Years in sumo |
1999 in sports |
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In 1999, Musashimaru firmly established his position as the dominant sumo wrestler of the year.[1][2] Born in American Samoa and raised in Hawaii, Musashimaru became only the second foreign-born wrestler in history to achieve the highest rank of yokozuna or grand champion, in May 1999.[3][4][1] He finished the year having won four tournaments, a rare accomplishment.[1]
The following are the events in professional sumo in Japan during 1999.
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 January – 24 January
1999 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Takanohana | Y | Wakanohana | 13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Akebono | Y | ø | ||||||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | Takanonami | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Chiyotaikai* | S | Kotonowaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
ø | S | Musōyama | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |||||||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Dejima | K | Tochiazuma | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kotonishiki | K | ø | |||||||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kaiō | M1 | Tosanoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Takatōriki | M2 | Tamakasuga | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | M3 | Aogiyama | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M4 | Tōki | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Tokitsuumi | M5 | Kotoryū | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M6 | ø | Wakanosato | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Terao | M7 | Higonoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Shikishima | M8 | Kyokushūzan | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tochinonada | M9 | Kaihō | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Gojōrō | M10 | Ganyū | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Wakanojō | M11 | Mitoizumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M12 | Hamanoshima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ø | Asahiyutaka | M13 | Asanosho | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | |||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Chiyotenzan | M14 | Kinkaiyama | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 8 | - | 3 | Dewaarashi | M15 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won Playoff |
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 14 March – 28 March
1999 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
5 | - | 5 | - | 5 | ø | Takanohana | Y | ø | Wakanohana | 8 | - | 3 | - | 4 | ||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Akebono | Y | ø | ||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | ø | Chiyotaikai | 3 | - | 8 | - | 4 | |||
ø | O | Takanonami | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | |||||||||
1 | - | 2 | - | 12 | Musōyama | S | Kotonowaka | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tochiazuma | K | Dejima | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | K | Kaiō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Takatōriki | M1 | Kotonishiki | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | M2 | Shikishima | 1 | - | 14 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kyokushūzan | M3 | Terao | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Higonoumi | M4 | Tamakasuga | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tōki | M5 | Tochinonada | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M6 | Wakanosato | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Miyabiyama | M7 | Ganyū | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M8 | Tochinowaka | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Chiyotenzan | M9 | Hamanoshima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Mitoizumi | M10 | Kotoryū | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M11 | Tokitsuumi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Gojōrō | M12 | Kaihō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M13 | Ōhinode | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Wakanojō | M14 | Asanosho | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 May – 23 May
1999 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Takanohana | Y | ø | Wakanohana | 3 | - | 5 | - | 7 | ||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Akebono | Y | ø | |||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | O | Takanonami | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
ø | O | ø | Chiyotaikai | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ||||||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Akinoshima | S | Kaiō | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Dejima | S | ø | |||||||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Tochiazuma | K | Takatōriki | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | M1 | Kotonowaka | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
3 | - | 9 | - | 3 | ø | Tochinonada | M2 | Miyabiyama | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | |||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Chiyotenzan | M3 | Kotonishiki | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kyokushūzan | M4 | Aogiyama | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Tochinowaka | M5 | Tamakasuga | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Musōyama | M6 | Tokitsuumi | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Higonoumi | M7 | Terao | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Tōki | M8 | Kotoryū | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M9 | Ōhinode | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kaihō | M10 | Wakanosato | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Daizen | M11 | Shikishima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 7 | - | 1 | Ganyū | M12 | Wakanojō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Asanosho | M13 | Hamanoshima | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Oginishiki | M14 | Kyokutenhō | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Yōtsukasa | M15 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 9 July – 23 July
1999 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Akebono | Y | Musashimaru | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Wakanohana | Y | Takanohana | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | Chiyotaikai | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Dejima* | 13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tochiazuma | S | ø | |||||||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Tosanoumi | K | Chiyotenzan | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kotonishiki | M1 | Akinoshima | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Wakanosato | M2 | Tōki | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Takatōriki | M3 | Higonoumi | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Miyabiyama | M4 | Minatofuji | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Aogiyama | M5 | Kaihō | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Musōyama | M6 | Tamakasuga | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kyokushūzan | M7 | Shikishima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Tochinonada | M8 | Asanosho | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | |||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Hamanoshima | M9 | ø | Tochinowaka | 2 | - | 8 | - | 5 | |||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kotonowaka | M10 | Kyokutenhō | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | Wakanojō | M11 | Terao | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Yōtsukasa | M12 | Daizen | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tokitsuumi | M13 | Wakanoyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Ōhinode | M14 | Ganyū | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kotoryū | M15 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner *Won Playoff |
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 September – 26 September
1999 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
2 | - | 2 | - | 11 | ø | Akebono | Y | Musashimaru | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | |||
0 | - | 3 | - | 12 | ø | Takanohana | Y | Wakanohana | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | |||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Chiyotaikai | O | ø | Takanonami | 3 | - | 4 | - | 8 | |||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Dejima | O | ø | |||||||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Tosanoumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kotonishiki | K | Musōyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Tochiazuma | M1 | Tamakasuga | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kyokushūzan | M2 | Asanosho | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tōki | M3 | Akinoshima | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | Shikishima | M4 | Kotonowaka | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Miyabiyama | M5 | Minatofuji | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Chiyotenzan | M6 | Wakanosato | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Takatōriki | M7 | Terao | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Tochinonada | M8 | Aogiyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kaihō | M9 | Ganyū | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Tokitsuumi | M10 | Kotoryū | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Wakanoyama | M11 | Higonoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kyokutenhō | M12 | Hamanoshima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kinkaiyama | M13 | ø | Yōtsukasa | 0 | - | 3 | - | 12 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Ōtsukasa | M14 | Asanowaka | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Ōhinode | M15 | ø |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 7 November – 21 November
1999 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Musashimaru | Y | ø | Wakanohana | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Akebono | Y | Takanohana | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | |||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Chiyotaikai | O | Dejima | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Takanonami | O | ø | |||||||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Kaiō | S | Tochiazuma | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Musōyama | K | Akinoshima | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
ø | K | Tosanoumi | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |||||||||
3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | Tamakasuga | M1 | Miyabiyama | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | Takatōriki | M2 | Kotonishiki | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kyokushūzan | M3 | Asanosho | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Terao | M4 | Aogiyama | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kotonowaka | M5 | Tōki | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Wakanoyama | M6 | Kotoryū | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Minatofuji | M7 | Higonoumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kyokutenhō | M8 | Chiyotenzan | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Asanowaka | M9 | ø | Wakanosato | 5 | - | 7 | - | 3 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Hamanoshima | M10 | Shikishima | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kaihō | M11 | Ōtsukasa | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Tokitsuumi | M12 | Tochinonada | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Ōhinode | M13 | Daizen | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
0 | - | 10 | - | 5 | ø | Ganyū | M14 | Takanowaka | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |