hikiotoshi.

Frequency by year

% of contested Makuuchi and Jūryō bouts decided by this technique.

1. 1958: 1%
2. 1959: 1.6%
3. 1960: 0.4%
4. 1961: 2.1%
5. 1962: 0.8%
6. 1963: 1.1%
7. 1964: 2.2%
8. 1965: 1.1%
9. 1966: 1.8%
10. 1967: 0.2%
11. 1968: 1.1%
12. 1969: 1.6%
13. 1970: 1.4%
14. 1971: 2.5%
15. 1972: 2.7%
16. 1973: 3.2%
17. 1974: 1.7%
18. 1975: 2.6%
19. 1976: 1.1%
20. 1977: 1.2%
21. 1978: 0.6%
22. 1979: 2.1%
23. 1980: 2.4%
24. 1981: 2.8%
25. 1982: 2.2%
26. 1983: 2.3%
27. 1984: 3.2%
28. 1985: 2.7%
29. 1986: 3.2%
30. 1987: 2.3%
31. 1988: 1.1%
32. 1989: 3.8%
33. 1990: 4.1%
34. 1991: 3.4%
35. 1992: 3.8%
36. 1993: 2.4%
37. 1994: 2.8%
38. 1995: 4%
39. 1996: 2.1%
40. 1997: 6%
41. 1998: 4.2%
42. 1999: 1.8%
43. 2000: 2.8%
44. 2001: 5.4%
45. 2002: 6.4%
46. 2003: 7.1%
47. 2004: 6.2%
48. 2005: 7.1%
49. 2006: 6%
50. 2007: 6.2%
51. 2008: 6.9%
52. 2009: 7.5%
53. 2010: 7%
54. 2011: 6.4%
55. 2012: 5.3%
56. 2013: 4.1%
57. 2014: 3.2%
58. 2015: 3.6%
59. 2016: 4.2%
60. 2017: 4.4%
61. 2018: 4.7%
62. 2019: 3.9%
63. 2020: 2.5%
64. 2021: 3.5%
65. 2022: 3.4%
66. 2023: 3.1%
67. 2024: 3.1%
68. 2025: 2.9%
69. 2026: 3.3%