1996 in sumo
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In 1996, the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament set a record for the number of wrestlers in a playoff, afterMusashimaru,Akebono,Wakanohana,Takanonami,andKaio,all tied at 11–4.[1]Musashimaru won the historic five-way playoff, taking his second tournament title since July 1994.[1]
The following are the events in professionalsumoduring1996.
Tournaments
[edit]Ryogoku Kokugikan,Tokyo,7 January – 21 January
1996 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
14 | - | 1 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | ø | Akebono | 0 | - | 3 | - | 12 | |||
0 | - | 4 | - | 11 | ø | Wakanohana | O | Musashimaru | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | |||
14 | - | 1 | - | 0 | Takanonami* | O | ø | |||||||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Kotonishiki | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | K | Musōyama | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Takatōriki | M1 | Mitoizumi | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kotonowaka | M2 | Kotoinazuma | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Misugisato | M3 | Minatofuji | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | M4 | Asahiyutaka | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kenkō | M5 | Kotobeppu | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M6 | Kitakachidoki | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Terao | M7 | Asanosho | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Konishiki | M8 | Daishōhō | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Naminohana | M9 | Hamanoshima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Wakashoyo | M10 | Kasugafuji | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Oginohana | M11 | Aogiyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M12 | Asanowaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kirishima | M13 | Daishi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Higonoumi | M14 | Tomonohana | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Mainoumi | M15 | Kyokudōzan | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M16 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won Playoff |
Haru basho
[edit]Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium,Osaka,10 March – 24 March
1996 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
14 | - | 1 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | ø | Akebono | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | Musashimaru | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | ø | |||||||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Kotonishiki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Musōyama | S | Takatōriki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | K | Akinoshima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kenkō | M1 | Naminohana | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | Oginohana | M2 | Aogiyama | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Higonoumi | M3 | Oginishiki | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Misugisato | M4 | Kotonowaka | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M5 | Tamakasuga | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Asahiyutaka | M6 | Mainoumi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kyokudōzan | M7 | Daishi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M8 | Tochinowaka | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M9 | Konishiki | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Wakashoyo | M10 | Daishōhō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Terao | M11 | Asanosho | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kitakachidoki | M12 | Kotobeppu | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kotoinazuma | M13 | Hamanoshima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kasugafuji | M14 | Kirishima | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M15 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Natsu basho
[edit]Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 May – 26 May
1996 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
14 | - | 1 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | Akebono | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | Takanonami | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | ø | |||||||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Musōyama | S | Kaiō | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Kotonishiki | S | Takatōriki | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kotonowaka | K | Asahiyutaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Misugisato | M1 | Tosanoumi | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | M2 | Minatofuji | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Terao | M3 | Naminohana | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Kitakachidoki | M4 | Daishōhō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Asanosho | M5 | Kenkō | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M6 | Kotoinazuma | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kotobeppu | M7 | Aogiyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M8 | Hamanoshima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Higonoumi | M9 | Mainoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M10 | Kasugafuji | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Daishi | M11 | Oginohana | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M12 | Tochinowaka | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M13 | Kyokudōzan | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Konishiki | M14 | Wakashoyo | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Shikishima | M15 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Nagoya basho
[edit]Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium,Nagoya,7 July – 21 July
1996 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | Akebono | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | Takanonami | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | ø | |||||||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Musōyama | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Asahiyutaka | K | Takatōriki | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
ø | K | Daishōhō | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | |||||||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M1 | Aogiyama | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kotonowaka | M2 | Kotonishiki | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Daishi | M3 | Mitoizumi | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | Naminohana | M4 | Minatofuji | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | M5 | Akinoshima | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Misugisato | M6 | Terao | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kotoinazuma | M7 | Asanosho | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kenkō | M8 | Konishiki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kitakachidoki | M9 | Asanowaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kotobeppu | M10 | Tochinowaka | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Shikishima | M11 | ø | Mainoumi | 2 | - | 1 | - | 12 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kyokudōzan | M12 | Oginishiki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M13 | Hamanoshima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Higonoumi | M14 | Rikiō | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kotoryū | M15 | Kushimaumi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Aki basho
[edit]Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 September – 22 September
1996 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
15 | - | 0 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | Akebono | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | Wakanohana | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | ø | |||||||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Takatōriki | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Musōyama | K | Kotonowaka | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
ø | K | Kotonishiki | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |||||||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Asahiyutaka | M1 | Akinoshima | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Kenkō | M2 | Kotoinazuma | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M3 | Kotobeppu | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Konishiki | M4 | Kitakachidoki | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M5 | Daishōhō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M6 | Tosanoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M7 | Daishi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M8 | Higonoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kyokudōzan | M9 | Rikiō | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Asanosho | M10 | Terao | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M11 | Naminohana | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M12 | Hamanoshima | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M13 | Kotoryū | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Misugisato | M14 | Shikishima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kyokushūzan | M15 | Daihishō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Kyushu basho
[edit]Fukuoka International Centre,Kyushu,10 November – 24 November
1996 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Takanohana | Y | Akebono | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | |||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Wakanohana | O | Musashimaru* | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | ø | |||||||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Takatōriki | S | Kaiō | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
ø | S | Kotonishiki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | |||||||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Asahiyutaka | K | Musōyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
1 | - | 14 | - | 0 | Daishōhō | M1 | Tosanoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | M2 | Mitoizumi | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Terao | M3 | Kotonowaka | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M4 | Asanosho | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M5 | Hamanoshima | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kenkō | M6 | Kotoinazuma | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Ganyū | M7 | Kyokushūzan | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M8 | Kotoryū | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Konishiki | M9 | Kitakachidoki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M10 | Higonoumi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M11 | Shikishima | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kotobeppu | M12 | Minatofuji | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Daihishō | M13 | Daishi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Naminohana | M14 | ø | Kyokudōzan | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Rikiō | M15 | Tochiazuma | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won 5-Way Playoff |
Playoff
[edit](Lots are drawn. Fourrikishiface in semifinals, and one is a reserve. The reserve and the two winners face in a3-Way Playoff,where two consecutive victories are required to win the Playoff and theyūshō)
- Match 1:MusashimarudefeatedWakanohana
- Match 2:TakanonamidefeatedKaiō
- Match 3:Musashimaru defeatedAkebono
- Match 4:Musashimaru defeated Takanonami
News
[edit]January
[edit]- OzekiTakanonamiwins his first top divisionyusho,defeating hisyokozunastablemateTakanohanain a playoff after both record 14–1 scores.Takatorikiis third on 11–4 and wins the Fighting Spirit Prize, shared withKenkoand newcomerTamakasuga.SekiwakeKaiogets the Outstanding Performance Award.Rikiowins the juryo championship after a playoff withWakahayato.Saganobori,a formermaegashirawho has been fighting in the unsalaried ranks for three years, retires.
March
[edit]- Takanohana wins his 12th championship, finishing on 14–1, two wins ahead of his stablemate and brotherWakanohanaand sekiwakeMusoyama,who gets the Technique Award.Asahiyutakais the only man to beat Takanohana and wins the Outstanding Performance Award.Kotonowakawins eleven and the Fighting Spirit Award.Kyokushuzanwins the juryo yusho after a playoff withSaigo.Former ozekiKirishimaretires, as do former maegashiraOwakamatsuandTamakairiki(who has fallen to thejonidandivision).
May
[edit]- Takanohana wins with a 14–1 record again, two wins ahead of Wakanohana and Takanonami, underlining the dominance ofFutagoyama stable.YokozunaAkebonoreturns from three tournaments sidelined by injury to score 10–5. Tamakasuga wins the Technique Prize and Kaio the Outstanding Performance Award. Veteran former ozekiKonishikiavoids demotion and certain retirement by winning ten bouts from maegashira 14. Rikio wins his second juryo championship. Themakushitayusho is won byDejima.
July
[edit]- At the Nagoya basho, Takanonami is eliminated from the yusho race on the final day when he is defeated by Kaio. The championship is decided in the final bout between Takanohana and Akebono, tied on 12–2. Takanohana wins to claim his 14th championship, while Akebono has his first runner-up performance since September 1995. Takatoriki wins his eighth Fighting Spirit Prize. Kaio and Kotonowaka share the Outstanding Performance Prize. The 95 kgMainoumiis injured when the 275 kgKonishikifalls on his leg. He has to withdraw from the tournament, meaning he will fall to juryo.Daizenwins his second juryo championship. Former maegashiraKiraihoretires. Kyokushuzan becomes the first wrestler fromMongoliato earn promotion to the top division.
September
[edit]- Takanohana wins four consecutive championships for the first time. He finishes with an unbeaten 15–0 score (zensho-yusho), his fourth. Wakanohana, Takatoriki andMusashimaruall finish four wins behind on 11–4. Takatoriki shares the Fighting Spirit Prize with Asahiyutaka.Kotonishikiwins ten bouts from the komusubi rank and receives his sixth Technique Prize.Tochiazumawins the juryo championship, his fifth yusho in five different divisions. Former maegashiraKasugafuji,HitachiryuandKyokugozanall retire.
November
[edit]- Takanohana misses the first tournament of his career after injuring his back on tour. In his absence Musashimaru wins his second championship in a five-way playoff after he, Wakanohana, Akebono, Takanonami, and Kaio all finish on 11–4. Kaio receives the Fighting Spirit Prize alongside newcomer Tochiazuma.Tosanoumiwins the Outstanding Performance Award.Tochinonadawins the juryo title in his debut. Former komusubiKyokudozanretires to become a politician in theDiet of Japan.
Deaths
[edit]- 4 Jan: Former maegashiraOedo,former Irumagawa Oyakata, aged 73.
- 14 Jan: Former komusubiOhikari,former Onomatsu Oyakata, aged 68.
- 14 April: Former sekiwakeKotetsuyama,former Onaruto Oyakata, aged 53.
- 8 Dec: Kagamiyama Oyakata, the former yokozunaKashiwado,aged 58.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Musashimaru wins in five-man playoff".Hawaii Tribune-Herald.Associated Press. November 25, 1996.RetrievedFebruary 29,2024– viaNewspapers.