spring tournament's final day and wins his first top division championship with a 14–1 record. Chairman Kitanoumi decides to consult the Yokozuna Deliberation Council concerning Kakuryū's promotion to yokozuna. 24: The Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommends Kakuryū's promotion to yokozuna. The Japan Sumo Association holds its first board and council since becoming a public interest incorporated foundation, and Kitanoumi is reappointed as chairman. 26: The summer tournament banzuke meeting is held, as well as a board meeting in which it is decided that Kakuryū would become the 71st yokozuna. He is the fourth Mongolian and sixth foreign wrestler in history to achieve this rank. 28: Kakuryū's yokozuna promotion ceremony is held at the Meiji Shrine. April 3: The Japan Sumo Association's first division of duties since becoming a public interest incorporated foundation is carried out, with Hakkaku selected as business manager, Takanohana as general planning manager, and Dekiyama as public relations manager. The disposition of five stablemasters (including two who have died) who had been suspended for promotion due to baseball gambling, match-fixing and drunk driving is lifted, and they are promoted to committee members and chiefs. 26: Former maegashira Kimurayama's retirement ceremony is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. May 11: The May tournament opens to a full house for the first time since 1997. 16: The sixth day of the May tournament is the first weekday in the May tournament's first half to see a full house since 1997. 20: Former jūryō retires. Kyokutenhō becomes the oldest top division wrestler to achieve a bout victory in May. 21: Former maegashira Kimikaze retires. 22: On the 12th day of the May tournament, Gōeidō appeared to defeat Kakuryū, but Hakuhō, who was on the sidelines, made a statement that Gōeidō may have grabbed Kakuryū's mage. Following a mono-ii, the judges determine that Gōeidō grabbed Kakuryū's mage, and Kakuryū is granted a victory. Hakuhō is the first wrestler since Takanonami in January 1996 to have made such a statement, and it is the first time in history that a yokozuna has won a match due to his opponent committing a penalty. 23: On the 13th day of the May tournament, the Ryōgoku Kokugikan sees a full house for the fourth time since January 1999. 24: At the final bout of the May tournament's 14th day, Harumafuji is penalized with a loss for grabbing Kisenosato's mage. He is the second yokozuna after Asashōryū