Heisei late / Reiwa early

秋場所 Aki 2002

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Sep 8, 2002
End: Sep 22, 2002
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 260
Foreign: 10%
Sansho: 1

Makuuchi yusho

Musashimaru Koyo

Yokozuna 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kotomitsuki Keiji Maegashira 7 East 12–3

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Aki 2002, 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	★ Musashimaru Koyo	Y1	Takanohana Koji	12–3
10–5	Chiyotaikai Ryuji	O1	Tochiazuma Daisuke	0–0–15
12–3	Kaio Hiroyuki	O2	Musoyama Masashi	8–7
10–5	Asashoryu Akinori	O3	—	—
8–7	Wakanosato Shinobu	S1	Tosanoumi Toshio	6–9
4–11	Takamisakari Seiken	K1	Takanonami Sadahiro	7–8
7–8	Miyabiyama Tetsushi	M1	Tochinonada Taiichi	4–11
5–10	Shimotori Norio	M2	Toki Susumu	4–11
8–7	Kyokutenho Masaru	M3	Kotoryu Hiroo	5–10
2–9–4	Tochisakae Atsushi	M4	Takanowaka Yuki	8–7
8–7	Tamanoshima Arata	M5	Buyuzan Takeyoshi	5–10
9–6	Hokutoriki Hideki	M6	Tokitsuumi Masahiro	7–8
12–3	◆ Kotomitsuki Keiji Kanto	M7	Aminishiki Ryuji	7–8
0–0–15	Kaiho Ryoji	M8	Tamakasuga Ryoji	10–5
0–0–15	Kotonowaka Terumasa	M9	Gojoro Katsuhiro	8–7
0–0–15	Dejima Takeharu	M10	Kasuganishiki Takahiro	5–10
4–11	Daizen Takahiro	M11	Kyokushuzan Noboru	9–6
8–7	Wakanoyama Hiroshi	M12	Otsukasa Nobuhide	5–10
7–8	Akinoshima Katsumi	M13	Asanowaka Takehiko	7–8
8–7	Tochinohana Hitoshi	M14	Aogiyama Hideki	0–0–15
9–6	Ushiomaru Motoyasu	M15	—	—

Top kimarite 260 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.

oshidashi Push out 71 27.3%

yorikiri Frontal force out 55 21.2%

hatakikomi Slap down 30 11.5%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 25 9.6%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 15 5.8%

uwatenage Overarm throw 10 3.8%

okuridashi Rear push out 8 3.1%

shitatenage Underarm throw 6 2.3%

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