sotogake.

Frequency by year

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

1. 1958: 2.3%
2. 1959: 2.2%
3. 1960: 1.2%
4. 1961: 0.2%
5. 1962: 2.6%
6. 1963: 4.8%
7. 1964: 3.8%
8. 1965: 3.2%
9. 1966: 3.4%
10. 1967: 1.4%
11. 1968: 2.5%
12. 1969: 4.7%
13. 1970: 2.3%
14. 1971: 1.9%
15. 1972: 2.1%
16. 1973: 3.4%
17. 1974: 2.2%
18. 1975: 3.9%
19. 1976: 3%
20. 1977: 3%
21. 1978: 3.4%
22. 1979: 1.5%
23. 1980: 2.4%
24. 1981: 1.8%
25. 1982: 1.4%
26. 1983: 0.9%
27. 1984: 1.4%
28. 1985: 0.2%
29. 1986: 0.3%
30. 1987: 1.3%
31. 1988: 0.4%
32. 1989: 1.6%
33. 1990: 1%
34. 1991: 0.2%
35. 1992: 0.3%
36. 1993: 0.3%
37. 1994: 0%
38. 1995: 0.6%
39. 1996: 0%
40. 1997: 0%
41. 1998: 0.3%
42. 1999: 0%
43. 2000: 0.4%
44. 2001: 0.6%
45. 2002: 0.5%
46. 2003: 0.6%
47. 2004: 0.4%
48. 2005: 0.3%
49. 2006: 0.2%
50. 2007: 0.5%
51. 2008: 0.4%
52. 2009: 0.5%
53. 2010: 0.3%
54. 2011: 0.5%
55. 2012: 0.2%
56. 2013: 0.2%
57. 2014: 0.6%
58. 2015: 0.3%
59. 2016: 0.3%
60. 2017: 0.2%
61. 2018: 0.2%
62. 2019: 0.1%
63. 2020: 0.1%
64. 2021: 0.4%
65. 2022: 0.3%
66. 2023: 0.4%
67. 2024: 0.1%
68. 2025: 0.3%
69. 2026: 0.2%