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If you look you will see there were no designated East Ozeki for that tournament. For some reason Nayoroiwa is listed as a haridashi, or overhang on the banzuke, so Akinoumi needed to be a YO so there was an Ozeki on the East side.

Nice idea but you don't see shukunsho awarded for seriously troubling a yokozuna, only for beating them.

Don't think so, yes Ura's attempt failed but he still got pushed to the ground.

Rikishi not bowing properly is a particular bugbear of mine. The not-at-all-missed Takagenji was another one.

Yeah will be a long time before anyone beats the OBSC's finest, Kaio and Chiyotaikai.

I hardly think Takatoriki's sumo career can be called mediocre. Unless you're referring to his oyakata career, but that never really had time to get going.

1. Terunofuji 13-2 2. Ura MK 3. Ichiyamamoto MK 4. Meisei 8-7 5. Shishi MK 6. Fujikawa KK 7. Hagiwara MK 8. Shimoyama MK 9. Chiyoshoma MK 10. Kotoyusho KK 11. Awanokuni KK 12. Akitoba KK 13. Mitakeumi 9-6 14. Kaisho MK TB 14

I'm beginning to think Hakuho will never again complete two consecutive tournaments.

When discussion forums come up in Grand Sumo Breakdown they always refer to Reddit sumo rather than this forum, which seems weird to me, but then I think I am about 15 years older than these guys... they know about Kintamayama, but probably more because of his YouTube videos than his posts here.

The latter, a 4-11 from maegashira 16 followed by a 1-14 from juryo 5 with no obvious injury problems. The jaw fracture in May was his first career kyujo.

And those who abruptly become oyakata, like Toktisuumi in 2007- apparently he couldn't appear both as a rikishi and Tokitsukaze Oyakata on the same banzuke.

Kagamio has apparently become the first former makuuchi rikishi to go banzuke-gai.

Was wondering the same thing. I think Osunaarashi should count as well.

I'm still very sceptical, simply because no other reliable source has reported it. It's been days now - sure Nikkan or other media that cover sumo would have been able to establish by now if it were true.Presumably there must be a death certificate that a reporter could track down.

Interesting question. I don't know the answer but I'm wondering if an attendant to the two Kokonoe beya yokozuna, Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi, was around long enough to also attend fellow Takasago ichimon yokozuna Akebono.