Kashunowaka

Surely we only count makuuchi in this comparison, which leaves Ura and Abi at 27 and 12 wins respectively.

First meeting between Kitanowaka and Hiradoumi, both born in 2000, and a great tussle it was. I suspect that we will see these two meet again.

You are right, no one does. Edit: for the record, there were several people in the thread who said that they liked Asanowaka.

It's a nice shikona in itself, but it's gonna be a little hard to shake off the image of the old Asanowaka, who always seemed to me as bit of a clown.

I think Kotoyusho is a great-sounding shikona. IIUC, the -yusho part is pronounced the same as the regular word for yusho, but it's written with different kanji? Could someone tell what the shikona means?

Happy birthday Asashoryu! And @Asashosakari too, of course.

Really exciting torikumi on senshuraku. So many 7-7 vs 7-7s, several exchange bouts, 7-7 vs yusho hopeful and so on.

Such a variety of interests! This is my current list, which is subject to change: people who talk about music and music theory in interesting and/or amusing ways: Adam Neely, David Bruce, Rick Beato and of course: TwoSetViolin, ... and many others. cooking, wine: Epicurious, How To Cook That, Italia Squisita, Wineking, ... other interesting things: Tom Scott, WIRED, Olympics (sports), ClojureTV, Continous Delivery (computer science), clips from talk shows, e.g. Graham Norton, ... and of course sumo!

I think it's too harsh to call an 8-0 start "lacklustre", unless he goes on to finish 11-4 or worse. Having a shaky first basho as yokozuna is the norm, yokozunae who started with a great basho are actually quite rare.

Yeah, what do they know. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query_bout.aspx?show_form=0&day=8&rank1=y&wins1=8&debutr1=on Edit: perhaps it should include the usual caveat "in the modern era". 8-0 is 8-0 though, regardless of era.

I think you should not only group by basho, but also by rikishi. Akua has indeed set a new record - and counting!

Some impressions from today's juryo bouts: Ms1e Terasawa did not get an easy opponent in on-form Daishoho, but pulled out a nice win to go to 3-1, looking really pumped after the bout. Sekitorihood is looming. Shin-sekitori Asashiyu on the other hand looks outmatched in juryo and I would be surprised to see him stay in the salaried ranks after the basho. Azumaryu finally won. Very lackluster basho, looks injured. Sadanoumi might actually still return to makuuchi once more if he keeps it up. He hobbled after today's loss against Kaisho though, hope it's nothing serious. Wakamotoharu is at his highest rank J3e for the third time. This can't be his upper limit, can it? Surely it's just a matter of time before we see him in makuuchi. Shohozan vs Akua was amusing to watch, all the way from Akua's feigned start which caused Shohozan to do a matta, giving his opponent a little pat on the shoulders. And then the bout, with four (!) kakenage attempts from Akua, the last being successful. Akua is becoming a favourite.

The global peak is in 1969. Can be hard to see that from the graph.

Let's have a look at kachi-koshi among junior sanyaku. Looks like a rising trend if you look at the last 10 years, but historically there is nothing abnormal going on. Yes, it's a rather crude comparison since the number of sanyaku varies, so does heya affiliations etc.

I don't think it's even hypothetically possible, since there are four other rikishi who are legitimate candidates for a sekiwake slot. Hence no need to under-demote Takayasu. Number of kachi-koshi per basho for M1-M5 Average number of KK per basho, grouped by year looks something like this. No visible indication of any trend that I can see.

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To my mind, this type of discussion isn't particular to sumo. It applies to other sports as well. Take football (soccer) as an example. A team which faces a better team are often forced to use an overly defensive strategy, basically playing for 0-0 and hoping for a lucky goal, or penalties. It's the 90-minute equivalent of a henka. Both fans and pundits will typically criticize both teams - the weaker team for their ineptness to attack and the stronger team for failing to score. And there will always be individual players who are trying to bend the rules to gain advantages. So in football, you can win or lose with dignity and in the spirit of the game, or you can try to win at all costs. The former will attract fans in the long run, and the latter will alienate the fans. So I am opposed to the viewpoint "if it's not prohibited, it's allowed". And even when there are sanctions available, handing out lots of yellow cards doesn't turn an ugly game into a good game.

The right winner in the end. Abysmal sumo.

And if you include the preceding basho, you'll see that none of those cases would have become a double promotion today: http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&columns=3&rowcount=5&group_expand=on&group_by=basho&having=2&form1_basho_nr=2&form1_rank=m,k,s,o&form2_basho_nr=3&form2_rank=y

1. Terunofuji 11-4 2. Murata MK 3. Ura KK 4. Tosamidori KK 5. Takanosho 7-8 6. Ichiyamamoto KK 7. Tochimaru KK 8. Shinohara KK 9. Takayasu 8-7 10. Meisei KK 11. Kotokuzan MK 12. Ofukasawa KK 13. Shishi KK 14. Fujikawa MK 15. Kawabuchi KK 16. Hagiwara KK 17. Chiyonokuni MK

Perhaps you should not change your winning ways, but you *are* allowed to change your lineup.

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Five katasukashi wins from a single rikishi in a makuuchi basho is a new record; the previous record was 3. Incredibly enough, it's only a tied all-division record, with Taketoba who went 5-2 in jonidan in 2012.