Early Shōwa era

秋場所 Aki 1966

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Sep 11, 1966
End: Sep 25, 1966
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 283
Foreign: 0%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Taiho Koki

Yokozuna 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Tamanoumi Masahiro Sekiwake 1 East 11–4

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Misogidori Yuji Maegashira 12 West 12–3

Gino-sho

Technique

Daikirin Takayoshi Maegashira 4 West 11–4

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Aki 1966, in ranking order from Yokozuna 1 down to the bottom of Maegashira. Each rank has an East and a West slot; East is slightly senior. marks the yusho; ◆ a sansho recipient.

W–L	East	Rank	West	W–L
13–2	★ Taiho Koki	Y1	Kashiwado Tsuyoshi	13–2
12–3	Sadanoyama Shinmatsu	Y2	Tochinoumi Teruyoshi	0–0–15
7–8	Yutakayama Katsuo	O1	Kitanofuji Katsuaki	10–5
11–4	◆ Tamanoumi Masahiro Shukun	S1	Kotozakura Masakatsu	7–8
6–9	Hasegawa Katsuhiro	K1	Kiyokuni Katsuo	8–7
2–7–6	Wakamiyama Kohei	M1	Kotetsuyama Toyoya	5–10
5–10	Fukunohana Koichi	M2	Kainoyama Isamu	9–6
2–8–5	Tsurugamine Akio	M3	Fujinishiki Akira	7–8
3–12	Asasegawa Takeya	M4	◆ Daikirin Takayoshi Gino	11–4
5–10	Myobudani Yasuhiko	M5	Wakachichibu Komei	5–10
8–7	Daiyu Tatsumi	M6	Hirokawa Taizo	7–8
10–5	Yoshinohana Masaki	M7	Wakatenryu Yuzo	9–6
5–10	Nagata	M8	Wakanaruto Kiyomi	5–10
7–8	Ogiyama Takashi	M9	Toyokuni Susumu	10–5
8–7	Wakanami Jun	M10	Daigo Hisateru	7–8
8–7	Aonosato Sakari	M11	Oiteyama Hirokuni	8–7
7–8	Kairyuyama Teruhisa	M12	◆ Misogidori Yuji Kanto	12–3
4–11	Hanahikari Setsuo	M13	Wakafutase Tadayuki	7–8
7–8	Kiminishiki Toshimasa	M14	Maenoyama Taro	8–7
4–11	Kitanokuni Hitoshi	M15	Oginohana Masaaki	3–12

Top kimarite 283 decisive bouts

The deciding techniques most often called by the gyoji this tournament. Share is over decisive Makuuchi bouts only; absences and unresolved bouts are excluded.

yorikiri Frontal force out 92 32.5%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 34 12.0%

tsuridashi Frontal lift out 20 7.1%

oshidashi Push out 18 6.4%

uwatenage Overarm throw 17 6.0%

hatakikomi Slap down 12 4.2%

sotogake Outside leg trip 8 2.8%

utchari Backward pivot throw 8 2.8%

283 bouts · 0/40 foreign-born (0%) · venue capacity 11,098