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夏場所 Natsu (Summer)

Late Shōwa era

夏場所 Natsu 1989

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Dates

Start
May 7, 1989
End
May 21, 1989
Days
15
Capacity
11,098

Tournament

Roster
38
Bouts
270
Foreign
3%
Sansho
2

Makuuchi yusho

Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi

Yokozuna 2 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Banzuke 38 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Natsu 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.

Top kimarite 270 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 110 40.7%
oshidashi Push out 49 18.1%
hatakikomi Slap down 22 8.1%
tsukiotoshi Thrust down 13 4.8%
okuridashi Rear push out 11 4.1%
uwatenage Overarm throw 11 4.1%
yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 8 3.0%
hikiotoshi Hand pull down 7 2.6%

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