The following are the events in professional sumo during 2022.
Tournaments January
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 January – 23 January 2022 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 11 - 4 - 0 TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 3 - 11 ø TakakeishōO Shōdai 6 - 9 - 0 13 - 2 - 0 MitakeumiS Takanoshō 7 - 8 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Meisei K Daieishō 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 WakatakakageM1 Kiribayama 6 - 9 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 UraM2 Ichinojō 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Tamawashi M3 Endō 7 - 8 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 Okinoumi M4 Hokutofuji 6 - 9 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 ŌnoshōM5 Chiyoshōma 4 - 11 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 HōshōryūM6 Abi 12 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 15 ø TakayasuM7 Takarafuji 9 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 15 ø HidenoumiM8 Tobizaru 6 - 9 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 ChiyonokuniM9 ø Shimanoumi 5 - 6 - 4 5 - 8 - 2 Myōgiryū M10 Akua 4 - 11 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Sadanoumi M11 Terutsuyoshi 7 - 8 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 IshiuraM12 Chiyotairyū 7 - 8 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 ChiyomaruM13 Yutakayama 6 - 9 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 Kotonowaka M14 Ichiyamamoto 5 - 10 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 WakamotoharuM15 Tochinoshin 7 - 8 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 AoiyamaM16 Tsurugishō 6 - 9 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Kotoekō M17 ø Kaisei 5 - 7 - 3 7 - 8 - 0 ŌhōM18 ø 0 - 0 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
March
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 13 March – 27 March 2022 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 3 - 3 - 9 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 ShōdaiO Takakeishō 8 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Mitakeumi 11 - 4 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 Wakatakakage*S Abi 8 - 7 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 Takanoshō K Hōshōryū 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 DaieishōM1 Ura 4 - 11 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 IchinojōM2 Tamawashi 7 - 8 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 ŌnoshōM3 Meisei 1 - 14 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Kiribayama M4 Endō 8 - 7 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 TakarafujiM5 Ishiura 2 - 7 - 6 9 - 6 - 0 HokutofujiM6 Kotonowaka 11 - 4 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 TakayasuM7 Okinoumi 5 - 10 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 ChiyoshōmaM8 Sadanoumi 5 - 10 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 TobizaruM9 Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Shimanoumi M10 Aoiyama 7 - 8 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 MyōgiryūM11 Terutsuyoshi 8 - 7 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 KotoekōM12 Chiyotairyū 7 - 8 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 ChiyomaruM13 Chiyonokuni 5 - 6 - 4 9 - 6 - 0 KotoshōhōM14 Yutakayama 7 - 8 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 AkuaM15 Tochinoshin 9 - 6 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 NishikigiM16 Kōtokuzan 7 - 8 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Kagayaki M17 Ichiyamamoto 8 - 7 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner*Won Playoff
May
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 May – 22 May 2022 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 12 - 3 - 0 TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 MitakeumiO Shōdai 5 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Takakeishō 8 - 7 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 WakatakakageS Abi 7 - 8 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Hōshōryū K Daieishō 11 - 4 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 TakayasuM1 ø Ichinojō 0 - 0 - 15 10 - 5 - 0 KiribayamaM2 Kotonowaka 9 - 6 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 HokutofujiM3 Tamawashi 9 - 6 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 EndōM4 Takanoshō 11 - 4 - 0 2 - 4 - 9 ø ŌnoshōM5 Tobizaru 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 5 - 1 ø UraM6 Wakamotoharu 9 - 6 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 TakarafujiM7 Kotoekō 6 - 9 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 ShimanoumiM8 Terutsuyoshi 5 - 10 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 KotoshōhōM9 Tochinoshin 8 - 7 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Okinoumi M10 Nishikigi 8 - 7 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 AoiyamaM11 Chiyoshōma 6 - 9 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 MyōgiryūM12 Sadanoumi 11 - 4 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 ChiyotairyūM13 Meisei 8 - 7 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 ŌhōM14 Yutakayama 6 - 9 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 AzumaryūM15 Ichiyamamoto 8 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 15 ø Ishiura M16 Midorifuji 9 - 6 - 0 2 - 13 - 0 KōtokuzanM17 Kagayaki 6 - 9 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
July Nagoya
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 10 July – 24 July 2022 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 11 - 4 - 0 TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 TakakeishōO ø Mitakeumi 2 - 5 - 8 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Shōdai 10 - 5 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 WakatakakageS ø Daieishō 6 - 7 - 2 9 - 6 - 0 HōshōryūK Abi 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 KiribayamaM1 ø Takanoshō 1 - 6 - 8 7 - 4 - 4 ø KotonowakaM2 Ichinojō 12 - 3 - 0 5 - 8 - 2 ø Tamawashi M3 Ura 7 - 8 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Wakamotoharu M4 ø Takayasu 0 - 0 - 15 3 - 10 - 2 ø Endō M5 Sadanoumi 7 - 8 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 AoiyamaM6 ø Tobizaru 8 - 5 - 2 4 - 11 - 0 ø Okinoumi M7 ø Hokutofuji 6 - 9 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Tochinoshin M8 ø Nishikigi 8 - 5 - 2 1 - 14 - 0 Shimanoumi M9 ø Kotoekō 5 - 6 - 4 6 - 9 - 0 ChiyotairyūM10 Meisei 9 - 6 - 0 5 - 6 - 4 ø KotoshōhōM11 Midorifuji 10 - 5 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Terutsuyoshi M12 Takarafuji 9 - 6 - 0 6 - 3 - 6 ø IchiyamamotoM13 Chiyoshōma 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 MyōgiryūM14 ø Tsurugishō 5 - 8 - 2 10 - 5 - 0 ŌnoshōM15 Ōhō 8 - 7 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 YutakayamaM16 ø Daiamami 2 - 9 - 4 10 - 5 - 0 Nishikifuji M17 Chiyomaru 6 - 9 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
September
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 11 September – 25 September
2022 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 5 - 5 - 5 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 TakakeishōO Shōdai 4 - 11 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø O Mitakeumi 4 - 11 - 0 11 - 4 - 0 WakatakakageS Hōshōryū 8 - 7 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 DaieishōS ø 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 15 ø Abi K Ichinojō 6 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø K Kiribayama 9 - 6 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 TobizaruM1 Midorifuji 7 - 8 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 KotonowakaM2 Meisei 8 - 7 - 0 13 - 2 - 0 Tamawashi M3 Ura 8 - 7 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 NishikigiM4 Takayasu 11 - 4 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 Takarafuji M5 Sadanoumi 9 - 6 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Wakamotoharu M6 Endō 7 - 8 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 AoiyamaM7 Ōnoshō 5 - 10 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Tochinoshin M8 Hokutofuji 10 - 5 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 MyōgiryūM9 Kotoekō 6 - 9 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 NishikifujiM10 Takanoshō 8 - 7 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 KotoshōhōM11 Chiyotairyū 6 - 9 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Okinoumi M12 Ryūden 11 - 4 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 IchiyamamotoM13 Ōhō 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 ChiyoshōmaM14 Yutakayama 4 - 11 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 TerutsuyoshiM15 Tsurugishō 5 - 10 - 0 5 - 10 - 0 MitoryūM16 Hiradoumi 7 - 8 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner
November Kyushu
Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Kyushu, 13 November – 27 November 2022 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionEastRankWest 0 - 0 - 15 ø TerunofujiY ø 0 - 0 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 TakakeishōO Shōdai 6 - 9 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 WakatakakageS Hōshōryū 11 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ø S Mitakeumi 6 - 9 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Tamawashi K Kiribayama 8 - 7 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 TobizaruK Daieishō 7 - 8 - 0 12 - 3 - 0 TakayasuM1 Kotonowaka 9 - 6 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 MeiseiM2 Ichinojō 4 - 11 - 0 4 - 11 - 0 UraM3 Midorifuji 8 - 7 - 0 10 - 5 - 0 Wakamotoharu M4 Sadanoumi 8 - 7 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Hokutofuji M5 Nishikifuji 9 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 NishikigiM6 Ryūden 9 - 6 - 0 6 - 9 - 0 Endō M7 Myōgiryū 8 - 7 - 0 3 - 12 - 0 Takarafuji M8 Tochinoshin 6 - 9 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 TakanoshōM9 Abi* 12 - 3 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 AoiyamaM10 Chiyoshōma 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Ōnoshō M11 Kotoshōhō 7 - 8 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 Kotoekō M12 ø Chiyotairyū 2 - 6 - 0 8 - 7 - 0 Okinoumi M13 Ōhō 10 - 5 - 0 7 - 8 - 0 IchiyamamotoM14 Azumaryū 7 - 8 - 0 9 - 6 - 0 Kagayaki M15 Atamifuji 4 - 11 - 0 0 - 15 - 0 Terutsuyoshi M16 Hiradoumi 10 - 5 - 0 ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rankwinning record in boldYūshō Winner*Won 3-Way Playoff
Playoff (Two consecutive victories required to win the Playoff and the yūshō) Match 1: Abi defeated Takayasu Match 2: Abi defeated Takakeishō
News
January
4: The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) announces that Tagonoura stable will withdraw from the January 2022 tournament after four individuals at the stable, including the stablemaster (former maegashira Takanotsuru), test positive for COVID-19. The announcement means that makuuchi division competitor and former ōzeki Takayasu will be unable to participate. 7: Maegashira Hidenoumi and jūryō are interviewed by Saitama Prefectural Police as part of an investigation into an illegal gambling establishment in Sōka that was raided in September 2021. Both wrestlers were withdrawn from the January 2022 tournament in December. Media reports later suggest that prosecutors will likely not press charges against either of them. 9: Nishikido stable withdraws from the January 2022 tournament due to a COVID-19 case within the stable. A follow-up PCR test confirms that stablemaster Nishikido (former sekiwake Mitoizumi) has contracted the virus. 12: Ōzeki Takakeishō withdraws from the January 2022 tournament after spraining his ankle in his Day 3 loss to Ura. It is the eighth time in his career that he has had to pull out of a basho. 15: Japanese media outlets report that the Sumo Association's compliance committee, after holding hearings, concluded that Hidenoumi and Shiden participated in illegal gambling. The association's board of directors is expected to take up the issue at their meeting on 27 January. The committee's report recommends a suspension of one tournament for Hidenoumi and no suspension for Shiden, but the board could determine otherwise. 21: The Sumo Association announces the retirement of Mongolian former maegashira Kyokushūhō. 22: The penultimate day of the January 2022 tournament ends with four wrestlers — yokozuna Terunofuji, sekiwake Mitakeumi and rank-and-filers Abi and Kotonowaka — all in contention for the Emperor's Cup. 23: Sekiwake Mitakeumi (13–2) claims his third career yūshō in the top division after defeating yokozuna Terunofuji (11–4) in the final match and also receives his third Ginō-shō special prize for technique. His championship marks the first time since 2015 that the January yusho did not go to a first-time winner. With 33 victories in his last three tournaments, Mitakeumi meets the de facto requirement for promotion to the second-highest rank of ōzeki. Refereeing department chairman Isegahama (the 63rd yokozuna Asahifuji) officially requested that the Sumo Association meet on 26 January to discuss Mitakeumi, making ōzeki promotion all but certain. Meanwhile both of the current ōzeki, Shōdai (6–9) and Takakeishō (1–3–11), will enter the March basho at demotion-threatened kadoban status. Tournament runner-up Abi (12–3), who secured his sixth consecutive winning record since returning from suspension in March 2021 and picked up a kinboshi against Terunofuji on Day 14, is awarded his first Shukun-shō (Outstanding Performance prize). Kotonowaka (11–4), eliminated from Emperor's Cup contention when he was defeated by Abi on Day 15, is awarded his first Kantō-shō (Fighting Spirit prize). Former rank-and-filer Kotoshōhō (11–4) wins the jūryō division championship, eventually resulting in his return to maegashira after one year.
26: Mitakeumi's ōzeki promotion is finalized by the Sumo Association. The 29-year-old is the sixth oldest ōzeki in sumo history, as well as the first ōzeki from Nagano Prefecture in 227 years (since Raiden Tameemon). In his customary acceptance speech, Mitakeumi said he would embrace gratitude, express his own style and devote himself to the way of sumo.Four promotions to jūryō are announced. Newly promoted are 19-year-old Atamifuji and 25-year-old Shimazuumi. Atamifuji made his professional debut in November 2020 and won the jonokuchi and jonidan championships in his first two tournaments. He advances to sekitori after just seven basho, all with winning records. Shimazuumi entered sumo in 2012 and had been struggling in the lower divisions with various injuries. He is the first sekitori for the Hanaregoma stable under its new owner, former sekiwake Tamanoshima. Returning to jūryō is Ryūden, who had been suspended for violating COVID-19 protocols before returning to secure the November 2021 makushita championship. He has a combined record of 13-1 in his last two basho. Takakentō also returns to sumo's second-highest division after two tournaments at makushita.51-year-old Hanakaze is among the retirements announced by the Sumo Association. Having debuted at the age of 15 in 1986, he is the final sumo wrestler to retire from the Shōwa Era. He competed in a total of 214 tournaments, but never rose above the third-lowest sandanme division.The Sumo Association announces that Kakuryū (the 71st yokozuna) and one gyōji have tested positive for COVID-19.