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Sumo > The Sumo Record Book > 1989-1998

List of the successive champions (1989 - 1998) 1927-1935 1936-1945 1946-1955 1956-1965 1966-1975 1976-1985 1986-1988 1989-1998 1999- Year Tourna-ment Name Ranking Heya Records Champion-ship 1989 Jan. Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi Yokozuna Kokonoe 14 - 1 4 March Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Yokozuna Kokonoe 14 - 1 27 May Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi Yokozuna Kokonoe 13 - 2 5 July Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Yokozuna Kokonoe 12 - 3 28 Sept. Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Yokozuna Kokonoe 15 - 0 29 Nov. Konishiki Yasokichi Ozeki Takasago 14 - 1 1 1990 Jan. Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Yokozuna Kokonoe 14 - 1 30 March Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi Yokozuna Kokonoe 13 - 2 6 May Asahifuji Seiya Ozeki Oshima 14 - 1 2 July Asahifuji Seiya Ozeki Oshima 14 - 1 3 Sept. Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi Yokozuna Kokonoe 14 - 1 7 Nov. Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Yokozuna Kokonoe 13 - 2 31 1991 Jan. Kirishima Kazuhiro Ozeki Izutsu 14 - 1   March Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi Yokozuna Kokonoe 13 - 2 8 May Asahifuji Seiya Yokozuna Oshima 14 - 1 4 July Kotofuji Takaya Maegashira #13 Sadogatake 14 - 1   Sept. Kotonishiki Katsuhiro Maegashira #5 Sadogatake 13 - 2   Nov. Konishiki Yasokichi Ozeki Takasago 13 - 2 2 1992 Jan. Takahanada Koji Maegashira #2 Fujishima 14 - 1 1 March Konishiki Yasokichi Ozeki Takasago 13 - 2 3 May Akebono Taro Sekiwake Azumazeki 13 - 2 1 July Mitoizumi Masato Maegashira #1 Takasago 13 - 2   Sept. Takahanada Koji Komusubi Fujishima 14 - 1 2 Nov. Akebono Taro Ozeki Azumazeki 14 - 1 2 1993 Jan. Akebono Taro Ozeki Azumazeki 13 - 2 3 March Wakahanada Masaru Komusubi Futagoyama 14 - 1 1 May Takanohana Koji Ozeki Futagoyama 14 - 1 3 July Akebono Taro Yokozuna Azumazeki 13 - 2 4 Sept. Akebono Taro Yokozuna Azumazeki 14 - 1 5 Nov. Akebono Taro Yokozuna Azumazeki 13 - 2 6 1994 Jan. Takanohana Koji Ozeki Futagoyama 14 - 1 4 March Akebono Taro Yokozuna Azumazeki 12 - 3 7 May Takanohana Koji Ozeki Futagoyama 14 - 1 5 July Musashimaru Koyo Ozeki Musashigawa 15 - 0   Sept. Takanohana Koji Ozeki Futagoyama 15 - 0 6 Nov. Takanohana Koji Ozeki Futagoyama 15 - 0 7 1995 Jan. Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 13 - 2 8 March Akebono Taro Yokozuna Azumazeki 14 - 1 8 May Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 14 - 1 9 July Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 13 - 2 10 Sept. Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 15 - 0 11 Nov. Wakanohana Masaru Ozeki Futagoyama 12 - 3 2 1996 Jan. Takanonami Sadahiro Ozeki Futagoyama 14 - 1   March Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 14 - 1 12 May Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 14 - 1 13 July Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 13 - 2 14 Sept. Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 15 - 0 15 Nov. Musashimaru Koyo Ozeki Musashigawa 11 - 4 2 1997 Jan. Wakanohana Masaru Ozeki Futagoyama 14 - 1 3 March Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 12 - 3 16 May Akebono Taro Yokozuna Azumazeki 13 - 2 9 July Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 13 - 2 17 Sept. Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 13 - 2 18 Nov. Takanonami Sadahiro Ozeki Futagoyama 14 - 1 2 1998 Jan. Musashimaru Koyo Ozeki Musashigawa 12 - 3 3 March Wakanohana Masaru Ozeki Futagoyama 14 - 1 4 May Wakanohana Masaru Ozeki Futagoyama 12 - 3 5 July Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 14 - 1 19 Sept. Takanohana Koji Yokozuna Futagoyama 13 - 2 20 Nov. Kotonishiki Katsuhiro Maegashira #12 Sadogatake 14 - 1 2

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