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名古屋場所 Nagoya 1998

IG Arena (new 2025) · Nagoya

Start: Jul 5, 1998
End: Jul 19, 1998
Days: 15
Capacity: 14,000

Roster: 40
Bouts: 282
Foreign: 10%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Takanohana Koji

Yokozuna 1 West 14-1

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Dejima Takeharu Maegashira 4 West 10–5

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kotonowaka Terumasa Maegashira 9 West 11–4

Gino-sho

Technique

Chiyotaikai Ryuji Sekiwake 1 West 11–4

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Nagoya 1998, 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
11–4	Akebono Taro	Y1	★ Takanohana Koji	14–1
10–5	Wakanohana Masaru	Y2	—	—
9–6	Takanonami Sadahiro	O1	Musashimaru Koyo	12–3
3–4–8	Akinoshima Katsumi	S1	◆ Chiyotaikai Ryuji Gino	11–4
1–2–12	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	K1	Kaio Hiroyuki	7–8
2–9–4	Oginishiki Yasutoshi	M1	Takatoriki Tadashige	10–5
9–6	Musoyama Masashi	M2	Tochinonada Taiichi	5–10
3–12	Gojoro Katsuhiro	M3	Shikishima Katsumori	4–9–2
3–12	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	M4	◆ Dejima Takeharu Shukun	10–5
3–12	Ganyu Kenji	M5	Tochiazuma Daisuke	8–7
4–11	Hamanoshima Keishi	M6	Higonoumi Naoya	6–9
7–7–1	Tosanoumi Toshio	M7	Wakanojo Munehiko	4–11
8–7	Asahiyutaka Katsuteru	M8	Aogiyama Hideki	8–7
4–11	Terao Tsunefumi	M9	◆ Kotonowaka Terumasa Kanto	11–4
9–6	Minatofuji Takayuki	M10	Tamakasuga Ryoji	9–6
9–6	Wakanosato Shinobu	M11	Kyokushuzan Noboru	9–6
7–8	Asanosho Hajime	M12	Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	7–8
8–7	Mitoizumi Masayuki	M13	Kotoryu Hiroo	9–6
8–7	Kaiho Ryoji	M14	Dewaarashi Daisuke	6–9
7–8	Kinkaiyama Ryu	M15	Kyokutenho Masaru	4–11
8–7	Asanowaka Takehiko	M16	—	—

Top kimarite 282 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 78 27.7%

oshidashi Push out 58 20.6%

uwatenage Overarm throw 21 7.4%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 20 7.1%

hatakikomi Slap down 16 5.7%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 13 4.6%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 10 3.5%

tsukidashi Frontal thrust out 10 3.5%

282 bouts · 4/40 foreign-born (10%) · venue capacity 14,000