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To clarify, he was 0-4 vs Kotooshu, not 0-4 all time record against rikishi ranked at ozeki. Though, I suppose he also went 0-4 against all Bulgarians ranked ozeki, too. And 0-4 against all rikishi who later became Naruto Oyakata and came to congratulate him on the final day of the Fukuoka Basho. A lot of losing records there. Wow. He must feel pretty blue.

Stream turned up out of nowhere, but it's up now.

This message is forwarded form Kintamayama who is presently serving a one-month ban from posting. I am his evil twin brother Zambara. He is currently replenishing condiments at the local McDonalds. Disclaimer: I am not responsible for the contents of this post and I did not look up the words "replenish" and "condiments". His nickname is Daniel. At the Kyushu Basho in November, Aoiyama (37, Kasugano) was ranked Juryo 1 east and had 8 wins and 7 losses, ensuring his return to Makuuchi next basho. He had a record of 7 wins and 7 losses entering the final day, and faced Takahashi, beating him for the kachikoshi. Naruto Oyakata (former Ozeki Kotooushuu), also from Bulgaria, rushed to the dressing room to congratulate him. Aoiyama expressed his gratitude for the handshake and congratulatory words from his hometown senior, saying, ``I'm really happy that he made the effort and came all the way here.'' Those around him know better than himself that he is a valuable asset that transcends the boundaries of his heya. He had 5 wins and 10 losses in Aki at Maegashira 14 and fell to Juryo for the first time in 5 years and 10 months. This also meant that the prestigious Kasugano stable was without a makuuchi wrestler for the first time in 56 years, since the Aki basho in 1967, He did drop to Juryo once back in January 2018 but returned after one basho to Makuuchi. It was during that basho that his heyamate Tochinoshin won the yusho and ex- Tochiouzan was also active. Currently, Aoiyama is the second oldest Sekitori after Tamawashi, who is 39 years old. Both Tochinoshin and Tochiouzan, with whom he used to practice intensely at their heya, have retired. Before the fall to Juryo this time, Aoiyama had revealed his inner feelings. "I know the history of the heya. There's pressure. I try not to think about it too much. But if I'm not thinking about anything, that means I'm not thinking about the heya. After all, it's history. I don't want the record (Kasugano presence in Makuuchi) to be interrupted. After all, I am a sumo wrestler at the Kasugano stable." He joined sumo in 2009 at the former Tagonoura stable. However, former Maegashira Kushimaumi his Oyakata suddenly passed away at the age of 46 in February 2012. In the absence of a successor, he was forced to transfer heyas, as his was folding. Aoiyama: ``Originally, I went to Kasugano beya for training, and the wife (of the former Tagonoura Oyakata) told me, ``If possible, I'd like you to go to Kasugano beya. There are a lot of Sekitori there, and you can become even stronger.'' “I'm really glad I listened to her and went to Kasugano . If I hadn't gone there, I don't know how long I would have stayed in Makuuchi. At the time of the death of Tagonoura I had only experienced 2 Makuuchi bashos. Now I have 70 Makuuchi bashos under my belt. It's been almost 12 years. I am where I am today because I joined Kasugano.." The actual heya transfer procedure back then was unprecedented, and there are actually very few people involved who knew about it. Aoiyama: “I received an envelope from Chairman Kitanoumi (who took office for the second time at the end of January 2012). It was a normal sized envelope. It was delivered to everyone (in the former Tagonoura stable) there. One by one, each rikishi wrote down which heya they wanted to go to and sent it in. There was no need to consult in advance about which heya they wanted to go to. Everyone thought they were going to Dewanoumi beya. I sent the envelope, and until the announcement was made the next day, I thought, ``I could feel lonely by myself.'' Just as I was thinking that, Aozora and Aokishin also chose the Kasugano stable. I was happy. Out of the eight members, five went to Dewanoumi including Kairyuu, and three of us went to Kasugano. The training at Kasugano was tough, but it was the path I chose. I'm glad I chose it." Up until then, in similar cases when changing heyas, it was customary for all wrestlers to change their affiliations to one other heya. It was unusual for the transfer to be divided into multiple heyas and to respect the wishes of each individual. That's why he couldn't make any excuses and became attached to the heya. Aoiyama: "I really managed to do great training with Tochinoshin and Tochiouzan. We are almost the same age. They were born a year later than me, but Tochiouzan was born a bit earlier, so we were in the same school- grade. I think it's because of those two that I'm where I am today. That's why I try to lend my chest as much as possible, even to young wrestlers. As I get older, I suffer a lot of pain, so I wake up early and do a lot of warm-up exercises." He is known for training not only the rikishi from Kasugano, but also rikishi from other stables during jungyo tours. ``Practice is the only way to become stronger.'' He has now obtained Japanese citizenship. The 37-year-old, who was born in the Showa era, feels it is his mission to pass on the intense training methods of Kasugano beya to the next generation. If he returns to Makuuchi next basho he will be fighting in the first half and we will once again see him leaving the shitakubeya in a hurry, saying, ``I have to go pick up my daughter from kindergarten.'' On November 29, it was announced that heyamate Tochimusashi will be returning to Juryo., and will be the second sekitori at the stable. In the shitakubeya after his last bout on senshuraku last basho, Aoiyama said:``I want the young rikishi to gambarize and not give up.'' To those words, he added, ``Maybe I should gambarize as well..'' and smiled. Kasugano beya, whose continuous reign with at least one Makuuchi rikishi came to an end last basho, is about to begin a new chapter in its history.

Hello there Sumo maniacs, I'm sure most (if not all) of you remember the good "old" days of Akebono, Musashimaru, Takanohana etc... How would you like to join a little Classic Basho watch-party over on YouTube this Saturday? I'm gonna be streaming the Natsu Basho from May 2000, the stream starts at 4PM JST (regular starting time for Makunouchi) Come check it out at https://youtube.com/live/5DDBCS-_yXA?feature=share If there's enough interest, we could make it a weekly thing (different Basho each Saturday obviously). Hope to see you on Saturday "A brief farewell to you. Wherever you are, do take care and Gokigen’yō" - Raja Pradhan - with the play by play

But he didn't withdraw; they refused to allow him on the dohyo. IMHO, the cancelled tournaments of March 2011 and May 2020 are exactly the correct comparison here.

to get the early 2000s feeling back, you have to watch it at 80*60 as we did with the livestream

It sure will

I maintain that I liked the staredown, but I also understand and appreciate the opposing viewpoint. Is there any reason Gonoyama was spared comment/rebuke at the time (I may have missed if he wasn't)? I understand YDC isn't interested in rank and filers so it's not worth a mention from them; it just interests me. If he (Gonoyama) had popped his fists down after 10 seconds of starting that would have been the end of it. Two to tango, etc.

Tamawashi is the oldest sekitori (a rikishi ranked in either Makunouchi or Juryo). He is now 39 years old. In 2023, he had three KKs and three MKs. Back in 2022, he actually won a yusho! Will he hang up his mawashi before he hits 40 (during November 2024's basho)? Or will he continue with his Ozumo as he enters his fifth decade? Please include your predictions (be as precise as you can!) in the comments below. Please also include in your comment your guess for either a) Tamawashi's rank on the January 2025 banzuke or b) Tamawashi's final banzuke rank before he goes intai in 2024 (These might well be used as a tie-breaker!) Previous poll 2023

Oho was born on St Valentine's Day, 2000 and is the very first rikishi born after January 1st, 2000 to become a sekitori. His highest rank to date was M6W in July 2023. How will he do in 2024? Will he make it to the joi-jin - or sanyaku? Or will he drop to Juryo? Please add a comment with as much prediction for Oho as you can. Comments are used for tie-breakers to decide yusho and jun-yusho winners. Previous polls 2023 2022

This poll began as the 'Youngest Makunouchi rikishi' poll. Takakeisho began his Makunouchi career in January 2017 at the age of 20. He began his sanyaku career in January 2018. He won his first ever yusho in November 2018. He became an Ozeki (twice!) in 2019. In 2020, he won his second Makunouchi yusho, and his fourth Makunouchi jun-yusho. In 2021, he won his fifth and sixth jun-yushos. In 2022, he won two more jun-yushos. 2023 was a mixed year, with his 3rd and 4th Makunochi yushos, but also going kadoban twice - one time going kyujo half-way through the basho, and another time going kyujo for the whole basho. How will this ?young? man (aged 27) do in 2024? Please expand on your votes in the comments below. Please say how many yushos and how many jun-yushos you think that he will win. Comments will be used as a tie-breaker for deciding yushos at the end of the year, if required. Previous Takakeisho polls: 2024 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

Kiribayama is now Kirishima! He made it to Ozeki in 2023. Will he go the next step to Yokozuna in 2024? Or will he crash and burn....? Please expand your vote with a comment below. Comments are often used as tie-breakers at the end of the year to determine the yusho winner for an annual poll. Previous polls: 2023 2022 2021

Between 2017 and 2022, Mitakeumi was basically a sanyaku rikishi, rising as far as Ozeki. But, in 2023, he spent the whole year outside of the sanyaku. How about 2024? Back to the top, or has he already settled into being a mid-division rikishi? Please comment below, in case a tie-breaker is required to decide the yusho. (Any comment is automatically better than none.) Previous polls: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

Hiya, I have updated and uploaded all relevant files for ending the sumo gaming year of 2023. Final Results Kyushu Masters (permalink) Final Results 2023 Sumo Gaming World Championship. Enjoy! And come back playing next year!!

They are not joking, when I was researching Hakuho's style from early 2000s I found this out. Here is an example tachiai:

It's an asterisk, sure, but a 'massive' one? I don't believe so. Being forced to sit out because of an exceptional and temporary rule change is not the same as voluntarily going kyujo due to injury or ill-health. Tamawashi has never gone kyujo, so his run stands, IMO.

Here is the ranking according to Tameiki's method including the KyuShu Basho First the ranking by adding up the points from the last 6 bashos. This time we can tis see as a 2023 annual championship in game 21 RK Name Pts TB1 Score Average 1 Susanoo 57 816 6 9,50 2 Karasukurai 55 763 6 9,17 3 Shatsume 55 708 6 9,17 4 Hakuhonofan 52 627 6 8,67 5 Hakuryuho 50 687 6 8,33 6 Asapedroryu 50 630 6 8,33 7 Tochinofuji 47 755 6 7,83 8 Yarimotsu 46 835 6 7,67 9 Benihana 46 667 6 7,67 10 Profomisakari 46 653 6 7,67 11 Sumo Spiffy 45 623 6 7,50 12 Flohru 44 670 5 8,80 13 Asset 44 631 5 8,80 14 shimodahito 44 625 6 7,33 15 Athenayama 43 548 6 7,17 16 chishafuwaku 42 576 6 7,00 17 Screeching Owl 42 561 5 8,40 18 RaeucherLax 42 542 6 7,00 19 Rokudenashi 41 535 5 8,20 20 Wamahada 40 671 5 8,00 21 Bunbukuchagama 39 582 5 7,80 22 WAKATAKE 37 523 5 7,40 23 Suwihito 36 581 4 9,00 24 ChickyStarr 36 433 4 9,00 25 Fashiriteta 35 531 4 8,75 26 Fujisan 34 417 4 8,50 27 Papayasu 33 481 4 8,25 28 kujo 33 457 4 8,25 29 Hidenotora 32 431 4 8,00 30 Andonishiki 32 323 3 10,67 31 Mizuma Masashi 30 453 3 10,00 32 Gusoyama 29 459 3 9,67 33 Hisui 28 484 3 9,33 34 Hoshotakamoto 28 472 4 7,00 35 Tetsuba 27 471 3 9,00 36 Gair 19 324 2 9,50 37 Jogn 17 305 3 5,67 38 Takanorappa 16 227 2 8,00 39 Chankomafuji 16 197 2 8,00 40 AlphaHo 15 217 2 7,50 41 Sada Supporter 14 268 2 7,00 42 Gansekiiwa 14 211 2 7,00 43 Tochiyatsu 12 164 2 6,00 44 Takoyakiyama 12 127 1 12,00 45 Asojima 10 146 2 5,00 46 Fujinokarasu 10 124 1 10,00 47 Miromaru 9 200 1 9,00 48 SlimDante 8 116 1 8,00 49 Kinmitsu 8 115 1 8,00 50 Shifuto 7 142 1 7,00 51 Hansonofuji 7 139 1 7,00 52 Wakashaka 7 110 1 7,00 53 Denjirenji 7 99 1 7,00 54 Moshogaeru 7 92 1 7,00 55 BariiHachiBenson 6 101 1 6,00 Congratulations, Susanoo! In order not to put players who cannot take part in all bashos at a serious disadvantage, Tameiki has suggested a second ranking based on the average. However, when I continued this ranking, I excluded players who only participated once or twice. If you want to know the averages of these players, you can find them in the first table. RK Name Pts TB1 Score Average Av.TB 1 Andonishiki 32 323 3 10,67 30,27 2 Mizuma Masashi 30 453 3 10,00 45,30 3 Gusoyama 29 459 3 9,67 47,47 4 Susanoo 57 816 6 9,50 85,89 5 Hisui 28 484 3 9,33 51,88 6 Karasukurai 55 763 6 9,17 83,24 7 Shatsume 55 708 6 9,17 77,24 8 Suwihito 36 581 4 9,00 64,56 9 Tetsuba 27 471 3 9,00 52,33 10 ChickyStarr 36 433 4 9,00 48,11 11 Flohru 44 670 5 8,80 76,14 12 Asset 44 631 5 8,80 71,70 13 Fashiriteta 35 531 4 8,75 60,69 14 Hakuhonofan 52 627 6 8,67 72,32 15 Fujisan 34 417 4 8,50 49,06 16 Screeching Owl 42 561 5 8,40 66,79 17 Hakuryuho 50 687 6 8,33 82,47 18 Asapedroryu 50 630 6 8,33 75,63 19 Papayasu 33 481 4 8,25 58,30 20 kujo 33 457 4 8,25 55,39 21 Rokudenashi 41 535 5 8,20 65,24 22 Wamahada 40 671 5 8,00 83,88 23 Hidenotora 32 431 4 8,00 53,88 24 Tochinofuji 47 755 6 7,83 96,42 25 Bunbukuchagama 39 582 5 7,80 74,62 26 Yarimotsu 46 835 6 7,67 108,87 27 Benihana 46 667 6 7,67 86,96 28 Profomisakari 46 653 6 7,67 85,14 29 Sumo Spiffy 45 623 6 7,50 83,07 30 WAKATAKE 37 523 5 7,40 70,68 31 shimodahito 44 625 6 7,33 85,27 32 Athenayama 43 548 6 7,17 76,43 33 chishafuwaku 42 576 6 7,00 82,29 34 RaeucherLax 42 542 6 7,00 77,43 35 Hoshotakamoto 28 472 4 7,00 67,43 36 Jogn 17 305 3 5,67 53,79 The best in this ranking is Andonishiki. Congratulations to him also. Profomisakari

Kiribayama Kirishima had a mostly great year, winning two yushos, getting promoted to Ozeki, and having a new shikona. Morty and Jejima both predicted that he would make Ozeki this year. The lowest rank that he lost to (four times, in fact!) in 2023 was M4E. They were, Onosho in March, Asanoyama in July, Takanosho in September and Gonoyama in November. Only Morty got this spot on with M4. Sumo Spiffy, Kyokufuji and Shatsume all came close with M5. Kiribiyama/Kirishima had 62 wins over the year. Nobody got this correct. Morty was closest with 64. So, the yusho (obviously) goes to @Morty - and a very fine one too. I think a definite 14-1. I guess Jejima can have a shukun-sho.

The last 6 days of the 2000 Natsu Basho will be streamed tomorrow at 4PM JST https://youtube.com/live/P4-z-m1PHA0?feature=share yes it will, you'll find all the streams at https://www.youtube.com/@dosukoi8090/streams

Daijo retires after an ever-present 99-basho career. After his final bout he was greeted with flowers by Takadagawa-beya gyoji Kimura Mitsunosuke and Shikimori Tatsunosuke, with his danpatsu-shiki held on Senshuraku. Kototakuya's danpatsu-shiki took place at the heya. Three shots of the final cut by Sadogatake-oyakata (former Sekiwake Kotonowaka), and one from afterwards. Apparently he set himself a five-year limit and hasn't progressed as he wanted, so he's retired. As mentioned, Rao didn't make the official list but his danpatsu-shiki has taken place. Only two pictures so far though. Veteran Shinzan is also reportedly retiring after almost 27 years on the dohyo, he was greeted with flowers after his final bout by Takasago-beya gyoji Kimura Satoshi and Kimura Asanosuke. A date for his danpatsu-shiki is not yet set. He is the last deshi of former Komusubi Fujinishiki, his shisho until the merger with Wakamatsu-beya. He is known for his expertise in tying the Unryu-style tsuna, first for Asashoryu but later being summoned by other ichimon for Kakuryu and Kisenosato.

I don't get all the hate on a single staredown while the same people guys like to remember fondly the good ol'days of Hakuho and Asahoryu, while both of them had their share of dame-oshi... At least a stare can't injure the opponent.

Double Yusho of Golynohana! Rйszletek -Details: -------------------------------------------------- Kumi - https://www.szumo.hu/jatek/kumi/2023kyushukumi.html Yoso - https://www.szumo.hu/jatek/yoso/2023kyushuyoso.html

If you like amateur sumo you should like this guy. Spreading the love for the sport. I was surprised to see who his final opponent was in this video, thought that he might have become persona-non-grata.

Worth noting that the hiragana for Hakuhō はくほう are used to compose the kanji. Most of the old timers probably already know, but just thought I'd leave it here in case anyone does a doubletake.

Except that Aobajo's 1630 were actually consecutive, unlike Tamawashi who has sat out because of COVID protocols. Whatever the JSA have said it's still a massive asterisk for me.