Trivia bits

[Akinomaki 31,398]

2 hours ago, Eikokurai said:

2 hours ago, Jakusotsu said:

According to sumodb, never.

I had a feeling it was never, but how did you search for it out of interest? 

Never means, this basho didn't happen either. I had problems with my pic routine to access the results, because I count basho days and use the current month, but also the August days of this basho are in July for the DB.

And the DB has no dates for really old basho. We can only say that no basho started in August.

[Nantonoyama 214]

1 hour ago, Akinomaki said:

Never means, this basho didn't happen either. I had problems with my pic routine to access the results, because I count basho days and use the current month, but also the August days of this basho are in July for the DB.

And the DB has no dates for really old basho. We can only say that no basho started in August.

Last instance of a honbasho day on a even-numbered month was Nagoya 1965, when the basho started in late June.

Day 14 ended a 4929 streak of hon-basho days taking place on odd-numbered months (day 5 Nagoya 1965 - day 14 July basho 2020) (4914 if you remove Natsu 2011 as not technically a hon-basho)

At least we can say that no hon-basho day took place in August since 1909

[Akinomaki 31,398]

1 hour ago, Nantonoyama said:

At least we can say that no hon-basho day took place in August since 1909

The only old basho in July was 1863, a delayed Haru Edo basho, listed as Nagoya basho in the DB, starting on the 17th, 10 days of good weather. http://sumo360.wiki.fc2.com/wiki/番付表（寛文～慶應／江戸時代）

With the rainy season ending around the 20th in that region, we can safely assume that the basho ended in July

[Akinomaki 31,398]

30 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

The only old basho in July was 1863

There was of course also this extra Aki basho in 1822, but that is rather classified as a hanazumo 花相撲 basho, same 10 days of good weather as all other old basho - and it started on July 21st: good chance that it lasted till August, day 2 the 2nd half was canceled due to rain http://sirosita.web.fc2.com/1822-07.html

On 24/06/2020 at 17:56, Akinomaki said:

the Bavarian state library has several compilations together, 9 of 12 banzuke each with torikumi, all banzuke from 1801 till 1853, including 3 Natsu basho banzuke not in the DB (nor in wikipedia) - for Bunsei 4 June, 5 July and 8 May/June 3.

On 01/07/2020 at 17:56, Akinomaki said:

Bunsei 5 was actually an Aki basho - the torikumi pages list those season basho names, which are not on the banzuke itself. 

[Jakusotsu 4,374]

5 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

And the DB has no dates for really old basho. We can only say that no basho started in August.

What I actually looked at was the end date of each basho.

[Akinomaki 31,398]

2 hours ago, Jakusotsu said:

What I actually looked at was the end date of each basho.

How do you query it? You can look for that on each banzuke page or result page of day 15, but not with a query.

The really old basho all start and end on January 1, 1 in the DB.

[Jakusotsu 4,374]

1 hour ago, Akinomaki said:

You can look for that on each banzuke page or result page of day 15, but not with a query.

No need to go to day 15, the dates are written at each banzuke page. And you're right - no way to query that via interface.

[Tsuchinoninjin 881]

A weird one but:

A basho of thirds? The number of maegashira taking a 10-5 or 5-10 record was 2 more than any other basho.

Including Juryo rikishi, it is still the leader, having 1 more than any other basho.

2nd place was in the 50s, which had 19 more maegashira+juryo on the banzuke than now.

Edited August 9, 2020 by Tsuchinoninjin

[Gooner 19]

Takeoka's Jonidan yusho must have come as a surprise for most as he is only the 4th in almost 50 years to win the division after a very mediocre Jonokuchi debut with 4 wins in the previous basho.

http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&amp;form1_rank=jk&amp;form1_wins=<5&amp;form1_jk=on&amp;form1_debutd=on&amp;form2_y=on&amp;form2_jd=on

Yokozuna Wakanohana I is also part of this select group.

Edited August 12, 2020 by Jakusotsu
link didn't work for me - fixed

[Benihana 1,633]

2 hours ago, Gooner said:

Takeoka's Jonidan yusho must have come as a surprise for most as he is only the 4th in almost 50 years to win the division after a very mediocre Jonokuchi debut with 4 wins in the previous basho.

http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&amp;form1_wins=&lt;5&amp;form1_jk=on&amp;form1_debutd=on&amp;form2_y=on&amp;form2_jd=on&amp;form2_debutd=on

Yokozuna Wakanohana I is also part of this select group.

And have a look at his kimarite.

[Yamanashi 2,393]

3 hours ago, Benihana said:

And have a look at his kimarite.

A one-man Gino-sho!

[Benihana 1,633]

13 hours ago, John Gunning said:

One of the new promotions means there have now been sekitori called 錦富士 and 富士錦

Nishikifuji and Fujinishiki, nice one.

[rhyen 1,378]

If we divide the yokozuna by their rope style and rank them by Yusho.

we get Unryu style: 

Taiho, Chiyonofuji, Asashoryu, Kitanoumi, Takanohana....

now, try filling in the blanks for Shiranui

Hakuho, ... , ... , ... , ...

[sahaven111 126]

47 minutes ago, rhyen said:

 

If we divide the yokozuna by their rope style and rank them by Yusho.

we get Unryu style: 

Taiho, Chiyonofuji, Asashoryu, Kitanoumi, Takanohana....

now, try filling in the blanks for Shiranui

Hakuho, ... , ... , ... , ...

Harumafuji, Haguroyama, Tamanoumi, Kotozakura, Wakanohana?

[ryafuji 716]

On ‎07‎/‎09‎/‎2020 at 13:28, rhyen said:

 

If we divide the yokozuna by their rope style and rank them by Yusho.

we get Unryu style: 

Taiho, Chiyonofuji, Asashoryu, Kitanoumi, Takanohana....

now, try filling in the blanks for Shiranui

Hakuho, ... , ... , ... , ...

We're doing top 5 only? I think it's Tachiyama, Harumafuji, Haguroyama, Tamanoumi.

[Sakura 1,122]

Assuming I did this query right, the last time before this coming Sunday where a M1 fought a Sekiwake on Day 1 was 1999.

Edited September 11, 2020 by Sakura

[Jakusotsu 4,374]

11 hours ago, Sakura said:

Assuming I did this query right, the last time before this coming Sunday where a M1 fought a Sekiwake on Day 1 was 1999.

Even more intriguing that the last two instances featured the same contenders.

[Ryoshishokunin 192]

22 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said:

Even more intriguing that the last two instances featured the same contenders.

Looking at the torikumi for '98--they don't make it like that anymore.  

[Jakusotsu 4,374]

5 hours ago, Ryoshishokunin said:

Looking at the torikumi for '98--they don't make it like that anymore.

Mostly due to the dreaded Futagoyama factor.

[Nantonoyama 214]

After the nakabi of this Aki 2020, there is no makuuchi rikishi at 8-0 or 7-1.

According to the database, in the 15-days era, it is only the third time it happens, after

- Nagoya 1975, 4 rikishi tie at 6-2, Kongo eventually gets his only yusho with 13-2 (no kettei-sen)

- Nagoya 2003, 10 rikishi tie at 6-2, Kaio eventually gets the yusho with 12-3 (no kettei-sen)

This time, 9 rikishi tie for the lead.

[Yubinhaad 10,044]

Oki is the second rikishi in the 15-bout era to start his shin-Juryo basho 0-8. The first was Fujinosato in 1984 Natsu, at the same rank and age. Hopefully the future will be kinder to Oki - Fujinosato didn't return to Juryo and retired two years later.

[Washuyama 579]

2 hours ago, Nantonoyama said:

ccording to the database, in the 15-days era, it is only the third time it happens, after

- Nagoya 1975, 4 rikishi tie at 6-2, Kongo eventually gets his only yusho with 13-2 (no kettei-sen)

- Nagoya 2003, 10 rikishi tie at 6-2, Kaio eventually gets the yusho with 12-3 (no kettei-sen)

This time, 9 rikishi tie for the lead.

I guess that makes Kiribayama is a shoo-in for the yusho

[Kashunowaka 224]

2 hours ago, Nantonoyama said:

After the nakabi of this Aki 2020, there is no makuuchi rikishi at 8-0 or 7-1.

According to the database, in the 15-days era, it is only the third time it happens, after

- Nagoya 1975, 4 rikishi tie at 6-2, Kongo eventually gets his only yusho with 13-2 (no kettei-sen)

- Nagoya 2003, 10 rikishi tie at 6-2, Kaio eventually gets the yusho with 12-3 (no kettei-sen)

This time, 9 rikishi tie for the lead.

I think you are missing

- Natsu 1968, 7 rikishi tie at 6-2, Tamanoshima (Tamanoumi) eventually gets the yusho with 13-2 (no kettei-sen)

[Nantonoyama 214]

36 minutes ago, Kashunowaka said:

I think you are missing

- Natsu 1968, 7 rikishi tie at 6-2, Tamanoshima (Tamanoumi) eventually gets the yusho with 13-2 (no kettei-sen)

You are right!

So in each precedent, the highest ranked of the 6-2 rikishi got the yusho with no kettei-sen

[Yamanashi 2,393]

1 hour ago, Yubinhaad said:

Oki is the second rikishi in the 15-bout era to start his shin-Juryo basho 0-8. The first was Fujinosato in 1984 Natsu, at the same rank and age. Hopefully the future will be kinder to Oki - Fujinosato didn't return to Juryo and retired two years later.

Oki -- not currently Doki.