Heisei late / Reiwa early

春場所 Haru 2008

EDION Arena Osaka · Osaka

Start: Mar 9, 2008
End: Mar 23, 2008
Days: 15
Capacity: 7,500

Roster: 42
Bouts: 300
Foreign: 33%
Sansho: 4

Makuuchi yusho

Asashoryu Akinori

Yokozuna 1 West 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Kotoshogiku Kazuhiro Sekiwake 1 West 8–7

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kokkai Futoshi Maegashira 5 West 12–3
Baruto Kaito Maegashira 7 East 12–3

Gino-sho

Technique

Tochiozan Yuichiro Maegashira 12 East 11–4

Banzuke 42 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Haru 2008, 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	Hakuho Sho	Y1	★ Asashoryu Akinori	13–2
2–7–6	Kotooshu Katsunori	O1	Kotomitsuki Keiji	8–7
8–7	Kaio Hiroyuki	O2	Chiyotaikai Ryuji	8–7
8–7	Harumafuji Kohei	S1	◆ Kotoshogiku Kazuhiro Shukun	8–7
8–7	Kisenosato Yutaka	K1	Takekaze Akira	3–12
8–7	Asasekiryu Taro	M1	Kakuryu Rikisaburo	6–9
6–9	Aminishiki Ryuji	M2	Miyabiyama Tetsushi	7–8
7–8	Tokitenku Yoshiaki	M3	Toyonoshima Daiki	6–9
8–7	Wakanoho Toshinori	M4	Kyokutenho Masaru	9–6
5–10	Wakanosato Shinobu	M5	◆ Kokkai Futoshi Kanto	12–3
6–9	Roho Yukio	M6	Dejima Takeharu	6–9
12–3	◆ Baruto Kaito Kanto	M7	Hokutoriki Hideki	8–7
8–7	Goeido Gotaro	M8	Tochinonada Taiichi	8–7
7–8	Iwakiyama Ryuta	M9	Kasugao Katsumasa	8–7
10–5	Futeno Izumi	M10	Tamakasuga Ryoji	6–9
5–10	Toyohibiki Ryuta	M11	Takamisakari Seiken	10–5
11–4	◆ Tochiozan Yuichiro Gino	M12	Yoshikaze Masatsugu	6–9
9–6	Homasho Noriyuki	M13	Kiyoseumi Takayuki	0–2–13
4–11	Kaiho Ryoji	M14	Kakizoe Toru	8–7
6–9	Wakakirin Shinichi	M15	Sakaizawa Kenichi	3–5–7
5–10	Otsukasa Nobuhide	M16	Ryuo Noboru	5–10

Top kimarite 300 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 96 32.0%

oshidashi Push out 46 15.3%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 24 8.0%

hatakikomi Slap down 21 7.0%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 14 4.7%

uwatenage Overarm throw 14 4.7%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 11 3.7%

shitatenage Underarm throw 10 3.3%

300 bouts · 14/42 foreign-born (33%) · venue capacity 7,500