Heisei early

初場所 Hatsu 1993

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Jan 10, 1993
End: Jan 24, 1993
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 267
Foreign: 8%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Akebono Taro

Ozeki 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Wakashoyo Shunichi Maegashira 3 West 10–5
Daishoyama Naoki Maegashira 14 West 12–3

Gino-sho

Technique

Wakanohana Masaru Maegashira 3 East 10–5

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Hatsu 1993, 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
13–2	★ Akebono Taro	O1	Konishiki Yasokichi	10–5
11–4	Takanohana Koji	S1	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	7–8
10–5	Musashimaru Koyo	S2	Kirishima Kazuhiro	0–0–15
4–11	Daishoho Masami	K1	Takamisugi Takakatsu	4–11
9–6	Akinoshima Katsumi	M1	Kushimaumi Keita	7–8
6–9	Tomoefuji Toshihide	M2	Misugisato Koji	7–8
10–5	◆ Wakanohana Masaru Gino	M3	◆ Wakashoyo Shunichi Kanto	10–5
5–10	Daizen Takahiro	M4	Toyonoumi Shinji	7–8
6–9	Terao Tsunefumi	M5	Takatoriki Tadashige	5–10
8–7	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	M6	Kyokudozan Kazuyasu	8–7
10–5	Takanonami Sadahiro	M7	Kitakachidoki Hayato	7–8
8–7	Oginohana Akikazu	M8	Kotonowaka Terumasa	6–9
0–0–15	Kototsubaki Katsuyuki	M9	Kotobeppu Yohei	8–6–1
3–12	Tokitsunada Hironori	M10	Mitoizumi Masayuki	8–7
6–9	Kasugafuji Akihiro	M11	Kirinishiki Toshiro	0–5–10
9–6	Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	M12	Tamakairiki Tsuyoshi	2–13
2–13	Tatsuhikari Kumagoro	M13	Kiraiho Ryozo	8–7
10–5	Naminohana Kazutaka	M14	◆ Daishoyama Naoki Kanto	12–3
2–3–10	Kotogaume Tsuyoshi	M15	Kotofuji Takaya	9–6
9–6	Mainoumi Shuhei	M16	Kyokugozan Kazuyasu	4–11

Top kimarite 267 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 83 31.1%

oshidashi Push out 51 19.1%

uwatenage Overarm throw 21 7.9%

hatakikomi Slap down 17 6.4%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 15 5.6%

shitatenage Underarm throw 13 4.9%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 11 4.1%

okuridashi Rear push out 9 3.4%

267 bouts · 3/40 foreign-born (8%) · venue capacity 11,098