Heisei late / Reiwa early

春場所 Haru 2018

EDION Arena Osaka · Osaka

Start: Mar 11, 2018
End: Mar 25, 2018
Days: 15
Capacity: 7,500

Roster: 42
Bouts: 286
Foreign: 24%
Sansho: 3

Makuuchi yusho

Kakuryu Rikisaburo

Yokozuna 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi Sekiwake 1 West 10–5

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Kaisei Ichiro Maegashira 6 East 12–3

Gino-sho

Technique

Endo Maegashira 1 East 9–6

Banzuke 42 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Haru 2018, 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	★ Kakuryu Rikisaburo	Y1	Hakuho Sho	0–0–15
0–0–15	Kisenosato Yutaka	Y2	—	—
12–3	Takayasu	O1	Goeido Gotaro	9–6
7–8	Mitakeumi	S1	◆ Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi Shukun	10–5
9–6	Ichinojo Takashi	K1	Chiyotairyu Hidemasa	4–11
9–6	◆ Endo Gino	M1	Tamawashi	9–6
2–13	Arawashi Tsuyoshi	M2	Takarafuji	5–10
6–9	Kotoshogiku Kazuhiro	M3	Takakeisho Takanobu	3–8–4
8–7	Shohozan Yuya	M4	Shodai	7–8
6–9	Chiyomaru	M5	Onosho Fumiya	0–0–15
12–3	◆ Kaisei Ichiro Kanto	M6	Hokutofuji	6–9
10–5	Abi	M7	Yoshikaze Masatsugu	7–8
7–8	Kagayaki	M8	Daieisho	9–6
7–8	Okinoumi Ayumi	M9	Ryuden	8–7
9–6	Chiyoshoma	M10	Chiyonokuni Toshiki	7–8
5–10	Tochiozan Yuichiro	M11	Yutakayama Ryota	10–5
7–8	Ishiura Shikanosuke	M12	Kotoyuki Kazuyoshi	1–13–1
9–6	Daishomaru	M13	Asanoyama	8–7
11–4	Ikioi Shota	M14	Nishikigi	5–10
5–7–3	Sokokurai Eikichi	M15	Myogiryu Yasunari	6–9
10–5	Daiamami	M16	Hidenoumi	3–12
8–7	Aoiyama Kosuke	M17	—	—

Top kimarite 286 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 24.8%

yorikiri Frontal force out 67 23.4%

hatakikomi Slap down 35 12.2%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 18 6.3%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 15 5.2%

uwatenage Overarm throw 14 4.9%

okuridashi Rear push out 10 3.5%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 9 3.1%

286 bouts · 10/42 foreign-born (24%) · venue capacity 7,500