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The specific mention of it being allowed made me curious - is photography normally not allowed at such exhibitions? If so it would seem strange, unless they sell souvenir pictures and don't want people taking their own. And while I'm here, perhaps this other thread can be merged into this one?

Some errata and given name stuff for @Doitsuyama when he has some free time. Former Sekiwake Sakahoko's death date is a month too early, it should be September 16th 2019. Maikeru's given name is Shuki, not Shoki. (English side only, the reading is correct on the Japanese side) Three foreign lower division rikishi now have given names on their Kyokai profile. I don't know what your policy is with those - backdate them to the start of their career? Anyway, here they are: Hokutenkai Aoi (葵, あおい) Hokuseiho Osamu (治, おさむ) Dewanoryu Kazuki (和希, かずき) Given name changes on both the 2018 Aki and Kyushu banzuke were not entered: And lastly from the 2019 Kyushu banzuke: Sharp-eyed Ryafuji caught the Kotoshoho case and the database was duly corrected (thanks!). I only just noticed that the other two given name changes from that banzuke were also wrongly reversed on the following one. So it should still say Etsunohana Tomoya and Tosamidori Kiyota, neither has made any changes since then.

FWIW, that information is calculated from the last six basho, but this is only stated on the Japanese side and not mentioned at all on the English.

The Kyokai announced six gyoji and eight tokoyama promotions which will take effect from December 24th, with the release of the banzuke for the 2021 Hatsu basho. No luck for the yobidashi this time. Gyoji: Kimura Kintaro - to Makushita Shikimori Seisuke - to Sandanme Shikimori Tatsunosuke - to Sandanme Shikimori Kainosuke - to Sandanme Kimura Ryunosuke - to Jonidan Kimura Shunta - to Jonidan Tokoyama: Tokotsuru - to Tokuto (special class) Tokonaru - to Itto (1st class) Tokoken - to Itto Tokokyu - to Itto Tokoshin - to Nito (2nd class) Tokokaze - to Santo (3rd class) Tokotakumi - to Yonto (4th class) Tokohibiki - to Goto (5th class; promoted from goto minarai, apprentice)

Tobizaru is the active leader for kekaeshi, with seven to his name, but it doesn't always work as he found out against Sadanoumi.

Hello all, below are the kimarite statistics for all divisions in this thoroughly enjoyable basho which absorbed me from start to finish. Shodai continued his recent strong sumo to clinch a well-earned hatsu yusho; it's also the first Makuuchi yusho by a rikishi from Kumamoto prefecture. Meanwhile, Tobizaru's fine debut performance saw him become the third shin-nyumaku to feature in the sanyaku soroibumi, following Onishiki and Baruto. Further down the ranks, Hattorizakura became the first rikishi to fight eight bouts three times in the seven-bout era. Finally, leaving the ranks completely, poor Kotonawa registered his 23rd basho of banzuke-gai status, an unwanted record indeed. A koshinage is a rare sight at the best of times, and we haven't seen one since the 2017 Kyushu basho. So you can imagine my delight when two were produced in this basho, making it the first on record with two koshinage. The first one saw Onoyama throw Satozakura as they approached the tawara on Nakabi. The second was a textbook example, as Kojima launched Daijo nearer the centre of the dohyo on Day 11. Matsuda claimed the 11th nichonage win of his career on Day 12, drawing him level with the record held by Toseima. It came in an entertaining bout with Sadanohikari - after an initial hikkake attempt, Matsuda tried a chongake before launching his nichonage effort. It led to a delicate balancing act for both men, but finally the technique took hold and flipped the Mongolian over onto his back. Well worth watching the video for that one too. The penultimate day of the basho brought a rare okuritsuridashi - Asahinishiki did some nifty footwork on the tawara to survive Wakaikki's attack, and then got behind his opponent to gently lift him out for the win. It's the first okuritsuridashi since the 2017 Aki basho, and only the 15th overall since it was introduced in the kimarite expansion almost two decades ago. There were two kekaeshi in this basho. I only found a video for the first one, which gave Hokuyozan his kachi-koshi. After a brief period of grappling, he found himself looking down to see that Daihisho's leg was in the perfect position to kick away. Makuuchi produced the lowest yorikiri total among the six divisions. The last time this happened was the 2003 Nagoya basho. Kimarite Makuuchi Juryo Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi Total Percentage Abisetaoshi 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0.13% Amiuchi 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.08% Ashitori 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.17% Chongake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Fumidashi 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.04% Fusen (default) 7 0 2 3 0 1 13 0.54% Gasshohineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Hansoku (foul) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.04% Harimanage 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.08% Hatakikomi 23 17 45 44 50 8 187 7.83% Hikiotoshi 6 5 14 20 27 4 76 3.18% Hikkake 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.17% Ipponzeoi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Isamiashi 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0.17% Izori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kainahineri 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.08% Kakenage 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0.17% Kakezori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Katasukashi 4 1 1 2 6 1 15 0.63% Kawazugake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kekaeshi 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.08% Ketaguri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kimedashi 1 0 0 3 1 1 6 0.25% Kimetaoshi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.04% Kirikaeshi 0 0 2 0 2 2 6 0.25% Komatasukui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Koshikudake 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.04% Koshinage 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.08% Kotehineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kotenage 3 2 4 10 6 0 25 1.05% Kozumatori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kubihineri 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Kubinage 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 0.25% Makiotoshi 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.08% Mitokorozeme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Nichonage 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.04% Nimaigeri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okuridashi 13 8 14 28 14 4 81 3.39% Okurigake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okurihikiotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okurinage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okuritaoshi 1 0 1 3 4 1 10 0.42% Okuritsuridashi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.04% Okuritsuriotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Omata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Osakate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Oshidashi 70 34 109 187 166 60 626 26.21% Oshitaoshi 11 6 7 23 21 10 78 3.27% Sabaori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sakatottari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Shitatedashinage 4 1 1 3 2 0 11 0.46% Shitatehineri 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0.21% Shitatenage 4 4 8 13 18 6 53 2.22% Shumokuzori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sokubiotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sotogake 1 0 3 1 1 0 6 0.25% Sotokomata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sotomuso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sototasukizori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sukuinage 5 3 9 16 16 3 52 2.18% Susoharai 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.08% Susotori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tasukizori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tokkurinage 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Tottari 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.08% Tsukaminage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsukidashi 10 3 10 10 12 5 50 2.09% Tsukihiza 0 0 1 2 2 2 7 0.29% Tsukiotoshi 27 11 23 48 28 8 145 6.07% Tsukitaoshi 0 1 2 4 2 0 9 0.38% Tsukite 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.04% Tsumatori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsuridashi 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.08% Tsuriotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsutaezori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Uchigake 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Uchimuso 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.08% Ushiromotare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Utchari 0 1 0 1 2 2 6 0.25% Uwatedashinage 1 4 6 4 6 1 22 0.92% Uwatehineri 0 0 2 2 3 0 7 0.29% Uwatenage 9 9 10 33 32 7 100 4.19% Waridashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Watashikomi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Yaguranage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Yobimodoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Yorikiri 60 65 82 153 191 62 613 25.67% Yoritaoshi 10 9 13 21 51 19 123 5.15% Zubuneri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%

That's a surprise. Did I miss something? He won the Makushita Yusho in January and hasn't missed a single day since then. Still quite young at 24. Kaito retires after eight years on the dohyo - he was former Ozeki Kaio's first uchideshi before he branched out to start Asakayama-beya. In the 2015 Hatsu basho he suffered a severe knee injury and needed surgery, forcing him to miss the next four basho, but he won the Jonidan yusho on his way back up the ranks. In January this year he won the Makushita yusho and reached his highest rank of Makushita 5 in March, where he got to wear an oichomage for a Juryo bout. But a herniated disc in his neck was causing him increasing difficulty, so he decided to retire. No pictures of Daigonishiki's danpatsu-shiki yet unfortunately although it has taken place, he had a buzzcut afterwards to tidy things up. Tamanoi-beya's goto tokoyama Tokotama has also retired after five years in the job. He's not giving up working with hair though, he plans to become a hairdresser from now on.

Former Maegashira Oiwato reflected on his long friendship with Maeta, which began when they attended the same sumo dojo together as elementary school students. Maeta had been involved in football and swimming but his increasing weight - he was already approaching 100kg in the 3rd grade - was making those difficult, so he turned to sumo. Oiwato was a year ahead and recalled that he could beat him at first, but within a year Maeta's sumo had improved and he began to sweep away all opposition, both at the dojo and in competitions. He would become wanpaku Yokozuna in successive years for the 5th and 6th grades. Oiwato was shocked to receive the news of Maeta's death - they had exchanged messages earlier that day on the LINE platform. Pictured after Maeta's danpatsu-shiki two years ago.

Strange choice of messengers, especially in status-conscious Japan: two former Sekiwakes welcome Shodai to the Ozeki Club. Isn't there some sort of procedural rule about that?? As far as I know the senior messenger is always a member of the board, in this case Kagamiyama is the one from Tokitsukaze ichimon. The only one with a higher rank among the ichimon oyakata is Michinoku (ex-Kirishima), but he's not on the board so I think it might be considered strange if an ex-Ozeki was the junior messenger here.

The Kyokai board unanimously approved Shodai's promotion. The messengers delivering the good news are Kagamiyama-oyakata (former Sekiwake Tagaryu) and Tatekawa-oyakata (former Sekiwake Tosanoumi).

Daigonishiki of course won that bout with a kimedashi. Takasago-beya will be needing a new chanko-ban as well as having a new shisho soon; it reports that Daigonishiki is retiring after a 25-year career and has a job waiting for him in Gifu prefecture, at a company run by an acquaintance of the current shisho. Meanwhile, Chiyotaiko gets the chance to hand Hattorizakura yet another loss and a record-extending third 0-8 result on Day 14.

He wouldn't be first in line even with a perfect record, the senior sanyaku gyoji (Kimura Tamajiro) will be the next Shikimori Inosuke. Konosuke will be a tate-gyoji in due course, not before.

Press reporting Terunofuji is also kyujo from Day 13, giving Wakatakakage a fusensho.

The final round of lower division action sees one withdrawal and four late entries to the basho. Kiritsubasa won his last bout to secure his kachi-koshi but reportedly suffered some sort of leg injury in the process, and had to be taken away in the wheelchair. Withdrawing: Sd62e Kiritsubasa Entering: Jd28w Wakaryusei - goes up to Sandanme to fight 0-6 Kotomanabe on Day 13 Jk19w Dewaazuma - fights 0-6 Asashorei on Day 13 Jk21w Daigonishiki - fights 0-6 Hattorizakura on Day 13 for the second consecutive basho Jk26e Chiyotaiko

A withdrawal and a late arrival ahead of Day 11. Withdrawing: Sd29w Kenshin Entering: Ms38e Kainoshima (first appearance under his new shikona, he meets 0-5 Sasakiyama)