Career arc
Banzuke position every tournament in Makuuchi - 1 is the very top (Yokozuna 1 East), higher numbers sit lower. Gold ★ marks a tournament championship; ◆ a special prize. Peak reached Ozeki 1 East in 1976 May.
Win rate by opponent tier 737 bouts
Records bucketed by where the opponent was ranked the day of the bout. A quick read on "is he beating who he should?".
| Opponents | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Sanyaku | 130-170 | 43% |
| Maegashira 1-8 | 220-116 | 65% |
| Maegashira 9-17 | 55-32 | 63% |
| Juryo | 8-6 | 57% |
| Lower | — | — |
Head-to-head top 24 most-met, by win %
Among the 24 opponents this wrestler met most often, sorted by his win rate. Truncated by meetings first so the percentages stay meaningful (no "100% 1-0" surprises). Click any name for that opponent's profile.
| Opponent | W–L | % | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagahama | 16–2 | 89 | 1978 |
| Arase | 23–5 | 82 | 1979 |
| Futagodake | 9–2 | 82 | 1974 |
| Fujizakura | 17–4 | 81 | 1979 |
| Kaneshiro | 14–4 | 78 | 1979 |
| Kongo | 11–4 | 73 | 1976 |
| Masuiyama | 20–8 | 71 | 1979 |
| Washuyama | 9–4 | 69 | 1979 |
| Tamanofuji | 11–5 | 69 | 1979 |
| Tochiazuma | 8–4 | 67 | 1976 |
| Kirinji | 11–6 | 65 | 1979 |
| Kitaseumi | 7–4 | 64 | 1977 |
| Takamiyama | 16–10 | 62 | 1979 |
| Kotetsuyama | 6–4 | 60 | 1972 |
| Ryuko | 6–4 | 60 | 1975 |
| Ryuo | 6–4 | 60 | 1975 |
| Hasegawa | 7–6 | 54 | 1976 |
| Kaiketsu | 16–14 | 53 | 1978 |
| Wakamisugi | 15–14 | 52 | 1979 |
| Daiju | 8–8 | 50 | 1976 |
| Mienoumi | 15–20 | 43 | 1979 |
| Takanohana | 11–26 | 30 | 1979 |
| Kitanoumi | 7–27 | 21 | 1979 |
| Wajima | 4–30 | 12 | 1979 |
Kimarite
The winning techniques behind every decisive bout. Left: moves that ended bouts in this wrestler's favour. Right: moves opponents used to beat him. Hover any name for a plain-language description.
Winning techniques
Beaten by
Honors
Every yusho (★) and sansho (Shukun-sho / Kanto-sho / Gino-sho) earned, in chronological order with the rank held at the time.
- 1972 Sep Gino-sho Maegashira 3 West
- 1974 Mar Gino-sho Maegashira 9 West
- 1975 May Gino-sho Maegashira 4 East
- 1975 Jul Gino-sho Komusubi 1 East
- 1975 Sep Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 West
- 1976 Jan Kanto-sho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1976 Mar Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 East
Similar fighters by kimarite mix
Closest stylistic profiles, by cosine similarity over each rikishi's normalized winning-kimarite vector. Requires 60+ Makuuchi wins on both sides.
Closest fighting-style profiles by kimarite mix. Needs 60+ Makuuchi wins to compare.