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1999 in sumo

In 1999, Musashimaru firmly established his position as the dominant sumo wrestler of the year.[1][2] Born in American Samoa and raised in Hawaii, Musashimaru became only the second foreign-born wrestler in history to achieve the highest rank of yokozuna or grand champion, in May 1999.[3][4][1] He finished the year having won four tournaments, a rare accomplishment.[1]

The following are the events in professional sumo in Japan during 1999.

Tournaments

Hatsu basho

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 January – 24 January

1999 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
8-7-0 TakanohanaY Wakanohana13-2-0
0-0-15ø AkebonoYø
8-7-0 MusashimaruO Takanonami6-9-0
13-2-0 Chiyotaikai*S Kotonowaka8-7-0
ø S Musōyama10-5-0
8-7-0 DejimaK Tochiazuma9-6-0
6-9-0 KotonishikiKø
9-6-0 KaiōM1 Tosanoumi7-8-0
8-7-0 TakatōrikiM2 Tamakasuga5-10-0
11-4-0 AkinoshimaM3 Aogiyama4-11-0
5-10-0 MinatofujiM4 Tōki7-8-0
4-11-0 TokitsuumiM5 Kotoryū5-10-0
6-9-0 TochinowakaM6ø Wakanosato0-0-15
8-7-0 TeraoM7 Higonoumi8-7-0
9-6-0 ShikishimaM8 Kyokushūzan9-6-0
8-7-0 TochinonadaM9 Kaihō6-9-0
7-8-0 GojōrōM10 Ganyū8-7-0
6-9-0 WakanojōM11 Mitoizumi8-7-0
8-7-0 OginishikiM12 Hamanoshima6-9-0
4-9-0ø AsahiyutakaM13 Asanosho6-9-0
10-5-0 ChiyotenzanM14 Kinkaiyama4-11-0
4-8-3 DewaarashiM15ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner
*Won Playoff

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 14 March – 28 March

1999 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
5-5-5ø TakanohanaYø Wakanohana8-3-4
0-0-15ø AkebonoYø
13-2-0 MusashimaruOø Chiyotaikai3-8-4
ø O Takanonami12-3-0
1-2-12 MusōyamaS Kotonowaka6-9-0
8-7-0 TochiazumaK Dejima9-6-0
11-4-0 AkinoshimaK Kaiō10-5-0
8-7-0 TakatōrikiM1 Kotonishiki6-9-0
8-7-0 TosanoumiM2 Shikishima1-14-0
7-8-0 KyokushūzanM3 Terao5-10-0
6-9-0 HigonoumiM4 Tamakasuga7-8-0
6-9-0 TōkiM5 Tochinonada9-6-0
6-9-0 MinatofujiM6 Wakanosato5-10-0
9-6-0 MiyabiyamaM7 Ganyū5-10-0
8-7-0 AogiyamaM8 Tochinowaka8-7-0
9-6-0 ChiyotenzanM9 Hamanoshima6-9-0
5-10-0 MitoizumiM10 Kotoryū8-7-0
7-8-0 OginishikiM11 Tokitsuumi9-6-0
6-9-0 GojōrōM12 Kaihō8-7-0
6-9-0 AsanowakaM13 Ōhinode9-6-0
8-7-0 WakanojōM14 Asanosho8-7-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Natsu basho

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 May – 23 May

1999 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
0-0-15ø TakanohanaYø Wakanohana3-5-7
11-4-0 AkebonoYø
13-2-0 MusashimaruO Takanonami9-6-0
ø Oø Chiyotaikai0-0-15
6-9-0 AkinoshimaS Kaiō12-3-0
11-4-0 DejimaSø
10-5-0 TochiazumaK Takatōriki5-10-0
8-7-0 TosanoumiM1 Kotonowaka2-13-0
3-9-3ø TochinonadaM2 Miyabiyama6-9-0
9-6-0 ChiyotenzanM3 Kotonishiki9-6-0
5-10-0 KyokushūzanM4 Aogiyama7-8-0
5-10-0 TochinowakaM5 Tamakasuga7-8-0
0-0-15ø MusōyamaM6 Tokitsuumi4-11-0
8-7-0 HigonoumiM7 Terao6-9-0
9-6-0 TōkiM8 Kotoryū5-10-0
8-7-0 MinatofujiM9 Ōhinode6-9-0
8-7-0 KaihōM10 Wakanosato11-4-0
7-8-0 DaizenM11 Shikishima8-7-0
7-7-1 GanyūM12 Wakanojō8-7-0
9-6-0 AsanoshoM13 Hamanoshima9-6-0
5-10-0 OginishikiM14 Kyokutenhō9-6-0
9-6-0 YōtsukasaM15ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 9 July – 23 July

1999 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
13-2-0 AkebonoY Musashimaru12-3-0
0-0-15ø WakanohanaY Takanohana9-6-0
8-7-0 TakanonamiO Chiyotaikai10-5-0
8-7-0 KaiōS Dejima*13-2-0
6-9-0 TochiazumaSø
11-4-0 TosanoumiK Chiyotenzan3-12-0
8-7-0 KotonishikiM1 Akinoshima6-9-0
4-11-0 WakanosatoM2 Tōki7-8-0
4-11-0 TakatōrikiM3 Higonoumi2-13-0
7-8-0 MiyabiyamaM4 Minatofuji7-8-0
5-10-0 AogiyamaM5 Kaihō5-10-0
11-4-0 MusōyamaM6 Tamakasuga9-6-0
9-6-0 KyokushūzanM7 Shikishima8-7-0
0-0-15ø TochinonadaM8 Asanosho9-6-0
6-9-0 HamanoshimaM9ø Tochinowaka2-8-5
9-6-0 KotonowakaM10 Kyokutenhō7-8-0
3-12-0 WakanojōM11 Terao8-7-0
7-8-0 YōtsukasaM12 Daizen5-10-0
8-7-0 TokitsuumiM13 Wakanoyama8-7-0
7-8-0 ŌhinodeM14 Ganyū9-6-0
9-6-0 KotoryūM15ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner
*Won Playoff

Aki basho

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 September – 26 September

1999 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
2-2-11ø AkebonoY Musashimaru12-3-0
0-3-12ø TakanohanaY Wakanohana7-8-0
10-5-0 ChiyotaikaiOø Takanonami3-4-8
10-5-0 DejimaOø
9-6-0 KaiōS Tosanoumi7-8-0
5-10-0 KotonishikiK Musōyama8-7-0
10-5-0 TochiazumaM1 Tamakasuga8-7-0
7-8-0 KyokushūzanM2 Asanosho7-8-0
6-9-0 TōkiM3 Akinoshima11-4-0
3-12-0 ShikishimaM4 Kotonowaka7-8-0
10-5-0 MiyabiyamaM5 Minatofuji6-9-0
6-9-0 ChiyotenzanM6 Wakanosato6-9-0
9-6-0 TakatōrikiM7 Terao8-7-0
5-10-0 TochinonadaM8 Aogiyama8-7-0
7-8-0 KaihōM9 Ganyū5-10-0
7-8-0 TokitsuumiM10 Kotoryū8-7-0
9-6-0 WakanoyamaM11 Higonoumi8-7-0
8-7-0 KyokutenhōM12 Hamanoshima8-7-0
6-9-0 KinkaiyamaM13ø Yōtsukasa0-3-12
8-7-0 ŌtsukasaM14 Asanowaka9-6-0
8-7-0 ŌhinodeM15ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 7 November – 21 November

1999 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
ResultEastRankWestResult
12-3-0 MusashimaruYø Wakanohana0-0-15
0-0-15ø AkebonoY Takanohana11-4-0
9-6-0 ChiyotaikaiO Dejima10-5-0
6-9-0 TakanonamiOø
11-4-0 KaiōS Tochiazuma10-5-0
10-5-0 MusōyamaK Akinoshima3-12-0
ø K Tosanoumi10-5-0
3-12-0 TamakasugaM1 Miyabiyama8-7-0
2-13-0 TakatōrikiM2 Kotonishiki7-8-0
5-10-0 KyokushūzanM3 Asanosho4-11-0
5-10-0 TeraoM4 Aogiyama6-9-0
8-7-0 KotonowakaM5 Tōki9-6-0
7-8-0 WakanoyamaM6 Kotoryū9-6-0
7-8-0 MinatofujiM7 Higonoumi8-7-0
6-9-0 KyokutenhōM8 Chiyotenzan7-8-0
9-6-0 AsanowakaM9ø Wakanosato5-7-3
8-7-0 HamanoshimaM10 Shikishima8-7-0
8-7-0 KaihōM11 Ōtsukasa8-7-0
8-7-0 TokitsuumiM12 Tochinonada10-5-0
8-7-0 ŌhinodeM13 Daizen7-8-0
0-10-5ø GanyūM14 Takanowaka9-6-0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News

January

  • At the Hatsu basho, the yusho or tournament championship is decided in a final day showdown between Wakanohana, still searching for his first yusho as a yokozuna, and sekiwake Chiyotaikai, who is one win behind him on 12–2. Chiyotaikai defeats Wakanohana in their regulation match, and in the subsequent playoff for the championship he wins a rematch after the first bout is judged too close to call, despite the referee originally awarding the bout to Wakanohana. Shortly after the tournament Chiyotaikai is promoted to ozeki, the first new holder of sumo's second highest rank since Musashimaru and Takanonami were promoted five years earlier. Akebono misses his second tournament in a row with a herniated disk in his lower back. His fellow yokozuna Takanohana turns in a mediocre 8–7 score. Special prizes are awarded to Chiyotaikai for Outstanding Performance and Fighting Spirit (shared with colleague Chiyotenzan) and Akinoshima for Technique. The juryo championship is won for the second time in a row by Miyabiyama. Former komusubi Asahiyutaka retires.

February

  • Asahiyutaka takes over the running of Tatsunami stable from his father-in-law, former sekiwake Annenyama, who has reached the mandatory elder retirement age of 65.
  • Akebono has his first practice session since November 1998.

March

  • Musashimaru wins his fourth top division championship with a 13–2 score. He has little competition from his top ranked rivals, as Takanohana, Wakanohana and Chiyotaikai all withdraw midway through injury, while Akebono is missing altogether. Takanonami is runner-up on 12–3. Makuuchi debutant Miyabiyama wins the fighting spirit prize, as does Chiyotenzan for the second time in just his second top division tournament. Veteran Akinoshima wins eleven bouts and the Outstanding Performance Prize. Mitoizumi is demoted from makuuchi for the first time since 1987. Daizen wins the juryo yusho with a 12–3 score and returns to the top division at the age of 34. Towanoyama wins the makushita championship. Former maegashira Toyonoumi and Tatsuhikari retire.

May

  • Musashimaru wins his second championship in a row with a 13–2 record, to become the second foreign yokozuna. He defeats fellow Hawaiian Akebono on the final day, who after losing his first two bouts comes through with a respectable 11–4 score on his comeback. Runner-up to Musashimaru is Kaio on 12–3, who wins the Fighting Spirit Prize. Chiyotenzan wins his third straight sansho, for Outstanding Performance, shared with Tosanoumi. Wakanosato wins the Technique prize. Takanohana sits the tournament out, recovering from an injured shoulder, while his brother Wakanohana is forced to withdraw for the second tournament in a row with a leg sprain. Otsukasa wins the juryo championship.
  • Musashimaru's promotion is confirmed, although he embarrasses himself by being unable to phrase his official acceptance correctly. It is the first time since May 1991 that four yokozuna are active at the same time.

July

  • The Nagoya basho fails to attract a sell-out crowd for the first time in ten years on the second day.
  • Sekiwake Dejima wins his first yusho, defeating Akebono in a playoff after both men finish on 13–2. Akebono is denied his first championship in over two years. Dejima's Musashigawa stablemate Musashimaru finishes on 12–3 in his debut tournament as a yokozuna. Wakanohana is out injured, while Takanohana can only manage 9–6 in his comeback. Dejima is awarded all three special prizes and after the tournament is promoted to ozeki. Tosanoumi also receives a share of the Fighting Spirit prize for his eleven wins at komusubi rank. Kinkaiyama wins the juryo title. Veteran Tochinowaka, at 37 the oldest man in the top division, announces his retirement. Former komusubi Kotoinazuma also retires. In makushita, Daishoho retires to seek treatment for pancreatic cancer.

September

  • Musashimaru needs only twelve wins to secure his first championship as a yokozuna. Takanohana, Takanonami and Akebono all withdraw early, while Wakanohana, clearly unfit, becomes the first yokozuna since Onokuni in 1989 to fight a full 15 days and fail to make his majority of wins. Thirty-two-year-old Akinoshima is runner-up on 11–4 and wins his fourth Technique Prize and eighth Fighting Spirit Award. This gives him a total of 19 special prizes, one more than the record of 18 previously held by Kotonishiki. Tochiazuma receives the Outstanding Performance Award. Hayateumi wins the juryo yusho. Former maegashira Tokitsunada, and juryo veteran Zenshinyama, announce their retirements.

November

  • Musashimaru wins his fourth yusho of the year by defeating Takanohana on the final day to finish on 12–3. Takanohana is runner-up with Kaio on 11–4. Kaio receives the Fighting Spirit prize. Sekiwake Tochiazuma and komusubi Tosanoumi each score ten and win special prizes, for Technique and Outstanding Performance respectively. Takanonami is demoted from the ozeki rank after managing only a 6–9 score on his comeback. In the juryo division, the lightweight Mainoumi, known as the "Department Store of Techniques", announces his retirement. Oginishiki wins the yusho.

Deaths

  • 28 July: Former juryo Dairyu, aged 54, of cirrhosis of the liver.
  • 3 Oct: Former juryo Haji (also known as Saganoumi), aged 53, in a car accident. He was also a professional baseball player.
  • 11 Nov: Former maegashira Otayama, aged 75.
  • 4 Dec: Former komusubi Daishoho, aged 32, of cancer.

See also

References

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