Late Shōwa era

初場所 Hatsu 1989

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Jan 9, 1989
End: Jan 23, 1989
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 38
Bouts: 264
Foreign: 3%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi

Yokozuna 2 East 14-1

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Terao Tsunefumi Maegashira 1 West 8–7

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kyokudozan Kazuyasu Maegashira 12 East 9–6

Gino-sho

Technique

Sakahoko Nobushige Sekiwake 1 East 9–6

Banzuke 38 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Hatsu 1989, 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
11–4	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	Y1	Onokuni Yasushi	11–4
14–1	★ Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi	Y2	—	—
14–1	Asahifuji Seiya	O1	Hokutenyu Katsuhiko	10–5
3–9–3	Konishiki Yasokichi	O2	Asashio Taro	8–7
9–6	◆ Sakahoko Nobushige Gino	S1	Daijuyama Tadaaki	4–11
1–14	Kirishima Kazuhiro	K1	Misugisato Koji	3–12
7–8	Akinoshima Katsumi	M1	◆ Terao Tsunefumi Shukun	8–7
6–9	Ryogoku Kajinosuke	M2	Tagaryu Shoji	1–11–3
8–7	Kotogaume Tsuyoshi	M3	Takamisugi Takakatsu	6–9
6–9	Fujinoshin Tsukasa	M4	Sasshunada Yasutaka	4–11
8–7	Hananokuni Akihiro	M5	Ozutsu Takeshi	8–7
8–7	Takanofuji Tadao	M6	Hananoumi Ken	10–5
8–7	Jingaku Takashi	M7	Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu	10–5
6–9	Enazakura Tooru	M8	Mitoizumi Masayuki	0–0–15
5–10	Hoo Tomomichi	M9	Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	9–6
6–9	Kotofuji Takaya	M10	Itai Keisuke	8–7
7–8	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	M11	Kirinishiki Toshiro	0–0–15
9–6	◆ Kyokudozan Kazuyasu Kanto	M12	Tamaryu Daizo	7–8
6–9	Kitakachidoki Hayato	M13	Koboyama Daizo	8–7
9–6	Toyonoumi Shinji	M14	—	—

Top kimarite 264 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 94 35.6%

oshidashi Push out 49 18.6%

uwatenage Overarm throw 16 6.1%

hatakikomi Slap down 13 4.9%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 11 4.2%

shitatenage Underarm throw 10 3.8%

sukuinage Beltless arm throw 10 3.8%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 9 3.4%

264 bouts · 1/38 foreign-born (3%) · venue capacity 11,098