Yubiquitoyama 4 Posted November 20, 2001 As most probably know by now, Daizen managed to outpace Musashimaru in his first bout against a yokozuna in several years. After a relatively slow tachi-ai where Daizen slightly sidesteps to the right, Musashimaru never gains control over his opponent, who is nimbly running around the big yokozuna. Finally Daizen manages to catch Musashimaru without full balance and manages to push him right out. The kimarite is Yorikiri, so I assume Daizen still has a grip on the belt with his right hand when he pushes Musashimaru out, although it's not apparent on the video. Daizen looked far from 37 years and it should be interesting to see how long he can keep in sumo. This was Daizen's 2nd kinboshi, where his first kinboshi came against Akebono on day 5 of the Kyushu basho in 1994. 7 years between 2 kinboshi of his, puts him in 4th place overall (since 1890 when the rank of yokozuna was introduced) regarding longest period between kinboshi. In the number one spot is two-times Ozeki Nayoroiwa, who also had a total of 2 kinboshi, 14years and 8 months apart. See table 1: Born in December of 1964, Daizen is 36 years and 11 months old, which puts him in joint seventh position regarding oldest rikishi getting a kinboshi. In the modern-day post-WW2 list, he is fourth. See tables 2 and 3 below. [Table 1] Longest between kinboshi: Rikishi Time Basho/day (nr) Basho/day (nr) Nayoroiwa 14y8m 1938.01.07 [1] 1952.09.05 [2] Wakashima 8y4m 1930.01.02 [1] 1938.05.02 [2] Kirinji 7y10m 1980.07.08 [5] 1988.05.07 [6] Daizen 7y0m 1994.11.05 [1] 2001.11.10 [2] Onishiki 6y10m 1974.11.08 [3] 1981.09.05 [4] Mitsuneyama 6y8m 1950.05.05 [6] 1957.01.07 [7] Araiwa 6y8m 1897.05.05 [2] 1904.01.06 [3] Jingaku 6y4m 1984.09.02 [1] 1991.01.03 [2] Dewanohana 6y0m 1979.09.08 [1] 1985.09.02 [2] Akinoshima 6y0m 1993.07.12 [15] 1999.07.03 [16] Masuiyama 5y10m 1942.01.03 [1] 1947.11.04 [2] Arase 5y10m 1974.03.10 [1] 1980.01.09 [2] [Table 2] Oldest rikishi final kinboshi: Alltime [after 1890 when Yokozuna became a rank] Winner Age Basho/day Loser Oshio[2] 39y5m 1940.01.06 Minanogawa Tamanoi 39y0m 1899.05.03 Konishiki Kitanonada 38y3m 1961.05.03 Asashio_4 Noshirogata 38y1m 1933.05.04 Tamanishiki Nayoroiwa 38y0m 1952.09.05 Chiyonoyama Dewanishiki 37y8m 1963.03.04 Taiho Kyonosato 36y11m 1896.05.01 Konishiki Daizen 36y11m 2001.11.10 Musashimaru Terao 36y9m 1999.11.09 Musashimaru Kaizan[1] 36y6m 1891.01.02 Nishinoumi_1 [Table 3] Oldest rikishi final kinboshi - Post-WW2 Winner Age Basho/day Loser Kitanonada 38y3m 1961.05.03 Asashio_4 Nayoroiwa 38y0m 1952.09.05 Chiyonoyama Dewanishiki 37y8m 1963.03.04 Taiho Daizen 36y11m 2001.11.10 Musashimaru Terao 36y9m 1999.11.09 Musashimaru Wakasegawa[1] 36y1m 1956.03.08 Kagamisato Tamanoumi[2] 35y8m 1958.09.10 Tochinishiki Mitsuneyama 35y7m 1957.09.03 Chiyonoyama Kirinji[2] 35y2m 1988.05.07 Onokuni Tokitsuyama 35y2m 1960.05.01 Tochinishiki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rijicho 6 Posted November 21, 2001 You have... some stats... All I can remember from that Musashimaru vs. Daizen bout is that I spilled coffee on my pants and thought that perhaps I should start waking up by now. Almost noon... :-0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubiquitoyama 4 Posted November 21, 2001 You have... some stats... I finished a list of all kinboshi recently in an Excel document, and then I played around with different tables that could be made from them. I'm sure there are some mistakes there but ah well. Trivia is what makes life worth living :-D Anyway, I think it was a great opportunity to check if HTML-tables could be inserted in the forum. I must say I was quite impressed with Daizen's match. I didn't see it live but I have watched Dale's movie of it several times. Daizen looks like he is a 24-year-old up-and-comer surprising the 40-year-old Yokozuna... Now. Must sleep... Muzzzz... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
