page_title: 2017 in sumo
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in sumo / News / April
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context_page_description: The following were the events in professional sumo during 2017.
context_section_description: 1: Naruto Oyakata, the former ozeki Kotooshu, branches out from Sadogatake stable and opens his own Naruto stable.
  The spring regional tour visits the following locations:
  2: Ise Shrine (Honozumo ceremonial tournament held in the shine’s precincts), Mie Prefecture
  3: Komaki, Aichi Prefecture
  4: Kato, Hyogo Prefecture
  5: Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture
  6: Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture
  8: Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture
  9: Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture
  11: Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture
  12: Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
  13: Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
  14: Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture
  15: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture
  16: Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki Prefecture
  17:Yasukuni Shrine (Honozumo ceremonial tournament held in the shrine’s precincts), Tokyo
  20: Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture
  21: Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture
  22: Hachioji, Tokyo Prefecture
  23: Machida, Tokyo Prefecture
  24: Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture
  29: Chokaigi basho, Chiba Prefecture
  27: Former yokozuna Sadanoyama, who served as the head of the Japan Sumo Association from 1992 to 1998, dies of pneumonia. This leaves Tochinoumi as the oldest living former yokozuna.
caption: Wrestlers during the April 13 stop in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
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