1992 in sumo

The following are the events in professional sumo during 1992.

Tournaments

Hatsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 January – 26 January

1992 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
0	-	0	-	15	ø	Hokutoumi	Y	ø	Asahifuji	0	-	4	-	11
12	-	3	-	0		Konishiki	O		Kirishima	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kotonishiki	S		Takatōriki	7	-	8	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Tochinowaka	K		Akebono	13	-	2	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Mitoizumi	M1		Wakahanada	10	-	5	-	0
14	-	1	-	0		Takahanada	M2		Daishōyama	5	-	10	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Musashimaru	M3		Ryōgoku	5	-	10	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kitakachidoki	M4		Kirinishiki	7	-	8	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Akinoshima	M5		Misugisato	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kyokudōzan	M6		Kushimaumi	8	-	7	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Mainoumi	M7		Sakahoko	6	-	9	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Terao	M8		Kotogaume	5	-	10	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Wakasegawa	M9		Kotonowaka	7	-	8	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kiraiho	M10		Kasugafuji	8	-	7	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Takanonami	M11		Kotofuji	8	-	7	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Tomoefuji	M12		Takamisugi	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Daizen	M13		Kototsubaki	7	-	8	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Daishōhō	M14		Tatsuhikari	7	-	8	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Ōzutsu	M15		Wakashoyo	6	-	9	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Tsunenoyama	M16		Kotoinazuma	8	-	7	-	0

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 8 March – 22 March

1992 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
0	-	3	-	12	ø	Hokutoumi	Y	ø
13	-	2	-	0		Konishiki	O		Kirishima	12	-	3	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Akebono	S		Takahanada	5	-	10	-	0
12	-	3	-	0		Tochinowaka	K	ø	Wakahanada	0	-	10	-	5
					ø		HD		Mitoizumi	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kotonishiki	M1		Musashimaru	9	-	6	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Takatōriki	M2		Akinoshima	12	-	3	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Misugisato	M3		Kushimaumi	7	-	8	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Takanonami	M4		Terao	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kirinishiki	M5		Kasugafuji	4	-	11	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kotofuji	M6		Tomoefuji	9	-	6	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Takamisugi	M7		Kitakachidoki	6	-	9	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Daishōyama	M8		Kyokudōzan	8	-	7	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Ryōgoku	M9		Daishōhō	9	-	6	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Sakahoko	M10		Toyonoumi	9	-	6	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kotonowaka	M11		Oginohana	6	-	9	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Tsunenoyama	M12	ø	Kotoinazuma	3	-	4	-	8
7	-	8	-	0		Wakasegawa	M13		Kiraiho	9	-	6	-	0
3	-	12	-	0		Kotogaume	M14		Kototsubaki	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Mainoumi	M15		Tatsuhikari	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Daizen	M16		Hananokuni	6	-	9	-	0

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Natsu basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 May – 24 May

1992 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
0	-	0	-	0	ø	Hokutoumi	Y	ø
9	-	6	-	0		Konishiki	O	ø	Kirishima	0	-	4	-	11
2	-	9	-	4	ø	Tochinowaka	S		Akebono	13	-	2	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Akinoshima	K		Mitoizumi	7	-	8	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kotonishiki	HD		Musashimaru	8	-	7	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Misugisato	M1		Tomoefuji	8	-	7	-	0
2	-	13	-	0		Terao	M2		Takahanada	9	-	6	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Daishōyama	M3		Kotofuji	6	-	9	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Daishōhō	M4		Kushimaumi	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Takatōriki	M5		Toyonoumi	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kyokudōzan	M6		Kirinishiki	5	-	2	-	8
9	-	6	-	0		Kiraiho	M7		Wakahanada	11	-	4	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Mainoumi	M8		Takamisugi	8	-	7	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Kototsubaki	M9		Tatsuhikari	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Takanonami	M10		Kitakachidoki	8	-	7	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Wakashoyo	M11		Kasugafuji	4	-	11	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Wakanoyama	M12	ø	Kotonowaka	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Tamakairiki	M13		Oginohana	9	-	6	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Tokitsunada	M14	ø	Wakasegawa	3	-	11	-	1
8	-	7	-	0		Tsunenoyama	M15		Sakahoko	4	-	11	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Ryōgoku	M16	ø

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 5 July – 19 July

1992 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
0	-	0	-	15	ø	Akebono	O		Konishiki	10	-	5	-	0
11	-	4	-	0		Kirishima	HD	ø
10	-	5	-	0		Akinoshima	S		Kotonishiki	6	-	9	-	0
11	-	4	-	0		Musashimaru	K		Misugisato	8	-	7	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Takahanada	HD	ø	Tomoefuji	0	-	2	-	13
4	-	9	-	2		Wakahanada	M1		Mitoizumi	13	-	2	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Kyokudōzan	M2		Daishōhō	5	-	10	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kushimaumi	M3	ø	Kototsubaki	5	-	5	-	5
7	-	8	-	0		Kiraiho	M4		Toyonoumi	8	-	7	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Tochinowaka	M5		Takamisugi	7	-	8	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Daishōyama	M6		Tatsuhikari	4	-	11	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kotofuji	M7		Kitakachidoki	7	-	8	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Takatōriki	M8		Oginohana	8	-	5	-	2
6	-	5	-	4	ø	Ryōgoku	M9		Wakanoyama	6	-	9	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kotonowaka	M10		Kirinishiki	8	-	7	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Mainoumi	M11		Tokitsunada	8	-	7	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Tsunenoyama	M12		Takanonami	9	-	6	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Terao	M13		Enazakura	4	-	11	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Daizen	M14		Kenkō	3	-	12	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kotogaume	M15		Tachihikari	7	-	8	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Hananokuni	M16	ø

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Aki basho

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 September – 27 September

1992 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
7	-	8	-	0		Kirishima	O		Konishiki	9	-	6	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Akebono	HD	ø
8	-	7	-	0		Akinoshima	S		Musashimaru	10	-	5	-	0
					ø		HD		Mitoizumi	8	-	7	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Misugisato	K		Takahanada	14	-	1	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Kyokudōzan	HD	ø
11	-	4	-	0		Kotonishiki	M1		Toyonoumi	5	-	10	-	0
10	-	5	-	0		Takatōriki	M2		Daishōyama	5	-	10	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Kotofuji	M3		Oginohana	5	-	7	-	3
7	-	8	-	0		Kotonowaka	M4		Kiraiho	4	-	11	-	0
4	-	11	-	0		Kirinishiki	M5		Takanonami	6	-	9	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Mainoumi	M6		Kushimaumi	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Takamisugi	M7		Tokitsunada	6	-	9	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Terao	M8		Daishōhō	11	-	4	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Wakahanada	M9		Kitakachidoki	8	-	7	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Kototsubaki	M10		Kotogaume	6	-	9	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Tochinowaka	M11		Ryōgoku	2	-	13	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Wakanoyama	M12		Tatsuhikari	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Tomoefuji	M13		Wakashoyo	10	-	5	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Tamakairiki	M14		Daizen	10	-	5	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Naminohana	M15		Kotoinazuma	8	-	7	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Asahisato	M16	ø

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 8 November – 22 November

1992 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result					East		Rank	West		Result
0	-	2	-	13	ø	Konishiki	O		Akebono	14	-	1	-	0
1	-	7	-	7	ø	Kirishima	HD	ø
9	-	6	-	0		Musashimaru	S		Takahanada	10	-	5	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Akinoshima	HD		Mitoizumi	1	-	12	-	2
13	-	2	-	0		Kotonishiki	K		Kyokudōzan	4	-	11	-	0
					ø		HD		Takatōriki	5	-	10	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Daishōhō	M1		Takamisugi	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Terao	M2		Kushimaumi	8	-	7	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Misugisato	M3		Tochinowaka	7	-	8	-	0
8	-	7	-	0		Wakashoyo	M4		Wakahanada	9	-	6	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kitakachidoki	M5		Daizen	9	-	6	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kotonowaka	M6		Tomoefuji	10	-	5	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Toyonoumi	M7		Mainoumi	4	-	11	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Tamakairiki	M8		Daishōyama	5	-	10	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Tatsuhikari	M9		Oginohana	8	-	7	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Takanonami	M10		Kotoinazuma	7	-	8	-	0
6	-	9	-	0		Kotofuji	M11		Kiraiho	7	-	8	-	0
9	-	6	-	0		Tokitsunada	M12		Kirinishiki	8	-	7	-	0
7	-	8	-	0		Kotogaume	M13		Kasugafuji	9	-	6	-	0
10	-	4	-	1	ø	Kototsubaki	M14		Kotobeppu	10	-	5	-	0
5	-	10	-	0		Wakanoyama	M15		Hananokuni	5	-	10	-	0

ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News

January

Yokozuna Asahifuji retires after losing his first three bouts, leaving the injured Hokutoumi as the only yokozuna on the banzuke.
Maegashira Takahanada wins his first makuuchi yusho with a 14-1 record, the youngest ever to do so. He wins all three special prizes for Technique, Outstanding Performance and Fighting Spirit. Runner-up is Akebono on 13-2, who shares the Outstanding Performance and Fighting Spirit prizes. Ozeki Konishiki, who won the previous tournament in November 1991 and is aiming for yokozuna promotion, can only manage third place with a 12-3 score. Takahanada's brother Wakahanada shares the Technique prize. Toyonoumi wins the juryo division championship. Veteran former komusubi Tamaryu retires.

February

Dewanoumi Oyakata, former yokozuna Sadanoyama, becomes the chairman of the Japan Sumo Association after Futagoyama Oyakata, the former yokozuna Wakanohana, steps down.
Former yokozuna Chiyonofuji, who retired in May 1991, has his official retirement ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Konishiki and his new wife, a fashion model, hold a wedding reception in Tokyo.

March

Konishiki wins his third career championship with a 13-2 record, but is not promoted to yokozuna. The chairman of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, Hideo Ueda says, "We want to make doubly sure that Konishiki is worthy to be a grand champion. Therefore, we decided to wait for another tournament."^[1] After this, Konishiki never won more than 10 bouts in a single tournament again.

April

Chiyonofuji becomes head coach of Kokonoe stable.
Konishiki is quoted in the New York Times as saying, "if I were Japanese, I would be there (yokozuna) already," causing an international furore.^[2]^[3]

May

Hokutoumi announces his retirement, leaving no yokozuna for the first time in over 60 years. He is the fourth yokozuna in a year to retire, following Chiyonofuji in May 1991, Onokuni in July 1991, and Asahifuji in January.
Akebono wins the championship with a 13-2 record and is promoted to ozeki. He also receives the Outstanding Performance award. Konishiki can manage only a 9-6 record, meaning he is no longer on a yokozuna promotion run and must start over. The runner-up is Wakahanada on 11-4, who wins his third Technique Award. Veteran Misugisato wins his first (and only) special prize in his career, for Fighting Spirit. Former sekiwake Ozutsu and Tochitsukasa, and former komusubi Takanofuji, all retire. Another former sekiwake, Kotogaume, wins the juryo championship. Former Nihon University champion Sakamotoyama wins the makushita division title with a perfect 7-0 record.

July

Maegashira Mitoizumi is the surprise winner of the championship with a 13-2 record.^[4] He is the fourth maegashira-ranked yusho winner in a year, following Kotofuji in July 1991, Kotonishiki in September 1991, and Takahanada in January. He finishes two wins ahead of Musashimaru, who wins his first Technique Award, and ozeki Kirishima on 11-4. Mitoizumi also receives his sixth Fighting Spirit prize. The Outstanding Performance prize goes to Kyokudozan for defeating the two highest ranked wrestlers on the banzuke (Kirishima and Konishiki). The juryo championship goes to Wakashoyo. Former maegashira Wakasegawa retires.

September

Takahanada wins his second championship with a 14–1 record from the rank of komusubi. He also wins his fourth Outstanding Performance prize. His closest challengers are two maegashira, Kotonishiki and Daishoho, both on 11-4. Daishoho shares the Fighting Spirit prize with Kyokudozan, who gets a winning record in his komusubi debut. Kotobeppu wins the juryo championship, while 28 year old ex-teacher and amateur champion Narimatsu wins the makushita championship. Izutsu stable's Sakahoko and Sasshunada both retire.

November

Akebono wins his second championship. Kirishima loses his ozeki status.

References

^ "Meat Bomb: Konishiki, the quarter-ton sumo wrestler from Hawaii, has set off an explosion of new interest—and controversy—in the hidebound national sport of Japan". Sports Illustrated. 18 May 1992. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Sumo Star Charges Racism in Japan". New York Times. 22 April 1992. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "Weight on Tradition : At 576 Pounds, Hawaiian Sumo Star Konishiki Has the Japanese Wrestling With Accepting a Foreigner at the Sport's Highest Rank". LA Times. 28 April 1992. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "Former sekiwake Mitoizumi retires". Japam Times. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[1] "Meat Bomb: Konishiki, the quarter-ton sumo wrestler from Hawaii, has set off an explosion of new interest—and controversy—in the hidebound national sport of Japan". Sports Illustrated. 18 May 1992. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[2] "Sumo Star Charges Racism in Japan". New York Times. 22 April 1992. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[3] "Weight on Tradition : At 576 Pounds, Hawaiian Sumo Star Konishiki Has the Japanese Wrestling With Accepting a Foreigner at the Sport's Highest Rank". LA Times. 28 April 1992. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[4] "Former sekiwake Mitoizumi retires". Japam Times. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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