Heisei early

初場所 Hatsu 1991

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Jan 13, 1991
End: Jan 27, 1991
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 280
Foreign: 5%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Kirishima Kazuhiro

Ozeki 1 East 14-1

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Akebono Taro Maegashira 1 West 8–7

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Tomoefuji Toshihide Maegashira 15 West 10–5

Gino-sho

Technique

Kotonishiki Katsuhiro Sekiwake 1 East 11–4

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Hatsu 1991, 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
2–1–12	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	Y1	Asahifuji Seiya	11–4
10–5	Onokuni Yasushi	Y2	Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi	12–3
14–1	★ Kirishima Kazuhiro	O1	Konishiki Yasokichi	0–1–14
11–4	◆ Kotonishiki Katsuhiro Gino	S1	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	8–7
5–10	Akinoshima Katsumi	K1	Takamisugi Takakatsu	2–13
6–9	Misugisato Koji	M1	◆ Akebono Taro Shukun	8–7
8–7	Terao Tsunefumi	M2	Daishoyama Naoki	5–10
5–10	Kotofuji Takaya	M3	Jingaku Takashi	6–9
6–9	Sakahoko Nobushige	M4	Kirinishiki Toshiro	5–10
5–10	Kasugafuji Akihiro	M5	Kotogaume Tsuyoshi	7–8
8–7	Kushimaumi Keita	M6	Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu	8–7
8–7	Takanofuji Tadao	M7	Kyokudozan Kazuyasu	8–7
9–6	Takatoriki Tadashige	M8	Hananokuni Akihiro	8–7
3–5–7	Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	M9	Takanohana Koji	6–9
7–8	Wakanohana Masaru	M10	Ozutsu Takeshi	8–7
7–8	Mitoizumi Masayuki	M11	Daijuyama Tadaaki	8–7
10–5	Enazakura Tooru	M12	Itai Keisuke	8–7
4–11	Owakamatsu Yoshihiro	M13	Kototsubaki Katsuyuki	9–6
5–10	Tagaryu Shoji	M14	Kitakachidoki Hayato	8–7
5–10	Terunoumi Masato	M15	◆ Tomoefuji Toshihide Kanto	10–5

Top kimarite 280 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 87 31.1%

oshidashi Push out 47 16.8%

uwatenage Overarm throw 24 8.6%

hatakikomi Slap down 19 6.8%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 17 6.1%

okuridashi Rear push out 13 4.6%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 13 4.6%

shitatenage Underarm throw 12 4.3%

280 bouts · 2/40 foreign-born (5%) · venue capacity 11,098