Basho centre2021-03
Haru Basho 2021.
2021-03-14 → 2021-03-28
Source: Sumo-API · last synced 2026-11-04 21:59 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
Abi7-0-8Sandanme
KomanokuniJonidan
Atamifuji7-0-3Jonokuchi
Murayama
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.
- Takakeisho vs TerunofujiTerunofuji leads the tournament at 11-3, and Takakeisho is just one loss behind.
- Tochinoshin vs TakanoshoTochinoshin and Takanosho are both 7-7: one secures kachi-koshi and the other ends with make-koshi.
- Ichinojo vs MitakeumiIchinojo and Mitakeumi are both 7-7: one secures kachi-koshi and the other ends with make-koshi.
- Shodai vs AsanoyamaŌzeki against ōzeki: Shodai vs Asanoyama.
- Chiyoshoma vs OnoshoChiyoshoma is one win from kachi-koshi (7-7).
Bouts · Day 15 · Makuuchi
- #1✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Tokushoryu 0–4 Kotoshoho
Last: Nov 2021, won by Kotoshoho · yorikiri
- Tokushoryu
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 47.3% (279)
- Career: 47.6%
- Kotoshoho
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Jūryō: 59.7% (134)
- Career: 53.7%
- #2✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Hidenoumi 3–1 Hoshoryu
Last: Sep 2021, won by Hidenoumi · makiotoshi
- Hidenoumi
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 34.9% (129)
- Career: 47.9%
- Hoshoryu
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 58.6% (58)
- Career: 64%
- #3✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Kaisei 2–1 Tobizaru
Last: Sep 2021, won by Kaisei · uwatenage
- Kaisei
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 51.5% (330)
- Career: 47.8%
- Tobizaru
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 55% (171)
- Career: 50.7%
- #4✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Kotozakura 3–3 Daiamami
Last: May 2021, won by Daiamami · yorikiri
- Kotozakura
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 62.8% (113)
- Career: 60%
- Daiamami
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 16.7% (18)
- Career: 47.8%
- #5✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Kotoeko 10–12 Kagayaki
Last: Mar 2024, won by Kagayaki · oshidashi
- Kotoeko
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 36.2% (116)
- Career: 45.8%
- Kagayaki
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 45.3% (406)
- Career: 49.5%
- #6✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Tamawashi 2–1 Terutsuyoshi
Last: Jul 2021, won by Terutsuyoshi · hikiotoshi
- Tamawashi
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 51.9% (538)
- Career: 50%
- Terutsuyoshi
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 38.7% (75)
- Career: 45.3%
- #7✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Midorifuji 0–1 Okinoumi
Last: May 2022, won by Okinoumi · kimedashi
- Midorifuji
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 47% (134)
- Career: 53.7%
- Okinoumi
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 57.4% (359)
- Career: 48.3%
- #8✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Ryuden 7–6 Myogiryu
Last: Mar 2024, won by Myogiryu · yorikiri
- Ryuden
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 44.1% (202)
- Career: 53.1%
- Myogiryu
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 54.7% (364)
- Career: 49%
- #9✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Chiyotairyu 5–6 Shimanoumi
Last: Jul 2022, won by Chiyotairyu · hikiotoshi
- Chiyotairyu
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 45.7% (289)
- Career: 48.8%
- Shimanoumi
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 52.3% (172)
- Career: 46.2%
- #10✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Meisei 3–6 Tsurugisho
Last: Jan 2024, won by Meisei · tsukidashi
- Meisei
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 55.7% (235)
- Career: 50.1%
- Tsurugisho
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 56.5% (46)
- Career: 48.2%
- #11✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Hokutofuji 1–5 Wakatakakage
Last: Jul 2024, won by Wakatakakage · watashikomi
- Hokutofuji
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 54.7% (296)
- Career: 51.7%
- Wakatakakage
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 66.3% (199)
- Career: 61.6%
- #12✓ Provisional · 1 sourceEast won
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Head to head
Chiyoshoma 7–6 Onosho
Last: Sep 2024, won by Chiyoshoma · kotenage
- Chiyoshoma
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 45.4% (207)
- Career: 50%
- Onosho
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 65.6% (189)
- Career: 51.5%
- #13✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Takarafuji 3–2 Kirishima
Last: Nov 2021, won by Kirishima · uwatenage
- Takarafuji
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 46.7% (482)
- Career: 47.2%
- Kirishima
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 63.7% (284)
- Career: 60.9%
- #14✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Akiseyama 1–3 Daieisho
Last: Mar 2016, won by Daieisho · oshidashi
- Akiseyama
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Career: 45.3%
- Daieisho
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 57.6% (210)
- Career: 54.5%
- #15✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Ichinojo 7–15 Mitakeumi
Last: Nov 2022, won by Mitakeumi · oshidashi
- Ichinojo
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 44.9% (98)
- Career: 54.9%
- Mitakeumi
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 58.4% (413)
- Career: 53.5%
- #16✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Takayasu 13–11 Aoiyama
Last: Mar 2023, won by Takayasu · oshidashi
- Takayasu
- Style: Throws and twists
- Vs Maegashira 9 or lower: 66.1% (218)
- Career: 57%
- Aoiyama
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 43% (79)
- Career: 48.5%
- #17✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Head to head
Tochinoshin 1–5 Takanosho
Last: Nov 2022, won by Takanosho · oshidashi
- Tochinoshin
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 44.4% (133)
- Career: 50.8%
- Takanosho
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Maegashira 1–8: 51.6% (275)
- Career: 53.5%
- #18✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Takakeisho 4–6 Terunofuji
Last: Jul 2024, won by Terunofuji · hatakikomi
- Takakeisho
- Style: Pushing/thrusting (oshi/tsuki)
- Vs Sekiwake and komusubi: 49.6% (119)
- Career: 63.2%
- Terunofuji
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Yokozuna and ōzeki: 44.8% (87)
- Career: 64.8%
- #19✓ Provisional · 1 sourceWest won
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Shodai 6–8 Asanoyama
Last: Jan 2026, won by Shodai · katasukashi
- Shodai
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Yokozuna and ōzeki: 27.6% (123)
- Career: 51.9%
- Asanoyama
- Style: Belt and force-outs (yotsu)
- Vs Yokozuna and ōzeki: 46.9% (32)
- Career: 67.1%
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
- 300
- 5
- Distinct techniques
- 32
- 21 · 21
- Kachi-koshi · Make-koshi
- East – West
- 153 – 147
- Upsets
- 20
- Maegashira beating a san'yaku wrestler
Most used techniques
- Frontal force out (yorikiri)69 · 23.4%
- Frontal push out (oshidashi)64 · 21.7%
- Thrust down (tsukiotoshi)20 · 6.8%
- Slap down (hatakikomi)18 · 6.1%
- Frontal push down (oshitaoshi)15 · 5.1%