Heisei late / Reiwa early

初場所 Hatsu 2000

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Jan 9, 2000
End: Jan 23, 2000
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 270
Foreign: 10%
Sansho: 5

Makuuchi yusho

Musoyama Masashi

Sekiwake 2 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Musoyama Masashi Sekiwake 2 East 13–2
Miyabiyama Tetsushi Komusubi 1 West 12–3

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Takanowaka Yuki Maegashira 12 East 10–5
Kyokutenho Masaru Maegashira 13 East 11–4

Gino-sho

Technique

Musoyama Masashi Sekiwake 2 East 13–2

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Hatsu 2000, 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
2–2–11	Musashimaru Koyo	Y1	Takanohana Koji	12–3
0–0–15	Wakanohana Masaru	Y2	Akebono Taro	11–4
9–6	Dejima Takeharu	O1	Chiyotaikai Ryuji	9–6
7–8	Kaio Hiroyuki	S1	Tochiazuma Daisuke	8–7
13–2	★ Musoyama Masashi Shukun · Gino	S2	Takanonami Sadahiro	10–5
8–7	Tosanoumi Toshio	K1	◆ Miyabiyama Tetsushi Shukun	12–3
4–11	Toki Susumu	M1	Kotoryu Hiroo	6–9
6–9	Kotonowaka Terumasa	M2	Asanowaka Takehiko	3–12
3–12	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	M3	Higonoumi Naoya	2–5–8
6–9	Tochinonada Taiichi	M4	Akinoshima Katsumi	7–8
5–10	Hamanoshima Keishi	M5	Shikishima Katsumori	7–8
8–7	Kyokushuzan Noboru	M6	Aogiyama Hideki	4–10–1
5–10	Terao Tsunefumi	M7	Wakanoyama Hiroshi	9–6
8–7	Tamakasuga Ryoji	M8	Asanosho Hajime	7–8
6–9	Kaiho Ryoji	M9	Minatofuji Takayuki	8–7
6–9	Takatoriki Tadashige	M10	Otsukasa Nobuhide	5–10
9–6	Chiyotenzan Daihachiro	M11	Tokitsuumi Masahiro	9–6
10–5	◆ Takanowaka Yuki Kanto	M12	Ohinode Takaaki	4–11
11–4	◆ Kyokutenho Masaru Kanto	M13	Oikari Tsuyoshi	8–7
6–9	Kinkaiyama Ryu	M14	Wakanosato Shinobu	0–0–15

Top kimarite 270 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 73 27.0%

oshidashi Push out 67 24.8%

hatakikomi Slap down 28 10.4%

uwatenage Overarm throw 14 5.2%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 13 4.8%

okuridashi Rear push out 12 4.4%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 11 4.1%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 10 3.7%

270 bouts · 4/40 foreign-born (10%) · venue capacity 11,098