top division, Kotoeko and Meisei, with Ōnoshō returning. July 2: Kisenosato faces fellow yokozuna Hakuhō in a training session (degeiko) at Kokonoe stable, the first time the two have sparred in over a year. 5: Kisenosato announces that he will miss the forthcoming Nagoya basho, making it the eighth straight tournament he has failed to complete. This is a record for a yokozuna. 13: Kakuryū withdraws through injury on Day 6 of the Nagoya tournament, joining Hakuhō who pulled out on Day 4 and Kisenosato who was absent from the beginning. It is the first time since 1999 that all three yokozuna have failed to complete a tournament. 14: Tochinoshin is forced to withdraw from his debut tournament as an ōzeki due to a toe injury suffered in the previous day's bout. He had won his first five matches, but will now be kadoban in the September tournament. 21: Mitakeumi wins his first championship by defeating Tochiozan on Day 14 which gives him a 13–1 record and an unassailable two win lead going into the final day. He is the first wrestler from Dewanoumi stable to win a top division championship since 1980, and also the first Japanese wrestler born in the Heisei era to do so. 22: Mitakeumi is defeated on the final day by Yutakayama and finishes on 13–2, but also wins special prizes for Outstanding Performance and Technique. Yutakayama is the runner-up on 12–3 and shares the Fighting Spirit prize with Asanoyama, who finishes on 11–4. The juryo championship is won by Takanoiwa, who is set to return to makuuchi for the first time since his assault by Harumafuji. The makushita championship is won by , and the sandanme title goes to former maegashira Kagamio. The summer tour visits the following locations: 29: Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture 30: Otsu, Shiga Prefecture 31: Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture August 1: Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture 2: Uozu, Toyama Prefecture 3: Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture 4: Niigata, Niigata Prefecture 5: Nagano, Nagano Prefecture 6: Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture 7: Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture 8: Aoyama, Tokyo Prefecture 9: Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture 10: Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture 11: Nanyo, Yamagata Prefecture 12: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture 14: Oshu, Iwate Prefecture 15: Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture 16: Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture 18: Obihiro, Hokkaido Prefecture 19: Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture 21: Akita, Akita Prefecture. Takanohana is taken to hospital after suffering convulsions and falling unconscious while supervising a morning training session in the city.