Heisei late / Reiwa early

夏場所 Natsu 2001

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: May 13, 2001
End: May 27, 2001
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 284
Foreign: 10%
Sansho: 2

Makuuchi yusho

Takanohana Koji

Yokozuna 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Asashoryu Akinori Komusubi 1 West 8–7

Gino-sho

Technique

Kotomitsuki Keiji Komusubi 1 East 9–6

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Natsu 2001, 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
13–2	★ Takanohana Koji	Y1	Musashimaru Koyo	13–2
4–5–6	Kaio Hiroyuki	O1	Musoyama Masashi	9–6
5–10	Dejima Takeharu	O2	Miyabiyama Tetsushi	9–6
12–3	Chiyotaikai Ryuji	O3	—	—
4–11	Tochinonada Taiichi	S1	Tochiazuma Daisuke	9–6
9–6	◆ Kotomitsuki Keiji Gino	K1	◆ Asashoryu Akinori Shukun	8–7
8–7	Wakanosato Shinobu	M1	Takanowaka Yuki	5–10
2–6–7	Wakanoyama Hiroshi	M2	Chiyotenzan Daihachiro	4–11
5–10	Tamanoshima Arata	M3	Tosanoumi Toshio	7–8
6–9	Tamakasuga Ryoji	M4	Hayateumi Hidehito	9–6
7–8	Tochisakae Atsushi	M5	Takanonami Sadahiro	8–7
6–9	Kaiho Ryoji	M6	Tokitsuumi Masahiro	4–11
7–8	Jumonji Tomokazu	M7	Kyokutenho Masaru	6–9
8–7	Otsukasa Nobuhide	M8	Kotonowaka Terumasa	9–6
2–13	Terao Tsunefumi	M9	Akinoshima Katsumi	8–7
0–0–15	Kotoryu Hiroo	M10	Aminishiki Ryuji	7–8
11–4	Higonoumi Naoya	M11	Asanowaka Takehiko	7–8
7–8	Wakatsutomu Hiroki	M12	Hamanishiki Tatsuro	4–11
11–4	Toki Susumu	M13	Tochinohana Hitoshi	9–6
8–7	Daizen Takahiro	M14	Takatoriki Tadashige	5–10
11–4	Kyokushuzan Noboru	M15	—	—

Top kimarite 284 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 61 21.5%

oshidashi Push out 56 19.7%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 20 7.0%

hatakikomi Slap down 17 6.0%

uwatenage Overarm throw 16 5.6%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 15 5.3%

shitatenage Underarm throw 13 4.6%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 13 4.6%

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