Yubinhaad

There's a short news video about this camp here; Takasago-oyakata was presented with a skipjack tuna and some shinkonashi pears following the end of keiko. Asanojo also talks about enjoying the food more in Kochi, and will gambarize for kachi-koshi on his Makushita debut next month.

The new Onomatsu-oyakata should have his first shindeshi at the Kyushu basho, although he's really a recruit of the old one, having been at the heya for several months already. His name is Wataru Nihonyanagi, surely the same guy mentioned a few times in this thread, shown here making a cut in Ikeru's danpatsu-shiki after the Natsu basho. Elsewhere, I've heard that Naya's younger brother Kosei will be following him onto the ozumo dohyo in November, Otake-oyakata apparently reported it to the koenkai after the Aki basho.

Glad to see it. The reason I felt it wasn't an error was that he was also missing from their Minezaki-beya page (where he's been attached since closing his own heya a few years back) - it seemed unlikely that he would've been removed from both that and the oyakata list by accident. But as you can see, he's back on there too. All's well that end's well. Sorry for the mistake, I'll try to be a bit less hasty in future.

There might be another vacant myoseki shortly, I don't know what's behind it but I noticed earlier that Hanakago-oyakata (former Sekiwake Daijuyama) is not on the Kyokai website any more (excluding the departments/duties page which was last updated Sep 26th). Hopefully not another health-related departure, but he still had five years until mandatory retirement so who knows. All a mistake, as shown below.

Kyokuyuko's earlier shikona Hamakasuga is missing from his shikona history, and he doesn't show up when searching for that on the Rikishi page.

Kasugakuni's danpatsu-shiki took place at the Kawasaki Nikko hotel in Kanagawa prefecture. Over 11 of his 19 years in ozumo were spent in the Makushita ranks; as mentioned by others above he reached the top rank in the 2009 Haru basho, going up to fight two Juryo bouts. Among his opponents in that basho was Kaonishiki, and a decade later he turned out to be the final opponent of Kasugakuni's career, which he rounded off with a win. And since I missed it first time round, here's Irie after his tidy-up haircut.

I've updated the top post following the closure of Izutsu-beya, and removed the Isegahama-beya entry as there are no survivors left (quoted below for posterity). In addition, when Hamamiryu retired recently it occurred to me that there were still four active rikishi who originally made their debut in Mihogaseki-beya but then branched out with either Kise-beya or Onoe-beya. I came to consider them as survivors of a closed heya, so I've added them to the Mihogaseki entry as "survivors remaining via branch-out".

Hello, here are the kimarite statistics after another topsy-turvy Aki basho, which saw Mitakeumi claim his second Makuuchi yusho. Elsewhere, the retirement of Yoshikaze will leave Oita prefecture without a sekitori for the first time in over 27 years. The basho was also tinged with sadness due to the untimely death of Izutsu-oyakata at just 58, resulting in the closure of his heya. Moving on to the techniques, the highlight of this basho was undoubtedly the excellent mitokorozeme from Kaishu - as noted at the time, it was the first appearance for that rare kimarite in over eight years, and only the 15th time among basho where data is available for all divisions. Another highlight was a fine izori at the edge from Fukuyama; his luckless opponent Onojo has now lost three times to that technique, and twice in a row against Fukuyama. Matsuda chalked up two more nichonage wins here to take his career tally to 9. They were a little different, the first a more typical throw while the second was more about the leg trip. An ipponzeoi was deployed for the second basho in a row, this time courtesy of Motokiyama, but unfortunately once again I wasn't able to find a video. I don't often mention it in the notes but I always like to see a nicely-done kainahineri, and Hiradoumi provided one in this basho, toppling Goryu. Akua booked his return to the Juryo division with a 6-1 record here; two of those wins came with a kakenage throw, taking his career tally to 10 - among active rikishi only Satonofuji (21) and Kotoeko (15) have more kakenage wins. This was the 10th consecutive basho without a zubuneri, a new record for the non-appearance of that kimarite, passing the previous barren spell of 9 basho from 1993 Hatsu to 1994 Natsu. Kimarite from kettei-sen bouts are not included in the statistics. (The table might look a little different than before due to my ongoing computer issues) Kimarite Makuuchi Juryo Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi Total Percentage Abisetaoshi 2 0 0 1 3 0 6 0.24% Amiuchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Ashitori 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.08% Chongake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Fumidashi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Fusen (default) 5 2 3 3 2 1 16 0.64% Gasshohineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Hansoku (foul) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.08% Harimanage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Hatakikomi 35 27 48 66 40 2 218 8.70% Hikiotoshi 6 11 11 25 21 3 77 3.07% Hikkake 2 0 0 3 2 0 7 0.28% Ipponzeoi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.04% Isamiashi 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0.12% Izori 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Kainahineri 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.12% Kakenage 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.16% Kakezori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Katasukashi 6 2 3 7 9 1 28 1.12% Kawazugake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kekaeshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Ketaguri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kimedashi 1 1 1 3 4 1 11 0.44% Kimetaoshi 0 0 2 1 2 2 7 0.28% Kirikaeshi 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.08% Komatasukui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Koshikudake 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.04% Koshinage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kotehineri 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.04% Kotenage 4 3 12 15 14 3 51 2.03% Kozumatori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kubihineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kubinage 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0.16% Makiotoshi 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.08% Mitokorozeme 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.04% Nichonage 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.08% Nimaigeri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okuridashi 7 6 19 19 29 7 87 3.47% Okurigake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okurihikiotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okurinage 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Okuritaoshi 1 0 2 5 9 1 18 0.72% Okuritsuridashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% 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 51 94 180 182 49 626 24.97% Oshitaoshi 7 4 13 20 29 10 83 3.31% Sabaori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sakatottari 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.04% Shitatedashinage 1 1 0 1 3 2 8 0.32% Shitatehineri 0 0 3 2 2 0 7 0.28% Shitatenage 5 5 9 14 18 3 54 2.15% Shumokuzori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sokubiotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sotogake 0 1 1 4 4 1 11 0.44% 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 4 3 7 11 14 3 42 1.68% Susoharai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Susotori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tasukizori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tokkurinage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tottari 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 0.16% Tsukaminage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsukidashi 13 5 17 12 3 2 52 2.07% Tsukihiza 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0.16% Tsukiotoshi 25 6 17 36 38 5 127 5.07% Tsukitaoshi 1 1 3 4 1 0 10 0.40% Tsukite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsumatori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsuridashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsuriotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsutaezori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Uchigake 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.04% Uchimuso 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Ushiromotare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Utchari 0 1 3 0 1 0 5 0.20% Uwatedashinage 5 5 6 9 6 3 34 1.36% Uwatehineri 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.08% Uwatenage 9 2 26 28 42 10 117 4.67% Waridashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Watashikomi 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.12% Yaguranage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Yobimodoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Yorikiri 76 45 85 166 212 70 654 26.09% Yoritaoshi 3 5 15 24 42 14 103 4.11% Zubuneri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%

Later articles confirm that the rikishi and tokoyama will move to Michinoku-beya.

Some danpatsu-shiki pictures here, starting with Irie, who joined Tamanoi-beya after graduating from Kyushu Joho university. Much of his eight-year career was spent in Makushita, but that proved to be his wall, reaching a highest rank of Makushita 3. Fukugoriki retires after 14 years, having fallen off the banzuke after a year out of action, which I understand was due to some kind of thoracic vertebrae injury. He won the Sandanme yusho in 2017 Nagoya, and earlier reached a highest rank of Makushita 5. Now to the Fujishima-beya senshuraku party for the danpatsu-shiki of Fujitaisei, who retires after nine years on the dohyo. And lastly to Musashigawa-beya for Musashikuni's danpatsu-shiki, pictures and three videos (linked, rather than embedded).

Along with a lot of other work lately, the Rijikai has determined the latest batch of promotions for a trio of gyoji, a bunch of yobidashi (who missed out completely last time) and a solitary tokoyama. All take effect on December 24th 2019, with the release of the banzuke for the 2020 Hatsu basho. Gyoji: Kimura Narimasa (Irumagawa-beya) > to Jonidan Shikimori Tomotaro (Tomozuna) > to Jonidan Kimura Keitaro (Musashigawa) > to Jonidan Yobidashi: Koji (Asakayama) > to Makuuchi Rikinojo (Takasago) > to Makuuchi Keisuke (Shibatayama) > to Juryo Yohei (Dewanoumi) > to Juryo Yuto (Tatsunami) > to Makushita Setsuo (Shikoroyama) > to Makushita Naoki (Kise) > to Makushita Shin (Michinoku) > to Sandanme Shigejiro (Kokonoe) > to Sandanme Tsurutaro (Nishikido) > to Jonidan Hiromasa (Yamahibiki) > to Jonidan Tokoyama: Tokohama (Onoe) > to Yonto (4th class)

Hmm... He's now been moved up ahead of the borrowers, as we saw previously with Asasekiryu/Nishikijima.

and that was 996 - now my score is 979. I guess one of the 2 lowest ever, and that explains why I could get the yusho: I always have plenty of wrong selections, and this time everybody was virtually forced to make many bad choices. The record low yusho score was set just two basho after the one you found: Yours is the 4th-lowest yusho score. Perhaps an indication of the turbulent times on the dohyo, this is the third consecutive basho with a sub-1000pt yusho! Your "normal" score (i.e, your base points without all the bonuses added) is the lowest of them. Congratulations on your hatsu yusho! Basho Winner Total (Normal) 2018 Hatsu Shatsume 915 (757) 2019 Nagoya Bill 940 (805) 2002 Kyushu Kirinoumi 948 (782) 2019 Aki Akinomaki 979 (736) 2019 Natsu Susanoo 984 (814) 2002 Nagoya Zentoryu 988 (838) 2017 Aki Yubinhaad 992 (816) 1999 Haru Kazushima 997 (788)

He must have been under a load of stress through all the Takanohana-ichimon stuff, which likely overwhelmed him. Sad to hear he's leaving but I think it's a good idea, hopefully he'll have the time and space now to take care of himself and get back to good health. I've long considered his heya to be among the best run, good support and atmosphere. I only hope that will continue under the next shisho.

Former Maegashira Daikiho announced his retirement today, following a seven-year career. After graduating from Nihon University he joined Miyagino-beya in 2012, making his debut as a Makushita 15 Tsukedashi. In just over a year he made his Makuuchi debut, only to finish with a terrible 3-12 record - it would be his only basho in the top division. Illness and injury took their toll as he suffered with Graves' disease (a thyroid condition), a knee injury and more recently yellow ligament ossification. His danpatsu-shiki is set to take place at the Kokugikan on May 2nd 2020. Flowers in the hanamichi, greeted by fellow ex-Nichidai graduates Hidenoumi and Tobizaru. As his hair wasn't yet long enough to form an oichomage, Daikiho couldn't participate in Hakuho's dohyo-iri during his sole Makuuchi basho. However, he did take part in a special one at a shrine in Tokushima, serving as tsuyuharai.