Heisei late / Reiwa early

初場所 Hatsu 2016

Ryogoku Kokugikan · Tokyo

Start: Jan 10, 2016
End: Jan 24, 2016
Days: 15
Capacity: 11,098

Roster: 42
Bouts: 285
Foreign: 36%
Sansho: 2

Makuuchi yusho

Kotoshogiku Kazuhiro

Ozeki 2 East 14-1

Sansho special prizes

Shukun-sho

Outstanding performance

Toyonoshima Daiki Maegashira 7 East 12–3

Kanto-sho

Fighting spirit

Shodai Maegashira 12 West 10–5

Banzuke 42 wrestlers, East–West paired

The Makuuchi roster for Hatsu 2016, 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
12–3	Harumafuji Kohei	Y1	Hakuho Sho	12–3
10–5	Kakuryu Rikisaburo	Y2	—	—
9–6	Kisenosato Yutaka	O1	Terunofuji Haruo	3–3–9
14–1	★ Kotoshogiku Kazuhiro	O2	Goeido Gotaro	4–11
7–8	Tochiozan Yuichiro	S1	Yoshikaze Masatsugu	8–7
5–10	Ikioi Shota	K1	Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi	6–9
6–8–1	Aminishiki Ryuji	M1	Shohozan Yuya	5–10
8–7	Takarafuji	M2	Aoiyama Kosuke	7–8
2–13	Ichinojo Takashi	M3	Kaisei Ichiro	5–10
7–8	Kyokushuho Koki	M4	Kotoyuki Kazuyoshi	9–6
0–0–15	Osunaarashi Kintaro	M5	Sokokurai Eikichi	8–7
4–11	Tokushoryu Makoto	M6	Okinoumi Ayumi	10–5
12–3	◆ Toyonoshima Daiki Shukun	M7	Tamawashi	5–10
8–7	Myogiryu Yasunari	M8	Takayasu	11–4
7–8	Sadanoumi	M9	Gagamaru Masaru	7–8
5–7–3	Chiyootori Yuki	M10	Mitakeumi	5–8–2
1–6–8	Endo	M11	Amuru Mitsuhiro	7–8
8–7	Chiyotairyu Hidemasa	M12	◆ Shodai Kanto	10–5
10–5	Takekaze Akira	M13	Takanoiwa Yoshimori	9–6
2–4–9	Jokoryu Takayuki	M14	Toyohibiki Ryuta	8–7
4–11	Homarefuji Yoshiyuki	M15	Kitataiki Akeyoshi	7–8
4–11	Kagayaki	M16	—	—

Top kimarite 285 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 75 26.3%

oshidashi Push out 64 22.5%

tsukiotoshi Thrust down 21 7.4%

hatakikomi Slap down 18 6.3%

uwatenage Overarm throw 18 6.3%

oshitaoshi Frontal push down 12 4.2%

sukuinage Beltless arm throw 9 3.2%

okuridashi Rear push out 8 2.8%

285 bouts · 15/42 foreign-born (36%) · venue capacity 11,098