The following are the events in professional sumo during 2024.
Tournaments January
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 14 January – 28 January
2024 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 13 - 2 - 0 Terunofuji*Y ø 0 - 0 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 KirishimaO 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 TakayasuK Ura 6 - 9 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 WakamotoharuM1 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 RyūdenM5 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 HokuseihōM8 Hiradoumi 8 - 7 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 MitakeumiM9 Meisei 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 TamawashiM10 Sadanoumi 6 - 9 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 TsurugishōM11 Ōhō 10 - 5 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 TakanoshōM12 Myōgiryū 5 - 10 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Churanoumi M13 Endō 5 - 10 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 KotoshōhōM14 Ōnoshō 10 - 5 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Tomokaze M15 Ōnosato 11 - 4 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 TakarafujiM16 Bushōzan 4 - 11 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 ShimazuumiM17ø Aoiyama 0 - 7 - 8 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in bold
March
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 10 March – 24 March
2024 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 2 - 5 - 8 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 KirishimaO Hōshōryū 11 - 4 - 0 8 - 6 - 1ø TakakeishōO Kotonowaka 10 - 5 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Daieishō S Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 AbiK Nishikigi 3 - 12 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 UraM1 Asanoyama 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 AtamifujiM2 Meisei 6 - 9 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Ōhō M3 Takanoshō 5 - 10 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 TobizaruM4 Hiradoumi 9 - 6 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 MidorifujiM5 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 ŌnoshōM8 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 NishikifujiM14 Kitanowaka 3 - 12 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Myōgiryū M15 Rōga 7 - 8 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 EndōM16 Daiamami 7 - 8 - 0 13 - 2 - 0 TakerufujiM17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
May
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 May – 26 May 2024 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 2 - 13 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 HōshōryūO Kotozakura 11 - 4 - 0 0 - 2 - 13 ø TakakeishōO ø Kirishima 1 - 6 - 8 4 - 8 - 3 WakamotoharuS Abi 10 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 15 ø AsanoyamaK Ōnosato 12 - 3 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Atamifuji M1 Daieishō 11 - 4 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 HiradoumiM2 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 ShōnannoumiM10 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 TokihayateM15 Rōga 7 - 8 - 0 2 - 13 - 0 TomokazeM16 Takarafuji 9 - 6 - 0 3 - 12 - 0 Tsurugishō M17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
July Nagoya
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 14 July – 28 July
2024 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 12 - 3 - 0 Terunofuji*Y ø 0 - 0 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 KotozakuraOø 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 KirishimaS ø 0 - 0 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 DaieishōK Hiradoumi 10 - 5 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 MeiseiM1 Atamifuji 7 - 8 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 WakamotoharuM2 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 TakanoshōM6 Ōhō 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 KotoshōhōM7 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 AsanoyamaM12 Churanoumi 10 - 5 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Hokutofuji M13 Takarafuji 5 - 10 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 WakatakakageM14 Endō 10 - 5 - 0 5 - 5 - 5 ChiyoshōmaM15 Rōga 9 - 6 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 KagayakiM16 Bushōzan 8 - 7 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 NishikifujiM17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner*Won Playoff
September
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 September – 22 September
2024 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 0 - 15 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 KotozakuraO Hōshōryū 8 - 7 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Abi S Ōnosato 13 - 2 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 KirishimaS ø Takakeishō 0 - 3 - 10 8 - 7 - 0 DaieishōK Hiradoumi 7 - 8 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 Takanoshō M1 Tobizaru 5 - 10 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Atamifuji M2 Ōhō 9 - 6 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 MitakeumiM3 Wakamotoharu 11 - 4 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Shōdai M4 Kotoshōhō 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 UraM5 Shōnannoumi 3 - 12 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Meisei M6 Gōnoyama 6 - 9 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 WakatakakageM7 Churanoumi 10 - 5 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 EndōM8 Midorifuji 7 - 8 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Ichiyamamoto M9 Ōshōma 10 - 5 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Tamawashi M10 Rōga 8 - 7 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 SadanoumiM11 Kagayaki 3 - 12 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 BushōzanM12 Kinbōzan 4 - 11 - 0 8 - 5 - 2 Hokutofuji M13 Nishikigi 11 - 4 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 RyūdenM14 Ōnokatsu 7 - 8 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 TakayasuM15 Takarafuji 10 - 5 - 0 4 - 9 - 2 ShirokumaM16 Kitanowaka 6 - 9 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 NishikifujiM17 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
November Kyushu
Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 10 November – 24 November
2024 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 0 - 15 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 14 - 1 - 0 KotozakuraO Hōshōryū 13 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Ōnosato 9 - 6 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Kirishima S Daieishō 8 - 7 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Wakamotoharu K Shōdai 4 - 11 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Ōhō M1 Hiradoumi 4 - 11 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Wakatakakage M2 Ura 5 - 10 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 Abi M3 Atamifuji 8 - 7 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 Churanoumi M4 Ōshōma 4 - 11 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Tobizaru M5 ø Kotoshōhō 3 - 11 - 1 11 - 4 - 0 Takanoshō M6 Nishikigi 5 - 10 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 EndōM7 Mitakeumi 7 - 8 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Rōga M8 Gōnoyama 11 - 4 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Midorifuji M9 Takayasu 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Ichiyamamoto M10 Takarafuji 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 TamawashiM11 Meisei 8 - 7 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 HokutofujiM12 Sadanoumi 4 - 11 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 RyūdenM13 Shōnannoumi 8 - 7 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 ChiyoshōmaM14 Nishikifuji 6 - 9 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 ŌnokatsuM15 Tokihayate 6 - 9 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Shishi M16 Takerufuji 10 - 5 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 AsakōryūM17 ø Bushōzan 3 - 8 - 4 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
News January 16: Komusubi and former ōzeki Takayasu withdraws on Day 3 of the January 2024 tournament due to lower back pain. He returned on Day 6, but would withdraw again on Day 8 after coming down with the flu. 17: Ōzeki Takakeishō withdraws on Day 4 of the January 2024 tournament, citing a pinched nerve. His stablemaster later informs reporters that there are no plans for Takakeishō to re-enter the tournament. 19: Maegashira Hokuseihō withdraws from the January 2024 tournament after winning two matches in the first five days. The following day he announces that he will undergo surgery next month because of a meniscus injury in his right knee. 20: Bulgarian maegashira and former sekiwake Aoiyama, who was defeated in his first six matches at the January 2024 tournament, announces his withdrawal on Day 7 due to a suspected injury to his right ACL. 22: The January tournament loses two more makuuchi competitors with the Day 9 withdrawals of former ōzeki Asanoyama and former komusubi Hokutofuji. On the previous day, Asanoyama—who had been the sole tournament leader—appeared to twist his right knee in his loss to Tamawashi, while Hokutofuji landed awkwardly at the end of his match against Hōshōryū and suffered a right knee contusion. Takasago immediately indicated that Asanoyama's ankle was swollen and opened the possibility that he could return to the tournament. Asanoyama did indeed return to the tournament on Day 13 (26 January), securing an eighth win over Gōnoyama that day. 26: The Japan Sumo Association announces that the election of directors and deputy directors for the new two-year term at the head of the organization will not be subject to a vote, as the number of candidates matches the number of positions up for election. It has also been announced that the exact occupancy of the positions will be revealed after the March tournament. 27: Yokozuna Terunofuji gets a day of rest on the second to last day of the January tournament after his ōzeki opponent, Hōshōryū, withdraws due to a knee ligament injury. A Day 15 showdown for the Emperor's Cup is set between the yokozuna and two others: the last ōzeki remaining in the tournament, Kirishima, and aspiring ōzeki candidate Kotonowaka.The jūryō division title is decided on Day 14, with newly promoted Takerufuji securing a 2-win margin over his opponents for his third championship since debuting at the end of 2022. 28: Terunofuji (13–2), fully completing just his second tournament since finishing as the runner-up in July 2022, wins his ninth Emperor's Cup with a playoff victory over Kotonowaka (13–2). In their regularly scheduled Day 15 match, Kotonowaka won against Tobizaru to eliminate ōzeki and yokozuna contender Kirishima from the title picture. Terunofuji then dispatched Kirishima (11–4) to notch his 11th win in 11 matches against his fellow Mongolian. This set up the playoff in which Terunofuji, having defeated Kotonowaka two days earlier, beat the sekiwake by force out. All three of the special prizes are awarded at this tournament. The Shukun-shō (Outstanding Performance award) is given to Wakamotoharu (10–5), who defeated several top-ranked opponents including Terunofuji in his san'yaku return. New makuuchi competitor Ōnosato (11–4) receives the Kantō-shō (Fighting Spirit prize), and Kotonowaka receives the Ginō-shō for using a variety of winning sumo techniques.While Kotonowaka lost out on the makuuchi championship, the win in his scheduled Day 15 match gave him a total of 33 wins in the last three tournaments at the san'yaku ranks, which is the de facto standard to earn promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ōzeki. The promotion is expected to be finalized on 31 January; coincidentally, it is Kotonowaka's father Sadogatake (former Kotonowaka Terumasa) who makes the formal promotion recommendation to the Sumo Association as head of the judging department. It is also expected that the new ōzeki will keep his shikona (ring name) for a while to honor his father, whose highest rank in competition was sekiwake, before adopting the name of his late yokozuna grandfather Kotozakura.