1994 in sumo
Introduction The following are the events in professional sumo during 1994.
Tournaments ===Hatsu basho===Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 9 January – 23 January1994 Hatsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionResultEastRankWestResult1140'''Akebono'''Yø1140'''Wakanohana'''O'''Takanohana'''14101230'''Musashimaru'''S'''Takanonami'''1320960'''Kotonishiki'''HDKonishiki21304110TomonohanaKWakashoyo690690KotonowakaM1'''Tochinowaka'''8704110AkinoshimaM2Kotobeppu3120870ø'''Daizen'''M3'''Musōyama'''1050870'''Misugisato'''M4Kotofuji3120780OginishikiM5øDaishōhō0015690KenkōM6'''Kaiō'''870690TakatōrikiM7øKushimaumi1212870'''Terao'''M8'''Kitakachidoki'''870690KiraihoM9Tamakairiki2130870'''Kyokudōzan'''M10'''Takamisugi'''870870'''Mitoizumi'''M11Toyonoumi690870'''Mainoumi'''M12'''Kotoinazuma'''870870'''Higonoumi'''M13'''Kasugafuji'''960870'''Hamanoshima'''M14'''Kirishima'''870960'''Daishōyama'''M15'''Tokitsunada'''960780KototsubakiM16øø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank'''winning record in bold''''''Yusho Winner'''===Haru basho===Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 13 March – 27 March1994 Haru basho results - Makuuchi DivisionResultEastRankWestResult1230'''Akebono'''*Yø1140'''Takanohana'''OøWakanohana3481230'''Takanonami'''HD'''Musashimaru'''9601050'''Kotonishiki'''S'''Musōyama'''9603120TochinowakaKDaizen5100690MisugisatoM1'''Kaiō'''9604110WakashoyoM2'''Terao'''960780KotonowakaM3Kitakachidoki6905100KyokudōzanM4øTakamisugi5100690TomonohanaM5Daishōhō3120960'''Oginishiki'''M6Mitoizumi4110780KasugafujiM7Mainoumi690690KotoinazumaM8'''Higonoumi'''960870'''Konishiki'''M9'''Kenkō'''960960'''Akinoshima'''M10øDaishōyama3111870'''Tokitsunada'''M11'''Hamanoshima'''8701230'''Takatōriki'''M12'''Kotobeppu'''960870'''Kirishima'''M13'''Kiraiho'''960870'''Kotofuji'''M14Toyonoumi690960'''Asanowaka'''M15'''Kotogaume'''8704110AogiyamaM16øø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank'''winning record in bold''''''Yusho Winner''''''*Won Playoff'''===Natsu basho===Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo,  8 May – 22 May1994 Natsu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionResultEastRankWestResult1023ø'''Akebono'''Yø960'''Takanonami'''O'''Takanohana'''14101230'''Musashimaru'''HDøWakanohana0015960'''Kotonishiki'''S'''Musōyama'''960870'''Kaiō'''K'''Terao'''870780OginishikiM1'''Takatōriki'''9604110HigonoumiM2Kenkō41103120AkinoshimaM3Kotonowaka5100690MisugisatoM4Daizen7805100KonishikiM5Kitakachidoki690690KotobeppuM6Tokitsunada5100780KiraihoM7'''Tochinowaka'''870870'''Hamanoshima'''M8'''Tomonohana'''870870'''Kasugafuji'''M9'''Kyokudōzan'''8702130WakashoyoM10Takamisugi780870'''Asanowaka'''M11'''Kirishima'''870960'''Mainoumi'''M12'''Kotofuji'''960870'''Kotoinazuma'''M13'''Kotogaume'''870870'''Mitoizumi'''M14'''Daishōhō'''960960'''Minatofuji'''M15Naminohana6905100AsahisatoM16øø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank'''winning record in bold''''''Yusho Winner'''===Nagoya basho===Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 3 July – 17 July1994 Nagoya basho results - Makuuchi DivisionResultEastRankWestResult0015øAkebonoHDø1140'''Takanohana'''O'''Musashimaru'''15001230'''Takanonami'''O'''Wakanohana'''14103120KotonishikiS'''Musōyama'''8705100KaiōKTerao4110øK'''Takatōriki'''10505100TochinowakaM1Oginishiki4110870'''Hamanoshima'''M2Tomonohana6905100KasugafujiM3Kyokudōzan5100960'''Mainoumi'''M4Kotofuji4110690DaizenM5Asanowaka690780KirishimaM6'''Misugisato'''870870'''Kotonowaka'''M7Daishōhō690780KitakachidokiM8Kiraiho780690MinatofujiM9'''Higonoumi'''870870'''Kotoinazuma'''M10'''Kenkō'''960870'''Kotobeppu'''M11Kotogaume780960'''Konishiki'''M12'''Takamisugi'''960870'''Mitoizumi'''M13'''Tokitsunada'''870870'''Akinoshima'''M14Oginohana780870'''Daishi'''M15'''Kushimaumi'''870ø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank'''winning record in bold''''''Yusho Winner'''===Aki basho===Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 11 September – 25 September1994 Aki basho results - Makuuchi DivisionResultEastRankWestResult0015øAkebonoHDø1140'''Musashimaru'''O'''Wakanohana'''12301230'''Takanonami'''O'''Takanohana'''15001320'''Musōyama'''S'''Takatōriki'''8702130MainoumiKHamanoshima690690MisugisatoM1Kotonowaka780960'''Kaiō'''M2Kenkō41104110TeraoM3'''Kotonishiki'''8704110TomonohanaM4Higonoumi690870'''Kotoinazuma'''M5Tochinowaka690690TakamisugiM6Kasugafuji690870'''Kyokudōzan'''M7'''Kotobeppu'''8705100OginishikiM8Kirishima780960'''Daizen'''M9Asanowaka780870'''Konishiki'''M10Kitakachidoki780780KiraihoM11Mitoizumi7804110KotofujiM12'''Tokitsunada'''870870'''Daishōhō'''M13'''Akinoshima'''11405100KotogaumeM14'''Daishi'''960870'''Kushimaumi'''M15'''Minatofuji'''870780WakanoyamaM16øø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank'''winning record in bold''''''Yusho Winner'''===Kyushu basho===Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 6 November – 20 November1994 Kyushu basho results - Makuuchi DivisionResultEastRankWestResult1050'''Akebono'''HDø1500'''Takanohana'''O'''Wakanohana'''8701230'''Takanonami'''O'''Musashimaru'''1230780MusōyamaSTakatōriki690870'''Kaiō'''K'''Kotonishiki'''8705100KotoinazumaM1Hamanoshima690870'''Kotonowaka'''M2Kyokudōzan2130690DaizenM3Misugisato51005100KotobeppuM4'''Akinoshima'''1050690KonishikiM5øTokitsunada2103690DaishiM6Higonoumi4110690DaishōhōM7'''Tochinowaka'''870870'''Mainoumi'''M8'''Kenkō'''870870'''Kushimaumi'''M9'''Terao'''960690MinatofujiM10'''Kirishima'''870690TakamisugiM11'''Tomonohana'''960870'''Kasugafuji'''M12'''Asanowaka'''870960'''Kitakachidoki'''M13'''Kiraiho'''870870'''Oginishiki'''M14'''Mitoizumi'''8701050'''Naminohana'''M15Oginohana6905100ShikishimaM16øø - Indicates a pull-out or absent rank'''winning record in bold''''''Yusho Winner'''
News ===January===*Ōzeki Takanohana wins his fourth top division yūshō with a 14–1 score. Second and third are ''sekiwake'' Takanonami on 13–2 and Musashimaru on 12–3, who both earn promotion to ozeki after the tournament. Takanonami wins the Fighting Spirit prize, and Musashimaru the Technique Award. Musōyama wins the Outstanding Performance prize. Sekiwake Konishiki, demoted from ''ōzeki'' after six years in the previous tourney, fails in his attempt to return to the rank after turning in a disastrous 2–13 score. Naminohana wins the ''jūryō'' championship. Former ''maegashira'' Tachihikari retires.===March===*Yokozuna Akebono wins his seventh championship after a three-way playoff with Takanonami, in his ''ōzeki'' debut, and ''maegashira'' 12 Takatōriki, after all finish  on 12–3.Takanohana is one behind on 11–4.Takatōriki is awarded the Fighting Spirit Prize, shared with Terao. Kaiō wins the Outstanding Performance Prize for his defeat of Akebono, while the Technique Award is shared between Kotonishiki and Oginishiki. Shikishima wins the ''jūryō'' championship.===May===*Takahanada wins his fifth championship with a 14–1 score. Musashimaru is runner-up two wins behind on 12–3.Akebono is forced to withdraw after injuring his knee in a match with Takatoriki. Terao scores eight wins on his return to the ''san'yaku'' ranks and receives the Outstanding Performance prize. Mainoumi wins his fourth Technique Prize, and Takatōriki his fifth Fighting Spirit Award. Former ''maegashira'' Oginohana wins his third ''jūryō'' championship.===July===*Musashimaru wins his first championship with a perfect 15–0 score – the first wrestler to remain unbeaten in the top division since Chiyonofuji in 1989.Fellow ''ōzeki'' Wakanohana loses only to Musashimaru and is runner-up on 14–1.Takanohana fails again in his ''yokozuna'' promotion attempt, scoring only 11–4.Akebono is out injured. Takatōriki wins his third consecutive Fighting Spirit Award after scoring 10–5 at ''komusubi'', and Mainoumi wins his second Technique prize in a row. Hamanoshima wins the Outstanding Performance Award, and both he and Mainoumi are promoted to ''komusubi'' for the first time. The ''jūryō'' championship is won by Tatsuhikari. Enazakura retires.===September===*Takanohana wins the championship, unbeaten on 15–0.Runner-up is ''sekiwake'' Musōyama on 13–2, who receives special prizes for Outstanding Performance (shared with Kotoinazuma) and Fighting Spirit. Akebono is out once again. Naminohana wins the ''jūryō'' championship for the second time this year.===November===*Takanohana wins the championship with his second successive unbeaten score, compiling a three tournament record of 41–4.After the tournament he is promoted to ''yokozuna'', the first Japanese to hold the rank since Hokutoumi in 1992.Despite being held at the ''ōzeki'' rank for nearly two years, he is still the third youngest ''yokozuna'' in history after Kitanoumi and Taihō. Musashimaru finishes runner-up on 12–3, while Akebono scores ten on his return. Only one special prize is awarded, to Naminohana for Fighting Spirit. Wakashoyo wins the ''jūryō'' championship after a playoff with newcomer Tosanoumi. Former ''maegashira'' Hananokuni retires.
Deaths *9 Nov: Former ''maegashira'' Azumanishiki, aged 54. *22 Dec: Former ''maegashira'' Nachinoyama, also former Minezaki Oyakata, aged 74. *24 Dec: Former ''maegashira'' Nanatsuumi, aged 67.
See also *Glossary of sumo terms*List of past sumo wrestlers*List of years in sumo*List of yokozuna