Best deshi and rikishi of Kyushu 2008

[Azumashida 1]

I started these polls about best deshi and rikishi of the basho in different categories after Aki 2008. The three categories here are "teenager" (less than 20 years old), "young rikishi" (less than 24) and "ex-university" (any rikishi with university sumo experience). Similar to the sansho, I've limited the nominations to rikishi below ozeki. A reminder of the results from last time (winner in bold):

Teenager of the basho

Tamadaiki, 19, 5-2 as Sd9w [ 1 ] ** [7.14%]

Ryuden, 17, 6-1 as Sd20w [ 11 ] ** [78.57%]

Arajishi, 19, 7-0 as Jd81e (yusho) [ 2 ] ** [14.29%]

Young rikishi of the basho

Baruto, 23, 8-7 as Ke [ 4 ] ** [28.57%]

Goeido, 22, 10-5 as M5w (kanto-sho) [ 9 ] ** [64.29%]

Tosayutaka, 23, 11-4 as J10e [ 1 ] ** [7.14%]

Ex-university rikishi of the basho

Futeno, 11-4 as M10w [ 6 ] ** [42.86%]

Kakizoe, 10-5 as M16w [ 3 ] ** [21.43%]

Tosayutaka, 11-4 as J10e [ 5 ] ** [35.71%]

Feel free to take a couple of minutes and cast your votes on who had the best performance of the Kyushu basho 2008 in each category. If this proves to interest a significant number of forum members, this will be done again (and again) in the future.

And feedback on what doesn't quite work / what could be improved is welcome of course!

Edited November 23, 2008 by Azumaryu

[Azumashida 1]

And the winners are:

Teenager of the basho: Kotoenomoto

Young rikishi of the basho: Kisenosato

Ex-university rikishi of the basho: Yoshikaze

Thanks for your votes!