1997 in sumo
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The following were the events in professional sumo during 1997.
Tournaments
Hatsu basho
1997 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Akebono | Y | Takanohana | 13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||
14 | - | 1 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | Musashimaru | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | ø | |||||||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Kotonishiki | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Musōyama | K | Akinoshima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | M1 | Takatōriki | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M2 | Kenkō | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Asahiyutaka | M3 | Kyokushūzan | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M4 | Higonoumi | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M5 | Kitakachidoki | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M6 | Kotonowaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M7 | Asanosho | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M8 | Terao | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Hamanoshima | M9 | Minatofuji | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Daihishō | M10 | Tochiazuma | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Daishi | M11 | Kotoryū | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M12 | Kotoinazuma | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Konishiki | M13 | Rikiō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
2 | - | 2 | - | 11 | ø | Daishōhō | M14 | Yamato | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | |||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Shikishima | M15 | Misugisato | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kotobeppu | M16 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Haru basho
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 9 March – 23 March
1997 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Takanohana* | Y | Akebono | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
3 | - | 1 | - | 11 | ø | Wakanohana | O | Musashimaru | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | |||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | ø | |||||||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Musōyama | S | Takatōriki | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | K | Kyokushūzan | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Kaiō | M1 | ø | Kotonowaka | 2 | - | 10 | - | 3 | |||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | M2 | Asanosho | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
2 | - | 12 | - | 1 | ø | Terao | M3 | Kotonishiki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | |||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kotoryū | M4 | Tochiazuma | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Kenkō | M5 | Daishi | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M6 | Ganyū | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kitakachidoki | M7 | Kotoinazuma | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Asahiyutaka | M8 | Higonoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M9 | Tochinowaka | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M10 | Konishiki | 6 | - | 7 | - | 2 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M11 | Shikishima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Rikiō | M12 | Yamato | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Dejima | M13 | Hamanoshima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M14 | Misugisato | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M15 | Daihishō | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Gojōrō | M16 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won 3-Way Playoff |
Playoff
(Two consecutive victories required to win the Playoff and the yūshō)
- Match 1: Takanohana defeated Kaiō
- Match 2: Takanohana defeated Akebono
Natsu basho
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 11 May – 25 May
1997 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | Akebono* | 13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | Takanonami | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Wakanohana | O | ø | ||||||||
7 | - | 5 | - | 3 | ø | Kaiō | S | Tosanoumi | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Musōyama | K | Takatōriki | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M1 | Kotonishiki | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M2 | Akinoshima | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Asanosho | M3 | Dejima | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M4 | Kyokushūzan | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M5 | Oginishiki | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Tochiazuma | M6 | Aogiyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M7 | Shikishima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kotoryū | M8 | Kotoinazuma | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Daishi | M9 | Higonoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Hamanoshima | M10 | Kotonowaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kenkō | M11 | Kitakachidoki | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M12 | Asahiyutaka | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | Terao | M13 | Gojōrō | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Konishiki | M14 | Yamato | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Mainoumi | M15 | Rikiō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Tochinonada | M16 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won Playoff |
Nagoya basho
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 6 July – 20 July
1997 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | Akebono | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | Musashimaru | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | ø | |||||||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | S | Tamakasuga | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | K | ø | Kaiō | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
ø | K | Tochiazuma | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | |||||||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Musōyama | M1 | Takatōriki | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M2 | Kotoinazuma | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | M3 | Higonoumi | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Dejima | M4 | Kotonowaka | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kotonishiki | M5 | Asahiyutaka | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M6 | ø | Kenkō | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Asanosho | M7 | Minatofuji | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M8 | Ganyū | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Mainoumi | M9 | Konishiki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M10 | Shikishima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Tochinonada | M11 | Kyokushūzan | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Rikiō | M12 | Kotoryū | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Terao | M13 | Kitakachidoki | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Hamanoshima | M14 | ø | Daishi | 2 | - | 4 | - | 9 | |||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Gojōrō | M15 | Yamato | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Aki basho
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 7 September – 21 September
1997 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Takanohana* | Y | Akebono | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | Takanonami | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | ø | |||||||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | S | Tochiazuma | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
ø | S | Takatōriki | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | |||||||||
0 | - | 3 | - | 12 | ø | Musōyama | K | ø | Kaiō | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ||
ø | K | Tamakasuga | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | |||||||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Dejima | M1 | Ganyū | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Tochinonada | M2 | Konishiki | 0 | - | 11 | - | 4 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Oginishiki | M3 | Kyokushūzan | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | |||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M4 | ø | Rikiō | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | M5 | Kotoinazuma | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M6 | Kotonowaka | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Shikishima | M7 | Asahiyutaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 7 | - | 4 | ø | Asanosho | M8 | Terao | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | |||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M9 | Kotonishiki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M10 | Hamanoshima | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M11 | Chiyotaikai | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kotoryū | M12 | Higonoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Wakanojō | M13 | Kushimaumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Mainoumi | M14 | Kitakachidoki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Akinoshū | M15 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won Playoff |
Kyushu basho
Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu
, 9 November – 23 November
1997 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
14 | - | 1 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | ø | Akebono | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | Takanonami* | 14 | - | 1 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | ø | |||||||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Tochiazuma | S | ø | Dejima | 5 | - | 3 | - | 7 | |||
ø | S | Takatōriki | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | |||||||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tochinonada | K | Akinoshima | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M1 | Tosanoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Asahiyutaka | M2 | Hamanoshima | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M3 | Kaiō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kotonishiki | M4 | Tochinowaka | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Chiyotaikai | M5 | Higonoumi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Musōyama | M6 | Kotoinazuma | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M7 | Wakanojō | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kotonowaka | M8 | Kyokushūzan | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Mainoumi | M9 | Terao | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M10 | Shikishima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M11 | Kitakachidoki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Yamato | M12 | Minatofuji | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Akinoshū | M13 | Asanowaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ø | Konishiki | M14 | Kotoryū | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | |||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Asanosho | M15 | Kushimaumi | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won Playoff |
News
January
- At the Hatsu basho, yusho.
March
- In Osaka, Takanohana takes his 16th championship after an unusual four way playoff also involving Akebono, Musashimaru and Naminohanaretires.
May
- Akebono wins his 9th yusho, and first for over two years, by defeating Takanohana twice on the final day, once in regulation and once in a playoff after both yokozuna finish on 13–2. It is the first time that Takanohana and Akebono alone have fought a playoff, and comes after Akebono had lost seven times in a row to his rival. Wakanohana sits the tournament out. Kaio suffers a serious leg injury after standing at 7–4 on the 11th day and has to withdraw. Tamakasuga wins his second successive sansho, for Outstanding Performance. Tosanoumi and .
- Former ozeki Daiju takes over the running of Asahiyama stable following the death of its stablemaster.
June
- To mark 100 years of trade relations between Japan and Australia a tour by top division wrestlers visits Melbourne on the 6th and 7th, where an exhibition tournament is held at Melbourne Park (home of the Australian Open), and Sydney on the 13th and 14th, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
July
- Takanohana defeats Akebono on the final day in Nagoya to claim his 17th championship with a 13–2 record. Akebono is runner-up on 12–3. Dairyuretires at the age of 37 after 21 years in sumo.
September
- At the Aki basho Takanohana wins back-to-back titles for the first time in a year, defeating Musashimaru in a playoff after both men finish on 13–2. Takanosato).
November
- In Kyushu, former ozeki makushitayusho.
Deaths
- 20 May: Asahiyama Oyakata (former komusubi Wakafutase), aged 55.
- 5 July: Former sekiwake Kainoyama(also briefly Onogawa Oyakata), aged 57.
- 18 August: Former sekiwake Tochiakagi, aged 42.
- 17 September: Tatsutayama Oyakata (former maegashira Amanoyama), aged 43.
- 24 September: Asakayama Oyakata (former komusubi Aobayama), aged 47.
See also
References
- ^ "1997 Hatsu Basho". Sakai & Nishida Lab. Retrieved 10 February 2024.