Ryoshishokunin

Yes, though only Iceland still does so. (The big clue is that you see "Svensdotir" in Icelandic names for women.)

Remember that Mongolians don't have surnames per se: they have patronymics, i.e. their father's name is their second name. Unless they're brothers, the shared name is a coincidence.

They've been getting tighter and worse over the last while: foreigners now need to sit out more basho before starting than they used to even a few years ago, for instance.

@Doitsuyama Is there any chance that the Japanese-language shikona could appear on the Rikishi / Kabu pages? It's the one thing on the Japanese SR site that I find myself flipping into the Japanese version to look up not-infrequently.

I'm aware of some japanese grad students who have been stuck in Oxford for three-four weeks waiting for a negative PCR test. No test, no travel.

14. Daieisho

12. Ura

3. nishikigi

Pattern: someone always picks more K or S. At least a few people don't operate the E/W situation correctly when odd numbers are involved.

Can I say that editing the head post is *much* worse than posting a new summary each day? It erases the historical record, it means you can't catch up on this thread, and it also doesn't work with the forum's "go to most recent unread post" option, instead having to go back to page one which is otherwise not of interest.

The leaderboard. As we get to the end of the tournament, that matters more. 10. takakeisho. (To avoid going BG. I'm still hopeful that I'll have time during the July basho to play.)

That would be wakatakakage and wakatakafuji :) (or maybe wakatafufuji...)

Just checked 2021, looks right. For my own amusement: 2022 Hatsu Y Terunofuji → M3 Tamawashi (6) → S Mitakeumi (7) → M4 Hokutofuji (10) → Present Day GKA's hero is also Ranfurly champion :)

2020 Hatsu M5 Enho → M4 Shodai (2) → O Goeido (7) → K Abi (8) → S Takayasu (10) → O Goeido (11) → S Asanoyama (12) → End (Goeido only won 5 bouts this tournament!) Haru S Asanoyama → M3 Mitakeumi (6) → Y Hakuho (7) → M5 Onosho (10) → K Endo (11) → YO Kakuryu (12) → Y Hakuho (15) COVID Cancels May basho, relocates Nagoya July Y Hakuho → K Daieisho (11) → End Aki S2 Daieisho → M2 Tamawashi (1) → S Shodai (2) → `M1 Terunofuji (4) →M1 Takanoshi (10) →M14 Tobizaru (13) →O Takakeisho (14) →End November (not in Kyushu) O Takakeisho → M4 Tobizaru (9) →K Terunofuji (10) → End (Loss in playoff to Takakeisho doesn't count, right?)

2019 Hatsu Y Hakuho → K Mitakeumi (11) → O Takayasu (14) → End Haru O Takayasu → M2 Daieisho (3) → Y Hakuho (4) → End Natsu Hakuho Absent Nagoya Y Hakuho → M4 Ichinojo (9) → Y Kakuryu (10) → M7 Tomokaze (13) → M16 Terutsuyoshi (15) Aki M9 Terutsuyoshi → M8 Okinoumi (2) → M5 Ryuden (9) → O Goeido (12) → S Mitakeumi (14) → End Kyushu S Mitakeumi → K2 Hokutofuji (2) → K2 Asanoyama (5) → K Endo (6) → M1 Okinoumi (9) → M2 Myogiryu (12) → M1 Daieisho (13) → M6 Enho (15) And now the plague years begin.