sahaven111

Was Kakuryu's father there or was that a coincidence?

I think it's to give people an opportunity to guess themselves.

That's Asofuji's kesho mawashi iirc. Looks far too young to be him though.

So even still, he leads the pack compared to anyone who isn't a true dai-yokozuna or Akebono. As an aside, it amazes me that Chiyonofuji hadn't won a single Yusho by the time he turned 25. Perhaps we could also see how many Yusho each Yokozuna won after their 25th birthday?

Am I missing something? I'm not aware of how Kasuganishiki relates to this as he certainly has nothing to do with the banzuke making process, and I can't find a single instance on his record of getting a demotion worthy score yet staying in Juryo. If anything, looking at his record brings back fond memories of a time when rikishi were demoted more than a rank and a half for a bad makekoshi.

Of course Kyokukaiyu wasn't going to be promoted! I mean, seriously! Changes to the rankings? In my zero-sum combat sport that updates it's rankings every two months?!

So who is the "Kyokai Vice Chair" he's related to, exactly?

Did he retire as well? Or is this another Shimanoumi joke. Because if it's the latter, i'll have you know he will never retire. He's all set in Juryo until he's 65. Zenpai be damned.

It's been a long time coming, unfortunately...

Well you see, usually the process for Juryo/Upper Makushita is "make sure Shimanoumi stays in Juryo and put the rest of the guys anywhere", but this time, Shimanoumi wasn't in danger of demotion (and in fact was kachi-kochi), so the process was just "put the rest of the guys anywhere".

At this rate, it's unlikely he'll retire before next tournament, correct?

It may be an unpopular opinion, but i've always thought the shikona Hakuho gives his deshi tend to be... something else, to say the least...

So who's going down? I only count Kiryuko and Otsuji.

I know we're getting a bit off topic now, but why wouldn't Harumafuji have branched out if either of those things happened?

That's exactly what I was thinking in my head, but I couldn't figure out the right words, thank you! :)