kimarite 決まり手
The winning technique. The JSA's official list has 82.
Kimarite is the winning technique, the officially recorded way a bout was won. The JSA's list has 82 techniques, plus five results the winner didn't make happen, such as the loser stepping out on his own. Two are far more common than the rest: from January 2013 to September 2026, oshidashi and yorikiri together made up half of all results.
Related words
- yorikiri 寄り切り
- A frontal force-out while holding the belt. One of the two most common wins.
- oshidashi 押し出し
- A frontal push-out without a grip on the belt. The most common win.
- kinjite 禁じ手
- A banned move. Using one means an instant loss.
- fusen 不戦
- A default. One wrestler doesn't turn up, so the other wins without a bout.