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1. Onosato 13-2 2. Aonishiki 8-7 3. Kusano KK 4. Hakuoho MK 5. Mita KK 6. Gonoumi MK 7. Kirishima 9-6 8. Fujinokawa KK 9. Kyokukaiyu MK TB 10

They have met a few times in juryo in between though. The one I always remember is the nearly 8 year gap between Wakanoyama and Wakanohana from May 1992 to March 2000, which were their only meetings.

Don't know what the gyoji was thinking in the Hiradoumi-Tamawashi bout. Tamawashi was watching his opponent all the way and clearly only put his foot out once he was sure Hiradoumi had touched down. He must have been baffled when the gyoji pointed the gunbai the other way. Never any doubt that was going to be overturned.

1. Onosato 10-5 2. Aonishiki MK 3. Inami MK 4. Kusano KK 5. Hakuoho MK 6. Kazekeno KK 7. Mita MK 8. Furuta KK TB 8

I think you are conflating two different incidents. Hakuho called for a monoii while sitting ringside at a bout between Kakuryu and Goeido in May 2014. In the Yoshikaze situation, he wasn't calling for a monoii so much as saying that it was a matta and the bout never actually started.

No, it was Lord Melchett. That is my very important contribution to this megathread.

1. Onosato 13-2 2. Aonishiki KK 3. Inami MK 4. Daieisho 10-5 5. Kusano KK 6. Mishima KK 7. Hakuoho KK 8. Tochimusashi MK 9. Enho KK 10. Daiyusho MK 11. Tenei MK 12. Takayasu 8-7 13. Takerufuji KK 14. Tochitaikai MK 15. Kazekeno MK 16. Mita KK TB 14

Don't think we do. He must be the leader among active rikishi (Tamawashi's streak is only from Nagoya 2013 due to him dropping to juryo a few times) but he has some way to go to surpass Kaio (106), Hakuho (103) and Takimiyama (97).

1. Hoshoryu 11-4 2. Onosato 12-3 3. Aonishiki KK 4. Tochimaru MK 5. Inami MK 6. Daieisho 9-6 7. Kusano KK 8. Takakento KK 9. Okaryu MK 10. Noda KK 11. Mishima MK 12. Yurikisho KK 13. Hakuoho KK TB 15

Mods, now that we do have a separate thread on the Nishonoseki drinking party scandal, perhaps these off-topic posts could be merged there?

I remember reading that Futagahuro in 1986 had to be taught by someone outside the Tatsunami-Isegahana ichimon as they had been without a yokozuna for so long they had no-one familiar with it.

He is still posting his daily videos but giving them cryptic titles and taking them down quickly to avoid detection! You can find the links in a thread in Honbasho Talk.

No yokozuna on the banzuke in March, then.

1. Hoshoryu 13-2 2. Kotozakura 12-3 3. Onosato 11-4 4. Wakatakakage MK 5. Aonishiki KK 6. Gyokuozan MK 7. Kaiseijo MK 8. Tochimaru KK 9. Matsui KK 10. Inami KK 11. Dewataikai MK 12. Ienoshima MK 13. Daieisho 9-6 14. Hatsuyama KK TB 14

I wasn't there in person but I too have the off-air Channel 4 recordings which I have watched multiple times, although not for a few years. I remember Hokutoumi using harite in the match rather than his usual nodowa. I don't recall the bleeding that you describe, maybe that's my memory playing tricks on me. But I still think "smashed his head into the dohho" is pure hyperbole. For me the most memorable match of that tournament was Daishoyama v Mainoumi, which went on for six minutes with two breaks to retie the mawahi, and then after all that had to go to a monoii. Kirishima also had a couple of classic tsuridashi wins.