決まり手
Kimarite
The winning techniques you will actually see — belt, push, slap, and the rest of the everyday list.
Every scored bout ends with an official winning technique. There are eighty-odd kimarite on the books. You will see about a dozen of them in a typical makuuchi basho. Hover the name on a finished bout for one English sentence. This page is the longer list.
Two families decide most finishes. Yotsu-zumo is a hand on the belt — walk him out or throw. Oshi-zumo is open hands, no belt. If you can tell which one landed at the tachiai, the kimarite is usually a name you already know.
Some finishes are not techniques at all: a hand down, a knee down, a foul. The other man still gets the win. Those sit under Other, with walkovers.
In Aki 2026 makuuchi, the field finished 291 scored wins. The most common was yorikiri (86).
- yorikiri寄り切り86
- oshidashi押し出し70
- hatakikomi叩き込み19
- uwatenage上手投げ18
- tsukiotoshi突き落とし14
- oshitaoshi押し倒し11
- hikiotoshi引き落とし10
- yoritaoshi寄り倒し10
- katasukashi7
- okuridashi7
- kotenage小手投げ6
- sukuinage掬い投げ6
Belt
A hand on the mawashi. Walk him out, or throw over the arm.
- yorikiri 寄り切り
- Frontal force-out. Belt grip, walking the other man out. The most common winning move in makuuchi.
- yoritaoshi 寄り倒し
- Frontal crush-out. Yorikiri that finishes with the loser on the ground instead of just over the tawara.
- uwatenage 上手投げ
- Overarm throw. Outside belt grip, then a throw over that arm. Classic yotsu-zumo.
- shitatenage 下手投げ
- Underarm throw. Inside belt grip, thrown under that arm. The mirror of uwatenage.
- uwatedashinage 上手出し投げ
- Pulling overarm throw. Outside grip used to pull him forward and down rather than a full throw.
Push and thrust
Open hands. No belt. The other everyday family.
- oshidashi 押し出し
- Frontal push-out. Open hands on the chest or throat; no belt. The other big everyday kimarite.
- tsukiotoshi 突き落とし
- Thrust down. A sidestep and a shove that dumps him to the dirt without a clean push-out.
- oshitaoshi 押し倒し
- Frontal push-down. Oshidashi that ends with the loser on the clay rather than just out.
- tsukidashi 突き出し
- Frontal thrust-out. Consecutive thrusts to the chest or throat until he steps out.
Pull and slap
Use his charge. He hits the clay first.
- hatakikomi 叩き込み
- Slap down. A pull on the head or shoulder as the other man charges, so he hits the clay first.
- hikiotoshi 引き落とし
- Hand pull-down. Grabbing an arm or the mawashi and yanking him forward onto the dirt.
Throws and trips
Less common. You will still see them on a 15-day card.
- sukuinage 掬い投げ
- Beltless arm throw. Scooping under the arm and turning him without a proper mawashi grip.
- kotenage 小手投げ
- Armlock throw. Locking the elbow and throwing over that lock. Ugly when it lands.
- watashikomi 渡し込み
- Thigh-grabbing push down. A hand behind the knee while driving forward.
- tottari とったり
- Arm-bar throw. Grabbing the wrist, turning it, and using that bar to dump him.
- kirikaeshi 切り返し
- Twisting backward knee trip. A leg inside, then a twist that puts him on his back.
Other
Walkovers, fouls, and finishes that are not a technique.
- fusen 不戦勝
- Walkover. The opponent withdrew; the remaining wrestler is awarded the win without mounting the dohyo.
- tsukite つき手
- Hand down. He touched the clay with a hand. Not a throwing technique — the other man wins.
- tsukihiza つき膝
- Knee down. Same idea as tsukite. The loser hit the clay first.
- hansoku 反則
- Foul. A kinjite — hair pull, closed fist, front of the mawashi. The other man is awarded the bout.