The following are the events in professional sumo during 2020.
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 January – 26 January[1]
2020 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
1 | - | 3 | - | 11 | ø | Hakuhō | Y | ø | Kakuryū | 1 | - | 4 | - | 10 | ||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Takakeishō | O | Gōeidō | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Asanoyama | S | Takayasu | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Abi | K | Daieishō | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Endō | M1 | Myōgiryū | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Hokutōfuji | M2 | Mitakeumi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Tamawashi | M3 | ø | Kotoyūki | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Okinoumi | M4 | Shōdai | 13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||
1 | - | 7 | - | 7 | ø | Meisei | M5 | Enhō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | |||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Takarafuji | M6 | Tochinoshin | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Shōhōzan | M7 | Ōnoshō | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Aoiyama | M8 | Ryūden | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Takanoshō | M9 | Yutakayama | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Sadanoumi | M10 | Ishiura | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Chiyotairyū | M11 | Kagayaki | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Tsurugishō | M12 | Chiyomaru | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kotoshōgiku | M13 | Kotoeko | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Terutsuyoshi | M14 | Shimanoumi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Azumaryū | M15 | Ikioi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Tochiōzan | M16 | Kaisei | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Kiribayama | M17 | Tokushōryū | 14 | - | 1 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 8 March – 22 March[1]
2020 Haru basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Hakuhō | Y | Kakuryū | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Takakeishō | O | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Asanoyama | S | Shodai | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Hokutōfuji | K | Endō | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Daieishō | M1 | ø | Takayasu | 0 | - | 5 | - | 10 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Okinoumi | M2 | Tokushoryu | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Yutakayama | M3 | Mitakeumi | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Enho | M4 | Abi | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Ryuden | M5 | Onosho | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Myogiryu | M6 | Kagayaki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Takarafuji | M7 | Tamawashi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Shohozan | M8 | Kiribayama | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | Takanoshō | M9 | Tochinoshin | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Sadanoumi | M10 | Tochiozan | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Chiyotairyu | M11 | Terutsuyoshi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Ishiura | M12 | Ikioi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Kotoshogiku | M13 | Aoiyama | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kaisei | M14 | Nishikigi | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
1 | - | 4 | - | 10 | ø | Tsurugisho | M15 | Chiyomaru | 7 | - | 6 | - | 2 | |||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Azumaryu | M16 | Shimanoumi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Meisei | M17 | Daiamami | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Kotonowaka | M18 | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Originally scheduled to be held on 10–24 May at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 following Japan's state of emergency in April.[2]
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 19 July – 2 August[1][3]
Originally scheduled to take place at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on 5–19 July due to avoid scheduling conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics, the tournament was moved to Tokyo by the Sumo Association due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was limited to 2,500 spectators per day, which is less than one-fourth of the Kokugikan's capacity.[4] The banzuke originally issued for the cancelled Natsu basho was used.
2020 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
10 | - | 3 | - | 2 | ø | Hakuhō | Y | ø | Kakuryū | 0 | - | 2 | - | 13 | ||
8 | - | 4 | - | 3 | ø | Takakeishō | O | Asanoyama | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | |||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Shōdai | S | Mitakeumi | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Daieishō | K | Okinoumi | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Endō | M1 | Yutakayama | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Takanoshō | M2 | Ōnoshō | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Takarafuji | M3 | Kiribayama | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Kagayaki | M4 | Aoiyama | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
3 | - | 4 | - | 8 | ø | Abi | M5 | Hokutōfuji | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | |||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Enho | M6 | Ryūden | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Terutsuyoshi | M7 | Tokoshōryū | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Ishiura | M8 | Chiyotairyū | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Tamawashi | M9 | Ikioi | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Kaisei | M10 | Myōgiryū | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Shimanoumi | M11 | Tochinoshin | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Sadanoumi | M12 | Shōhōzan | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Takayasu | M13 | Kotonowaka | 4 | - | 6 | - | 5 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kotoshōgiku | M14 | Wakatakakage | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Kotoshōhō | M15 | Chiyomaru | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Nishikigi | M16 | Kotoekō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Terunofuji | M17 | ø | Kotoyūki | 6 | - | 8 | - | 1 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 12 August – 13 August[5] – cancelled[citation needed]
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 13 September – 27 September[1]
2020 Aki basho results - Makuuchi Division | ||||||||||||||||
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Result | East | Rank | West | Result | ||||||||||||
0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ø | Hakuhō | Y | ø | Kakuryū | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | ||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Asanoyama | O | Takakeishō | 12 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||
13 | - | 2 | - | 0 | Shōdai | S | Mitakeumi | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | Daieishō | S | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||
4 | - | 11 | - | 0 | Okinoumi | K | ø | Endō | 3 | - | 9 | - | 3 | |||
8 | - | 5 | - | 2 | ø | Terunofuji | M1 | Takanoshō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | |||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Hokutōfuji | M2 | Tamawashi | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Myōgiryū | M3 | Terutsuyoshi | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
2 | - | 5 | - | 8 | ø | Yutakayama | M4 | Tochinoshin | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | |||
9 | - | 4 | - | 2 | Kiribayama | M5 | Takarafuji | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Takayasu | M6 | Kagayaki | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Ryūden | M7 | Aoiyama | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Tokoshōryū | M8 | Wakatakakage | 11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Enho | M9 | Ōnoshō | 10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | ||||
7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | Sadanoumi | M10 | Kotoekō | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | ||||
5 | - | 8 | - | 2 | ø | Chiyotairyū | M11 | Kotoshōgiku | 2 | - | 10 | - | 3 | |||
10 | - | 5 | - | 0 | Kotoshōhō | M12 | Kaisei | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||
9 | - | 6 | - | 0 | Meisei | M13 | Ishiura | 4 | - | 4 | - | 7 | ||||
11 | - | 4 | - | 0 | Tobizaru | M14 | ø | Abi | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | |||
6 | - | 9 | - | 0 | Shimanoumi | M15 | Shōhōzan | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 | ||||
2 | - | 2 | - | 11 | ø | Kyokutaisai | M16 | Hōshōryū | 8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | |||
8 | - | 7 | - | 0 | Ichinojō | M17 | ø | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 November – 22 November[1][6]
Originally scheduled to be held at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Kyushu, the Sumo Association moved the tournament to Tokyo due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank |
winning record in bold |
Yusho Winner |
In the event that a yokozuna's subpar performance continues for a period of time, the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, with over two-thirds agreement, issues one of three notices -- a request for the yokozuna to retire, a warning and one of encouragement, in order of severity.