小手投げ · kotenage · Throwing techniques
10,823 recorded bouts have been decided by this technique — 1.69% of all bouts in the database, ranking it 13 of 87 by frequency.
Written 小手投げ, read こてなげ and romanised kotenage. The Japan Sumo Association classes it as throwing techniques (投げ手).
The English name here follows NHK WORLD-JAPAN (GRAND SUMO Highlights - Techniques). We do not translate technique names ourselves.
| Wrestler | Times | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 北勝就 | 50 | 回数 西序二段十八枚目 |
| 錦木 | 39 | 西十両十四枚目 |
| 勢 | 37 | 元関脇 |
| 最上錦 | 28 | 元三段目六十五枚目 |
| 翔傑 | 27 | 東三段目七十七枚目 |
From the association’s own tally, which covers a different (shorter) period than the bout counts above. Names are given in Japanese.