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 Mar.
Win rate by opponent tier 984 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 | 236-250 | 49% |
| Maegashira 1-8 | 339-129 | 72% |
| Maegashira 9-17 | 18-12 | 60% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toki | 14–0 | 100 | 2004 |
| Kyokushuzan | 16–1 | 94 | 2006 |
| Kotonowaka | 12–2 | 86 | 2005 |
| Kotoshogiku | 16–3 | 84 | 2009 |
| Wakanosato | 26–5 | 84 | 2008 |
| Kyokutenho | 27–7 | 79 | 2009 |
| Takanonami | 21–6 | 78 | 2003 |
| Aminishiki | 18–6 | 75 | 2009 |
| Tochinonada | 20–9 | 69 | 2008 |
| Tosanoumi | 21–10 | 68 | 2005 |
| Tamanoshima | 14–8 | 64 | 2009 |
| Kisenosato | 13–8 | 62 | 2010 |
| Dejima | 20–14 | 59 | 2008 |
| Kotomitsuki | 22–18 | 55 | 2009 |
| Miyabiyama | 24–21 | 53 | 2009 |
| Tochiazuma | 15–18 | 45 | 2007 |
| Musashimaru | 9–11 | 45 | 2002 |
| Musoyama | 9–14 | 39 | 2004 |
| Kaio | 20–33 | 38 | 2010 |
| Ama | 7–12 | 37 | 2009 |
| Takanohana | 5–9 | 36 | 2002 |
| Kotooshu | 7–16 | 30 | 2009 |
| Asashoryu | 9–30 | 23 | 2009 |
| Hakuho | 6–21 | 22 | 2009 |
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.
- 1998 Mar Gino-sho Maegashira 1 East
- 1998 Jul Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 West
- 1998 Sep Gino-sho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1999 Jan ★ Yusho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1999 Jan Shukun-sho Sekiwake 1 East
- 1999 Jan Kanto-sho Sekiwake 1 East
- 2002 Jul ★ Yusho Ozeki 1 West
- 2003 Mar ★ Yusho Ozeki 2 East
Post-active
- Took elder name
- 九重
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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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