Day 15 results, yusho and sansho

[Doitsuyama 1,173]

Harumafuji tried to blitz Hakuho but to no avail as the yokozuna had things under control quickly and moved the Mongolian ozeki back and out for his fourth consecutive zensho yusho, trailing only Futabayama who had five consecutive zensho yusho during his 69 bout win streak. Speaking of that, Hakuho is now in position to get a possible 70th win on Nakabi in Kyushu. So far, Hakuho seems to shape up as the most dominant yokozuna ever, which is also evidenced by the win ratios as yokozuna where Hakuho leads the field at 91%, ahead of Futabayama at 88%, Tamanoumi at 87%, Taiho at 86%, Chiyonofuji at 85%, Asashoryu at 84% and Kitanoumi and Takanohana at 81%.

Aran beat Kaio after pulling a henka and with the 7-8 score coming from 4-8 he probably has earned himself a komusubi debut next basho coming from sekiwake. Tochiozan and Kakuryu of course will be the two sekiwake next basho, while Kotoshogiku probably squandered a sanyaku return with a loss to jun-yusho winning Takekaze, as Tochinoshin will replace Kisenosato with his ninth win, pulling even with Kotoshogiku, but at one rank higher. With Kaio and Tochiozan there probably will be only two Japanese rikishi in sanyaku next basho, surpassing (or limboing?) the current record of three Japanese rikishi set just this basho. Takekaze at 12-3 and Yoshikaze at 11-4 will jump into the joi-jin and both got awarded with the kanto-sho, while Tochiozan, the only rikishi in the joi-jin besides Hakuho to get more than ten wins this basho got the gino-sho.

Masatsukasa, Tosanoumi, Kakizoe, Kykokunankai and Toyozakura didn't win enough to stay in makuuchi (or were absent because of injury in case of Masatsukasa), and will be replaced by Toyonoshima, Goeido, Miyabiyama, Shotenro and Okinoumi as not many upper juryo rikishi got the kachi-koshi in the looming presence of the gambling demotions.

Day 15

Juryo

Ms3w   Tsurugidake (4-3)   oshitaoshi	 J14e   Ryuho (7-8)
J12w   Takarafuji (9-6)	tsukiotoshi	Ms1w   Daido (4-3)
J7e	Jumonji (4-11)	  yorikiri	   Ms2w   Fujiazuma (3-4)
J6e	Wakakoyu (8-7)	  hatakikomi	 J7w	Sakaizawa (7-8)
J5w	Sadanoumi (6-9)	 hikiotoshi	 J10e   Asofuji (8-7)
J9e	Tokushinho (4-11)   yorikiri	   J5e	Shotenro (9-6)
J10w   Sagatsukasa (5-10)  yorikiri	   J4w	Tamaasuka (5-10)
J4e	Kaisei (7-8)		yorikiri	   J6w	Tamanoshima (7-8)
J13e   Tochinowaka (8-7)   uwatenage	  J3w	Toyohibiki (7-8)
J8e	Okinoumi (10-5)	 yorikiri	   J3e	Hochiyama (6-9)
J2w	Wakatenro (7-8)	 oshidashi	  J8w	Sadanofuji (8-7)
J2e	Miyabiyama (12-3)   hikiotoshi	 J11w   Shironoryu (10-5)
J1w	Toyonoshima (14-1)  yoritaoshi	 J9w	Hoshikaze (8-7)
J1e	Goeido (12-3)	   hatakikomi	 J12e   Nakanokuni (3-12)

Makuuchi

M14e   Tochinonada (8-7)   yoritaoshi	 M13e   Kasugao (6-9)
M12e   Koryu (6-9)		 hatakikomi	 M17e   Toyozakura (6-9)
M9w	Bushuyama (6-9)	 yorikiri	   M16w   Tosanoumi (2-13)
M11e   Kotokasuga (9-6)	oshidashi	  M9e	Kimurayama (8-7)
M13w   Sokokurai (8-7)	 yorikiri	   M8e	Kokkai (8-7)
M14w   Tamawashi (10-5)	tsukidashi	 M7e	Kitataiki (9-6)
M6e	Mokonami (5-10)	 uwatenage	  M16e   Kyokunankai (4-11)
M15e   Gagamaru (10-5)	 oshidashi	  M5w	Hakuba (8-7)
M5e	Takamisakari (4-11) yoritaoshi	 M15w   Kakizoe (3-12)
M12w   Takekaze (12-3)	 yorikiri	   M3e	Kotoshogiku (9-6)

M2w	Tochinoshin (9-6)   yorikiri	   M10w   Shimotori (8-7)
M2e	Homasho (7-8)	   yorikiri	   M3w	Kyokutenho (4-11)
M1w	Wakanosato (5-10)   sukuinage	  M7w	Tosayutaka (6-9)
M4e	Tokusegawa (6-9)	yorikiri	   M1e	Tokitenku (2-13)
K1w	Kakuryu (9-6)	   hatakikomi	 M11w   Yoshikaze (11-4)
K1e	Kisenosato (7-8)	oshidashi	  M4w	Aminishiki (8-7)
S1w	Tochiozan (11-4)	hatakikomi	 M6w	Asasekiryu (9-6)
S1e	Aran (7-8)		  yorikiri	   O2w	Kaio (8-7)
O1w	Kotooshu (10-5)	 yorikiri	   O2e	Baruto (9-6)
Y1e	Hakuho (15-0)	   yorikiri	   O1e	Harumafuji (8-7)

List of Yusho:

Makuuchi:  Hakuho (16th)
Juryo:	 Toyonoshima (2nd)
Makushita: Takayasu
Sandanme:  Chiyozakura
Jonidan:   Yoshifuji
Jonokuchi: Oazuma

List of Sansho:
Gino-sho:   Tochiozan (2nd)
Shukun-sho: not awarded
Kanto-sho:  Yoshikaze (2nd), Takekaze (2nd)

Edited September 26, 2010 by Doitsuyama

[shumitto 418]

Masatsukasa, Tosanoumi, Kakizoe, Kykokunankai and Toyozakura didn't win enough to stay in makuuchi (or were absent because of injury in case of Masatsukasa), and will be replaced by Toyonoshima, Goeido, Miyabiyama, Shotenro and Okinoumi as not many upper juryo rikishi got the kachi-koshi in the looming presence of the gambling demotions.

It is hard for Okinoumi to get this promotion unless they keep this strange patterns. It is more plausible there will be a lucky stayer, but who ? By the same token, the ideal-looking 7 in 7 out exchange between Juryo and Makushita will prolly be spoiled by some conservative decision to keep one or two guys up although their results were wanting (i.e. Ryuho and Sagatsukasa).

Kaio had it hard to go at with no certain outcome. But such is life.

Edited September 26, 2010 by shumitto

[Doitsuyama 1,173]

It is hard for Okinoumi to get this promotion unless they keep this strange patterns. It is more plausible there will be a lucky stayer, but who ?

Have you seen at the demotion candidates? The best hope to stay is Toyozakura with 6-9 at the very bottom... I say Okinoumi gets the nod and it's not hard really.

[Hananotaka 8]

So far, Hakuho seems to shape up as the most dominant yokozuna ever, which is also evidenced by the win ratios as yokozuna where Hakuho leads the field at 91%, ahead of Futabayama at 88%, Tamanoumi at 87%, Taiho at 86%, Chiyonofuji at 85%, Asashoryu at 84% and Kitanoumi and Takanohana at 81%.

Well, not to deny your over-all point, but Hakuho has the benefit of no decline phase.

[Jejima 1,345]

So far, Hakuho seems to shape up as the most dominant yokozuna ever, which is also evidenced by the win ratios as yokozuna where Hakuho leads the field at 91%, ahead of Futabayama at 88%, Tamanoumi at 87%, Taiho at 86%, Chiyonofuji at 85%, Asashoryu at 84% and Kitanoumi and Takanohana at 81%.

Well, not to deny your over-all point, but Hakuho has the benefit of no decline phase.

Interesting point. What are the stats for the peak of each dai-Yokozuna (after a reasonable number of bashos - say 6)? Or perhaps we should compare Yokozunas after 20 bashos at the rank (which Hakuho has just reached.)?

[Flohru 176]

So far, Hakuho seems to shape up as the most dominant yokozuna ever, which is also evidenced by the win ratios as yokozuna where Hakuho leads the field at 91%, ahead of Futabayama at 88%, Tamanoumi at 87%, Taiho at 86%, Chiyonofuji at 85%, Asashoryu at 84% and Kitanoumi and Takanohana at 81%.

Well, not to deny your over-all point, but Hakuho has the benefit of no decline phase.

Interesting point. What are the stats for the peak of each dai-Yokozuna (after a reasonable number of bashos - say 6)? Or perhaps we should compare Yokozunas after 20 bashos at the rank (which Hakuho has just reached.)?

Shouldn't make that big a difference actually as a decline phase for a Yokozuna usually (if there is one at all, Tamanoumi of course had none) consists of absences rather than losses which are not included in those stats. For example Takanohana's win ratio for his last 5 active basho stands at 81 % despite the fact that he missed 8 basho in between and didn't finish his last one.

As for the win ratios of the first 20 basho I have:

Hakuho: 91 %

Futabayama: 88,2 % (only 17 basho at Yokozuna)

Takanohana: 86,8 %

Tamanoumi: 86,7 % (only 10 basho at Yokozuna)

Taiho: 86,5 %

Asashoryu: 84,8 %

Chiyonofuji: 83,7 %

Kitanoumi: 82 %

[Afrozuna 8]

Needless to say quality of opponents also needs to be taken into account, you can't compare the current bunch of Ozekis to the likes of Onokuni, Wakanohana, Konishiki, Musashimaru, Asahifuji when they were Ozekis and giving Yokozuna's a hard time.