which is enough to give him the most victories in makuuchi in 2018, with 59. (No wrestler managed a winning record in every tournament in the top division in 2018.) The juryo division championship is won by Tomokaze in his juryo debut with a 12–3 record, from the very bottom rank of #14 West. Veteran Sokokurai wins the makushita yusho. Former maegashira Satoyama retires at the age of 37 and becomes Sanoyama Oyakata. 28: The makushita division wrestler Shingaku retires after he was involved in a car accident on November 10 and charged with being under the influence of alcohol and failure to report an accident. His stablemaster Ōtake Oyakata is punished by the Sumo Association with a 20 percent salary cut for the next six months. December The winter tour visits the following locations: 2: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture 3: Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture 4: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture 5: Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture 6: Beppu, Oita Prefecture 7: Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture 8: Takamori, Kumamoto Prefecture 9: Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture 10: Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture 11: Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture 12: Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture 13: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture 15: Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture 16: Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture 20: Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture 21: Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture 22: Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture 5: Takanoiwa is suspended from the winter tour by the Sumo Association after he assaulted his tsukebito or personal attendant, reportedly because "he made an excuse for forgetting something." Takanoiwa was himself assaulted in October last year by now retired yokozuna Harumafuji. Shibatayama Oyakata comments, "Takanoiwa is supposed to understand the (pain) the most...We will take strict action over this incident." 7: Takanoiwa retires, submitting his letter of resignation to the Sumo Association, to take responsibility for the incident. 19: The Sumo Association holds a workshop for wrestlers to address the problem of violence in sumo, and announces that a yokozuna found to have committed violence against a subordinate will be expected to retire, while other sekitori will be suspended for a minimum of one tournament with the possibility of further penalties. Deaths 1 Jan: Former maegashira 1 Katsuhikari, also former Wakafuji Oyakata, aged 75, of cancer. 14 August: Former komusubi Itai, who made a number of match-fixing allegations in the 2000s, aged 62. 8 October: Former yokozuna Wajima, also former Hanakago Oyakata, aged 70, of throat cancer. See also Glossary of sumo terms List of active sumo wrestlers List of years in sumo References Sumo by