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夏場所 Natsu (Summer)
Throw · Exotic

nichonage

Body drop throw

1959 Jul – 2007 Sep 12 of 12 practitioners shown

Wins
8
Share
0.01%
First
1959
Latest
2007

How it works

Lift them with your inner thigh and drop them sideways.

Frequency by decade bouts won by nichonage across the Makuuchi era

1
50s
1
60s
2
70s
2
80s
3
90s
1
00s
0
10s
0
20s

Top practitioners most nichonage wins, 1958-present

Wrestlers who have won the most Makuuchi bouts by nichonage since 1958. Sorted by wins, then peak rank. Each name opens a full career profile.

Peak Shikona Wins by nichonage Era Active
S1W Takatoriki Tadashige 3 1991–1993
K1W Tamaryu Daizo 2 1983–1986
O1E Asahikuni Masuo 1 1974–1974
O1E Kaio Hiroyuki 1 1996–1996
S1W Kotonishiki Katsuhiro 1 1992–1992
S1W Maedagawa Katsu 1 1962–1962
S1E Tamanofuji Shigeru 1 1978–1978
M1W Naruyama Akira 1 1959–1959
M2E Kotowaka Chikao 1 1981–1981
M2E Misogidori Yuji 1 1966–1966
M3W Kasugao Katsumasa 1 2007–2007
M5W Daimonji Kenji 1 1970–1970

● = active. Wins are per-perspective counts (each bout is recorded once for the winner). Cache double-counting is removed from the total / decade columns but kept for the per-wrestler row. Makuuchi only, 1959–2007.