No. 9 maegashira Abi won an unusually close competition at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, the last event of the 2022 season. Tied with ozeki Takakeisho and former ozeki Takayasu, Abi won the first Tomoe three-way battle to be held since 1996.
This is the first time in history that hiramaku rikishi have won three consecutive makuuchi titles, following titles by Ichinojo in the Nagoya tournament and Tamawashi in the fall tournament.