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 West in 1999 Nov.
Win rate by opponent tier 1019 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 | 120-178 | 40% |
| Maegashira 1-8 | 294-199 | 60% |
| Maegashira 9-17 | 132-95 | 58% |
| Juryo | 0-1 | 0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyokushuzan | 21–6 | 78 | 2006 |
| Kotonowaka | 19–6 | 76 | 2005 |
| Asasekiryu | 13–5 | 72 | 2009 |
| Kaiho | 12–5 | 71 | 2005 |
| Tamakasuga | 19–9 | 68 | 2008 |
| Takanonami | 19–9 | 68 | 2004 |
| Kotoryu | 11–6 | 65 | 2005 |
| Akinoshima | 14–8 | 64 | 2002 |
| Tochinonada | 24–14 | 63 | 2009 |
| Takamisakari | 9–7 | 56 | 2009 |
| Tosanoumi | 20–16 | 56 | 2009 |
| Tamanoshima | 12–10 | 55 | 2009 |
| Iwakiyama | 8–8 | 50 | 2009 |
| Aminishiki | 9–11 | 45 | 2009 |
| Wakanosato | 14–18 | 44 | 2009 |
| Hokutoriki | 7–9 | 44 | 2009 |
| Kokkai | 7–9 | 44 | 2009 |
| Kyokutenho | 10–14 | 42 | 2008 |
| Chiyotaikai | 14–20 | 41 | 2008 |
| Kaio | 15–25 | 38 | 2008 |
| Kotomitsuki | 9–16 | 36 | 2008 |
| Tochiazuma | 9–25 | 26 | 2007 |
| Takanohana | 4–13 | 24 | 2003 |
| Asashoryu | 4–16 | 20 | 2008 |
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.
- 1997 Mar Kanto-sho Maegashira 13 East
- 1997 Mar Gino-sho Maegashira 13 East
- 1997 Sep Shukun-sho Maegashira 1 East
- 1997 Sep Gino-sho Maegashira 1 East
- 1998 May Kanto-sho Maegashira 11 West
- 1998 Jul Shukun-sho Maegashira 4 West
- 1999 Jul ★ Yusho Sekiwake 1 West
- 1999 Jul Shukun-sho Sekiwake 1 West
- 1999 Jul Kanto-sho Sekiwake 1 West
- 1999 Jul Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 West
- 2007 May Kanto-sho Maegashira 10 East
Post-active
- Took elder name
- 大鳴戸
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Closest stylistic profiles, by cosine similarity over each rikishi's normalized winning-kimarite vector. Requires 60+ Makuuchi wins on both sides.
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