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2006 in sumo

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2006.

Tournaments edit

Hatsu basho edit

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 January – 22 January

2006 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
11 - 4 - 0   Asashōryū Y  
4 - 4 - 7 ø   Chiyotaikai O ø   Kaiō 3 - 6 - 6
14 - 1 - 0   Tochiazuma O   Kotoōshū 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Kotomitsuki S   Hakuhō 13 - 2 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Kyokutenhō K   Tamanoshima 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Miyabiyama M1   Tokitenkū 5 - 10 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Rohō M2   Kokkai 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Takekaze M3   Tochinohana 4 - 11 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Hakurozan M4   Asasekiryū 5 - 10 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Iwakiyama M5   Kasuganishiki 4 - 11 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Ama M6   Dejima 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Aminishiki M7   Kakizoe 8 - 7 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Jūmonji M8   Futen'ō 9 - 6 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Kisenosato M9   Toyonoshima 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Takamisakari M10   Kotoshōgiku 8 - 7 - 0
12 - 3 - 0   Hokutōriki M11   Kyokushūzan 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Kasugaō M12   Toyozakura 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 10 - 1 ø   Tochisakae M13   Yoshikaze 5 - 10 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Tosanoumi M14   Tokitsuumi 12 - 3 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Shunketsu M15   Wakatoba 4 - 11 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Wakanosato M16   Katayama 6 - 9 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Kitazakura M17  
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Haru basho edit

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 12 March – 26 March

2006 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
13 - 2 - 0   Asashōryū* Y ø  
12 - 3 - 0   Tochiazuma O   Kotoōshū 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Chiyotaikai O   Kaiō 8 - 7 - 0
13 - 2 - 0   Hakuhō S   Kotomitsuki 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Rohō K   Miyabiyama 10 - 5 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Tamanoshima M1   Kokkai 5 - 10 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Ama M2   Hokutōriki 1 - 14 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Aminishiki M3   Iwakiyama 4 - 11 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Futen'ō M4   Dejima 6 - 9 - 0
11 - 4 - 0   Kyokutenhō M5   Tokitsuumi 2 - 13 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Kakizoe M6   Tokitenkū 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Kisenosato M7   Kasugaō 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Kotoshōgiku M8   Asasekiryū 10 - 5 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Jūmonji M9   Takekaze 9 - 6 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Tochinohana M10   Toyonoshima 6 - 9 - 0
11 - 4 - 0   Wakanosato M11   Takamisakari 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Hakurozan M12   Tochinonada 8 - 7 - 0
11 - 4 - 0   Kyokushūzan M13   Kasuganishiki 5 - 10 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Toyozakura M14   Kitazakura 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Tamakasuga M15   Ōtsukasa 4 - 11 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Ushiomaru M16   Yoshikaze 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Buyūzan M17 ø  
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner
*Won Playoff

Natsu basho edit

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 7 May – 21 May

2006 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
1 - 2 - 12 ø   Asashōryū Y ø  
2 - 5 - 8 ø   Tochiazuma O   Kotoōshū 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Chiyotaikai O   Kaiō 9 - 6 - 0
ø   O   Hakuhō* 14 - 1 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Kotomitsuki S   Miyabiyama 14 - 1 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Kyokutenhō K   Ama 4 - 11 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Kisenosato M1   Kakizoe 6 - 9 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Asasekiryū M2   Wakanosato 6 - 9 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Kotoshōgiku M3   Aminishiki 5 - 10 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Tokitenkū M4   Takekaze 2 - 13 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Kyokushūzan M5   Rohō 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Tamanoshima M6   Kokkai 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Futen'ō M7   Dejima 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Kasugaō M8   Hakurozan 10 - 5 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Iwakiyama M9   Tochinonada 6 - 9 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Tamakasuga M10   Tochinohana 5 - 10 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Hōmashō M11   Baruto 11 - 4 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Takamisakari M12   Tosanoumi 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Toyonoshima M13   Hokutōriki 10 - 5 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Katayama M14   Yoshikaze 9 - 6 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Buyūzan M15   Kitazakura 7 - 8 - 0
2 - 9 - 4 ø   Tokitsuumi M16   Jūmonji 8 - 7 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner
*Won Playoff

Nagoya basho edit

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 9 July – 23 July

2006 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
14 - 1 - 0   Asashōryū Y  
13 - 2 - 0   Hakuhō O   Chiyotaikai 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Kaiō O   Kotoōshū 8 - 7 - 0
ø   O   Tochiazuma 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Miyabiyama S   Kotomitsuki 8 - 7 - 0
1 - 2 - 12 ø   Asasekiryū K   Kisenosato 8 - 7 - 0
3 - 12 - 0   Kotoshōgiku M1   Kyokushūzan 3 - 12 - 0
2 - 13 - 0   Hakurozan M2   Kyokutenhō 6 - 9 - 0
8 - 5 - 2   Rohō M3   Kakizoe 4 - 11 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Ama M4   Baruto 9 - 6 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Futen'ō M5   Kokkai 10 - 5 - 0
3 - 2 - 10 ø   Wakanosato M6   Dejima 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Hokutōriki M7   Aminishiki 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Tokitenkū M8   Takamisakari 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Yoshikaze M9   Tosanoumi 6 - 9 - 0
11 - 4 - 0   Tamanoshima M10   Iwakiyama 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Toyonoshima M11   Kasugaō 5 - 10 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Tochinonada M12   Tamakasuga 11 - 4 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Jūmonji M13   Takekaze 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Hōmashō M14   Toyozakura 5 - 10 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Tochinohana M15   Buyūzan 4 - 11 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Kitazakura M16   Daimanazuru 2 - 13 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Aki basho edit

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 September – 24 September

2006 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
13 - 2 - 0   Asashōryū Y ø  
8 - 7 - 0   Hakuhō O   Chiyotaikai 10 - 5 - 0
1 - 6 - 8 ø   Kaiō O   Kotoōshū 10 - 5 - 0
ø   O   Tochiazuma 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Miyabiyama S   Kotomitsuki 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Kisenosato K   Kokkai 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 7 - 4 ø   Baruto M1   Rohō 10 - 5 - 0
4 - 1 - 0   Tamanoshima M2   Tokitenkū 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Dejima M3   Aminishiki 11 - 4 - 0
1 - 14 - 0   Tamakasuga M4   Kyokutenhō 6 - 9 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Tochinonada M5   Iwakiyama 10 - 5 - 0
11 - 4 - 0   Ama M6   Toyonoshima 4 - 1 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Futen'ō M7   Kotoshōgiku 10 - 5 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Kyokushūzan M8   Kakizoe 9 - 6 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Takamisakari M9   Asasekiryū 7 - 8 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Takekaze M10   Hakurozan 5 - 10 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Hōmashō M11   Jūmonji 4 - 11 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Yoshikaze M12   Tosanoumi 7 - 8 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Hokutōriki M13   Tochinohana 7 - 8 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø   Wakanosato M14   Hōchiyama 5 - 10 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Kasuganishiki M15   Kasugaō 8 - 7 - 0
4 - 11 - 0   Ryūhō M16   Shimotori 7 - 8 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho edit

Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 12 November – 26 November

2006 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
15 - 0 - 0   Asashōryū Y ø  
9 - 6 - 0   Chiyotaikai O   Kotoōshū 10 - 5 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Tochiazuma O ø   Hakuhō 0 - 0 - 15
ø   O   Kaiō 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Miyabiyama S   Kotomitsuki 9 - 6 - 0
8 - 7 - 0   Kisenosato K   Kokkai 3 - 12 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Aminishiki K   Rohō 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Ama M1   Iwakiyama 2 - 13 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Kotoshōgiku M2   Futen'ō 5 - 10 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Tokitenkū M3   Dejima 10 - 5 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Takekaze M4   Kakizoe 6 - 9 - 0
0 - 9 - 6 ø   Hokutōriki M5   Tochinonada 7 - 8 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Kyokutenhō M6   Baruto 10 - 5 - 0
2 - 9 - 4 ø   Tamanoshima M7   Kasugaō 8 - 7 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Toyozakura M8   Kakuryū 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0   Takamisakari M9   Asasekiryū 10 - 5 - 0
0 - 2 - 0 ø   Kyokushūzan M10   Toyonoshima 8 - 7 - 0
12 - 3 - 0   Hōmashō M11   Kitazakura 4 - 11 - 0
5 - 10 - 0   Ushiomaru M12   Tosanoumi 5 - 10 - 0
6 - 9 - 0   Asōfuji M13   Tochinohana 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0   Tamakasuga M14   Hakurozan 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0   Ōtsukasa M15   Katayama 6 - 9 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News edit

January edit

  • At the Hatsu basho in Tokyo, ozeki Tochiazuma takes his third top division yusho or championship with a 14–1 record. This stops Asashoryu's record streak of consecutive championships at seven. Tochiazuma will likely be promoted to yokozuna if he wins the next tournament or posts at least 13 wins. Sekiwake Hakuho is runner-up with a 13–2 record and wins the Outstanding Performance Award. Ozeki Kaio and Chiyotaikai both drop out through injury. Maegashira Tokitsuumi and Hokutoriki both win an impressive twelve bouts; Tokitsuumi is awarded his fourth Technique Prize while Hokutoriki gets the Fighting Spirit Award. Veteran Tochinonada wins the juryo division championship with a 12–3 record and earns promotion back to the top makuuchi division. Estonian Baruto, recovered from appendicitis, wins the makushita division championship and returns to juryo. Former sekiwake Hayateumi, who has fallen to makushita 49, retires.

March edit

 
Action at the Osaka Prefectural Gym during the 2006 tournament.
  • At the Haru basho in Osaka, Asashoryu defeats Hakuho in a playoff bout to take his 16th championship with a 13–2 score. Hakuho is promoted to ozeki nevertheless, and is awarded the Technique and Outstanding Performance prizes. He becomes the sixth non Japanese to reach sumo's second highest rank, and is also the fourth youngest ozeki ever. Fellow Mongolians Ama and Kyokushuzan win the Technique and Fighting Spirit prizes respectively. Tochiazauma, who was hoping for promotion to yokozuna, finishes in third place on 12–3 and narrowly misses out. Kaio and Chiyotaikai both post winning records to maintain their ozeki status. In the juryo division Baruto wins the championship with a perfect 15–0 record, the first man to do so since Kitanofuji in 1963. He is promoted to the top division for the first time, alongside Homasho.

May edit

 
A full house at the Kokugikan on the final day of the May 2006 tournament.
  • At the Natsu basho in Tokyo, Asashoryu bows out of the tournament early due to injury. Tochiazuma also withdraws after seven days. Hakuho takes his first championship in his debut tournament as an ozeki, with a 14–1 record. He defeats sekiwake Miyabiyama in a playoff. Miyabiyama's 14–1 score is his best ever, and there is speculation he could return to ozeki for the first time in five years with a good performance in July. He is awarded the Technique and Outstanding Performance prizes. Baruto scores eleven wins in his top division debut and wins the Fighting Spirit prize, as does Asasekiryu for his ten wins at maegashira 2. Toyozakura wins his first juryo championship and is promoted back to makuuchi. Daimanazuru is also promoted to the top division, in his case for the first time after 14 years in sumo. In makushita, the championship goes to Shimoda, a Nihon University graduate who scores a perfect 7–0 record as a makushita tsukedashi debutant. Former komusubi Toki retires.

June edit

July edit

  • After bowing out of the Natsu basho due to injury, Asashoryu comes back strong to win his 17th yusho with a 14–1 record. Hakuho defeats Asashoryu on the final day but the championship had already been decided on Day 14 and his runner-up score of 13–2 is not considered good enough by the Sumo Association for promotion to yokozuna. Miyabiyama, who scored 10–5, is also denied promotion to ozeki, despite accumulating 34 wins over three tournaments. Tochiazuma races to an 8–0 lead, only to lose seven in a row. Veteran Tamakasuga is awarded the Technique Prize, some nine years after his previous special prize. Tamanoshima wins the Fighting Spirit Prize. Russian wrestler Roho is suspended for three days after striking two photographers and breaking a bathroom window following a bad-tempered defeat to Chiyotaikai.[1] Hochiyama wins the juryo division championship. In the makushita division, Kageyama wins promotion to juryo after a 6–1 performance, and changes his fighting name to Tochiozan. Former maegashira Wakatsutomu retires.

August edit

 
Hakuhō and Chiyotaikai in Taiwan.
  • 1: Onoe Oyakata, the former komusubi Hamanoshima, leaves Mihogaseki stable to set up his own Onoe stable. He brings with him several sekitori, including Baruto.
  • 20–21: The Sumo Association visits Taiwan for the first time. The 42 sekitori take part in a two-day tournament, won by Asashoryu.

September edit

  • At the Aki basho in Tokyo, Asashoryu's dominance continues as he chalks up thirteen wins for his 18th championship. Hakuho and Miyabiyama's promotion hopes end as they score only 8–7 and 9–6 respectively. Runners-up are maegashira Aminishiki who is awarded the Technique Prize, and Ama who gets the Fighting Spirit Award. Komusubi Kisenosato is awarded his first Outstanding Performance prize for his victory over Asashoryu. Kaio withdraws on the seventh day of the tournament with only one win. In the juryo division, former sekiwake Takanowaka wins the yusho. The makushita championship goes to Sawai, who wins with a perfect 7–0 record. He is rewarded with promotion to the elite sekitori ranks and a shikona change to Goeido. Former amateur champion Kaido, a stablemate of Kaio, retires. In addition, the 40-year-old former juryo wrestler Kotokanyu, veteran of 154 tournaments, is forced to retire by his stablemaster after punching young opponent Ikioi in the face in the locker room after a defeat.[2]
  • The Sumo Association raises the standard of qualification for former wrestlers who wish to open up their own stables. They must now have spent at least 25 tournaments at a sanyaku rank or at least 60 tournaments ranked in the top division. The move is seen as an attempt to limit the number of stables, which now stands at 54.

November edit

 
Banners announce the beginning of the 2006 Kyushu tournament.
  • At the Kyushu basho, Asashoryu achieves a perfect 15–0 record to take his 19th championship. He has little competition; the closest being maegashira 11 Homasho, who finishes as runner-up on 12–3 and receives the Technique and Fighting Spirit Awards. Hakuho is missing, having injured himself in training shortly before the start of the tournament. Kotoshogiku shares the Technique Prize, scoring an impressive ten wins at maegashira 2. Kaio staves off retirement for another year by returning to win his first eight bouts in a row, although in the end he too finishes on 10–5. Jumonji wins the juryo championship. Former komusubi Kyokushuzan, who in 1996 was the first Mongolian to reach the top division, retires at the age of 33. He had been ranked as a maegashira for a record 58 consecutive tournaments. Former maegashira Harunoyama also announces his retirement. This tournament is also unique in sumo history in that there are three sets of brothers (Asofuji and Aminishiki, Kitazakura and Toyozakura, and Rohō and Hakurozan) in the top division simultaneously for the first and only time (Kitazakura is demoted back to juryo for January 2007).
  • Isegahama Oyataka, the former ozeki Kiyokuni, reaches 65 and retires. Wakafuji Oyataka, the former Katsuhikari, takes over the running of Isegahama stable, but only on a short-term basis.

Deaths edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Shamed Sumo star quits". Fox Sports.au. 21 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Wrestler quits after punching rival". Japan Times. 20 September 2006. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
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