2003 in sumo

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Template:Short description Template:Year nav sports topic5 The following are the events in professional sumo during 2003.

Tournaments

Hatsu basho

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 January – 26 January

2003 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
0 - 0 - 15 ø Template:Flagicon Musashimaru Y ø Template:Flagicon Takanohana 4 - 4 - 1
14 - 1 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asashōryū O Template:Flagicon Musōyama 8 - 7 - 0
0 - 6 - 9 ø Template:Flagicon Tochiazuma O ø Template:Flagicon Chiyotaikai 0 - 0 - 15
0 - 0 - 15 ø Template:Flagicon Kaiō O ø Template:Flagicon
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takanowaka S Template:Flagicon Kotomitsuki 9 - 6 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takanonami K Template:Flagicon Wakanosato 11 - 4 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tosanoumi M1 ø Template:Flagicon Miyabiyama 1 - 3 - 11
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kyokutenhō M2 Template:Flagicon Tōki 4 - 11 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kotonowaka M3 Template:Flagicon Dejima 11 - 4 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Aminishiki M4 Template:Flagicon Tokitsuumi 5 - 10 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kaihō M5 Template:Flagicon Iwakiyama 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Hokutōriki M6 Template:Flagicon Kyokushūzan 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakanoyama M7 Template:Flagicon Shimotori 9 - 6 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tamanoshima M8 Template:Flagicon Kotoryū 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takamisakari M9 Template:Flagicon Akinoshima 6 - 9 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tochinonada M10 Template:Flagicon Gojōrō 5 - 10 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Jūmonji M11 Template:Flagicon Kasuganishiki 7 - 8 - 0
0 - 5 - 10 ø Template:Flagicon Tamakasuga M12 Template:Flagicon Takanotsuru 9 - 6 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Ōtsukasa M13 Template:Flagicon Kasugaō 10 - 5 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kōbō M14 Template:Flagicon Tochinohana 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tamarikidō M15 ø Template:Flagicon
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Haru basho

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 9 March – 23 March

2003 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
0 - 0 - 15 ø Template:Flagicon Musashimaru Y Template:Flagicon Asashōryū 10 - 5 - 0
1 - 6 - 8 Template:Flagicon Musōyama O ø Template:Flagicon Tochiazuma 0 - 0 - 15
12 - 3 - 0 Template:Flagicon Chiyotaikai O Template:Flagicon Kaiō 10 - 5 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Template:Flagicon Takanowaka S Template:Flagicon Kotomitsuki 6 - 9 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakanosato S ø Template:Flagicon
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Dejima K Template:Flagicon Tosanoumi 8 - 7 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takanonami M1 Template:Flagicon Kyokutenhō 9 - 6 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tochinonada M2 Template:Flagicon Takamisakari 8 - 7 - 0
3 - 7 - 5 ø Template:Flagicon Shimotori M3 Template:Flagicon Kotonowaka 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakanoyama M4 Template:Flagicon Tamanoshima 8 - 7 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kotoryū M5 Template:Flagicon Kaihō 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 5 - 4 ø Template:Flagicon Iwakiyama M6 Template:Flagicon Tōki 5 - 10 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kasugaō M7 Template:Flagicon Kyokushūzan 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 5 - 2 ø Template:Flagicon Tokitsuumi M8 Template:Flagicon Takanotsuru 4 - 11 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Aminishiki M9 Template:Flagicon Miyabiyama 9 - 6 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asasekiryū M10 Template:Flagicon Buyūzan 7 - 8 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Hokutōriki M11 Template:Flagicon Tamarikidō 8 - 7 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kinkaiyama M12 Template:Flagicon Akinoshima 6 - 9 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kasuganishiki M13 ø Template:Flagicon Takekaze 1 - 4 - 11
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Gojōrō M14 Template:Flagicon Jūmonji 9 - 6 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tochinohana M15 ø Template:Flagicon
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Natsu basho

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 11 May – 25 May

2003 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
13 - 2 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asashōryū Y ø Template:Flagicon Musashimaru 0 - 0 - 15
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Chiyotaikai O Template:Flagicon Kaiō 11 - 4 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Musōyama O Template:Flagicon Tochiazuma 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakanosato S Template:Flagicon Dejima 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tosanoumi K Template:Flagicon Kyokutenhō 10 - 5 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tochinonada M1 Template:Flagicon Takamisakari 6 - 9 - 0
0 - 5 - 10 ø Template:Flagicon Kotomitsuki M2 Template:Flagicon Takanonami 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kyokushūzan M3 Template:Flagicon Tamanoshima 7 - 8 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kaihō M4 Template:Flagicon Kotonowaka 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Miyabiyama M5 Template:Flagicon Hokutōriki 6 - 9 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kasugaō M6 ø Template:Flagicon Takanowaka 0 - 2 - 13
0 - 0 - 15 ø Template:Flagicon Tokitsuumi M7 Template:Flagicon Aminishiki 11 - 4 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tamarikidō M8 Template:Flagicon Gojōrō 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Jūmonji M9 Template:Flagicon Iwakiyama 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kotoryū M10 Template:Flagicon Wakanoyama 6 - 9 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tōki M11 Template:Flagicon Shimotori 4 - 11 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Buyūzan M12 Template:Flagicon Aogiyama 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Yōtsukasa M13 Template:Flagicon Asasekiryū 8 - 7 - 0
0 - 11 - 4 ø Template:Flagicon Takanotsuru M14 Template:Flagicon Ōtsukasa 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asanowaka M15 Template:Flagicon Akinoshima 6 - 9 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Nagoya basho

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 6 July – 20 July

2003 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
5 - 5 - 5 ø Template:Flagicon Asashōryū Y ø Template:Flagicon Musashimaru 2 - 4 - 9
12 - 3 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kaiō O Template:Flagicon Chiyotaikai 11 - 4 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Musōyama O Template:Flagicon Tochiazuma 7 - 8 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakanosato S Template:Flagicon Kyokutenhō 6 - 9 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Template:Flagicon Dejima K Template:Flagicon Tochinonada 7 - 8 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Miyabiyama M1 ø Template:Flagicon Aminishiki 2 - 12 - 1
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kyokushūzan M2 ø Template:Flagicon Kotonowaka 1 - 2 - 12
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takanonami M3 Template:Flagicon Takamisakari 9 - 6 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tamanoshima M4 Template:Flagicon Tōki 10 - 5 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tosanoumi M5 Template:Flagicon Kotoryū 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Jūmonji M6 Template:Flagicon Buyūzan 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tokitsuumi M7 Template:Flagicon Hokutōriki 10 - 5 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kaihō M8 Template:Flagicon Tamarikidō 6 - 9 - 0
4 - 4 - 7 ø Template:Flagicon Gojōrō M9 Template:Flagicon Asasekiryū 10 - 5 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Iwakiyama M10 Template:Flagicon Ōtsukasa 5 - 10 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asanowaka M11 Template:Flagicon Tochisakae 8 - 7 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kasuganishiki M12 Template:Flagicon Kasugaō 4 - 11 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kotomitsuki M13 Template:Flagicon Wakanoyama 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Ushiomaru M14 Template:Flagicon Aogiyama 4 - 11 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tamakasuga M15 Template:Flagicon Kinkaiyama 9 - 6 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Aki basho

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 7 September – 21 September

2003 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
13 - 2 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asashōryū Y ø Template:Flagicon Musashimaru 0 - 0 - 15
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kaiō O Template:Flagicon Chiyotaikai 11 - 4 - 0
1 - 5 - 9 Template:Flagicon Musōyama O Template:Flagicon Tochiazuma 10 - 5 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakanosato S Template:Flagicon Miyabiyama 4 - 11 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tōki K Template:Flagicon Tosanoumi 7 - 8 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takamisakari M1 Template:Flagicon Tochinonada 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kyokutenhō M2 Template:Flagicon Hokutōriki 4 - 11 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kotoryū M3 Template:Flagicon Tokitsuumi 5 - 10 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asasekiryū M4 Template:Flagicon Takanonami 7 - 8 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Template:Flagicon Iwakiyama M5 Template:Flagicon Kasuganishiki 5 - 10 - 0
11 - 4 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kotomitsuki M6 Template:Flagicon Tochisakae 5 - 10 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Buyūzan M7 Template:Flagicon Tamanoshima 9 - 6 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kyokushūzan M8 Template:Flagicon Jūmonji 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kinkaiyama M9 Template:Flagicon Aminishiki 10 - 5 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Dejima M10 Template:Flagicon Kaihō 5 - 10 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kakizoe M11 Template:Flagicon Tamarikidō 6 - 9 - 0
0 - 0 - 15 ø Template:Flagicon Kotonowaka M12 Template:Flagicon Shimotori 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakatoba M13 Template:Flagicon Yōtsukasa 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asanowaka M14 Template:Flagicon Wakanoyama 7 - 8 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Ōtsukasa M15 Template:Flagicon Ushiomaru 6 - 9 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

Kyushu basho

Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 9 November – 23 November

2003 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division
Result East Rank West Result
12 - 3 - 0 Template:Flagicon Asashōryū Y ø Template:Flagicon Musashimaru 3 - 5 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Chiyotaikai O Template:Flagicon Tochiazuma 13 - 2 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kaiō O Template:Flagicon Musōyama 9 - 6 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakanosato S Template:Flagicon Kyokutenhō 4 - 11 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takamisakari K Template:Flagicon Iwakiyama 6 - 9 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tochinonada M1 Template:Flagicon Kotomitsuki 6 - 9 - 0
9 - 6 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tōki M2 Template:Flagicon Tosanoumi 10 - 5 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Aminishiki M3 Template:Flagicon Tamanoshima 10 - 5 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Miyabiyama M4 Template:Flagicon Asasekiryū 3 - 12 - 0
5 - 10 - 0 Template:Flagicon Takanonami M5 Template:Flagicon Kyokushūzan 8 - 7 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kinkaiyama M6 Template:Flagicon Tokitsuumi 8 - 7 - 0
10 - 5 - 0 Template:Flagicon Hokutōriki M7 Template:Flagicon Kotoryū 7 - 8 - 0
4 - 11 - 0 Template:Flagicon Buyūzan M8 Template:Flagicon Kakizoe 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Kasuganishiki M9 Template:Flagicon Shimotori 8 - 7 - 0
8 - 7 - 0 Template:Flagicon Jūmonji M10 Template:Flagicon Tochisakae 7 - 8 - 0
7 - 8 - 0 Template:Flagicon Wakatoba M11 Template:Flagicon Takekaze 9 - 6 - 0
7 - 3 - 5 ø Template:Flagicon Kotonowaka M12 Template:Flagicon Takanowaka 7 - 8 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Tamakasuga M13 Template:Flagicon Ōtsukasa 5 - 10 - 0
6 - 9 - 0 Template:Flagicon Toyozakura M14 Template:Flagicon Dejima 11 - 4 - 0
2 - 6 - 7 ø Template:Flagicon Tamarikidō M15 Template:Flagicon Yōtsukasa 9 - 6 - 0
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank
winning record in bold
Yusho Winner

News

January

  • At the Hatsu basho in Tokyo, Takanohana, winner of 22 tournament championships, announces his retirement from sumo after eight years as a yokozuna, after suffering three defeats in the first seven days.[1] He had suffered many injury problems and had only recently returned from a seven tournament layoff. His fellow yokozuna Musashimaru sits out the whole tournament after injuring his wrist in the previous tourney. Also missing are ozeki Kaio and Chiyotaikai, and Tochiazuma who drops out after five losses in a row. In their absence, ozeki Asashoryu wins his second successive makuuchi division championship, with a 14–1 record, and is promoted to yokozuna. He becomes the third foreigner, and first Mongolian, to reach sumo's highest rank. Komusubi Wakanosato, and maegashira Dejima and Tochinonada, are runners-up on 11–4. Wakanosato is awarded the Fighting Spirit prize along with Korean Kasugao. The juryo division championship is won by Asashoryu's stablemate Asasekiryu who defeats Buyuzan in a playoff.
  • Former komusubi Ryogoku inherits the toshiyori name of Sakaigawa from former yokozuna Sadanoyama, and changes the name of his stable from Nakadachi to Sakaigawa stable.

February

March

  • At the Haru basho in Osaka, Chiyotaikai returns from injury to win his third top division championship with a 12–3 record. Asashoryu scores 10–5 in his debut tournament as a yokozuna, enough for the runner-up position alongside Kaio and maegashira Kyokushuzan and Hokutoriki. Musashimaru and Tochiazuma sit the tournament out. Musoyama pulls out after five losses in the first six days. Kyokushuzan's stablemate Kyokutenho wins the Fighting Spirit prize, and Takamisakari the Technique Award. Tochisakae wins the juryo championship. Veteran former komusubi Daizen retires after 22 years in sumo, as does former juryo wrestler Susanoumi, the heaviest Japanese rikishi ever at some 240 kg.

May

  • At the Natsu basho in Tokyo, Asashoryu takes his first championship as a yokozuna with a 13–2 record. Kaio is runner-up on 11–4, alongside maegashira Aminishiki who wins the Technique Prize. Chiyotaikai finishes on 10–5. Musōyama returns to preserve his ōzeki rank with an 8–7 record. He had been denied kosho seido status, with the Japan Sumo Association feeling that the system was being abused with Kaiō and Chiyotaikai both sitting out in January despite reportedly being fit enough to compete. Kyokushuzan wins the Outstanding Performance prize for his victory over Asashoryu, his first in six attempts. Kyokutenho receives the Fighting Spirit prize for the second tournament in a row, for his fine 10–5 score at komusubi, and is promoted to sekiwake for the first time. Tamakasuga wins the juryo championship and returns to the top division. Former sekiwake Akinoshima, who has been ranked continuously in makuuchi since July 1988 and is the last top division wrestler from the Shōwa era still active in sumo, retires at the age of 36 after a 6–9 score relegates him to juryo.
  • 31: The danpatsu-shiki or retirement ceremony of popular former sekiwake Terao is held at the Kokugikan.

June

  • 1: Takanohana's retirement ceremony takes place at the Kokugikan. He performs the yokozuna dohyo-iri or ring entering ceremony for the last time, and his hair is cut by his uncle Wakanohana Kanji I, his brother Wakanohana Masaru, and finally his father Takanohana Kenshi. The event is broadcast live on Japanese television.

July

  • At the Nagoya basho, Kaio wins his fourth top division championship with a 12–3 record after defeating fellow ozeki Chiyotaikai on the final day. Chiyotaikai finishes runner-up on 11–4. Musashimaru returns for the first time since November 2002 but drops out once again with a recurrence of his wrist problem. Asashoryu also withdraws through injury. He had been disqualified from a bout earlier in the tournament after pulling on the chonmage of Mongolian rival Kyokushuzan, the first yokozuna ever to suffer a disqualification.[2] The two wrestlers scuffle in the bathroom after the match, and Asashoryu also breaks the wing mirror of Kyokushuzan's car.[3] Takamisakari, who had defeated both yokozuna, receives his first Outstanding Performance awarded Tokitsuumi receives his third Technique Prize. The juryo division championship is won by Kakizoe.

September

  • The Sumo Association chairman Kitanoumi holds a press conference and confirms the abolition of the kosho seido (public injury) system after the November 2003 tournament, and increasing the number of sekitori from January 2004 (42 from 40 in makuuchi and 28 from 26 in juryo). In the last year, 10 top division wrestlers and 11 juryo wrestlers received the status, the most ever, and the Sumo Association feels it was getting out of hand. In addition, Musōyama was refused kosho status after his injury in the March tournament was deemed to be an old shoulder injury, and yet still competed in May and got eight wins.
  • At the Aki basho in Tokyo, Asashoryu wins his second championship as a yokozuna, third of the year, and fourth overall, with a 13–2 record. He finishes two wins ahead on a trio of wrestlers on 11–4: Chiyotaikai, sekiwake Wakanosato and maegashira Iwakiyama. Kaio, who had been told a 15–0 score was necessary for yokozuna promotion, can only manage 7–8. Musashimaru sits the tournament out. Wakanosato receives the Outstanding performance Award while Iwakiyama wins the Technique prize and Kyokutenho and Takamisakari share the Fighting spirit prize. Takekaze wins the juryo championship.

November

  • Former yokozuna Akebono announces he is leaving his oyakata position to become a K-1 fighter.
  • At the Kyushu basho, Musashimaru retires after his second attempted comeback ends in failure, losing four matches in the first seven days.[4] He is the last wrestler from Hawaii in sumo, a legacy that began with Takamiyama in 1964. Lower down the ranks, former maegashira Aogiyama and the American born Sentoryu also announce their retirements. Ozeki Tochiazuma wins the makuuchi championship, his second, with a score of 13–2. Asashoryu finishes in second place, one win behind, after losing to Tochiazuma on the final day. Veterans Tochinonada and Tosanoumi, with three wins over yokozuna between them in this basho, share the Outstanding Performance Prize. Tamanoshima wins the Fighting Spirit prize. In the juryo division Georgian Kokkai wins the championship with a fine 14–1 record and becomes the first Caucasian to be promoted to the top division. The makushita yusho is won by veteran Daimanazuru, with an unbeaten 7–0 score, who earns promotion to the sekitori ranks for the first time. Runner-up on 6–1 is the 18-year-old Mongolian Hakuho, who is also promoted to juryo.

December

Deaths

  • 28 April: Yamawake Oyakata, who as the former maegashira Tochifuji defeated Taiho in the yokozuna's final tournament in May 1971, dies aged 56.
  • 17 July: Maeda Yoritaka, an apprentice at the Kitanoumi stable, aged 15, of Cardiomyopathy. He is the only sumo wrestler to have died without taking ever taking part in an official tournament.
  • 17 December: Former komusubi Fujinishiki, also the former head of the Takasago stable, dies of liver disease aged 66. Asashoryu is criticised for not returning from Mongolia to attend his funeral.

See also

References

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