Heisei late / Reiwa early

初場所 Hatsu 2010

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Jan 10, 2010
End: Jan 24, 2010
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 42
Bouts: 300
Foreign: 40%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Asashoryu Akinori

Yokozuna 1 West 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Baruto Kaito Sekiwake 1 East 12–3

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Toyohibiki Ryuta Maegashira 16 West 12–3

Gino-sho

Technique

Aminishiki Ryuji Maegashira 6 West 11–4

Banzuke 42 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Hatsu 2010, 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
9–6	Kotooshu Katsunori	O1	Harumafuji Kohei	10–5
1–7–7	Kotomitsuki Keiji	O2	Kaio Hiroyuki	9–6
12–3	◆ Baruto Kaito Shukun	S1	Chiyotaikai Ryuji	0–4
6–9	Kotoshogiku Kazuhiro	K1	Kakuryu Rikisaburo	7–8
8–7	Toyonoshima Daiki	M1	Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi	5–10
7–8	Goeido Gotaro	M2	Miyabiyama Tetsushi	5–10
3–12	Hokutoriki Hideki	M3	Kisenosato Yutaka	9–6
6–9	Kakizoe Toru	M4	Takekaze Akira	6–9
6–9	Yoshikaze Masatsugu	M5	Kyokutenho Masaru	8–7
2–13	Bushuyama Takashi	M6	◆ Aminishiki Ryuji Gino	11–4
8–7	Tamawashi	M7	Wakanosato Shinobu	9–6
5–5–5	Tokitenku Yoshiaki	M8	Asasekiryu Taro	6–9
5–10	Kokkai Futoshi	M9	Shotenro Taishi	3–12
8–7	Tochiozan Yuichiro	M10	Aran Hakutora	10–5
7–8	Takamisakari Seiken	M11	Mokonami Sakae	6–9
9–6	Homasho Noriyuki	M12	Tosayutaka Yuya	10–5
7–8	Tamanoshima Arata	M13	Shimotori Norio	8–7
9–6	Iwakiyama Ryuta	M14	Hakuba Takeshi	9–6
9–6	Kitataiki Akeyoshi	M15	Tochinonada Taiichi	5–10
3–12	Koryu Tadaharu	M16	◆ Toyohibiki Ryuta Kanto	12–3

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 95 31.7%

oshidashi Push out 55 18.3%

yoritaoshi Frontal crush out 24 8.0%

uwatenage Overarm throw 16 5.3%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 15 5.0%

shitatenage Underarm throw 13 4.3%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 10 3.3%

hatakikomi Slap down 9 3.0%

300 bouts · 17/42 foreign-born (40%) · venue capacity 11,098