Heisei early

初場所 Hatsu 1999

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Jan 10, 1999
End: Jan 24, 1999
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 40
Bouts: 280
Foreign: 8%
Sansho: 5

Makuuchi yusho

Chiyotaikai Ryuji

Sekiwake 1 East 13-2

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Musoyama Masashi Sekiwake 2 West 10–5
Chiyotaikai Ryuji Sekiwake 1 East 13–2

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Chiyotaikai Ryuji Sekiwake 1 East 13–2
Chiyotenzan Daihachiro Maegashira 14 East 10–5

Gino-sho

Technique

Akinoshima Katsumi Maegashira 3 East 11–4

Banzuke 40 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Hatsu 1999, 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
8–7	Takanohana Koji	Y1	Wakanohana Masaru	13–2
0–0–15	Akebono Taro	Y2	—	—
8–7	Musashimaru Koyo	O1	Takanonami Sadahiro	6–9
13–2	★ Chiyotaikai Ryuji Shukun · Kanto	S1	Kotonowaka Terumasa	8–7
—	—	S2	◆ Musoyama Masashi Shukun	10–5
8–7	Dejima Takeharu	K1	Tochiazuma Daisuke	9–6
6–9	Kotonishiki Katsuhiro	K2	—	—
9–6	Kaio Hiroyuki	M1	Tosanoumi Toshio	7–8
8–7	Takatoriki Tadashige	M2	Tamakasuga Ryoji	5–10
11–4	◆ Akinoshima Katsumi Gino	M3	Aogiyama Hideki	4–11
5–10	Minatofuji Takayuki	M4	Toki Susumu	7–8
4–11	Tokitsuumi Masahiro	M5	Kotoryu Hiroo	5–10
6–9	Tochinowaka Kiyotaka	M6	Wakanosato Shinobu	0–0–15
8–7	Terao Tsunefumi	M7	Higonoumi Naoya	8–7
9–6	Shikishima Katsumori	M8	Kyokushuzan Noboru	9–6
8–7	Tochinonada Taiichi	M9	Kaiho Ryoji	6–9
7–8	Gojoro Katsuhiro	M10	Ganyu Kenji	8–7
6–9	Wakanojo Munehiko	M11	Mitoizumi Masayuki	8–7
8–7	Oginishiki Yasutoshi	M12	Hamanoshima Keishi	9–6
4–9	Asahiyutaka Katsuteru	M13	Asanosho Hajime	6–9
10–5	◆ Chiyotenzan Daihachiro Kanto	M14	Kinkaiyama Ryu	4–11
4–8–3	Dewaarashi Daisuke	M15	—	—

Top kimarite 280 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 26.1%

oshidashi Push out 53 18.9%

hatakikomi Slap down 30 10.7%

uwatenage Overarm throw 16 5.7%

okuridashi Rear push out 14 5.0%

sukuinage Beltless arm throw 13 4.6%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 13 4.6%

shitatenage Underarm throw 10 3.6%

280 bouts · 3/40 foreign-born (8%) · venue capacity 11,098