner-up here. Tamawashi receives special prizes for Outstanding Performance and Fighting Spirit, while Takakeisho wins the Technique Award. Mitakeumi is awarded a share of the Outstanding Performance Prize for defeating all three yokozuna and Tamawashi despite missing some of the tournament through injury. The jūryō division championship is won by Shimanoumi. Retiring along with Kisenosato are Takanoiwa, former sekiwake Takekaze, and Sasayama, the brother of jūryō wrestler Daiseidō. 30: Promotions to the jūryō division for the forthcoming March tournament are announced. Returning are and Takanofuji (who changed his shikona from Takayoshitoshi in January). There are two newcomers – Michinoku stable's Kiribayama from Mongolia, and Arashio stable's Wakamotoharu. The latter has two brothers in sumo, one of whom (Wakatakakage) is already in jūryō. This means there will be three sets of brothers in the jūryō division in March (Hidenoumi and Tobizaru, and Takanofuji and Takagenji being the others).
February 9: The 52nd NHK charity ozumo tournament is held at the Kokugikan. 10: The 43rd Fuji TV one day tournament is held at the Kokugikan. Takayasu defeats Yoshikaze in the final. (Hakuho is knocked out in the second round.)
March 24: The Haru tournament in Osaka concludes with Hakuhō defeating his rival yokozuna Kakuryū with a shitatenage underarm throw to clinch his 42nd career championship and his 15th with a perfect 15–0 score. His victory means he has won at least one tournament every year since 2006. However, he injures his right arm in the process and is seen holding the bicep afterwards. He finishes one win ahead of maegashira Ichinojō, who did not get to fight the yokozuna during the tournament. His 14–1 runner-up performance is recognized with the Outstanding Performance prize. Sekiwake Takakeishō not only wins the Technique Award but also promotion to ōzeki, after he defeats Tochinoshin to finish on 10–5, giving him 34 wins over the last three tournaments. Tochinoshin, conversely, is demoted from ōzeki after two consecutive make-koshi or losing records. The Fighting Spirit Prize goes to maegashira Aoiyama for his fine 12–3 record. In the jūryō division Shimanoumi wins his second championship in a row and is guaranteed promotion to the top division for the first time in May at the age of 29. Down in the jonidan division former ōzeki Terunofuji, long sidelined by injuries, loses a playoff for the division championship after both he and Russian-Mongolian wrestler Rōga finish with perfect 7–0 records. It is Terunofuji's first appearance since May 2018. Former maegashira Tenkaiho retires and becomes Hidenoyama Oyakata. 27:Promotions to jūryō are announced. They are newcomer , and two returnees, Irodori's Shikoroyama stablemate Seirō and Haru's makushita yusho winner Churanoumi. 28: Hakuhō and his stablemaster Miyagino are summoned by the Sumo Association to explain why Hakuhō led the crowd in a display of sanbon-jime hand-clapping after his victory speech on Sunday, seen as a breach of etiquette because it preceded the kami-okuri ceremony that concludes the tournament. Hakuhō had wanted to acknowledge Emperor Akihito, as it was the final tournament of the Heisei era. Hakuhō was also criticized in November 2017 when he led the crowd in cheers in the midst of the Harumafuji assault affair. 31: The spring regional tour begins with a tournament in the Ise Shrine. Hakuhō performs the dohyō-iri but does not participate in any bouts due to his injury, confirmed a muscle tear in the upper right arm.
April The spring regional tour visits the following locations: 1: Gojo, Nara Prefecture 2: Nara, Nara Prefecture 3: Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture 4: Toyoka, Hyogo Prefecture 5: Uji, Kyoto Prefecture 6: Tsu, Mie Prefecture 7: Nishio, Aichi Prefecture 9: Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture 10: Hachioji, Tokyo Prefecture 12: Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture 13: Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture 14: Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki Prefecture 15: Yasukuni Shrine ceremonial tournament, Tokyo Prefecture 17: Ota, Tokyo Prefecture 18: Adachi, Tokyo Prefecture 19: Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture 20: Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture 21: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture 22: Sano, Tochigi Prefecture 25: Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture 26: Ome, Tokyo Prefecture 27: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture 28: Machida, Tokyo Prefecture 29: Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. On the last day of the tour, 25 wrestlers born in the Showa era (1926–89), including Hakuhō, pose for a photo to mark the last Showa Day of the Heisei era.