Asashosakari

Not really trivia, more an unexplainable oddity I spotted recently. From the Kyushu 1975 results and next ranks: 2-5 ↓ Hinodeyama Sd12e Ms49 Okoyama# 5-2 Ms32e 4-3 Daisho# Ms41e Ms50 Tatsutani# 5-2 Ms32w 0-0-7 ↓ Goryu Sd6e Ms51 Ryuki 3-4 ↓ Sd2e 2-5 ↓ Yoshinokawa Sd14e Ms52 Osorezan 4-3 Ms43e 4-3 Hozan Ms43w Ms53 Tengozan 4-3 Ms44w 3-4 ↓ Koganenishiki Sd5e Ms54 Iwatsuki 4-3 Ms45e 3-4 ↓ Rikinishiki Sd5w Ms55 Chiyominato 0-1-6 0-0-7 Hikarifuji Ms56 Yamatoiwa 5-2 Ms37e 4-3 Kurihara Ms46w Ms57 Hanakado 0-5-2 ↓ Sd9w 3-4 ↓ Yuba Sd9e Ms58 Okawa 4-3 Ms47e 2-5 ↓ Tochioyama Sd18e Ms59 Tominoumi 2-5 ↓ Sd18w 5-2 Kotojinryu Ms41w Ms60 Kokuyo# 4-3 Ms48w Some extremely puzzling small demotions for zero-win Goryu and Hanakado there; there's nothing else anywhere near like that in other tournaments before or after, and 0-0-7 records in high sandanme on the same banzuke also dropped as usual. But they can't be database errors either as there aren't any other records you can give them that would make better sense of their subsequent movements. Just weird.

One thing that has worked for me when the error pops up is to CTRL+C the post content to save it, reload the page, and use the "Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor" option. Pasting the content back into the newly cleaned post box seems to be okay then.

Nishikifuji had one correct pick for Nagoya 2023.

This rikishi's profile has his shikona as Ōhayama on the English/romaji side, but as Daihayama だいはやま on the Japanese: https://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?r=2088

I'm plumbing the depths of what can reasonably count as an improvement of the available data here, but anyway: The trivia section* of ja.wiki's banzuke article mentions that Kotani of Fujishima-beya and Kotani of Taiho-beya were brothers, so I think the shusshin of the younger brother can reasonably be expanded to include Kita-ku 北区 as well. * The trivia here is that when the younger brother made his ranked debut in 1994.05, the intended adoption of "Okotani" as his shikona had failed to be processed, so the printed banzuke erroneously listed both brothers under the same shikona Kotani. (He was officially Okotani for the tournament after a timely intervention, so that shouldn't be changed on the DB.)

https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202504240001565.html Ex-Takakeisho appeared at a - this time live - event hosted by Toyonoshima again today, and confirmed that his danpatsu-shiki will take place on Saturday, October 4th. Tickets on sale from May 11th, shonichi of Natsu basho.

Flyers have been making the rounds that officially announce the date as Sunday, October 5th (although I'd seen that rumoured for quite a while already). The QR codes on the first version lead to https://www.myogiryu.com/ (nothing there yet) and https://w.pia.jp/t/myogiryu (currently forwards to https://t.pia.jp/sports/sumo/, event not listed yet).

(I registered for the full article, San-in Chuo Shimpo allows for 5 article views per month for free) While he's attending school in Shimane, 18-year-old Minami himself is from Tsuyama-shi, Okayama prefecture. 180 cm / 111 kg, and part of the sumo club only in his final school year just now. Nevertheless, he got to participate in the prefectural high school championship, the national Inter-High and the National Sports Festival, for the reason mentioned by Akinomaki. (As they say in real estate, "Location, location, location"...) Somebody involved with Hidenoyama-beya spotted Minami at the Inter-High and followed up with him again after the NSF, ultimately convincing him to give up his original post-graduation plan of attending nursing school. "I happened to see some sumo videos and it just looked so cool, so I went in", Minami explained the relatively late discovery of his passion for the sport. A youngster with a sincere character which, Hidenoyama says, will help Minami progress and grow as a professional, he's expected to make his debut in the Natsu honbasho. According to the Oki Fishery HS sumo club, Minami will be the first member to go into ozumo since Okinofuji, who joined in 2006 and retired last year.

As of a little over a year ago, cdn.discordapp.com URLs expire after 24 hours, so hotlinking a file like reonito did will inevitably break. For anyone that still saw the image later than that, it was from your local browser cache because you had accessed it within the 24 hours.

Putting Kinbozan as high as M7w isn't out of place when somebody has also been lenient with Tobizaru and Ura.

Asset posted their guess on Reddit. That M16w-M18e solution is certainly not the consensus, so that could make or break their #1 status.

Huh...I only noticed just now that, purely by coincidence, the four players who have provisionally moved up into the top 20 are coming from the exact ranks that the four displaced players have fallen to. Even more oddly, 22nd / 24th / 27th place have done this: 22 ChewieKen 4.163 (27 / 5.225) 16 24 Kishikaisei 4.120 (22 / 5.311) 18 27 Gurowake 4.113 (24 / 5.285) 18 Consequently, the composition of the top 27 is entirely unchanged between the current and provisional rankings.

BTW, the currently highest-ranked player with a zero score is Schwoosh in 102nd place; the zero is for their absence in Aki 2024. In fact, if they had played that edition and done decently well (at least 56 points), they would have become the #1 ranked player one basho later! Alternatively, 60 points in Nagoya would also have done it (with Aki then scored as kosho rather than zero).

Some preview-type remarks... 316 altogether. 524 players are on the GTB ranking ahead of Natsu basho. By recent participation status: ranked playing kyujo Active last basho: 359 235 124 Kosho last basho: 23 4 19 Multiple absences: 142 12 130 The kyujo players include last basho's yusho winner Isokiho, one of 14 Natsu absences from the top 100. 65 unranked players have entered, including - as far as I can tell - 62 new players plus three returnees: boosiv, Ivar (unless it's a coincidentally identical name?), and Ulsimitsuki (albeit seemingly misspelled as Ulsimituski). In exchange for these incoming players, 20 are set to fall off the rankings by losing their last countable score. The provisional top 20 after removing the scores from a year ago that will be replaced by the Natsu results (actual pre-Natsu positions and scores in brackets, including all remaining top 20 players): 1 Asset 4.471 ( 1 / 5.686) 2 Asashosakari 4.445 ( 2 / 5.599) 2 3 Bunbukuchagama 4.363 ( 3 / 5.574) 6 4 CaptSmarta$$ 4.332 ( 5 / 5.481) 7 5 Kale 4.326 ( 4 / 5.509) 8 6 Goshobiyama 4.324 ( 6 / 5.479) 8 7 Cheesofuji 4.314 ( 7 / 5.462) 8 8 Duden 4.304 (14 / 5.370) 9 9 Hisui 4.304 (11 / 5.394) 9 10 Toshishugisha 4.278 (13 / 5.386) 10 11 Akakyoryu 4.255 (21 / 5.314) 11 12 Kaito 4.246 (16 / 5.353) 12 13 Kachikoshi 4.240 (10 / 5.414) 12 14 Tyerenex 4.236 (23 / 5.300) 12 15 Kobashi 4.208 ( 8 / 5.442) 14 16 Pepenohana 4.197 (25 / 5.268) 14 17 TochiYESshin 4.188 (19 / 5.326) 15 18 Sugakusha 4.187 ( 9 / 5.418) 15 19 Beeftank 4.185 (12 / 5.387) 15 20 Zelerny 4.171 (26 / 5.249) 15 ... 21 Reonito 4.166 (17 / 5.342) 16 23 Papayasu 4.135 (18 / 5.328) 17 25 Purichu Ruyaru 4.118 (15 / 5.361) 18 26 Chiyonosawa 4.115 (20 / 5.325) 18 Players with a better provisional than actual ranking are getting to drop a relatively weak result from their totals, players who are worse provisionally are defending a relatively strong score. The final column shows how many approximate game points each player has to make up on the current #1 in order to take over the top spot after Natsu. (Based on an assumed mean score of 50 points = 0.020 ranking points per game point, so these are just estimates.) 12 players who are currently carrying a single zero on their ranking tally are set to replace it with a countable score and will see their ranking position improve significantly (current rank > provisional rank): Kotokishi (106 > 43) Hashibamiyama (108 > 46) Barutonoumi (111 > 49) Wakatakasake (128 > 81) Hobbobgob (133 > 97) Ardonite (132 > 99) matrix (139 > 114) AoiyamaFan (146 > 118) asanosanpo (163 > 136) Modra (170 > 146) Kcramsib (176 > 157) kostuek (183 > 165) On the other hand, 3 players who currently have the full six countable scores are set to pick up a zero by missing both Haru and Natsu (current rank > approximate next rank...the provisional rank makes no sense for these players): Krakel (41 > 140) Miwabe (69 > 163) Kotononami (129 > 184)

Thanks for confirming; I was slightly confused before because... ...if I'm not mistaken that's just 4 points of difference to Gurowake's version.

My entry: Hoshoryu (Ye 5-5-5) Y --- Onosato (Oe 12-3 Y) O Kotozakura (Ow 8-7) Daieisho (Se 9-6) S Kirishima (Ke 8-7) Takayasu (M4e 12-3 D) K Wakatakakage (M1e 9-6) Wakamotoharu (M1w 9-6) M1 Oho (Sw 6-9) Abi (Kw 6-9) M2 Tamawashi (M7w 10-5) Gonoyama (M2e 7-8) M3 Hiradoumi (M6e 9-6) Takerufuji (M6w 9-6) M4 Chiyoshoma (M2w 6-9) Ichiyamamoto (M4w 7-8) M5 Oshoma (M8w 9-6) Hakuoho (M9e 9-6) M6 Tobizaru (M3e 6-9) Ura (M5e 7-8) M7 Churanoumi (M14w 11-4) Onokatsu (M12w 10-5) M8 Aonishiki (M15e 11-4) Midorifuji (M11e 9-6) M9 Meisei (M11w 9-6) Kinbozan (M5w 6-9) M10 Shodai (M7e 6-9) Shishi (M13w 9-6) M11 Endo (M9w 7-8) Atamifuji (M8e 6-9) M12 Takanosho (M3w 3-12) Tokihayate (M18e 10-5) M13 Sadanoumi (M15w 8-7) Kotoshoho (M16w 8-7) M14 Roga (J3e 11-4) Ryuden (M14e 6-9) M15 Shonannoumi (M10w 4-11) Kayo (J2e 9-6) M16 Tamashoho (J1e 8-7) Tochitaikai (J3w 9-6) M17 Asakoryu (M16e 6-9) Nishikigi (M10e 3-12) M18 --- My first draft had Ura/Tobizaru/Hakuoho, and I think I actually tried out all six permutations until I settled on the one above...

It's apparently some sort of official deal: https://swerve.tv/news_announcements/swerve-partners-with-japan-sumo-association-to-launch-grand-sumo-in-the-usa/

We're not done here yet but...hmm, I wonder if I should remove tsukitaoshi from my list of rarely seen kimarite that get noted every time for the next basho: Query

As you've surely deduced by now, I'm not attempting (and failing) to do all-around realtime coverage this basho. Cutting and uploading the good matches isn't the problem, the time to watch everything first and find the cut-worthy ones is. So, only stuff that follows well-defined selection rules for now, and then hopefully the random good stuff will follow in its own time after the tournament. For today, the first official honbasho appearances by last basho's seven maezumo rookies, plus the two new direct entrants in makushita. As mentioned elsewhere, Asakawasumi had to wait an unusually long amount of time. Day 1 Jk17e Seiseigo (0-0) Aoki Jk16w Day 1 Jk15e Kaitoma (0-0) Hikarumusashi Jk14w Day 1 Sd1w Soma (0-0) Fukuzaki Ms60TD Day 2 Jk18e Akenoyama (0-0) Uchiumi Jk17w Day 2 Jk14e Sunasaka (0-0) Tenrosei Jk13w Day 2 Ms60TD Goshima (0-0) Chiyooga Sd1e Day 4 Jk18e Akenoyama (1-0) (0-0) Asakawasumi Jk18w Bonus: the first bouts back by Asanoyama and Chiyosakae, after having been out since July and September respectively. Next update on Day 8 with the lower division yusho racers in their fourth matches.

Day 8 Highlights Jk16e Satsumao (1-2) Seiseigo Jk17e [kimarite: isamiashi] Jk6e Daiko (1-2) Katsunonishiki Jk6w Jd97w Urutora (1-2) Shishimaru Jd95w [kimarite: ashitori] Jd66e Fujinonami (2-1) Mabuchi Jd63w [kimarite: tottari] Jd58e Yumenofuji (3-0) Okada Jd60e [kimarite: kubinage] Jd61w Gokishin (0-3) Tsurunoumi Jd56w Jd54e Chiyotaiko (2-1) Anryukai Jd55e Jd51w Masakifuji (2-1) Dewanosora Jd50w [kimarite: tottari] Jd43e Fubu (0-3) Miyafuji Jd46e not sure I've seen both guys looking the wrong way on the way out before Jd2e Kaorufuji (0-3) Tsukioka Jd6e pretty close to another isamiashi, wasn't it? Sd72e Hakuyo (0-3) Mikinosato Sd78e Sd69e Shinyashiki (2-1) Fujiizumi Sd70w Sd63e Suzunofuji (2-1) Toramusashi Sd64e Sd58e Tochimitsuru (1-2) Katsunofuji Sd60e [kimarite: amiuchi] Sd54e Raiho (3-0) Uzumasa Sd59w [kimarite: tsuridashi] Sd22w Hayashiryu (1-2) Kamitani Sd20w [kimarite: sokubiotoshi] Ms53w Shiroma (0-3) Yamato Ms51w sadly, this ain't The Matrix Ms21e Hokutomaru (1-2) Wakatakamoto Ms24w [kimarite: watashikomi] Ms19e Fukai (1-2) Kazenoumi Ms16w

Day 7 Highlights Jk13w Tenrosei (3-0) Chiyotenfu Jk7w Jk9w Matsuzawa (2-1) Tsuyasato Jk5w Jd93e Tamanotora (2-1) Motokiyama Jd93w Jd83e Kyokuhayate (2-1) Kato Jd81w We don't see elbow supporters go flying too often... Jd62w Keiga (1-2) Wakaonehara Jd59w Jd57e Chiyotensho (1-2) Sawayaka Jd58w not your usual stalemate position Jd26e Oatari (0-3) Tsurugifuji Jd29w Sd79e Oginosho (3-0) Agora Jd2w Sd70e Hakuomaru (2-1) Kotoegashira Sd71e Sd71w Senshoho (3-0) Gohakuun Sd67w Sd61e Imamura (3-0) Taiyo Sd65w Sd35w Takashoki (2-1) Ohata Sd34w Sd29e Furuta (2-1) Kotohaguro Sd30w [kimarite: kainahineri] Sd28e Hatooka (2-1) Ikarigata Sd23w Sd19e Murayama (2-1) Kazeeidai Sd19w Sd4e Kiyonohana (2-1) Suzaki Sd3w Sd1e Chiyooga (2-1) Tokunomusashi Sd2e [kimarite: utchari] Ms41e Nionoumi (1-2) Toshunryu Ms38w [kimarite: hikkake] Ms38e Kaishin (1-2) Sazanami Ms33w [kimarite: sotogake] Ms27e Toseiryu (1-2) Oyamada Ms30e Ms10e Dewanoryu (3-0) Akua Ms6w [kimarite: kakenage]

Day 6 Highlights Jk9e Masuminato (2-0) Chiyotenfu Jk7w Jk5w Tsuyasato (2-0) Kobayashi Jk3w [kimarite: tsukitaoshi] Jd81e Akinishiki (1-1) Kato Jd81w Jd69w Nakayama (1-1) Tenichi Jd68w Jd20e Kyokutaiga (1-1) Najima Jd18w Sd77e Kyokutairyu (0-2) Mikinosato Sd78e Sd61e Imamura (2-0) Kotakiyama Sd55w Sd51e Shoji (1-1) Asaobora Sd52w Sd45w Karino (1-1) Harunishiki Sd44w a messy bout that could have ended much earlier Sd31w Asakiryu (2-0) Chiyosakae Sd29w no mono-ii? Sd11e Kojikara (1-1) Hodaka Sd13e Sd10e Sachinofuji (1-1) Hakuonada Sd8w Sd8e Kinotsukasa (1-1) Yutakasho Sd5w Ms53e Mishima (1-1) Chiyotaiho Ms54e Ms49e Shunrai (0-2) Yamato Ms51w Ms32e Oyamatoumi (1-1) Dewataikai Ms33e [kimarite: tottari] J13e Hatsuyama (2-3) (2-1) Tochimaru Ms2w

Day 5 Highlights Jk17e Seiseigo (0-2) (0-1) Asakawasumi Jk18w Otowayama's first mono-ii announcement Jk13e Daitensho (0-2) Nishikio Jk15w [kimarite: tsukitaoshi] Jk3e Azumayama (1-1) Amanofuji Jk4e Jd91w Chiyotsurugi (1-1) Sachinoyama Jd88w Jd55e Anryukai (1-1) Sawayaka Jd58w [kimarite: utchari] Jd43w Tochinoshima (1-1) Hokutoizumi Jd42w Tateyama's first mono-ii announcement Jd40w Ai (1-1) Tsugunohana Jd38w [kimarite: makiotoshi] Jd34e Tochikasuga (2-0) Arise Jd38e an innovative headdress Jd33e Daisho (1-1) Wakaikazuchi Jd35e Exit to the...right? Oh, yeah. Jd30e Kayatoiwa (1-1) Shoketsu Jd28w Sometimes it ain't easy being a 48-year-old rikishi... Jd13e Kazunofuji (1-1) Biganzan Jd13w [kimarite: kekaeshi] Sd76e Asahabataki (2-0) Agora Jd2w Sd67e Oshozan (1-1) Shinyashiki Sd69e a nice recovery Sd62e Mihamaumi (1-1) Toramusashi Sd64e Kiyomigata's first mono-ii announcement Sd49w Asanojo (2-0) Tochinobori Sd46w [kimarite: sotogake] Sd42w Chiyoyamato (1-1) Kototsubasa Sd41w sotogake? utchari? Nah, let's just finish it yori... Ms43e Tochiseiryu (1-1) Chiyoraizan Ms42w [kimarite: tottari] Ms34e Tendozan (2-0) Nagamura Ms35e a rather messy bout Ms35w Tanji (1-1) Noda Ms32w and so is this one Ms4e Nishinoryu (1-1) Mudoho Ms3w Ms6w Akua (2-0) Tochimaru Ms2w Ms1e Miyagi (1-1) Ishizaki Ms1w [kimarite: hikkake] Rookie judges Otowayama and Kiyomigata were both called on to handle a mono-ii in their very first bout as head shimpan, Tateyama's happened a little later in his session.

Vaguely but not really related to the other two reports: Are "before / during / after" style dates supposed to always be identical in the two affected entries? If they are, then Mutsuarashi is another one with a discrepancy: Time Kabu Name Holder Heya Ichimon Owner 31.03.1976 (KA) - during 12.1976 (HCa) Ajigawa[3] Hiroaki S Mutsuarashi Yukio Miyagino Tatsunami during 01.1977 (HCa) - 22.04.1979 (HB) Ajigawa[3] Hiroaki S Mutsuarashi Yukio Tomozuna Tatsunami 23.04.1979 (HB) - 25.04.1993 (RC) Ajigawa[3] Hiroaki S Mutsuarashi Yukio Ajigawa Tatsunami

FWIW, the Irumagawa line used to read "12.31.1922" with day and month erroneously reversed, and with Irumagawa in the wrong stable. I guess that date got messed up a bit when this bug report was implemented? And I think I'd like to re-raise the question from the last sentence there. If we're listing Ryogoku as Irumagawa to 12.1922 (presumably what "31.1922" is meant to be) and as Dewanoumi from 01.1923, IMHO the Irumagawa vacancy should start at 01.1923 as well. (And for consistency's sake maybe the end of it should just be "04.1925" rather than "30.04.1925" since the next entry starts with only "05.1925".) Edit: BTW, there might be another issue in how Ryogoku's Irumagawa shisho stint is coded. DB listing as of the end of 1922: Ikazuchi[11] Gondayu Y Umegatani Totaro 11.03.1878 Ikazuchi Shiratama[8] Kenjiro S Tamatsubaki Kentaro 10.11.1883 Ikazuchi Chiganoura[8] Goroji S Ayagawa Goroji 25.11.1883 Irumagawa Inagawa[6] Juro O Kyushuzan Juro 12.05.1889 Irumagawa Irumagawa[12] Kajinosuke# K Ryogoku Kajinosuke 15.03.1874 Irumagawa Matsuchiyama[8] Uhachiro M18 Kunigaiwa Uhachi 04.01.1875 Irumagawa Isenoumi[9] Godayu K Kashiwado Sogoro 10.10.1881 Isenoumi Shikihide[4] (Shikimori Hidegoro) K Ariake Goro 23.03.1875 Isenoumi Should be at the top of his heya's set of oyakata, but currently isn't. (Ikazuchi and Isenoumi included just for demonstration purposes.)