Tsubame

It is not a matter of shusshin, it is a question of character!

Why? Does him beliving it was a matta, excuses for behaving like a petulant child? For demanding a mono-ii, despite the fact he has no right to do so? For not bowing after the match? Does it?

I personally think that Hakuho's original plan for the fight was to do a matta intentionally and slap Yoshikaze in the face to intimidate him. And then go for a second tachi-ai to start the "real bout". But that just went wrong.

There is a huge difference between doing something stupid backstage or on top of the dohyo while millions are watching. But I agree with you, that a plain apology is everything Hakuho will facing.

Hakuho shared the common misconception of megalomaniacs of thinking of being bigger than Jesus... I mean being bigger than the sport.

He has the right to do so. I guess as a participant of the fight, he cannot, indeed. But the real problem was to still insists on a mono-ii as it was clear that there will be no one (and do not bow to the opponent).

With three such weak performing yokozunae, it is indeed an interesting question: who will retire first? Harumafuji? Kakuryu? Kisenosato?

Asanoyama KK Abi KK Mitakeumi 6-9 Yoshikaze 8-7 Onosho 9-6 Meisei MK Takanosho KK Hokaho KK Hotsukasa MK Harumafuji MK Chiyotairyu MK Chiyomaru MK Aminishiki KK Daiseido MK TB: 12

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My best wishes to The Man, The Legend Himself!

While I think your are right, I just want to mention that he also got his ozeki promotion with just 32 wins!

The typical side effects of steroids. The younger Ama didn't had some. Then, with the success in makuuchi, he somehow gain alot weight for such a slim bodytype, become (temporary) a little bit vicious on the dohyo and he showed some acne. As a fan of Ockhams razor I prefer the obvious explanation. I don't think that he is still using it, but I am sure that he once "boosted" his career with some help from the medicine cabinet.

With such a great jinx he will lose his very first bout next basho! But on the other hand he maybe will walk in Haguroyama footsteps, who won a yusho in every single division below makuushi in just one basho each. Who knows...

If Harumafuji manage to win this Aki Basho, he would be the first yusho winner giving away four kin boshi! [query]

But he still has (manually) exclude all the fusen-pai from his table to show the exact values of kinboshi given. For example: He stated correctly that Kitanoumi lost 58 times to a maegashira. But this query also includes five losses by fusen. So Kitanoumi only gave 53 kinboshi away, not 58. I guess a combination (or to be correct a substraction) of these two queries would be sufficient: total yokozuna losses to maegashira and yokozuna losses to maegashira by fusen.

consistency in inconsistency

I myself have reason to believe that with his inconsistency at the ozeki rank, plus having JUST been kadoban, the YSK will not consider him for promotion. And four yokozuna has to do with it too. If an ozeki (even Goeido) can win two consecutive yusho, they will promote him! I have no doubt on that. But I rather doubt that if Goeido wins the very next two tournaments, that the remaining four yokozuna are still there in january. With Kakuryu and also Harumafuji are close to their intai (Kakuryu managed to participate for 15 days only in a single basho this year and achieved then just 10 wins), and even an intai of Kisenosato wouldn't really surprise me at all.

Funny fact: It were the ozeki back then and their too often used (some would even say missused) "kosho" status to avoid demotion.

And now imagine Onosho wins the yusho in a convincing manner!

Funny, how you accidently misspelled Hakuho!

I would guess that the rikishi can distinguish some shouts coming from the audience or from a person standing two meters away from you. Even in the heat of battle...

The answer is five! Musashimaru gave five kin boshi away in Aki 2001. He is followed by a lots of guys who lost four times (please mind fusen): Query. edit: I wonder if there is a possibility to exclude fusen-pai from such a query? Any help is welcome.

Did you not get my message? My picks for you two games came in one message. Or am I so bad that I am not on the table?!

I rather think that he saw that both of Kotoshogiku's hands never touchted the ground (and they were not even close) and clearly expected that this will be judged as a matta.

Asanoyama KK Kizaki KK Abi MK Kotodaigo KK Chiyosakae KK Takayasu 12-3 Mitakeumi 11-4 Yoshikaze 10-5 Onosho KK Meisei MK TB: 10