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九州場所 Kyushu 1999

Fukuoka Kokusai Centre · Fukuoka

Start: Nov 7, 1999
End: Nov 21, 1999
Days: 15
Capacity: 6,000

Roster: 40
Bouts: 279
Foreign: 10%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Musashimaru Koyo

Yokozuna 1 East 12-3

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Tosanoumi Toshio Komusubi 2 West 10–5

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kaio Hiroyuki Sekiwake 1 East 11–4

Gino-sho

Technique

Tochiazuma Daisuke Sekiwake 1 West 10–5

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

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

Top kimarite 279 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 28.0%

oshidashi Push out 55 19.7%

hatakikomi Slap down 30 10.8%

uwatenage Overarm throw 21 7.5%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 16 5.7%

okuridashi Rear push out 15 5.4%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 12 4.3%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 8 2.9%

279 bouts · 4/40 foreign-born (10%) · venue capacity 6,000