The following are the events in professional sumo during 2023.
Tournaments
January
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 January – 22 January 2023 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 0 - 15 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Takakeishō 12 - 3 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 WakatakakageS Hōshōryū 8 - 7 - 0 1 - 5 - 9 ø TakayasuS Shōdai 6 - 9 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 Kiribayama K Kotonowaka 8 - 7 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Meisei K Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 TobizaruM1 Daieishō 10 - 5 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Mitakeumi M2 Tamawashi 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 AbiM3 Midorifuji 6 - 9 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 NishikifujiM4 Sadanoumi 6 - 9 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Ryūden M5 Nishikigi 9 - 6 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Hokutofuji M6 Myōgiryū 6 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 15 ø Ichinojō M7 Ura 7 - 8 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Ōnoshō M8 Ōhō 4 - 11 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 TakanoshōM9 Endō 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 AoiyamaM10 Hiradoumi 8 - 7 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 ChiyoshōmaM11 ø Tochinoshin 2 - 3 - 10 7 - 8 - 0 Kagayaki M12 ø Okinoumi 0 - 6 - 9 11 - 4 - 0 Kotoshōhō M13 Kotoekō 7 - 8 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 IchiyamamotoM14 Azumaryū 9 - 6 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 TsurugishōM15 Mitoryū 7 - 8 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Takarafuji M16 Chiyomaru 4 - 11 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
March
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 12 March – 26 March
2023 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 0 - 15 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O ø Takakeishō 3 - 4 - 8 7 - 7 - 1 ø WakatakakageS Hōshōryū 10 - 5 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 Kiribayama*S ø 0 - 0 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 Wakamotoharu K Kotonowaka 9 - 6 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 DaieishōK Tobizaru 6 - 9 - 0 3 - 12 - 0 TamawashiM1 Shōdai 10 - 5 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Abi M2 Ryūden 2 - 13 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 Mitakeumi M3 Nishikigi 6 - 9 - 0 4 - 5 - 6 ø ŌnoshōM4 Meisei 5 - 10 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Kotoshōhō M5 Midorifuji 10 - 5 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Endō M6 Sadanoumi 6 - 9 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 HokutofujiM7 Takayasu 10 - 5 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 IchiyamamotoM8 Ura 9 - 6 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 AoiyamaM9 Hiradoumi 7 - 8 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Myōgiryū M10 Nishikifuji 10 - 5 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 Azumaryū M11 Takanoshō 8 - 7 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Kagayaki M12 Takarafuji 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 DaishōhōM13 Kotoekō 8 - 7 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 KinbōzanM14 Bushōzan 5 - 10 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 HokuseihōM15 Ōhō 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 ChiyoshōmaM16 Tsurugishō 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Mitoryū M17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner*Won Playoff
May
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 14 May – 28 May
EastRankWest 14 - 1 - 0 TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Takakeishō 8 - 7 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 KiribayamaS Hōshōryū 11 - 4 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 DaieishōS Wakamotoharu 10 - 5 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 KotonowakaK ø Wakatakakage 0 - 0 - 15 6 - 9 - 0 Shōdai K ø 0 - 0 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 AbiM1 Midorifuji 6 - 9 - 0 3 - 3 - 9 TakayasuM2 ø Endō 0 - 7 - 8 8 - 7 - 0 Tobizaru M3 Nishikifuji 3 - 12 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 UraM4 Nishikigi 9 - 6 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 KinbōzanM5 Kotoshōhō 2 - 10 - 3 8 - 7 - 0 MeiseiM6 Mitakeumi 9 - 6 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 HokutofujiM7 Tamawashi 7 - 8 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Sadanoumi M8 Takanoshō 7 - 8 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Ōnoshō M9 Hiradoumi 9 - 6 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Ryūden M10 Takarafuji 5 - 10 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 HokuseihōM11 Daishōhō 6 - 9 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Aoiyama M12 Kotoekō 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 ChiyoshōmaM13 ø Ichinojō 0 - 0 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 Asanoyama M14 Myōgiryū 9 - 6 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 IchiyamamotoM15 Tsurugishō 9 - 6 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 MitoryūM16 Ōhō 11 - 4 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Kagayaki M17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
July Nagoya
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 9 July – 23 July
2023 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 1 - 3 - 11 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 15 ø TakakeishōO Kirishima 6 - 7 - 2 12 - 3 - 0 Hōshōryū* S Daieishō 9 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø S Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 KotonowakaK Abi 6 - 9 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 NishikigiM1 Tobizaru 9 - 6 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 ShōdaiM2 Mitakeumi 3 - 12 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 MidorifujiM3 Meisei 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 4 - 3 AsanoyamaM4 Ura 7 - 8 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 ø Hiradoumi M5 Ōnoshō 6 - 9 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 HokuseihōM6 Ōhō 6 - 9 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Takayasu M7 Tamawashi 8 - 7 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Sadanoumi M8 Nishikifuji 5 - 10 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Takanoshō M9 Hokutofuji 12 - 3 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Kinbōzan M10 Myōgiryū 6 - 9 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 KotoekōM11 Tsurugishō 5 - 10 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Chiyoshōma M12 ø Wakatakakage 0 - 0 - 15 10 - 5 - 0 GōnoyamaM13 Kotoshōhō 7 - 8 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 DaishōhōM14 Shōnannoumi 10 - 5 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 RyūdenM15 Takarafuji 9 - 6 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 EndōM16 Bushōzan 3 - 12 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Aoiyama M17 Hakuōhō 11 - 4 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner* Won Playoff
September
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 September – 24 September 2023 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 0 - 15 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 KirishimaO Takakeishō* 11 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Hōshōryū 8 - 7 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 DaieishōS Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 KotonowakaS ø 0 - 0 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 NishikigiK Tobizaru 6 - 9 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 HokutofujiM1 Meisei 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Abi M2 Asanoyama 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Shōdai M3 Tamawashi 2 - 13 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 TakanoshōM4 Ura 9 - 6 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Gōnoyama M5 Shōnannoumi 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Ōnoshō M6 Ryūden 6 - 9 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Takayasu M7 Ōhō 5 - 10 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 KotoekōM8 Hiradoumi 6 - 9 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Midorifuji M9 ø Hakuōhō 0 - 0 - 15 9 - 6 - 0 KinbōzanM10 Endō 9 - 6 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Mitakeumi M11 Hokuseihō 10 - 5 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Takarafuji M12 Sadanoumi 8 - 7 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Myōgiryū M13 Nishikifuji 5 - 10 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Aoiyama M14 Kotoshōhō 5 - 10 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 AtamifujiM15 Chiyoshōma 3 - 12 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 KagayakiM16 Tsurugishō 8 - 7 - 0 3 - 12 - 0 DaishōhōM17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner *Won Playoff
November Kyushu
Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 12 November – 26 November
2023 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 0 - 15 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 TakakeishōO Kirishima 13 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Hōshōryū 10 - 5 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 DaieishōS Wakamotoharu 6 - 9 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 KotonowakaS ø 0 - 0 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Abi K Hokutofuji 5 - 10 - 0 4 - 4 - 7 Asanoyama M1 Ura 8 - 7 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Shōdai M2 Meisei 4 - 11 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Takayasu M3 Tobizaru 7 - 8 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Gōnoyama M4 Nishikigi 7 - 8 - 0 3 - 12 - 0 Ōnoshō M5 Midorifuji 9 - 6 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Shōnannoumi M6 ø Takanoshō 5 - 6 - 4 7 - 8 - 0 Hokuseihō M7 Kinbōzan 8 - 7 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Endō M8 Atamifuji 11 - 4 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Myōgiryū M9 Mitakeumi 8 - 7 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Ryūden M10 ø Kotoekō 2 - 8 - 5 8 - 7 - 0 Sadanoumi M11 Hiradoumi 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Ōhō M12 Tamawashi 9 - 6 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Takarafuji M13 Tsurugishō 9 - 6 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Tomokaze M14 Ichiyamamoto 11 - 4 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 TōhakuryūM15 Churanoumi 9 - 6 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 RōgaM16 Nishikifuji 6 - 9 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 KitanowakaM17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
News January 4: Former sekiwake Toyonoshima, who had retired from professional sumo in April 2020, quits as a member of the Sumo Association in order to pursue a tarento career. 6: Yokozuna Terunofuji withdraws from the upcoming January tournament—his second straight absence from an entire basho—as he continues to recover from surgery on both of his knees. 14: Former sekiwake Okinoumi retires, ending an 18-year career in professional sumo competition. He withdrew from the January 2023 basho the previous day after he was defeated in his first five matches. 22: The top division championship is won by Takakeishō, who defeats maegashira 13 Kotoshōhō in the final bout. Both wrestlers had come into the final day with identical 11–3 records. It is Takekeishō's third career championship and first since November 2020, and puts him in a strong position to seek promotion to yokozuna in the following tournament. Kotoshōhō, who had not produced a kachi-koshi or winning record since March 2022, wins his first Fighting Spirit Prize. He shares runner-up honours with Kiribayama, who also finishes on 11–4 and wins his first Technique Prize. Ōnoshō, who led the tournament outright on Day 12 at 10–2, finishes on 10–5 and misses out on a share of the Fighting Spirit Prize after defeat to Hōshōryū. Former ōzeki Shōdai, who was hoping to return to the rank by scoring at least ten wins, can only manage a 6–9 record. Another former ōzeki, Asanoyama, wins the jūryō division championship with a 14–1 record. 25: Promotions to the jūryō division are announced. The winner of the makushita division title, two-time high school yokozuna Ochiai, is promoted just one tournament after making his professional debut as a makushita tsukedashi entrant. It is the first time since the beginning of the Showa era that a wrestler has been promoted to in one tournament. The winner of the 2022 All Japan Corporate Sumo Championship, Ochiai is the first new sekitori for Miyagino stable since the former Hakuhō took over as stablemaster. The other jūryō debutant is 29-year-old Tamashōhō from Mongolia, who is the brother-in-law of Tamawashi. There are also two wrestlers returning to – Tokushōryū after just one tournament, and Tomokaze, who returns for the first time since a long injury layoff beginning in November 2019 saw him drop from the top division down to jonidan. 28: The retirement ceremony for the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. He performs the yokozuna dohyō-iri, or ring entering ceremony, for the last time with ōzeki Takakeishō and sekiwake Hōshōryū serving as the tachimochi (sword bearer) and tsuyuharai (dew sweeper), respectively. About 300 people take turns to cut the ōichōmage bun. 29: The retirement ceremony for former maegashira Toyohibiki is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
February 1: Ikazuchi (former komusubi Kakizoe) officially takes over the stable previously owned by Irumagawa (former sekiwake Tochitsukasa) ahead of the latter reaching Sumo's mandatory retirement age of 65 at the end of April. The renamed Ikazuchi stable is the first incarnation of the stable in over six decades. 4: The NHK charity sumo tournament is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan for the first time in three years. It was cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 11: The retirement ceremony for former komusubi Shōhōzan is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. 27: The Sumo Association releases the banzuke for the March 2023 tournament in Osaka, also known as the Haru (spring) basho. There is no change in the top two ranks, with yokozuna Terunofuji expected to return to action after missing two tournaments (he would later withdraw), and the January champion—ōzeki Takakeishō—seeking to join him at sumo's top rank with a strong March performance. January runner-up Kiribayama is elevated to sekiwake for the first time in his career. Daieishō and Tobizaru, who were both demoted from komusubi for the January tournament, return to that rank for March. The top division sees three new faces: Kinbōzan, who enters makuuchi after just eight tournaments in professional sumo and is the first top division wrestler in history from Kazakhstan, Mongolian-born Hokuseihō, who was encouraged to enter sumo by his now-stablemaster Miyagino, and nine-year sumo veteran Bushōzan. One other wrestler, Daishōhō, returns to the top division for the first time since November 2019. Asanoyama, who has been climbing the sumo ladder again since completing his one-year (six tournament) suspension and had won the jūryō title in January, just misses promotion to makuuchi and is ranked at jūryō 1 for March.
March