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 Yokozuna 1 West in 1961 Nov.
Win rate by opponent tier 876 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 | 364-93 | 80% |
| Maegashira 1-8 | 366-39 | 90% |
| Maegashira 9-17 | 12-2 | 86% |
| Juryo | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annenyama | 21–0 | 100 | 1964 |
| Oginohana | 19–1 | 95 | 1964 |
| Tsurugamine | 19–1 | 95 | 1967 |
| Fujinokawa | 16–1 | 94 | 1971 |
| Hagurohana | 14–1 | 93 | 1964 |
| Hasegawa | 21–2 | 91 | 1971 |
| Kiyokuni | 29–3 | 91 | 1971 |
| Fujinishiki | 27–3 | 90 | 1967 |
| Iwakaze | 17–2 | 89 | 1964 |
| Yutakayama | 28–4 | 88 | 1968 |
| Aonosato | 14–2 | 88 | 1965 |
| Sadanoyama | 26–4 | 87 | 1967 |
| Kotozakura | 22–4 | 85 | 1971 |
| Dewanishiki | 16–3 | 84 | 1963 |
| Kairyuyama | 16–3 | 84 | 1966 |
| Kainoyama | 21–4 | 84 | 1969 |
| Kitanofuji | 26–5 | 84 | 1971 |
| Maenoyama | 13–3 | 81 | 1971 |
| Tochihikari | 24–6 | 80 | 1965 |
| Myobudani | 20–5 | 80 | 1968 |
| Tamanoshima | 21–6 | 78 | 1971 |
| Tochinoumi | 17–6 | 74 | 1966 |
| Kitabayama | 24–11 | 69 | 1966 |
| Kashiwado | 21–16 | 57 | 1969 |
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
Honors
Every yusho (★) and sansho (Shukun-sho / Kanto-sho / Gino-sho) earned, in chronological order with the rank held at the time.
- 1960 Jan Kanto-sho Maegashira 13 West
- 1960 May Kanto-sho Maegashira 6 East
- 1960 Sep Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 West
- 1960 Nov ★ Yusho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1961 Jul ★ Yusho Ozeki 1 East
- 1961 Sep ★ Yusho Ozeki 1 East
- 1961 Nov ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
- 1962 Jan ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1962 Jul ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1962 Sep ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1962 Nov ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1963 Jan ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1963 Mar ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1963 May ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1964 Jan ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1964 Mar ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1964 Sep ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
- 1964 Nov ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1965 Mar ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1965 Jul ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
- 1965 Nov ★ Yusho Yokozuna 2 East
- 1966 Mar ★ Yusho Yokozuna 2 East
- 1966 May ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1966 Jul ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1966 Sep ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1966 Nov ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1967 Jan ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1967 May ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1967 Sep ★ Yusho Yokozuna 2 East
- 1968 Sep ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
- 1968 Nov ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1969 Jan ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 East
- 1969 May ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
- 1970 Mar ★ Yusho Yokozuna 2 East
- 1971 Jan ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
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.