Ichinojo against Kisenosato, Hatsu 2018, day 3

IchinojoMaegashira 1 West1-2
Finalyorikirifrontal force out Gold star
KisenosatoYokozuna 1 West1-2

Hatsu 2018, day 3, 16 January 2018. Makuuchi, bout 19 of 21. East on the left, west on the right.

How it was won: yorikiri

Who else uses it

Frontal force out.

The winner holds his opponent's belt and forces him 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
33% IchinojoKisenosato 67%

An upset by the ratings: Ichinojo won with a 33% chance. These are the site's own ratings as the basho began, not a bookmaker's odds.

Head to head

15 official meetingsCompare careers
Ichinojo 7Kisenosato 8
  1. Ichinojo won · Hatsu 2019, day 2hatakikomi
  2. Ichinojo won · Aki 2018, day 11oshidashi
  3. Ichinojo won · Hatsu 2018, day 3 (this bout)yorikiri
  4. Ichinojo won · Kyushu 2017, day 8yorikiri
  5. Kisenosato won · Hatsu 2017, day 14yorikiri
  6. Kisenosato won · Natsu 2016, day 7okuridashi
  7. Kisenosato won · Hatsu 2016, day 6tsukiotoshi
  8. Kisenosato won · Kyushu 2015, day 5yorikiri
  9. Kisenosato won · Aki 2015, day 7oshidashi
  10. Kisenosato won · Nagoya 2015, day 6yorikiri
  11. Kisenosato won · Natsu 2015, day 2yorikiri
  12. Ichinojo won · Haru 2015, day 5oshidashi
  13. Kisenosato won · Hatsu 2015, day 7yorikiri
  14. Ichinojo won · Kyushu 2014, day 14hatakikomi
  15. Ichinojo won · Aki 2014, day 11hatakikomi