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 1965 Mar.
Win rate by opponent tier 589 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 | 168-109 | 61% |
| Maegashira 1-8 | 247-47 | 84% |
| Maegashira 9-17 | 14-2 | 88% |
| Juryo | 1-1 | 50% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirokawa | 11–0 | 100 | 1968 |
| Wakachichibu | 17–1 | 94 | 1966 |
| Maedagawa | 10–1 | 91 | 1965 |
| Aonosato | 18–2 | 90 | 1968 |
| Asasegawa | 8–1 | 89 | 1967 |
| Toyokuni | 15–2 | 88 | 1967 |
| Kairyuyama | 19–3 | 86 | 1966 |
| Hasegawa | 11–2 | 85 | 1968 |
| Kiyokuni | 18–4 | 82 | 1968 |
| Fujinishiki | 22–5 | 81 | 1967 |
| Hagurohana | 13–3 | 81 | 1964 |
| Tsurugamine | 14–4 | 78 | 1967 |
| Myobudani | 23–8 | 74 | 1967 |
| Kitabayama | 17–6 | 74 | 1966 |
| Wakamiyama | 8–3 | 73 | 1967 |
| Kotozakura | 12–5 | 71 | 1968 |
| Annenyama | 9–4 | 69 | 1964 |
| Iwakaze | 9–5 | 64 | 1964 |
| Tamanoshima | 12–7 | 63 | 1968 |
| Wakamisugi | 15–10 | 60 | 1966 |
| Yutakayama | 17–14 | 55 | 1968 |
| Kirinji | 6–5 | 55 | 1968 |
| Kashiwado | 9–17 | 35 | 1968 |
| Taiho | 4–26 | 13 | 1967 |
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.
- 1961 May ★ Yusho Maegashira 13 West
- 1961 May Kanto-sho Maegashira 13 West
- 1961 Jul Shukun-sho Maegashira 2 East
- 1962 Mar ★ Yusho Sekiwake 2 East
- 1962 Mar Gino-sho Sekiwake 2 East
- 1965 Jan ★ Yusho Ozeki 1 East
- 1965 May ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
- 1967 Nov ★ Yusho Yokozuna 1 West
- 1968 Jan ★ Yusho Yokozuna 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.