The following are the events in professional sumo during 2007.
Tournaments
Hatsu basho Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 7 January – 21 January 2007 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest14 -1 -0AsashōryūYø9 -6 -0KotoōshūOTochiazuma5 -10 -08 -7 -0KaiōOChiyotaikai10 -5 -0øOHakuhō10 -5 -08 -7 -0KotomitsukiSMiyabiyama5 -10 -07 -8 -0KisenosatoKRohō3 -12 -09 -6 -0KotoshōgikuM1Dejima4 -11 -08 -7 -0TokitenkūM2Aminishiki4 -11 -08 -7 -0KyokutenhōM3øBaruto2 -2 -1110 -5 -0AmaM4Hōmashō7 -8 -07 -8 -0TakamisakariM5Kokkai7 -8 -010 -5 -0AsasekiryūM6Tochinonada6 -9 -08 -7 -0KasugaōM7Futen'ō8 -7 -06 -9 -0KakuryūM8Takekaze8 -7 -08 -7 -0KakizoeM9Toyonoshima12 -3 -07 -8 -0IwakiyamaM10Jūmonji4 -11 -09 -6 -0TamakasugaM11Tochinohana5 -10 -03 -12 -0ToyozakuraM12Tokitsuumi8 -7 -09 -6 -0KasuganishikiM13Yoshikaze8 -7 -010 -5 -0TamanoshimaM14Hakurozan8 -7 -04 -11 -0AsōfujiM15Ushiomaru9 -6 -011 -4 -0TosanoumiM16Ōtsukasa7 -8 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Haru basho Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 11 March – 25 March 2007 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest13 -2 -0AsashōryūYø7 -8 -0ChiyotaikaiOHakuhō*13 -2 -08 -7 -0KotoōshūOKaiō8 -7 -0øOøTochiazuma8 -4 -310 -5 -0KotomitsukiSKotoshōgiku7 -8 -08 -7 -0AmaKTokitenkū7 -8 -06 -9 -0KisenosatoM1Toyonoshima8 -7 -04 -11 -0KyokutenhōM2Asasekiryū4 -11 -04 -4 -7øMiyabiyamaM3Kasugaō5 -10 -03 -12 -0Futen'ōM4Takekaze7 -8 -011 -4 -0HōmashōM5Tamakasuga4 -11 -07 -8 -0TakamisakariM6Kakizoe8 -7 -010 -5 -0KokkaiM7Rohō7 -8 -07 -8 -0DejimaM8Tamanoshima10 -5 -09 -6 -0AminishikiM9Tochinonada7 -8 -04 -11 -0KasuganishikiM10Tokitsuumi8 -7 -05 -10 -0IwakiyamaM11Kakuryū9 -6 -06 -9 -0UshiomaruM12Yoshikaze5 -10 -05 -10 -0HakurozanM13øBaruto0 -0 -1511 -4 -0TochiōzanM14Tosanoumi6 -9 -09 -6 -0ShimotoriM15Tochinohana8 -7 -011 -4 -0WakanosatoM16øJūmonji4 -9 -2 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner *Won Playoff
Natsu basho Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 May – 27 May 2007 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest10 -5 -0AsashōryūYø15 -0 -0HakuhōOKotoōshū9 -6 -010 -5 -0KaiōOøTochiazuma0 -0 -0øOChiyotaikai10 -5 -012 -3 -0KotomitsukiSAma8 -7 -04 -11 -0ToyonoshimaKKotoshōgiku7 -8 -05 -10 -0HōmashōM1Tokitenkū8 -7 -03 -12 -0KokkaiM2Tamanoshima6 -9 -00 -12 -3øKakizoeM3Kisenosato6 -9 -09 -6 -0AminishikiM4Tochiōzan6 -9 -08 -7 -0TakekazeM5Kakuryū6 -9 -03 -12 -0TokitsuumiM6Kasugaō5 -10 -09 -6 -0TakamisakariM7Wakanosato10 -5 -00 -0 -15øKyokutenhōM8Asasekiryū12 -3 -010 -5 -0RohōM9Miyabiyama9 -6 -012 -3 -0DejimaM10øShimotori0 -0 -154 -11 -0ŌtsukasaM11Tochinonada8 -7 -05 -10 -0TamakasugaM12Satoyama7 -8 -010 -5 -0Futen'ōM13Tochinohana4 -11 -010 -5 -0RyūōM14Hōchiyama6 -9 -05 -10 -0UshiomaruM15Iwakiyama6 -9 -09 -6 -0HokutōrikiM16Kasuganishiki4 -11 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Nagoya basho Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 8 July – 22 July 2007 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest14 -1 -0AsashōryūYHakuhō11 -4 -08 -5 -2øKaiōOChiyotaikai9 -6 -09 -6 -0KotoōshūOø13 -2 -0KotomitsukiSAma7 -8 -07 -8 -0TokitenkūKAminishiki8 -7 -05 -10 -0KotoshōgikuM1Asasekiryū8 -7 -05 -10 -0DejimaM2Wakanosato5 -10 -04 -11 -0TakekazeM3øRohō3 -1 -113 -12 -0TakamisakariM4Toyonoshima7 -8 -07 -8 -0MiyabiyamaM5Tamanoshima6 -9 -09 -6 -0HōmashōM6Kisenosato11 -4 -04 -6 -5øTochiōzanM7Futen'ō5 -10 -09 -6 -0KakuryūM8Ryūō5 -10 -010 -5 -0TochinonadaM9Kokkai6 -9 -07 -8 -0KasugaōM10Hokutōriki10 -5 -08 -7 -0TokitsuumiM11Kitazakura6 -9 -06 -9 -0HakurozanM12Satoyama2 -13 -06 -9 -0YoshikazeM13Tosanoumi8 -7 -00 -2 -13øBarutoM14Toyohibiki11 -4 -010 -5 -0KaihōM15Tamakasuga8 -7 -06 -9 -0KakizoeM16Hōchiyama6 -9 -06 -9 -0ŌtsukasaM17ø ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Aki basho Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 September – 23 September 2007 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest0 -0 -15ø AsashōryūYHakuhō13 -2 -09 -6 -0ChiyotaikaiOKotoōshū8 -7 -01 -5 -9øKaiōOKotomitsuki10 -5 -010 -5 -0AminishikiSAsasekiryū8 -7 -06 -9 -0KisenosatoKAma10 -5 -06 -9 -0TokitenkūM1Hōmashō8 -7 -04 -11 -0TochinonadaM2Kakuryū7 -8 -03 -12 -0HokutōrikiM3Kotoshōgiku10 -5 -08 -7 -0DejimaM4Wakanosato5 -10 -08 -7 -0ToyonoshimaM5Miyabiyama9 -6 -07 -8 -0ToyohibikiM6Kaihō4 -11 -08 -7 -0TamanoshimaM7Tokitsuumi5 -10 -09 -6 -0TakekazeM8Tosanoumi6 -9 -06 -9 -0RohōM9Takamisakari8 -7 -04 -11 -0IwakiyamaM10Kasugaō10 -5 -08 -7 -0TamakasugaM11Futen'ō8 -7 -07 -8 -0KokkaiM12Kyokutenhō12 -3 -03 -12 -0RyūōM13Tochiōzan7 -8 -04 -11 -0KitazakuraM14Gōeidō11 -4 -09 -6 -0HakurozanM15Yoshikaze10 -5 -07 -8 -0KasuganishikiM16Kakizoe9 -6 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner
Kyushu basho Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 11 November – 25 November 2007 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest12 -3 -0HakuhōYøAsashōryū0 -0 -1510 -5 -0KotomitsukiOChiyotaikai11 -4 -02 -5 -8øKotoōshūOKaiō9 -6 -08 -7 -0AminishikiSAsasekiryū3 -12 -010 -5 -0AmaKKotoshōgiku9 -6 -03 -12 -0HōmashōM1Miyabiyama7 -8 -09 -6 -0KisenosatoM2Dejima10 -5 -04 -11 -0KakuryūM3Tokitenkū9 -6 -09 -6 -0ToyonoshimaM4Kyokutenhō4 -11 -06 -9 -0TakekazeM5Kasugaō4 -11 -04 -11 -0TamanoshimaM6Gōeidō8 -7 -07 -8 -0ToyohibikiM7Tochinonada8 -7 -08 -7 -0WakanosatoM8Takamisakari5 -5 -58 -7 -0TamakasugaM9Futen'ō6 -9 -08 -7 -0HokutōrikiM10Yoshikaze4 -11 -07 -8 -0TosanoumiM11ø10 -5 -0RohōM12Hakurozan3 -12 -09 -6 -0KokkaiM13Wakanohō 9 -6 -09 -6 -0KakizoeM14Kaihō6 -9 -07 -8 -0TochiōzanM15Wakakirin10 -5 -011 -4 -0BarutoM16Kasuganishiki7 -8 -0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYusho Winner News
January 21: At the Hatsu basho in Tokyo, Yokozuna Asashoryu wins his fourth straight top makuuchi division championship or yusho, and 20th overall, with a 14–1 record. His only defeat is to veteran former ozeki Dejima on Day 3. Maegashira Toyonoshima finishes as runner-up with a 12–3 score and wins two special prizes, for Fighting Spirit and Technique. In the second highest juryo division, newcomer Toyohibiki wins the yusho after a three-way playoff with Tochiozan and Shimotori, who both earn promotion to the top division for the following tournament.
February 1: Isegahama stable, with a history dating back to 1859, shuts down.
March 25: Ozeki Hakuho comes into the final day of the Haru basho in Osaka level with fellow Mongolian Asashoryu. He defeats fellow ozeki Kotooshu while Asashoryu sidesteps Chiyotaikai. Both men finish on 13–2 and in the subsequent playoff Hakuho sidesteps Asashoryu to win his second championship. Tochiozan is rewarded for his fine 11–4 score in his top division debut with the Fighting Spirit Award, while Homasho also wins eleven and receives his second Technique Prize. Ozeki Tochiazuma withdraws from the tournament after suffering headaches and dizziness. Satoyama wins the juryo championship.
April 30: Toyonoshima, newly promoted to komusubi, is injured whilst training with Asashoryu at Tokitsukaze stable, damaging his ankle and knee ligaments. He is taken to hospital. Toyonoshima's stablemaster criticises the yokozuna.
May
7: Tochiazuma announces his retirement from sumo, as he has been diagnosed with a cerebral infarction and been told it would be dangerous to continue as an active wrestler. He will work as a coach at his father's Tamanoi stable and is in line to succeed him in 2009. 7 :The Sumo Association suspend maegashira Kyokutenho for one tournament after he caused an accident whilst driving in April (wrestlers are forbidden from driving). He will drop to the juryo division as a result. 27: Hakuho wins his second successive championship at the Natsu basho in Tokyo with a perfect 15–0 record (zensho-yusho). Asashoryu manages only a 10–5 score. Three wrestlers finish as runner-up on 12–3: sekiwake Kotomitsuki, Asashoryu's stablemate Asasekiryu, and fellow maegashira Dejima. Asasekiryu wins the Technique Award while Dejima is awarded the Fighting Spirit Prize. The Outstanding Performance Prize is handed out for the first time this year, to maegashira Aminishiki for his defeat of Asashoryu. Estonian Baruto, who has fallen to the juryo division through injury, wins the championship and immediate promotion back to the top division. Former juryo wrestler Wakakirin wins the makushita division championship with an unbeaten 7–0 score. Oga and former juryo (a cousin of Izutsu Oyakata) announce their retirements. 30: Hakuho's promotion to yokozuna is officially confirmed. He becomes the 69th grand champion in sumo history, and is the third youngest after Kitanoumi and Taiho to hold the rank.
June 1: Hakuho performs the yokozuna dohyo-iri or ring-entering ceremony at the Meiji Shrine. 7–11: A tour and exhibition tournament are held in Hawaii, with 38 sekitori ranked wrestlers participating. It is the first time the Sumo Association has visited Hawaii in fourteen years. 26: Tokitaizan, an apprentice at the Tokitsukaze stable, dies after a practice session.
July 7: Baruto is injured in his opening match in Nagoya and withdraws from the tournament, meaning he will again fall to juryo. 22: Asashoryu wins his 21st championship with a 14–1 record. Kotomitsuki, competing for a modern record 22nd time as a sekiwake, is runner-up with 13–2. He seals promotion to ozeki and also wins the Technique and Fighting Spirit prizes. Toyohibiki also wins the Fighting Spirit Prize for his 11–4 record. Komusubi Aminishiki, who defeated Asashoryu on the opening day, receives his second Outstanding Performance Award in a row. Hakuho finishes his debut tournament as a yokozuna with an 11–4 record. Chiyotaikai competes in his 51st tournament as an ozeki, breaking the record held by Takanohana since 1981. Former komusubi Iwakiyama wins the juryo championship with a 12–3 score, defeating Kyokutenho and Goeido in a three-way playoff. All three wrestlers are promoted to makuuchi for the next tournament. 25: Kotomitsuki's promotion to ozeki is officially confirmed. At 31, he is the oldest man to reach sumo's second highest rank since the modern era of six tournaments a year began in 1958. Sadogatake stable becomes the first stable to have two ozeki simultaneously since Musashigawa stable in 2001. Attending the ceremony is Kotomitsuki's former stablemaster and mentor, the ex-yokozuna Kotozakura, who retired as Sadogatake head in 2005. He dies just three weeks later. 25: Asashoryu excuses himself from the forthcoming regional tour after submitting a medical certificate to the Sumo Association citing an elbow injury which requires six weeks of rest. 26: Asashoryu energetically participates in a charity soccer match in his native Mongolia with Japanese football star Hidetoshi Nakata. 27: The elders in charge of the regional tour criticise Asashoryu for neglecting his duties as a yokozuna, with Takadagawa saying, "In the 200 year history of sumo, exhibition events have been just as important as hon-basho... we will not stand for selfishness on the Yokozuna's part where he comes and goes as he pleases." 30: The Sumo Association orders Asashoryu to return to Japan. 31 Asashoryu receives another examination of his elbow at a Tokyo hospital. The Mongolian government apologises to the Sumo Association through the Mongolian embassy, for requesting Asashoryu's participation in the charity event.
August
1: The Sumo Association elders meet and decide to suspend Asashoryu from the next two honbasho in September and November, marking the first time that an active yokozuna has been suspended from competition. Asashoryu and his stablemaster Takasago are also given a 30 percent pay cut for the next four months. He is ordered to restrict his movements to his home, his stable and hospital. 3: The summer regional tour of Tohoku and Hokkaido begins. 6: Takasago finally meets with his deshi Asashoryu, who has not left his home since his suspension.