kinboshi 金星
A gold star: a maegashira's win over a yokozuna.
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.
Related words
- maegashira 前頭
- The numbered rank-and-file of the top division.
- yokozuna 横綱
- Grand champion, the top rank. A yokozuna can't be demoted.
- fusenshō 不戦勝
- A win by default, when the opponent doesn't turn up.