Heisei early

夏場所 Natsu 1991

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: May 12, 1991
End: May 26, 1991
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 278
Foreign: 5%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Asahifuji Seiya

Yokozuna 2 East 14-1

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Takanohana Koji Maegashira 1 West 9–6

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Akinoshima Katsumi Maegashira 1 East 9–6
Takatoriki Tadashige Komusubi 1 West 9–6

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Natsu 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
0–0–15	Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi	Y1	Onokuni Yasushi	0–0–15
14–1	★ Asahifuji Seiya	Y2	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	1–3–11
14–1	Konishiki Yasokichi	O1	Kirishima Kazuhiro	11–4
8–7	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	S1	Akebono Taro	7–8
5–10	Terao Tsunefumi	K1	◆ Takatoriki Tadashige Kanto	9–6
9–6	◆ Akinoshima Katsumi Kanto	M1	◆ Takanohana Koji Shukun	9–6
7–8	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	M2	Misugisato Koji	6–9
8–7	Kotogaume Tsuyoshi	M3	Jingaku Takashi	2–13
8–7	Daishoyama Naoki	M4	Itai Keisuke	4–11
5–10	Takamisugi Takakatsu	M5	Sakahoko Nobushige	6–9
6–9	Kushimaumi Keita	M6	Oginohana Akikazu	6–9
8–7	Wakanohana Masaru	M7	Kotofuji Takaya	5–10
6–9	Toyonoumi Shinji	M8	Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu	8–7
8–7	Kirinishiki Toshiro	M9	Kototsubaki Katsuyuki	7–8
8–7	Hananokuni Akihiro	M10	Kyokudozan Kazuyasu	8–7
8–7	Kotonowaka Terumasa	M11	Kasugafuji Akihiro	9–6
7–8	Ozutsu Takeshi	M12	Mitoizumi Masayuki	8–7
5–10	Kitakachidoki Hayato	M13	Tomoefuji Toshihide	8–7
10–5	Enazakura Tooru	M14	Daijuyama Tadaaki	3–12
8–7	Takanofuji Tadao	M15	Ryogoku Kajinosuke	10–5

Top kimarite 278 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 108 38.8%

oshidashi Push out 42 15.1%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 18 6.5%

hatakikomi Slap down 14 5.0%

uwatenage Overarm throw 13 4.7%

sukuinage Beltless arm throw 9 3.2%

okuridashi Rear push out 8 2.9%

shitatenage Underarm throw 8 2.9%

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