kirikaeshi 切り返し
Twisting backward knee trip.
The winner trips his opponent backwards over the knee, with a twist.
- JSA category
- Trips and hooks 掛け手
- Style group (our grouping)
- Trips and leg attacks
- Used 2013 to 2026 (JSA count)
- 324
- Bouts in our data since 1958
- 2,382
Who wins with it most top division, since 1958
Active wrestlers who use it whole careers, all divisions
- Urutora Jk4e 9
- Sadanokuni Jd66w 8
- Aonishiki O1e 6
- Chiyotaiyo Sd31w 6
- Bakukoshin Jk3e 5
- Kototsubasa Ms49e 5
- Kotoeiho M6w 5
- Fujiseiun M2w 5
- Tsukioka Sd78e 4
- Oyamada Ms31e 4
Latest uses top two divisions
- Churanoumi beat Fujiryoga, Aki 2026 day 6
- Fujiseiun beat Takerufuji, Aki 2026 day 3
- Fujiseiun beat Abi, Nagoya 2026 day 14
- Kotoeiho beat Abi, Nagoya 2026 day 10
- Hakunofuji beat Hoshoryu, Nagoya 2026 day 6
- Chiyoshoma beat Tokihayate, Haru 2026 day 14
- Fujiseiun beat Roga, Haru 2026 day 10
- Aonishiki beat Wakatakakage, Hatsu 2026 day 9
- Sadanoumi beat Meisei, Hatsu 2026 day 8
- Aonishiki beat Hoshoryu, Aki 2025 day 12
- Otsuji beat Takarafuji, Nagoya 2025 day 10
- Kotoeiho beat Nishikifuji, Natsu 2025 day 4
Other trips and hooks
uchigake, sotogake, chongake, kawazugake, kekaeshi, ketaguri, mitokorozeme, watashikomi, nimaigeri, komatasukui, sotokomata, ōmata, tsumatori, kozumatori, ashitori, susotori, susoharai
Names, categories and counts from the Japan Sumo Association; English glosses from Wikipedia. All 82 techniques.