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春場所 Haru 1998

EDION Arena Osaka · Osaka

Start: Mar 8, 1998
End: Mar 22, 1998
Days: 15
Capacity: 7,500

Roster: 40
Bouts: 274
Foreign: 13%
Sansho: 4

Makuuchi yusho

Wakanohana Masaru

Ozeki 2 East 14-1

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Kaio Hiroyuki Komusubi 1 West 8–7

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Tosanoumi Toshio Maegashira 6 East 10–5
Aogiyama Hideki Maegashira 7 West 11–4

Gino-sho

Technique

Chiyotaikai Ryuji Maegashira 1 East 8–7

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Haru 1998, in ranking order from Yokozuna 1 down to the bottom of Maegashira. Each rank has an East and a West slot; East is slightly senior. marks the yusho; ◆ a sansho recipient.

W–L	East	Rank	West	W–L
13–2	Akebono Taro	Y1	Takanohana Koji	1–4–10
8–7	Musashimaru Koyo	O1	Takanonami Sadahiro	8–7
14–1	★ Wakanohana Masaru	O2	—	—
2–4–9	Tochiazuma Daisuke	S1	Musoyama Masashi	9–6
6–9	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	K1	◆ Kaio Hiroyuki Shukun	8–7
8–7	◆ Chiyotaikai Ryuji Gino	M1	Shikishima Katsumori	3–12
0–0–15	Dejima Takeharu	M2	Akinoshima Katsumi	9–6
9–6	Tochinonada Taiichi	M3	Ganyu Kenji	3–12
8–7	Kotonowaka Terumasa	M4	Takatoriki Tadashige	7–8
4–11	Kotoryu Hiroo	M5	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	5–10
10–5	◆ Tosanoumi Toshio Kanto	M6	Wakanojo Munehiko	5–10
4–11	Kyokushuzan Noboru	M7	◆ Aogiyama Hideki Kanto	11–4
5–10	Terao Tsunefumi	M8	Oginishiki Yasutoshi	9–6
8–7	Minatofuji Takayuki	M9	Tamakasuga Ryoji	8–7
6–9	Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	M10	Mainoumi Shuhei	5–10
8–7	Asahiyutaka Katsuteru	M11	Asanosho Hajime	7–8
6–9	Kyokutenho Masaru	M12	Hamanoshima Keishi	8–7
8–7	Kitakachidoki Hayato	M13	Gojoro Katsuhiro	9–6
9–6	Higonoumi Naoya	M14	Mitoizumi Masayuki	9–6
8–7	Akinoshu Kenji	M15	Asanowaka Takehiko	8–7
0–0–15	Yamato Go	M16	—	—

Top kimarite 274 decisive bouts

The deciding techniques most often called by the gyoji this tournament. Share is over decisive Makuuchi bouts only; absences and unresolved bouts are excluded.

yorikiri Frontal force out 73 26.6%

oshidashi Push out 55 20.1%

hatakikomi Slap down 20 7.3%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 20 7.3%

uwatenage Overarm throw 16 5.8%

hikiotoshi Hand pull down 13 4.7%

okuridashi Rear push out 11 4.0%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 9 3.3%

274 bouts · 5/40 foreign-born (13%) · venue capacity 7,500