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2002 in sumo

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The following are the events in professional sumo during 2002.

Tournaments

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Hatsu basho

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Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 January – 27 January

2002 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
1 - 3 - 11 ø United States Musashimaru Y ø Japan Takanohana 0 - 0 - 15
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Kaiō O Japan Musōyama 10 - 5 - 0
13 - 2 - 0 Japan Chiyotaikai O Japan Tochiazuma* 13 - 2 - 0
12 - 3 - 0 Japan Kotomitsuki S Mongolia Asashōryū 8 - 7 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Miyabiyama S ø
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Wakanosato K Mongolia Kyokutenhō 6 - 9 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Mongolia Kyokushūzan M1 Japan Akinoshima 6 - 9 - 0
3 - 12 - 0 Japan Tamanoshima M2 Japan Tōki 6 - 9 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Kaihō M3 Japan Takanonami 8 - 7 - 0
3 - 7 - 5 ø Japan Chiyotenzan M4 Japan Dejima 6 - 9 - 0
3 - 4 - 8 Japan Takanowaka M5 Japan Kotonowaka 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tochinonada M6 ø Japan Hayateumi 0 - 0 - 15
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Tosanoumi M7 Japan Ōtsukasa 8 - 7 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Japan Buyūzan M8 Japan Daizen 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tamakasuga M9 Japan Kōbō 3 - 12 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Aminishiki M10 Japan Tamarikidō 4 - 11 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Japan Tokitsuumi M11 Japan Ōikari 5 - 10 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Wakanoyama M12 Japan Asanowaka 3 - 12 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Oginishiki M13 Japan Hamanishiki 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Tochisakae M14 Japan Jūmonji 6 - 9 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 United States Sentoryū M15 ø
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner
*Won Playoff

Haru basho

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Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 10 March – 24 March

2002 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
13 - 2 - 0 United States Musashimaru Y ø Japan Takanohana 0 - 0 - 15
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Tochiazuma O Japan Chiyotaikai 7 - 8 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Musōyama O Japan Kaiō 12 - 3 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Kotomitsuki S Mongolia Asashōryū 11 - 4 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Wakanosato K Japan Takanonami 6 - 9 - 0
0 - 3 - 12 ø Japan Buyūzan M1 Japan Tosanoumi 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Mongolia Kyokutenhō M2 Japan Kotonowaka 4 - 11 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tochinonada M3 Mongolia Kyokushūzan 2 - 13 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Akinoshima M4 ø Japan Tokitsuumi 2 - 6 - 7
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tōki M5 Japan Ōtsukasa 6 - 9 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Aminishiki M6 ø Japan Hayateumi 0 - 2 - 13
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Dejima M7 Japan Tamakasuga 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Miyabiyama M8 Japan Kaihō 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Tamanoshima M9 Japan Daizen 9 - 6 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Tochisakae M10 ø Japan Chiyotenzan 0 - 0 - 15
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Hamanishiki M11 Japan Takanowaka 11 - 4 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Shimotori M12 Japan Ōikari 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Takamisakari M13 ø Japan Towanoyama 0 - 1 - 14
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Oginishiki M14 Japan Takatōriki 6 - 9 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Tamarikidō M15 Japan Wakanoyama 9 - 6 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Natsu basho

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Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 May – 26 May

2002 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
13 - 2 - 0 United States Musashimaru Y ø Japan Takanohana 0 - 0 - 15
11 - 4 - 0 Japan Kaiō O Japan Tochiazuma 10 - 5 - 0
9 - 5 - 1 ø Japan Musōyama O Japan Chiyotaikai 11 - 4 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Mongolia Asashōryū S ø Japan Kotomitsuki 0 - 0 - 15
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Wakanosato K Japan Tochinonada 7 - 8 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Aminishiki M1 Japan Tōki 4 - 11 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Takanonami M2 Japan Tosanoumi 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Miyabiyama M3 Japan Takanowaka 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Daizen M4 Mongolia Kyokutenhō 6 - 9 - 0
3 - 12 - 0 Japan Akinoshima M5 Japan Tamakasuga 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Kotonowaka M6 Japan Takamisakari 8 - 7 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Ōtsukasa M7 Japan Wakanoyama 6 - 9 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Kotoryū M8 Japan Kaihō 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Dejima M9 Japan Jūmonji 6 - 9 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Mongolia Kyokushūzan M10 Japan Chiyotenzan 5 - 10 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Tokitsuumi M11 Japan Tamanoshima 5 - 10 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Hamanishiki M12 Japan Buyūzan 6 - 9 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Ōikari M13 Japan Tochinohana 6 - 9 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Japan Hokutōriki M14 Japan Shimotori 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tochisakae M15 Japan Asanowaka 6 - 9 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Nagoya basho

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Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 7 July – 21 July

2002 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
10 - 5 - 0 United States Musashimaru Y ø Japan Takanohana 0 - 0 - 15
0 - 4 - 11 ø Japan Kaiō O Japan Chiyotaikai 14 - 1 - 0
3 - 2 - 10 ø Japan Tochiazuma O ø Japan Musōyama 0 - 0 - 15
12 - 3 - 0 Mongolia Asashōryū S Japan Wakanosato 11 - 4 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Miyabiyama K Japan Tosanoumi 10 - 5 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Tochinonada M1 ø Japan Kotonowaka 2 - 9 - 4
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Takamisakari M2 Mongolia Kyokushūzan 1 - 14 - 0
2 - 3 - 10 ø Japan Dejima M3 ø Japan Kotoryū 0 - 0 - 15
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Takanowaka M4 Japan Kaihō 5 - 8 - 2
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Aminishiki M5 Japan Hokutōriki 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 7 - 2 Japan Tamakasuga M6 Japan Kotomitsuki 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tōki M7 Japan Takanonami 9 - 6 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Mongolia Kyokutenhō M8 Japan Shimotori 9 - 6 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Ōtsukasa M9 Japan Daizen 6 - 9 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Wakanoyama M10 Japan Tochisakae 9 - 3 - 3
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tokitsuumi M11 Japan Akinoshima 6 - 9 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Jūmonji M12 Japan Aogiyama 6 - 7 - 2
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Hayateumi M13 Japan Chiyotenzan 5 - 10 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Hamanishiki M14 Japan Buyūzan 10 - 5 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Ōikari M15 Japan Tamanoshima 11 - 4 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Aki basho

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Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 September – 22 September

2002 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
13 - 2 - 0 United States Musashimaru Y Japan Takanohana 12 - 3 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Chiyotaikai O ø Japan Tochiazuma 0 - 0 - 15
12 - 3 - 0 Japan Kaiō O Japan Musōyama 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Mongolia Asashōryū O ø
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Wakanosato S Japan Tosanoumi 6 - 9 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Takamisakari K Japan Takanonami 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Miyabiyama M1 Japan Tochinonada 4 - 11 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Shimotori M2 Japan Tōki 4 - 11 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Mongolia Kyokutenhō M3 Japan Kotoryū 5 - 10 - 0
2 - 9 - 4 Japan Tochisakae M4 Japan Takanowaka 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tamanoshima M5 Japan Buyūzan 5 - 10 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Hokutōriki M6 Japan Tokitsuumi 7 - 8 - 0
12 - 3 - 0 Japan Kotomitsuki M7 Japan Aminishiki 7 - 8 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Kaihō M8 Japan Tamakasuga 10 - 5 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Kotonowaka M9 Japan Gojōrō 8 - 7 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Japan Dejima M10 Japan Kasuganishiki 5 - 10 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Daizen M11 Mongolia Kyokushūzan 9 - 6 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Wakanoyama M12 Japan Ōtsukasa 5 - 10 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Akinoshima M13 Japan Asanowaka 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tochinohana M14 ø Japan Aogiyama 0 - 0 - 15
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Ushiomaru M15
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

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Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 10 November – 24 November

2002 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
4 - 2 - 9 ø United States Musashimaru Y ø Japan Takanohana 0 - 0 - 15
2 - 2 - 11 ø Japan Kaiō O ø Japan Chiyotaikai 6 - 3 - 6
14 - 1 - 0 Mongolia Asashōryū O Japan Musōyama 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Tochiazuma O ø
7 - 8 - 0 Japan Wakanosato S Japan Kotomitsuki 8 - 7 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Mongolia Kyokutenhō K Japan Takanowaka 11 - 4 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Takanonami M1 Japan Tosanoumi 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Miyabiyama M2 Japan Hokutōriki 5 - 10 - 0
2 - 13 - 0 Japan Tamakasuga M3 Japan Tamanoshima 5 - 10 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Takamisakari M4 Japan Gojōrō 4 - 11 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Mongolia Kyokushūzan M5 Japan Shimotori 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Tochinonada M6 Japan Kotoryū 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Tōki M7 Japan Tokitsuumi 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Japan Kaihō M8 Japan Aminishiki 9 - 6 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Kotonowaka M9 Japan Wakanoyama 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Japan Dejima M10 ø Japan Ushiomaru 3 - 7 - 5
4 - 11 - 0 Japan Buyūzan M11 Japan Iwakiyama 10 - 5 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Tochinohana M12 ø Japan Tochisakae 0 - 6 - 9
6 - 9 - 0 Japan Tamarikidō M13 Japan Jūmonji 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Japan Akinoshima M14 Japan Aogiyama 6 - 9 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Japan Asanowaka M15
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News

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January

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February

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  • 1: Former Yokozuna Kitanoumi takes over as chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from Tokitsukaze Oyakata (the former ozeki Yutakayama), who will be reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in August.
  • 5: Takasago Oyakata, the former komusubi Fujinishiki, and Wakamatsu Oyakata, the former ozeki Asashio, swap toshiyori names. Due to Fujinishiki's poor health, the Takasago stable is absorbed into Wakamatsu stable with Asashio continuing as the head.

March

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  • 10–24: Musashimaru comes back to win his tenth championship with a 13–2 score. Runner-up is ozeki Kaio. Sekiwake Asashoryu scores 11–4 and wins the Outstanding Performance Award. Takanowaka also finishes on 11–4 and is awarded the Fighting Spirit prize. Aminishiki receives the Technique prize. Tochiazuma wins ten bouts while Chiyotaikai records a make-koshi 7–8. Former maegashira Kotoryu and Gojoro win the juryo and makushita division championships. Another former maegashira, Daishi, announces his retirement.

May

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Musashimaru won three tournaments in 2002.
  • 12–26: Musashimaru wins his second tournament in a row, and 11th overall, again scoring 13–2. Kaio, Chiyotaikai and Asashoryu all finish as runners-up on 11–4. Asashoryu receives the Fighting Spirit prize, as does Hokutoriki, who also wins eleven in his debut top division tournament. Kyokushuzan wins his second Technique Award, five years after his first. Takanohana is absent for the sixth straight tournament. The juryo championship goes to Iwakiyama, and the makushita yusho to Toyozakura, who returns to the sekitori ranks for the first time in over a year. Joining him is Kasugao, who becomes the first sekitori to officially represent South Korea.

June

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Chiyotaikai was a tournament winner in July.

July

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  • 7–21: Takanohana, who had been expected to make his long-awaited comeback from knee surgery in this tournament, pulls out yet again. The Sumo Association respond by saying if he does not compete in September, he will be obliged to retire. Musashimaru and Chiyotaikai are the only men ranked above sekiwake who make it through the whole 15 days—Kaio pulls out on Day 3, Tochiazuma on Day 4 and Musoyama is missing altogether. Chiyotaikai takes advantage to win his second championship with a 14–1 record. It is his first yusho since the January 1999 triumph that saw him promoted to ozeki. Musashimaru finishes with a below par 10–5 score. Asashoryu is runner-up with a fine 12–3 record and is promoted to ozeki after the tournament. He also shares the Outstanding Performance Award along with Tosanoumi. Takamisakari wins the Technique Prize and Shimotori gets the Fighting Spirit Award. Ushiomaru wins the juryo yusho while the makushita title goes to former maegashira Kinkaiyama.

August

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September

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  • 8–22: After an unprecedented seven tournaments in a row out injured, Takanohana returns to the dohyo. Understandably rusty, he is defeated twice inside the first five days by Kyokutenho and Kotoryu but then wins nine in a row, including a memorable victory over new ozeki Asashoryu by a powerful uwatenage outer-arm throw. He and Musashimaru both enter the final day level on 12–2. Musashimaru wins the yusho decider to claim his 12th (and final) championship. Kaio and Kotomitsuki are also runner-up on 12–3, while Asashoryu and Chiyotaikai finish on 10–5. Musoyama returns to eke out an 8–7 record, but Tochiazuma misses the tournament and will be in danger of demotion in November. Only one special prize is given out, to Kotomitsuki for Fighting Spirit. In the juryo division, two veteran former sekiwake announce their retirements: Terao, whose 1795 career matches are the second highest in history, and Takatoriki, who did not miss a single bout in his career. Former maegashira Minatofuji also retires. The juryo championship goes to Tamarikido.

November

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  • 10–24: At the Kyushu tournament, Musashimaru withdraws on the fifth day after injuring his wrist. Kaio and Chiyotaikai also withdraw early, while Takanohana is missing from the start after a recurrence of his knee problem. In their absence, Asashoryu takes his first championship with a 14–1 record. In the juryo division, Kasugao wins the yusho, making it the first time in history that championships in the top two divisions have both been won by foreigners in the same tournament. Komusubi Takanowaka finishes as runner-up to Asashoryu on 11–4. Tochiazuma keeps his rank with an 8–7 record. Three wrestlers share the Fighting Spirit Prize: Takanowaka, former ozeki Takanonami, and Iwakiyama.

December

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  • 1: Former sekiwake Mitoizumi leaves Takasago stable to open his own Nishikido stable. As Takasago stable now uses Wakamatsu stable's facilities, he uses the old Takasago premises.
  • 10: Following the success of the 2002 World Cup which was jointly held by Japan and South Korea, The Sumo Association announces plans to hold an exhibition tournament there next year, which will be the first trip to Asia since a tour of China in 1973. Korean Kasugaō is currently in the jūryō division.[1]
  • 24: Kabutoyama stable, which opened in 1989, shuts down. Its head coach, former maegashira Daiyu, moves to Minato stable.

Deaths

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  • Former sekiwake Kitanonada (also former Takekuma Oyakata), aged 78.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Japan eyes first Sumo tournament in South Korea". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 10 October 2019.