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 2000 May.
Win rate by opponent tier 875 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 | 169-191 | 47% |
| Maegashira 1-8 | 326-152 | 68% |
| Maegashira 9-17 | 23-14 | 62% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takanowaka | 12–1 | 92 | 2003 |
| Terao | 11–2 | 85 | 1999 |
| Kotonishiki | 22–7 | 76 | 2000 |
| Tamanoshima | 10–4 | 71 | 2004 |
| Takatoriki | 21–9 | 70 | 2000 |
| Kotonowaka | 25–11 | 69 | 2004 |
| Kenko | 9–4 | 69 | 1997 |
| Tochinonada | 20–9 | 69 | 2004 |
| Wakanosato | 17–8 | 68 | 2004 |
| Akinoshima | 20–10 | 67 | 2002 |
| Kyokushuzan | 15–8 | 65 | 2004 |
| Tamakasuga | 12–7 | 63 | 2002 |
| Toki | 10–6 | 63 | 2004 |
| Chiyotaikai | 14–9 | 61 | 2004 |
| Takanonami | 25–24 | 51 | 2003 |
| Tosanoumi | 17–18 | 49 | 2004 |
| Kyokutenho | 11–12 | 48 | 2004 |
| Wakanohana | 11–14 | 44 | 1999 |
| Kotomitsuki | 7–10 | 41 | 2004 |
| Kaio | 17–29 | 37 | 2004 |
| Tochiazuma | 7–18 | 28 | 2004 |
| Takanohana | 10–26 | 28 | 2002 |
| Akebono | 6–21 | 22 | 2000 |
| Asashoryu | 3–12 | 20 | 2004 |
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.
- 1994 Jan Shukun-sho Maegashira 3 West
- 1994 Sep Shukun-sho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1994 Sep Kanto-sho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1995 May Shukun-sho Maegashira 4 West
- 1995 May Kanto-sho Maegashira 4 West
- 1995 Jul Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 West
- 1996 Mar Gino-sho Sekiwake 2 East
- 1997 Nov Kanto-sho Maegashira 6 East
- 1998 Jan Kanto-sho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1999 Jan Shukun-sho Sekiwake 2 West
- 2000 Jan ★ Yusho Sekiwake 2 East
- 2000 Jan Shukun-sho Sekiwake 2 East
- 2000 Jan Gino-sho Sekiwake 2 East
- 2000 Mar Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 East
Post-active
- Took elder name
- 藤島
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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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