Trivia bits

[Wakawakawaka 215]

The commentator on NHK World mentioned that the Hidenoumi - Sadanoumi bout was the first time they met in Makuuchi in almost 9 years. Not sure if that's a record or something easily queryable, but I found it rather interesting nonetheless.

[ryafuji 824]

11 hours ago, Wakawakawaka said:

The commentator on NHK World mentioned that the Hidenoumi - Sadanoumi bout was the first time they met in Makuuchi in almost 9 years. Not sure if that's a record or something easily queryable, but I found it rather interesting nonetheless.

They have met a few times in juryo in between though. The one I always remember is the nearly 8 year gap between Wakanoyama and Wakanohana  from May 1992 to March 2000, which were their only meetings.

Edited July 27 by ryafuji

[Gurowake 4,140]

On 26/05/2025 at 22:35, Gurowake said:

From as best as I can tell doing research starting from the Wikipedia list of Makuuchi speedruns from Maezumo, the previous record for rise to san'yaku from Maezumo was 14 basho, held by Kotooshu, Konishiki, and Asashoryu.  Aonishiki is (presumably) going to get there in 11.

Unless they make an even more radical decision than keeping a 6-9 K1e as Komusubi, which would mean either demoting Daieisho or Oshoma to only K1w or promoting Kotoshoho, and make that decision at the same time they decide to not promote a KK M1e when they have previously gone out of the way to promote an 8-7 M1e instead of a better candidate, all of which seem absolutely ludicrous, Aonishiki will make sanyaku in 12 basho from Maezumo, still beating the record by 2.

Edited July 27 by Gurowake

[Reonito 1,757]

Five jun-yusho is the most since 1972 and only the 4th time ever there have been that many.

[Reonito 1,757]

This is the 5th basho ever with 5 or more rikishi getting special prizes. The record is 7, set exactly two years ago, but in that case, everyone got exactly one, so if my manual look was correct, 7 total prizes in this basho ties that record. Hakuoho got 2, while the other 6 got one apiece, for a total of 8 prizes, just ahead of this basho's 7.

Edited July 28 by Reonito

[Faustonowaka 158]

5 hours ago, Reonito said:

This is the 5th basho ever with 5 or more rikishi getting special prizes. The record is 7, set exactly two years ago, but in that case, everyone got exactly one, so if my manual look was correct, 7 total prizes in this basho ties that record.

It’s also just the second time ever (Hatsu 1992) that every special prize has been awarded at least twice.

[Faustonowaka 158]

5 hours ago, Reonito said:

This is the 5th basho ever with 5 or more rikishi getting special prizes. The record is 7, set exactly two years ago, but in that case, everyone got exactly one, so if my manual look was correct, 7 total prizes in this basho ties that record.

The record seems to be 8 total prizes (Nagoya 2023).

Edited July 28 by Faustonowaka

[Reonito 1,757]

9 minutes ago, Faustonowaka said:

The record seems to be 8 total prizes (Nagoya 2023).

You're right, I overlooked that Hakuoho got two.

[hypnoowl 23]

I don't know if this one has come up before, but taking a look at 8-bout records yielded an interesting result. In 1972 in 2 consecutive basho Aobayama while ranked Ms1w was first passed over for a juryo promotion with a 4-3 record by a 4-4 Ms1e, and then while ranked Ms1e was again passed over for juryo promotion with 4-4 record by a 4-3 Ms2e.

[VictorDiVarca 7]

1 hour ago, hypnoowl said:

I don't know if this one has come up before, but taking a look at 8-bout records yielded an interesting result. In 1972 in 2 consecutive basho Aobayama while ranked Ms1w was first passed over for a juryo promotion with a 4-3 record by a 4-4 Ms1e, and then while ranked Ms1e was again passed over for juryo promotion with 4-4 record by a 4-3 Ms2e.

There are 2 differences. According to partial records he get to 4-4 coming from 3-4 while other guy coming from 4-3. 

So there was no "penalty" for losing 8th bout, while winning 8th bout was not elevating above those with real KK (M2e and! M3e), but helped with retaining M1e spot instead of demotion.

[Hakumadashi 13]

With Kotoshoho winning the Yusho, a surprisingly steady stat in modern Sumo history has been thrashed very early. Unique Makuuchi Yusho winners per decade. 
1950s: 14
1960s: 15
1970s: 16
1980s: 16
1990s: 15
2000s: 13
2010s: 14
2020s so far: 17

[Reonito 1,757]

Kusano's 38 wins in his first three basho as sekitori set the all-time record, beating Ichinojo by one and 3 better than Hakuoho and Onosato.

[Faustonowaka 158]

Futagoyama-beya had a rikishi at every possible rank (yokozuna, ozeki, sekiwake, komusubi, maegashira, juryo, makushita, sandamne, jonidan, jonokuchi and even maezumo) on the Haru 1996 banzuke

[Faustonowaka 158]

With the ascension of Onosato to Yokozuna 1 East, this marks the first time since Hatsu 2019 that a Japanese rikishi finds himself at the top of the Banzuke. Fittingly the last Japanese before him was his shisho Kisenosato. Before Kisenosato (who also was Y1e in Natsu 2017) we have to go way back to Haru and Natsu 2001 to find another Japanese at the top with a certain Takanohana II. So in the last 25 years (150 basho), a Japanese rikishi only topped the Banzuke a mere 5 times.

Edited September 2 by Faustonowaka