Kimarite Distribution for Hatsu 2024!
Not too different from Day 14... oh and congrats to the tournament winner....
No, I’m not going to show off the playoff match, but I will show this match between Terunokaiju and Kirishima:
Taking out the trash. Just dump him in the audience, why doncha.
Ura Being Ura
I will be coming back to Ura and others, because I like doing a uniqueness analysis. But today is not the day for uniqueness analysis (or more cluster analysis).
But let’s look at Ura being extra:
These videos are all from Sumo Jason, who had been my way back into sumo decades after I first saw it on TV in Japan. Thanks, Jason!
Final Kimarite Distribution Graph
For the Hatsu 2024 Basho, this is the final tournament kimarite category distribution graph:
For convenience, this is a description of the categories:
Kihonwaza - these are the basic techniques and tend to be the most common. Yorikiri and oshidashi are in there.
Tokushuwaza - “Special techniques” - gee, that’s helpful. But it includes the very common hatakikomi “slap down” and hikiotoshi “pull down”.
Nagete - these are throws, like sukuinage and uwatenage.
Hinerite - “twist down” techniques, this includes moves like Midorifuji’s favorite: katasukashi
Kakete - these are the leg-trip/-pick techniques.
“Other” is the leftover stuff like fusen, which is when somebody is out due to illness or injury (which was pretty high for Makuuchi this tournament). It also includes disqualifications due to hairpulls or losses due to screw-ups like somebody slipping.
As I noted in my prior post, it’s interesting that Jonidan, Makushita, and Sandamne have lower percentages of their kimarite in kihonwaza (standard moves) compared to the sekitori (Juryo and Makuuchi).
Top Five Kimarite in Hatsu 2024
I’ve added a fifth kimarite to look at:
Oshidashi and yorikiri are the top two kimarite, always.
That’s getting the other guy out of the ring, and whether you’ve got constant hands on the other guy or you shove him out (grab the belt or slappy slappy), those are different on how close you can get to the other wrestler.
The next two are slapping or shoving the other guy into the dirt — hatakikomi (slap-down) or tsukiotoshi (thrust-down).
The last, uwatenage, is the only throw in the group. That’s an overarm throw.
Let’s ignore the Jonokuchi division (which is kind of weird, and I don’t want to discuss right now). It’s interesting to me that the percentage of wins by each of these kimarite doesn’t vary that much between the divisions.
