The following are the events in professional sumo during 2013.
Tournaments
Hatsu basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 January – 27 January 2013 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest12 -3 -0HakuhōYHarumafuji15 -0 -010 -5 -0KisenosatoOKakuryū8 -7 -010 -5 -0KotoōshūOKotoshōgiku8 -7 -08 -7 -0GōeidōSBaruto8 -7 -08 -7 -0TochiōzanKShōhōzan4 -11 -09 -6 -0AminishikiM1Myōgiryū7 -8 -06 -9 -0ToyonoshimaM2Kyokutenhō4 -11 -05 -10 -0ToyohibikiM3Kaisei6 -9 -06 -9 -0GagamaruM4Aran7 -8 -00 -0 -15øHōmashōM5Ikioi8 -7 -09 -6 -0TochinoshinM6Aoiyama7 -8 -012 -3 -0TakayasuM7Masunoyama4 -11 -07 -8 -0YoshikazeM8Chiyotairyū10 -5 -010 -5 -0TokitenkūM9Takekaze6 -9 -08 -7 -0KitataikiM10Okinoumi8 -7 -04 -11 -0WakanosatoM11Fujiazuma8 -7 -07 -8 -0SadanofujiM12Tamawashi8 -7 -06 -9 -0DaidōM13Asahishō4 -11 -08 -7 -0ShōtenrōM14Takarafuji9 -6 -08 -7 -0TochinowakaM15Kotoyūki6 -9 -03 -12 -0MiyabiyamaM16Tamaasuka4 -11 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Haru basho Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 10 March – 24 March 2013 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest9 -6 -0HarumafujiYHakuhō15 -0 -010 -5 -0KisenosatoOøKotoōshū1 -5 -98 -7 -0KakuryūOKotoshōgiku8 -7 -010 -5 -0GōeidōSBaruto9 -6 -010 -5 -0TochiōzanKAminishiki7 -8 -05 -10 -0TakayasuM1Tochinoshin7 -8 -03 -4 -8øChiyotairyūM2Myōgiryū8 -7 -05 -10 -0TokitenkūM3Ikioi4 -11 -07 -8 -0ToyonoshimaM4Shōhōzan7 -8 -08 -7 -0AranM5Kaisei3 -12 -05 -10 -0GagamaruM6Kitataiki10 -5 -011 -4 -0OkinoumiM7Toyohibiki6 -9 -09 -6 -0AoiyamaM8Kyokutenhō7 -8 -08 -7 -0FujiazumaM9Yoshikaze9 -6 -011 -4 -0TakarafujiM10Tamawashi4 -11 -09 -6 -0TakekazeM11Jōkōryū9 -6 -08 -7 -0ShōtenrōM12Masunoyama7 -8 -00 -7 -8øTochinowakaM13Sadanofuji9 -6 -07 -8 -0ChiyonokuniM14øSagatsukasa2 -6 -78 -7 -0DaidōM15Sotairyu4 -11 -05 -10 -0OiwatoM16Wakanosato9 -6 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Natsu basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 May – 26 May 2013 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest15 -0 -0HakuhōYHarumafuji11 -4 -013 -2 -0KisenosatoOKakuryū10 -5 -011 -4 -0KotoshōgikuOKotoōshū8 -7 -07 -8 -0GōeidōSøBaruto3 -5 -76 -9 -0TochiōzanKOkinoumi4 -11 -011 -4 -0MyōgiryūM1Aminishiki6 -9 -04 -11 -0KitataikiM2Tochinoshin2 -13 -06 -9 -0TakarafujiM3Aran4 -11 -05 -10 -0AoiyamaM4Toyonoshima7 -8 -08 -7 -0ShōhōzanM5Takayasu8 -7 -07 -8 -0YoshikazeM6Takekaze9 -6 -08 -7 -0FujiazumaM7Jōkōryū4 -11 -010 -5 -0TokitenkūM8Sadanofuji7 -8 -09 -6 -0KyokutenhōM9Ikioi9 -6 -010 -5 -0ChiyotairyūM10Toyohibiki8 -7 -05 -10 -0ShōtenrōM11Gagamaru11 -4 -06 -9 -0WakanosatoM12øKyokushūhō5 -5 -58 -7 -0DaidōM13Masunoyama7 -8 -08 -7 -0KaiseiM14Chiyoōtori6 -9 -09 -6 -0ChiyonokuniM15Homarefuji5 -10 -06 -9 -0AzumaryūM16Daikiho3 -12 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Nagoya basho Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 7 July – 21 July 2013 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest13 -2 -0HakuhōYHarumafuji10 -5 -011 -4 -0KisenosatoOKotoshōgiku9 -6 -010 -5 -0KakuryūOKotoōshū9 -6 -08 -7 -0MyōgiryūSøGōeidō8 -7 -07 -8 -0ShōhōzanKTokitenkū4 -11 -01 -9 -5øTakekazeM1Takayasu9 -6 -010 -5 -0TochiōzanM2Gagamaru3 -12 -07 -8 -0ChiyotairyūM3Aminishiki6 -9 -06 -9 -0KyokutenhōM4Fujiazuma5 -10 -09 -6 -0IkioiM5Toyonoshima6 -9 -00 -0 -15øBarutoM6Okinoumi9 -6 -09 -6 -0TakarafujiM7Yoshikaze7 -8 -09 -6 -0ToyohibikiM8Kitataiki8 -7 -010 -5 -0AoiyamaM9Sadanofuji5 -10 -08 -7 -0AranM10øChiyonokuni2 -4 -91 -14 -0DaidōM11øTochinoshin3 -3 -911 -4 -0KaiseiM12Kotoyūki8 -7 -05 -10 -0TamawashiM13Jōkōryū6 -9 -07 -8 -0MasunoyamaM14Tamaasuka6 -9 -07 -8 -0WakanosatoM15Sōkokurai6 -9 -09 -6 -0TokushōryūM16Shōtenrō9 -6 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Aki basho Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 15 September – 29 September 2013 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest14 -1 -0HakuhōYHarumafuji10 -5 -011 -4 -0KisenosatoOKakuryū9 -6 -010 -5 -0KotoshōgikuOøKotoōshū4 -3 -86 -9 -0MyōgiryūSGōeidō11 -4 -08 -7 -0TochiōzanKTakayasu5 -10 -08 -7 -0ShōhōzanM1Ikioi5 -10 -08 -7 -0OkinoumiM2Aoiyama6 -9 -05 -10 -0TakarafujiM3Chiyotairyū6 -9 -06 -9 -0ToyohibikiM4Kaisei7 -8 -05 -10 -0TokitenkūM5Aminishiki9 -6 -06 -9 -0KitataikiM6Kyokutenhō8 -7 -03 -12 -0AranM7Toyonoshima8 -7 -06 -9 -0FujiazumaM8øYoshikaze6 -5 -46 -9 -0GagamaruM9Kotoyūki7 -8 -06 -9 -0TokushōryūM10Shōtenrō5 -10 -09 -6 -0TakekazeM11Tochinowaka9 -6 -08 -7 -0TenkaihōM12Sadanofuji8 -7 -09 -5 -1øEndōM13Hōmashō10 -5 -08 -7 -0MasunoyamaM14Jōkōryū8 -7 -04 -11 -0WakanosatoM15Tamaasuka7 -8 -05 -8 -2AsahishōM16Tamawashi9 -6 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Kyushu basho Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 10 November – 24 November 2013 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest13 -2 -0HakuhōYHarumafuji14 -1 -013 -2 -0KisenosatoOøKotoshōgiku1 -2 -129 -6 -0KakuryūOøKotoōshū1 -3 -118 -7 -0GōeidōSTochiōzan7 -8 -04 -11 -0ShōhōzanKOkinoumi7 -8 -08 -7 -0MyōgiryūM1Aminishiki6 -9 -05 -10 -0KyokutenhōM2Toyonoshima8 -7 -03 -12 -0TakayasuM3Takekaze7 -8 -05 -10 -0HōmashōM4Tochinowaka4 -11 -010 -5 -0AoiyamaM5Kaisei7 -8 -011 -4 -0ChiyotairyūM6Ikioi11 -4 -09 -6 -0ToyohibikiM7Endō6 -9 -08 -7 -0TakarafujiM8Tenkaihō2 -13 -07 -8 -0SadanofujiM9Kitataiki8 -7 -06 -9 -0TokitenkūM10øKotoyūki4 -3 -86 -5 -4øMasunoyamaM11Tamawashi10 -5 -03 -12 -0JōkōryūM12Fujiazuma8 -7 -08 -7 -0YoshikazeM13Gagamaru8 -7 -08 -7 -0KyokushūhōM14Tokushōryū7 -8 -09 -6 -0ShōtenrōM15Ōsunaarashi7 -8 -00 -0 -0øAranM16Tamaasuka4 -11 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
News
January
10: The Nishonoseki stable is reported to close after the Hatsu basho due to the poor health of incumbent stablemaster Nishonoseki (ex-komusubi Kongō). The stable produced the yokozuna Taihō as well as former sekiwake Rikidōzan, who later turned to professional wrestling. 19: The 48th yokozuna Taihō, winner of a record 32 tournament championships, dies aged 72. He is generally regarded as the greatest sumo wrestler of the post-war period. 27: Yokozuna Harumafuji takes his fifth top division championship with a perfect 15–0 record, defeating fellow yokozuna Hakuhō who finishes on 12–3, having also lost to maegashira Myōgiryū and ōzeki Kotoōshū. Former maegashira Bushūyama and former komusubi Takamisakari announce their retirements. Takamisakari will stay in sumo as a coach at his Azumazeki stable under the name "Furiwake". 28: The Japan Sumo Association announces the Nishonoseki stable's closure. Coaches Kitajin and Minatogawa transfer to the Matsugane stable, while coach Fujigane transfers to the Kasugano stable, and Nishonoseki's remaining three wrestlers retire. 30: The spring tournament banzuke organization meeting is held. Tochihiryū makes his jūryō debut, while Oniarashi and Senshō return to the same rank from makushita.
February 14: Endō Shōta, an amateur yokozuna from Nihon University, joins the Oitekaze stable. 15: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces that Taihō will receive the 21st People's Honour Award. He is the second sumo wrestler to receive the award after Chiyonofuji in 1989. 25: The People's Honour Award ceremony for Taihō is held in the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
March
22: On the 13th day of the spring tournament, yokozuna Hakuhō defeats Gōeidō to earn a 13–0 record, and his championship victory is assured when Okinoumi is defeated. It is the fourth time that he has won a top division championship by the 13th day, a record for the 15-day tournament era that he shares with Chiyonofuji. 24: Hakuhō, already determined to be the championship victor, defeats Harumafuji and wins a record ninth perfect victory. Former ōzeki Miyabiyama retires after facing demotion to makushita. He will remain in sumo as a coach at his Fujishima stable, under the name "Futagoyama". 25: The Tokyo District Court rules that the former wrestler Sōkokurai was wrongly dismissed in April 2011 over match fixing allegations. Sōkokurai says, “Let me return to the sumo ring.” The Sumo Association is considering whether to appeal the ruling.
April 1: The Japan Sumo Federation transitions into a public juridical foundation. 3: The Sumo Association announce that they will accept Sōkokurai's return, and that he will appear on the July banzuke at maegashira #15, his last rank before he was thrown out of sumo. 25: The banzuke for the forthcoming May basho is released. Daikihō, Chiyoōtori, Homarefuji and Azumaryū make their makuuchi debut, with Kyokushūhō returning. Okinoumi is promoted to komusubi, becoming the first new san'yaku wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 121 years.
May 21: On the 10th day of the summer tournament, Hakuhō defeats Gōeidō and sets a record for the highest amount of consecutive double-digit winning records at 38. 26: Hakuhō's 25th championship victory is claimed when Kisenosato is defeated by Kotoshōgiku. Hakuhō then defeats Harumafuji and wins his tenth perfect championship. 29: The Japan Sumo Association announces the retirement of 14 wrestlers, including former jūryō Kotoyutaka, and Yotsuguruma. A banzuke meeting is held in Nagoya. Seirō, Kotomisen, Endō and Ōsunaarashi make their jūryō debut. Endō reached this division in two tournaments, while Kotomisen reached it in 86, the fourth slowest climb in history. Egyptian Ōsunaarashi is the first African sumo wrestler.
June 8: The Musashigawa stable, which was revived in April, opens. 9: Former yokozuna Kitanoumi performs his kanreki dohyō-iri at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. He is the ninth person to perform the kanreki dohyō-iri, and the fourth to do so while serving as the Japan Sumo Association's chairman. 20: The Japan Sumo Association announces the retirement of stablemaster Nishonoseki, who was hospitalized in October 2012 following a stroke, and would have reached the mandatory retirement age in the upcoming November.
July 13: Hakuhō defeats Chiyotairyū on the 7th day of the Nagoya basho, becoming the first wrestler since the Showa era to obtain a consecutive winning streak of 37. 19: Hakuhō defeats Kotoōshū on the Nagoya basho's 13th day, and with a winning record of 13–0, Hakuhō's 26th championship victory is assured. This 26th victory is the third highest amount in sumo, and the highest for a foreign-born wrestler. It is also the first time since the introduction of 15-day tournaments that the victors of all divisions were decided on the 13th day. 20: Hakuhō loses to Kisenosato on the Nagoya basho's 14th day, ending his winning streak at 43. Former jūryō Mutetsuyama, director of Toyo University's Ushiku High School Sumo Club, dies of heart failure in his home at 42. 24: Terunofuji (formerly Wakamishō) and Chiyomaru are promoted to jūryō. Chiyomaru is the brother of Chiyoōtori, becoming the 17th pair of sekitori brothers.
August 4: In the final match of the sumo division in the Inter-High School Championships, Saitama Sakae defeats Tottori Jōhoku with a score of 3–2. 24: The first sumo tour outside of Japan in five years is held in Jakarta.
September 2: The banzuke for the autumn tournament is released. Endō makes his makuuchi debut in three tournaments, the fastest climb since the Showa era. Takayasu is promoted to komusubi, becoming the first new san'yaku wrestler to have been born in the Heisei era. 11: Former ōzeki Baruto announces his retirement after missing the last two tournaments due to injury. 12: The Tokyo District Court dismisses Kotomitsuki's lawsuit against the Sumo Association for wrongful dismissal relating to his involvement in a baseball gambling ring. 27: On the 13th day of the autumn tournament, Tenitsu is deemed the victor of the sandanme division. At 35 years and 10 months old, he is the oldest post-war wrestler to win a tournament under the makushita division. 28: On the 14th day of the autumn tournament, Hakuhō defeats Kisenosato and claims his 27th championship victory. Former jūryō Toyonokuni announces his retirement. 29: Terunofuji claims the jūryō title with a score of 12–3 in his division debut.
October