Heisei early

秋場所 Aki 1991

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Sep 8, 1991
End: Sep 22, 1991
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 271
Foreign: 5%
Sansho: 5

Makuuchi yusho

Kotonishiki Katsuhiro

Maegashira 5 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Wakanohana Masaru Maegashira 3 West 11–4

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Tochinowaka Kiyotaka Maegashira 1 East 11–4
Kotonishiki Katsuhiro Maegashira 5 East 13–2

Gino-sho

Technique

Wakanohana Masaru Maegashira 3 West 11–4
Mainoumi Shuhei Maegashira 12 West 8–7

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Aki 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	Asahifuji Seiya	2–4–9
11–4	Konishiki Yasokichi	O1	Kirishima Kazuhiro	12–3
8–7	Takatoriki Tadashige	S1	Takanohana Koji	7–8
9–6	Akinoshima Katsumi	K1	Akebono Taro	7–8
4–11	Kotofuji Takaya	K2	—	—
11–4	◆ Tochinowaka Kiyotaka Kanto	M1	Sakahoko Nobushige	5–10
8–7	Mitoizumi Masayuki	M2	Misugisato Koji	8–7
8–7	Kushimaumi Keita	M3	◆ Wakanohana Masaru Shukun · Gino	11–4
0–2–13	Tomoefuji Toshihide	M4	Kyokudozan Kazuyasu	6–9
13–2	★ Kotonishiki Katsuhiro Kanto	M5	Kotogaume Tsuyoshi	5–10
8–7	Kirinishiki Toshiro	M6	Kotonowaka Terumasa	7–8
8–7	Terao Tsunefumi	M7	Takamisugi Takakatsu	8–7
8–7	Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu	M8	Kototsubaki Katsuyuki	8–7
8–7	Daishoyama Naoki	M9	Ryogoku Kajinosuke	7–8
6–9	Daishoho Masami	M10	Ozutsu Takeshi	6–9
9–6	Kasugafuji Akihiro	M11	Oginohana Akikazu	5–10
7–8	Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	M12	◆ Mainoumi Shuhei Gino	8–7
3–12	Wakashoyo Shunichi	M13	Kitakachidoki Hayato	8–7
7–8	Toyonoumi Shinji	M14	Enazakura Tooru	7–8
7–8	Takanofuji Tadao	M15	Tamakairiki Tsuyoshi	2–11–2
4–11	Kyokugozan Kazuyasu	M16	—	—

Top kimarite 271 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 74 27.3%

oshidashi Push out 54 19.9%

hatakikomi Slap down 21 7.7%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 13 4.8%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 11 4.1%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 11 4.1%

uwatenage Overarm throw 11 4.1%

okuridashi Rear push out 10 3.7%

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