yorikiri.

Frequency by year

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

1. 1958: 27.8%
2. 1959: 29.3%
3. 1960: 29.1%
4. 1961: 26.7%
5. 1962: 25.4%
6. 1963: 26.6%
7. 1964: 28.3%
8. 1965: 26.9%
9. 1966: 27.1%
10. 1967: 30.1%
11. 1968: 27%
12. 1969: 24.6%
13. 1970: 25.6%
14. 1971: 29.9%
15. 1972: 26%
16. 1973: 32.5%
17. 1974: 34.5%
18. 1975: 38.5%
19. 1976: 38.7%
20. 1977: 39.2%
21. 1978: 40.1%
22. 1979: 42.6%
23. 1980: 40.3%
24. 1981: 36.4%
25. 1982: 41.7%
26. 1983: 41.7%
27. 1984: 43.9%
28. 1985: 39.7%
29. 1986: 41.3%
30. 1987: 44.4%
31. 1988: 39.4%
32. 1989: 31.2%
33. 1990: 30%
34. 1991: 27.6%
35. 1992: 25.2%
36. 1993: 27.9%
37. 1994: 32.9%
38. 1995: 30.2%
39. 1996: 34.4%
40. 1997: 32.7%
41. 1998: 32.2%
42. 1999: 34.5%
43. 2000: 39%
44. 2001: 24.1%
45. 2002: 23.9%
46. 2003: 24.7%
47. 2004: 27.7%
48. 2005: 25.1%
49. 2006: 26.1%
50. 2007: 26.2%
51. 2008: 29.2%
52. 2009: 28.6%
53. 2010: 28.2%
54. 2011: 25.6%
55. 2012: 23.1%
56. 2013: 26%
57. 2014: 28.7%
58. 2015: 30.1%
59. 2016: 27.9%
60. 2017: 28.3%
61. 2018: 27.1%
62. 2019: 26.4%
63. 2020: 27.3%
64. 2021: 24.2%
65. 2022: 24.3%
66. 2023: 25.4%
67. 2024: 26.9%
68. 2025: 26.5%
69. 2026: 25.2%