Heisei late / Reiwa early

秋場所 Aki 2003

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Sep 7, 2003
End: Sep 21, 2003
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 280
Foreign: 13%
Sansho: 4

Makuuchi yusho

Asashoryu Akinori

Yokozuna 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Wakanosato Shinobu Sekiwake 1 East 11–4

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kyokutenho Masaru Maegashira 2 East 10–5
Takamisakari Seiken Maegashira 1 East 9–6

Gino-sho

Technique

Iwakiyama Ryuta Maegashira 5 East 11–4

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Aki 2003, 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	★ Asashoryu Akinori	Y1	Musashimaru Koyo	0–0–15
7–8	Kaio Hiroyuki	O1	Chiyotaikai Ryuji	11–4
1–5–9	Musoyama Masashi	O2	Tochiazuma Daisuke	10–5
11–4	◆ Wakanosato Shinobu Shukun	S1	Miyabiyama Tetsushi	4–11
7–8	Toki Susumu	K1	Tosanoumi Toshio	7–8
9–6	◆ Takamisakari Seiken Kanto	M1	Tochinonada Taiichi	8–7
10–5	◆ Kyokutenho Masaru Kanto	M2	Hokutoriki Hideki	4–11
4–11	Kotoryu Hiroo	M3	Tokitsuumi Masahiro	5–10
7–8	Asasekiryu Taro	M4	Takanonami Sadahiro	7–8
11–4	◆ Iwakiyama Ryuta Gino	M5	Kasuganishiki Takahiro	5–10
11–4	Kotomitsuki Keiji	M6	Tochisakae Atsushi	5–10
7–8	Buyuzan Takeyoshi	M7	Tamanoshima Arata	9–6
8–7	Kyokushuzan Noboru	M8	Jumonji Tomokazu	7–8
8–7	Kinkaiyama Ryu	M9	Aminishiki Ryuji	10–5
6–9	Dejima Takeharu	M10	Kaiho Ryoji	5–10
8–7	Kakizoe Toru	M11	Tamarikido Hideki	6–9
0–0–15	Kotonowaka Terumasa	M12	Shimotori Norio	8–7
8–7	Wakatoba Hiromi	M13	Yotsukasa Dai	7–8
6–9	Asanowaka Takehiko	M14	Wakanoyama Hiroshi	7–8
8–7	Otsukasa Nobuhide	M15	Ushiomaru Motoyasu	6–9

Top kimarite 280 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 73 26.1%

yorikiri Frontal force out 54 19.3%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 24 8.6%

uwatenage Overarm throw 20 7.1%

hatakikomi Slap down 17 6.1%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 13 4.6%

okuridashi Rear push out 12 4.3%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 12 4.3%

280 bouts · 5/40 foreign-born (13%) · venue capacity 11,098