上手投げ · uwatenage · Throwing techniques
39,973 recorded bouts have been decided by this technique — 6.24% of all bouts in the database, ranking it 4 of 87 by frequency.
Written 上手投げ, read うわてなげ and romanised uwatenage. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 東龍 | 85 | 回数 元前頭十一枚目 |
| 千代翔馬 | 78 | 西前頭十枚目 |
| 希善龍 | 74 | 元十両十一枚目 |
| 関塚 | 67 | 西序二段四十四枚目 |
| 白鵬 | 63 | 元横綱 |
From the association’s own tally, which covers a different (shorter) period than the bout counts above. Names are given in Japanese.