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春場所 Haru 1999

EDION Arena Osaka · Osaka

Start: Mar 14, 1999
End: Mar 28, 1999
Days: 15
Capacity: 7,500

Roster: 40
Bouts: 275
Foreign: 8%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Musashimaru Koyo

Ozeki 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Akinoshima Katsumi Komusubi 2 East 11–4

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Chiyotenzan Daihachiro Maegashira 9 East 9–6
Miyabiyama Tetsushi Maegashira 7 East 9–6

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Haru 1999, 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
5–5–5	Wakanohana Masaru	Y1	Takanohana Koji	8–3–4
0–0–15	Akebono Taro	Y2	—	—
13–2	★ Musashimaru Koyo	O1	Chiyotaikai Ryuji	3–8–4
—	—	O2	Takanonami Sadahiro	12–3
1–2–12	Musoyama Masashi	S1	Kotonowaka Terumasa	6–9
8–7	Tochiazuma Daisuke	K1	Dejima Takeharu	9–6
11–4	◆ Akinoshima Katsumi Shukun	K2	Kaio Hiroyuki	10–5
8–7	Takatoriki Tadashige	M1	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	6–9
8–7	Tosanoumi Toshio	M2	Shikishima Katsumori	1–14
7–8	Kyokushuzan Noboru	M3	Terao Tsunefumi	5–10
6–9	Higonoumi Naoya	M4	Tamakasuga Ryoji	7–8
6–9	Toki Susumu	M5	Tochinonada Taiichi	9–6
6–9	Minatofuji Takayuki	M6	Wakanosato Shinobu	5–10
9–6	◆ Miyabiyama Tetsushi Kanto	M7	Ganyu Kenji	5–10
8–7	Aogiyama Hideki	M8	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	8–7
9–6	◆ Chiyotenzan Daihachiro Kanto	M9	Hamanoshima Keishi	6–9
5–10	Mitoizumi Masayuki	M10	Kotoryu Hiroo	8–7
7–8	Oginishiki Yasutoshi	M11	Tokitsuumi Masahiro	9–6
6–9	Gojoro Katsuhiro	M12	Kaiho Ryoji	8–7
6–9	Asanowaka Takehiko	M13	Ohinode Takaaki	9–6
8–7	Wakanojo Munehiko	M14	Asanosho Hajime	8–7

Top kimarite 275 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 72 26.2%

oshidashi Push out 62 22.5%

hatakikomi Slap down 25 9.1%

uwatedashinage Pulling overarm throw 12 4.4%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 11 4.0%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 10 3.6%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 9 3.3%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 9 3.3%

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