Kotakiyama against Sazanami, Nagoya 2020, day 9

KotakiyamaSandanme 66 East3-2
Finalyorikirifrontal force out
SazanamiSandanme 63 West2-3

Nagoya 2020, day 9, 27 July 2020. Sandanme, bout 18 of 45. 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.

Win chances

Before the boutHow the ratings work
44% KotakiyamaSazanami 56%

The ratings had Sazanami ahead, at 56%, but Kotakiyama won. These are the site's own ratings as the basho began, not a bookmaker's odds.

Head to head

4 official meetingsCompare careers
Kotakiyama 2Sazanami 2
  1. Sazanami won · Natsu 2023, day 1, Sandanmeyorikiri
  2. Sazanami won · Haru 2023, day 2, Sandanmeshitatenage
  3. Kotakiyama won · Kyushu 2022, day 11, Sandanmeyorikiri
  4. Kotakiyama won · Nagoya 2020, day 9, Sandanme (this bout)yorikiri

This was their first meeting.