Basho centre2018-03
Haru Basho 2018.
2018-03-11 → 2018-03-25
Source: Sumo-API · last synced 2026-11-04 21:39 JST · provisional results · Never shown as liveResults: ✓✓ confirmed by two sources · ✓ provisional (one source) · ! under review (sources disagree)
Tournament prizes
Jūryō yūshō
Kinboshi
A maegashira beats a yokozuna: a gold star with a lifelong bonus.
None this tournament
Lower-division champions
Makushita
HigonojoSandanme
OhataJonidan
Tochitaikai1-0-6Jonokuchi
Oho7-0-3
Pick a day
What to watch on day 15
Picked by rules, without this day's results. Some reasons use how the tournament is going.
- Kakuryu vs TakayasuYokozuna Kakuryu against ōzeki Takayasu: the very top of the banzuke.
- Endo vs ShohozanShohozan is one win from kachi-koshi (7-7).
- Daieisho vs ShodaiShodai is one win from kachi-koshi (7-7).
- Mitakeumi vs GoeidoA long rivalry: 15 bouts, 9-6 to Goeido over Mitakeumi.
- Ichinojo vs TochinoshinA long rivalry: 27 bouts, 16-11 to Tochinoshin over Ichinojo.
Bouts · Day 15 · Makuuchi
- #1✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
Bout preview
Head to head
Aminishiki 7–11 Myogiryu
Last: May 2018, won by Myogiryu · oshidashi
- Aminishiki
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 57.8% (301)
- Career: 49%
- Myogiryu
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Jūryō: 58.5% (118)
- Career: 49.1%
- #2✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Daiamami 6–3 Yutakayama
Last: Mar 2021, won by Daiamami · tsukiotoshi
- Daiamami
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 39.9% (148)
- Career: 47.6%
- Yutakayama
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 41.5% (229)
- Career: 47.2%
- #3✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Hidenoumi 6–5 Chiyonokuni
Last: May 2023, won by Hidenoumi · oshidashi
- Hidenoumi
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 40.6% (128)
- Career: 48.6%
- Chiyonokuni
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 58.5% (217)
- Career: 51.7%
- #4✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Chiyoshoma 9–5 Nishikigi
Last: Sep 2025, won by Chiyoshoma · yorikiri
- Chiyoshoma
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 45.3% (424)
- Career: 49.9%
- Nishikigi
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 45.7% (352)
- Career: 46.4%
- #5✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Asanoyama 10–4 Ryuden
Last: Jan 2026, won by Asanoyama · yorikiri
- Asanoyama
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 61.9% (160)
- Career: 67.5%
- Ryuden
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 49.5% (303)
- Career: 52.9%
- #6✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Okinoumi 18–14 Aoiyama
Last: Nov 2022, won by Aoiyama · oshidashi
- Okinoumi
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 57.4% (352)
- Career: 48%
- Aoiyama
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 55% (391)
- Career: 48.8%
- #7✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Kagayaki 6–9 Ishiura
Last: Jul 2021, won by Ishiura · katasukashi
- Kagayaki
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 44.7% (405)
- Career: 49.4%
- Ishiura
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 36.4% (66)
- Career: 49.3%
- #8✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Abi 3–1 Daishomaru
Last: Jul 2021, won by Abi · yorikiri
- Abi
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 61.8% (131)
- Career: 55.7%
- Daishomaru
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 43.6% (78)
- Career: 46.1%
- #9✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Kaisei 16–11 Ikioi
Last: Jul 2020, won by Ikioi · shitatenage
- Kaisei
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 52.7% (349)
- Career: 47.4%
- Ikioi
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 52.3% (264)
- Career: 47.3%
- #10✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Daieisho 24–11 Shodai
Last: Jul 2026, won by Daieisho · tsukidashi
- Daieisho
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 56.3% (419)
- Career: 54.4%
- Shodai
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 55% (458)
- Career: 51.9%
- #11✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Kotoshogiku 4–3 Hokutofuji
Last: Jul 2020, won by Hokutofuji · hatakikomi
- Kotoshogiku
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 63.8% (585)
- Career: 54.3%
- Hokutofuji
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 55.7% (291)
- Career: 52.1%
- #12✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Kotoyuki 6–7 Takarafuji
Last: Sep 2019, won by Kotoyuki · oshidashi
- Kotoyuki
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 49.6% (133)
- Career: 52%
- Takarafuji
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 54.2% (465)
- Career: 47.1%
- #13✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Arawashi 2–2 Yoshikaze
Last: Sep 2017, won by Arawashi · hikiotoshi
- Arawashi
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 51.8% (83)
- Career: 47.7%
- Yoshikaze
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 47.3% (427)
- Career: 48.8%
- #14✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Chiyomaru 2–4 Tamawashi
Last: Sep 2021, won by Chiyomaru · hikiotoshi
- Chiyomaru
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 47% (83)
- Career: 47.1%
- Tamawashi
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 48.2% (616)
- Career: 49.7%
- #15✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Endo 6–2 Shohozan+ 1 by fusen
Last: Jan 2020, won by Endo · yorikiri
- Endo
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 51.2% (412)
- Career: 51.7%
- Shohozan
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 45.9% (305)
- Career: 46.1%
- #16✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Tochiozan 3–7 Chiyotairyu
Last: Mar 2020, won by Chiyotairyu · hatakikomi
- Tochiozan
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 47.9% (140)
- Career: 51.2%
- Chiyotairyu
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 52.8% (396)
- Career: 49.1%
- #17✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Ichinojo 11–16 Tochinoshin
Last: Mar 2023, won by Ichinojo · yorikiri
- Ichinojo
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 44.3% (97)
- Career: 54.6%
- Tochinoshin
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 42.7% (131)
- Career: 50.5%
- #18✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Mitakeumi 6–9 Goeido+ 1 by fusen
Last: Jan 2020, won by Mitakeumi · yorikiri
- Mitakeumi
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Yokozuna and ōzeki: 35.8% (123)
- Career: 53.6%
- Goeido
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 56.6% (196)
- Career: 57.6%
- #19✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Kakuryu 13–8 Takayasu+ 1 by fusen
Last: Mar 2020, won by Kakuryu · tsukiotoshi
- Kakuryu
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Yokozuna and ōzeki: 40.5% (259)
- Career: 61.9%
- Takayasu
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Yokozuna and ōzeki: 34.4% (180)
- Career: 56.9%
Who can still win: eliminated when even winning every remaining bout cannot reach the leader (a tie means a playoff).
41 wrestlers out of contention · Computed from provisional results.
The tournament in numbers
Makuuchi, from the bouts we hold. Fusen counts in the record but has no technique.
- Bouts
- 295
- 3
- Distinct techniques
- 24
- 19 · 23
- Kachi-koshi · Make-koshi
- East – West
- 165 – 130
- Upsets
- 21
- Maegashira beating a san'yaku wrestler
Most used techniques
- Frontal push out (oshidashi)71 · 24.3%
- Frontal force out (yorikiri)67 · 22.9%
- Slap down (hatakikomi)37 · 12.7%
- Thrust down (tsukiotoshi)19 · 6.5%
- Hand pull down (hikiotoshi)15 · 5.1%