Kitanofuji against Kurohimeyama, Kyushu 1971, day 7

KitanofujiYokozuna 1 East6-1
Finalyoritaoshifrontal crush out Gold star
KurohimeyamaMaegashira 2 West6-1

Kyushu 1971, day 7, 20 November 1971. Makuuchi, bout 17 of 17. East on the left, west on the right.

How it was won: yoritaoshi

Who else uses it

Frontal crush out.

The winner crushes his opponent out of the ring from the front.

A gold star

More on kinboshi

A kinboshi, or gold star, is a maegashira's win over a yokozuna. Sanyaku wrestlers don't earn one for beating a yokozuna, and neither does a win by default or disqualification. Under the association's older pay rules, each kinboshi added to the bonus a wrestler was paid every tournament, for as long as he stayed a sekitori.

Win chances

Before the boutHow the ratings work
86% KitanofujiKurohimeyama 14%

An upset by the ratings: Kurohimeyama won with a 14% chance. These are the site's own ratings as the basho began, not a bookmaker's odds.

Head to head

15 official meetingsCompare careers
Kitanofuji 12Kurohimeyama 3
  1. Kurohimeyama won · Hatsu 1974, day 5oshitaoshi
  2. Kitanofuji won · Kyushu 1973, day 12yorikiri
  3. Kitanofuji won · Aki 1973, day 10hatakikomi
  4. Kitanofuji won · Nagoya 1973, day 9uwatenage
  5. Kurohimeyama won · Natsu 1973, day 1yorikiri
  6. Kitanofuji won · Haru 1973, day 1yorikiri
  7. Kitanofuji won · Hatsu 1973, day 10yorikiri
  8. Kitanofuji won · Aki 1972, day 4yorikiri
  9. Kitanofuji won · Hatsu 1972, day 11sukuinage
  10. Kurohimeyama won · Kyushu 1971, day 7 (this bout)yoritaoshi
  11. Kitanofuji won · Aki 1971, day 2kubinage
  12. Kitanofuji won · Nagoya 1971, day 10makiotoshi
  13. Kitanofuji won · Hatsu 1971, day 7oshidashi
  14. Kitanofuji won · Kyushu 1970, day 1yorikiri
  15. Kitanofuji won · Haru 1970, day 11hatakikomi