Asojima

There are 42 makuuchi rikishi, and will continue to be 42 regardless of how many Y/O/Sanyaku there may be. There will be no new spot created. The lowest spot will simply be renamed.

the kyokai would reject one or both retirements.

Meisei confirmed kyujo for Day 8.

Odd that there is this discussion about Tokushoryu getting vicious at the tarawa. The knock on Tokushoryu has long been that he has a tendency to grab defeat from victory by letting up on his aite when he gets him to the edge. During keiko, the two aite fight until one qains a clear advantage, and then they relax to avoid injury. In basho mode, both fight to the bitter end. There are some rikishi who tend to revert to their keiko mode habits during the basho. Tokushoryu, Toyohibiki, Asasekiryu are a few examples.

The results through Day 9: Hatsu 20 A B X Day 1 Ye Hakuho 24 Yw Kakuryu 3 2 Hakuho/Kakuryu kyujo Days 4/5 - 2 Oe Takakeisho 20 Se Asanoyama 9 0 + 3 Ow Goeido 11 Sw Takayasu 15 3 11 4 Ke Abi 7 M2w Mitakeumi 21 1 11 5 Kw Daieisho 10 M2e Hokutofuji 19 0 10 6 M1e Endo 19 M1w Myogiryu 10 0 11 7 M3w Kotoyuki 5 M3e Tamawashi 24 0 Kotoyuki kyujo from Day 1 - 8 M4e Okinoumi 11 M4w Shodai 18 0 + 9 M5w Enho 16 M5e Meisei 13 0 3 10 M7e Shohozan 15 M6e Takarafuji 14 0 4 11 M7w Onosho 10 M6w Tochinoshin 18 1 2 12 M8e Aoiyama 13 M8w Ryuden 16 0 5 13 M9e Takanosho 16 M9w Yutakayama 13 0 5 14 M11e Chiyotairyu 19 M10w Ishiura 7 3 1 15 M11w Kagayaki 13 M10e Sadanoumi 16 0 4 16 M12w Chiyomaru 11 M12e Tsurugisho 18 0 4 17 M13e Kotoshogiku 18 M14e Terutsuyoshi 10 1 2 18 M13w Kotoeko 15 M14w Shimanoumi 14 0 3 19 M15e Azumaryu 8 M15w Ikioi 21 0 + 20 M16e Tochiozan 22 M17w Tokushoryu 7 0 3 21 M16w Kaisei 25 M17e Kiribayama 4 0 1 All entries for Match 7 will probably be judged correct. No 21 matches scheduled for Days 6, 7, 8 and 9.

The results through Day 4: Hatsu 20 A B X Day 1 Ye Hakuho 24 Yw Kakuryu 3 2 Hakuho/Kakuryu kyujo Days 4/5 2 Oe Takakeisho 20 Se Asanoyama 9 0 3 Ow Goeido 11 Sw Takayasu 15 3 4 Ke Abi 7 M2w Mitakeumi 21 1 5 Kw Daieisho 10 M2e Hokutofuji 19 0 6 M1e Endo 19 M1w Myogiryu 10 0 7 M3w Kotoyuki 5 M3e Tamawashi 24 0 Kotoyuki kyujo from Day 1 8 M4e Okinoumi 11 M4w Shodai 18 0 9 M5w Enho 16 M5e Meisei 13 0 3 10 M7e Shohozan 15 M6e Takarafuji 14 0 4 11 M7w Onosho 10 M6w Tochinoshin 18 1 2 12 M8e Aoiyama 13 M8w Ryuden 16 0 5 13 M9e Takanosho 16 M9w Yutakayama 13 0 5 14 M11e Chiyotairyu 19 M10w Ishiura 7 3 1 15 M11w Kagayaki 13 M10e Sadanoumi 16 0 4 16 M12w Chiyomaru 11 M12e Tsurugisho 18 0 4 17 M13e Kotoshogiku 18 M14e Terutsuyoshi 10 1 2 18 M13w Kotoeko 15 M14w Shimanoumi 14 0 3 19 M15e Azumaryu 8 M15w Ikioi 21 0 20 M16e Tochiozan 22 M17w Tokushoryu 7 0 3 21 M16w Kaisei 25 M17e Kiribayama 4 0 1 All entries for Match 7 will probably be judged correct. No 21 matches scheduled for Day 6.

Fire cupping

Starring Tooyama.

There are 29 entrants for Hatsu 20 with 609 picks ( 308 A's, 290 B's and 11 X's ). Hatsu 20 A B X Day 1 Ye Hakuho 24 Yw Kakuryu 3 2 2 Oe Takakeisho 20 Se Asanoyama 9 0 3 Ow Goeido 11 Sw Takayasu 15 3 4 Ke Abi 7 M2w Mitakeumi 21 1 5 Kw Daieisho 10 M2e Hokutofuji 19 0 6 M1e Endo 19 M1w Myogiryu 10 0 7 M3w Kotoyuki 5 M3e Tamawashi 24 0 Kotoyuki kyujo from Day 1 8 M4e Okinoumi 11 M4w Shodai 18 0 9 M5w Enho 16 M5e Meisei 13 0 10 M7e Shohozan 15 M6e Takarafuji 14 0 11 M7w Onosho 10 M6w Tochinoshin 18 1 2 12 M8e Aoiyama 13 M8w Ryuden 16 0 13 M9e Takanosho 16 M9w Yutakayama 13 0 14 M11e Chiyotairyu 19 M10w Ishiura 7 3 1 15 M11w Kagayaki 13 M10e Sadanoumi 16 0 16 M12w Chiyomaru 11 M12e Tsurugisho 18 0 17 M13e Kotoshogiku 18 M14e Terutsuyoshi 10 1 2 18 M13w Kotoeko 15 M14w Shimanoumi 14 0 19 M15e Azumaryu 8 M15w Ikioi 21 0 20 M16e Tochiozan 22 M17w Tokushoryu 7 0 21 M16w Kaisei 25 M17e Kiribayama 4 0 1 Welcome to our new player nelimw. There are some interesting "X" picks this time. Flohru is our most agreeable player, and Chishafuwaku is, as usual, very disagreeable. Let's get this thing going!

The elimination/restructuring of the regional bashos has been an ongoing discussion within the NSK for several years. I wouldn't classify it as a conspiracy.

This may just be another stick being used by some members of the NSK to eliminate the Kyushu basho. Kyushu is a logistical and financial nightmare for the NSK.

It has long been known and reported here that the dohyos for the Kyushu basho, particularly, and the Nagoya basho are slipperier than the KK dohyo due to differences in the clays and sands use to construct them. Nothing new to see here.

It's my bookmarked start-up page for forum viewing. The loss of the condensed view is a real PITA for me.

Bump. Up until the New Year, I have defaulted to the Condensed mode when reading the Unread Content page. I now get the page in Expanded mode. If I click on the mode button, it changes to Condensed, but the display remains in Expanded mode. I am curious whether this is a forum wide problem or should I start doing a lot of setting, cookie, cache, etc. checks.

Am I the only one who can no longer get the Unread Content page to display in Condensed format. It is defaulting to, and staying in Expanded mode. Getting this on two different systems and in Firefox, IE and Chrome browsers.