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春場所 Haru 1996

EDION Arena Osaka · Osaka

Start: Mar 10, 1996
End: Mar 24, 1996
Days: 15
Capacity: 7,500

Roster: 40
Bouts: 288
Foreign: 8%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Takanohana Koji

Yokozuna 1 East 14-1

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Asahiyutaka Katsuteru Maegashira 6 East 9–6

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kotonowaka Terumasa Maegashira 4 West 11–4

Gino-sho

Technique

Musoyama Masashi Sekiwake 2 East 12–3

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Haru 1996, 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
14–1	★ Takanohana Koji	Y1	Akebono Taro	0–0–15
11–4	Takanonami Sadahiro	O1	Musashimaru Koyo	9–6
12–3	Wakanohana Masaru	O2	—	—
9–6	Kaio Hiroyuki	S1	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	8–7
12–3	◆ Musoyama Masashi Gino	S2	Takatoriki Tadashige	8–7
6–9	Tosanoumi Toshio	K1	Akinoshima Katsumi	6–9
5–10	Kenko Satoshi	M1	Naminohana Kazutaka	6–9
3–12	Oginohana Akikazu	M2	Aogiyama Hideki	4–11
4–11	Higonoumi Naoya	M3	Oginishiki Yasutoshi	2–13
8–7	Misugisato Koji	M4	◆ Kotonowaka Terumasa Kanto	11–4
4–11	Asanowaka Takehiko	M5	Tamakasuga Ryoji	7–8
9–6	◆ Asahiyutaka Katsuteru Shukun	M6	Mainoumi Shuhei	6–9
5–10	Kyokudozan Kazuyasu	M7	Daishi Nobuyuki	6–9
7–8	Mitoizumi Masayuki	M8	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	6–9
9–6	Minatofuji Takayuki	M9	Konishiki Yasokichi	6–9
6–9	Wakashoyo Shunichi	M10	Daishoho Masami	8–7
9–6	Terao Tsunefumi	M11	Asanosho Hajime	8–7
9–6	Kitakachidoki Hayato	M12	Kotobeppu Yohei	8–7
9–6	Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	M13	Hamanoshima Keishi	8–7
8–7	Kasugafuji Akihiro	M14	Kirishima Kazuhiro	3–12
9–6	Ganyu Kenji	M15	—	—

Top kimarite 288 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 86 29.9%

oshidashi Push out 44 15.3%

uwatenage Overarm throw 22 7.6%

hatakikomi Slap down 20 6.9%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 18 6.3%

okuridashi Rear push out 14 4.9%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 11 3.8%

shitatenage Underarm throw 8 2.8%

288 bouts · 3/40 foreign-born (8%) · venue capacity 7,500