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Must have been lots and lots of them. One that immediately comes to mind is moto-Oikari, Kabutoyama-oyakata who has been prominently figured in the Sumo Prime Time videos on kimarite.

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I was really just joking about the fact that it was Shimanoumi, who has escaped near-certain demotion so many times...

Come on, we all know that Shimanoumi doesn't need another win. It's Shimanoumi we're talking about.

Yes, I might be misjudging it. But I still have the feeling that Churanoumi thought he had it in the bag but didn't finish the job properly, so perhaps he's the one to blame rather than Bushozan. Speaking of this, did you watch Shiden - Shirokuma in juryo? In that case, Shiden *clearly* gives up and Shirokuma squats to put his opponent down - on the tawara, so the bout isn't technically over. Luckily Shiden didn't "restart" the bout, he stepped out shortly after.

In the Churanoumi - Bushozan bout, there was a weird sequence where to me it looked like Bushozan thought he was losing and started to ease up Churanoumi sensed that, thought he was winning and then *he* started to ease up on his pushing whereupon Bushozan got back into the bout, side-stepped and eventually won. I don't know, it felt slightly unsportsmanlike by Bushozan.

The 10-5 promotions from M3e and M4w seem a little crazy, and resulted in a lot of over-promotions and under-demotions. Still, I wouldn't mind a little more generosity these days, when 10-5 at M2e could get you stuck at M1.

After getting the rope after Hatsu he can afford to go fishing now and then, so I don't think he'll get a 70+ score. Would be cool if he did though.

Kirishima (O) 1 Kirishima (Y) 2 Hoshoryu (O) 2 (non-consecutive) K'waka (O) 1 (also non-consecutive)

He did much better in Kyushu than I thought, but I think he will get a reality check in the next basho being ranked around M1 for the first time (like others before him). Then we'll see if he can adjust, or if the top-rankers adjust to him. I am on the fence.

So, 11-4 and a playoff loss, just like in Aki 2023.

Nice one - I assume you mean Kotonowaka taking this as his shikona after promotion. Could happen!

Kirishima Y Hoshoryu O Kotonowaka O Takakeisho Two yokozuna promotions in the same calendar year would be amazing. Hasn't happened since 1987, I'll stick to one.

I am amazed that he won two yusho in 2023, and incredibly he is still among the youngest third of the rikishi in makuuchi. But it doesn't feel like he can evolve his sumo further, and now that others around him are starting to get their act together Takakeisho might find it increasingly hard to win another yusho. Let's give him one J, hanging on to the rank.

He could have a breakout year, but from what we've seen so far it looks like his current limit is elevator rikishi. It's difficult to predict where the elevator stops a year from now, let's say M5. If he reaches the joi he should have ample opportunities to face ozeki and cause one or two upsets.

I think he will slowly slide down the banzuke, with 2 KK and 4 MK. He should have enough of a cushion to stay in makuuchi during the year.

I hope that he will bounce back a little during 2024, he should have a few more years in him. Not ozeki again but why not komusubi.

Yeah, that's what I thought too.

Daiamami wants another ~ symbol!

(The poll currently says "He will go intai (retire) during 2023") -> should be 2024 I think he will give up 7 kinboshi: Abi, Takayasu, Meisei, Tobizaru, Tamawashi, Atamifuji and Shonannoumi. And he will retire during the year.

Perhaps the esoteric ~ symbol could be used in their case.

The tiebreaker is most correct guesses of the rank, which means that hits > bullseyes. I think that's just as fair.

I am not a Takakeisho fan by any means, but between a rikishi who has fought all his bouts from the top of the division and a maegashira 15, I will almost always root for the former. And I am not upset by the henka, it's part of sumo. Very few believed that Takakeisho would be even the best ozeki this time, not to mention yusho winner. He did what the others failed to do so from me, all respect to him.