2016 Kokutai in Iwate

Asashosakari · October 2, 2016

The sumo competitions at this year's Kokutai are underway, with the junior prelims having been played on Sunday before the seniors go on the dohyo the next two days.

Junior team prelims:

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3

Standings (number in brackets = rikishi who have qualified for individual finals):

1 Ehime 3-0, 14 wins (4)
1 Kumamoto 3-0, 14 wins (4)
3 Aomori 3-0, 13 wins (3)
3 Saitama 3-0, 13 wins (3)
5 Akita 3-0, 12 wins (3)
5 Chiba 3-0, 12 wins (3)
5 Gifu 3-0, 12 wins (3)
5 Ishikawa 3-0, 12 wins (3)
5 Nagano 3-0, 12 wins (3)

10 Fukuoka 2-1, 12 wins (2)
11 Miyagi 2-1, 11 wins (2)
11 Niigata 2-1, 11 wins (2)
11 Tottori 2-1, 11 wins (1)
11 Wakayama 2-1, 11 wins (1)
15 Ibaraki 2-1, 10 wins (1)
15 Nagasaki 2-1, 10 wins (1)
15 Okinawa 2-1, 10 wins (1)
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18 Kochi 2-1, 9 wins
18 Oita 2-2, 9 wins (1)
20 Kanagawa 2-1, 8 wins (1)
20 Shizuoka 2-1, 8 wins (1)
20 Tochigi 2-1, 8 wins (1)
23 Hiroshima 2-1, 7 wins
23 Kagoshima 2-1, 7 wins (1)

25 Okayama 1-2, 8 wins (1)
25 Tokyo 1-2, 8 wins (1)
27 Aichi 1-2, 7 wins (1)
27 Iwate 1-2, 7 wins
27 Kyoto 1-2, 7 wins
27 Osaka 1-2, 7 wins
31 Fukushima 1-2, 6 wins
31 Hyogo 1-2, 6 wins (1)
31 Miyazaki 1-2, 6 wins
31 Toyama 1-2, 6 wins
31 Yamagata 1-2, 6 wins
36 Hokkaido 1-2, 5 wins
37 Kagawa 1-2, 4 wins
38 Mie 1-3, 3 wins
38 Yamanashi 1-2, 3 wins

40 Fukui 0-3, 5 wins
41 Gunma 0-3, 3 wins
42 Saga 0-3, 2 wins
42 Shimane 0-3, 2 wins
42 Yamaguchi 0-3, 2 wins
45 Nara 0-4, 1 win
46 Shiga 0-3, 0 wins
46 Tokushima 0-3, 0 wins

As only 16 teams qualify for the knockout rounds, the following tiebreak matchups were done with the three teams finishing in 15th place:

Okinawa 3-0 Ibaraki
Nagasaki 3-1 Ibaraki

Draw bracket for tomorrow's finals:

Ehime - Nagasaki
Chiba - Akita
Aomori - Tottori
Gifu - Miyagi
Kumamoto - Okinawa
Nagano - Fukuoka
Saitama - Niigata
Ishikawa - Wakayama

Edited October 3, 2016 by Asashosakari

Asashosakari · October 3, 2016

Junior team finals:

Last 16
Ehime 4-1 Nagasaki
Chiba 3-2 Akita
Aomori 3-2 Tottori
Gifu 5-0 Miyagi
Kumamoto 2-3 Okinawa
Nagano 2-3 Fukuoka
Saitama 3-2 Niigata
Ishikawa 3-2 Wakayama

Quarterfinals
Ehime 3-2 Chiba
Aomori 3-2 Gifu
Okinawa 2-3 Fukuoka
Saitama 3-2 Ishikawa

Semifinals
Ehime 3-2 Aomori
Fukuoka 0-5 Saitama

Third Place
Aomori 4-1 Fukuoka

Final
Ehime 1-4 Saitama

Saitama back as the champions after four years, for their 7th junior Kokutai title.

Asashosakari · October 3, 2016

Junior individual finals:

The participants...except for the two Watanabe brothers (?) from Nagano I haven't even tried to figure out any given names. The surnames are also unconfirmed except for about a dozen of the more exotic ones where I've made the effort to try to find sources; for the other names I've assumed the most common readings, so there might be a Hasegawa who's actually Hasekawa and the like. (Corrections are welcome, of course.)

Name		Pref.	School
長谷川聖記	Hasegawa	Aichi	愛工大名電高	Nagoya-shi Aichi Kogyo Meiden HS
三沢紘汰	Misawa	Akita	秋田北鷹高	Kitaakita-shi Akita Hokuyo HS
齊藤匡平	Saito	Akita	平成高	Yokote-shi Heisei HS
庄司光希	Shoji	Akita	大曲農高	Daisen-shi Omagari Nogyo HS
長内孝樹	Osanai	Aomori	五所川原農林高	Goshogawara-shi Norin HS
山市大悟	Yamaichi	Aomori	三本木農高	Towada-shi Sanbongi Nogyo HS
安ヶ平豪士	Yasugahira	Aomori	三本木農高	Towada-shi Sanbongi Nogyo HS
ビャンバスレン	Byambasuren	Chiba	日体大柏高	Kashiwa-shi Nihon Taiiku Kashiwa HS
長谷川柊平	Hasegawa	Chiba	拓大紅陵高	Kisarazu-shi Takushoku Koryo HS
伊藤周	Ito	Chiba	日体大柏高	Kashiwa-shi Nihon Taiiku Kashiwa HS
佐々木剣心	Sasaki	Ehime	南宇和高	Ainan-cho Minamiuwa HS
住木厳太	Sumiki	Ehime	野村高	Seiyo-shi Nomura HS
山口怜央	Yamaguchi	Ehime	津島高	Uwajima-shi Tsushima HS
山本羅門	Yamamoto	Ehime	野村高	Seiyo-shi Nomura HS
宮澤翔生	Miyazawa	Fukuoka	博多高	Fukuoka-shi Hakata HS
ムンクサイハン	Munkhsaihan	Fukuoka	希望が丘高	Nakama-shi Kibogaoka HS
一佛晏聡	Ichibutsu	Gifu	市岐阜商高	Gifu-shi Shogyo HS
丸山恭史	Maruyama	Gifu	岐阜農林高	Kitagata-cho Gifu Norin HS
吉池生樹	Yoshiike	Gifu	岐阜農林高	Kitagata-cho Gifu Norin HS
森本一帆	Morimoto	Hyogo	兵庫農高	Kakogawa-shi Nogyo HS
矢野恵大	Yano	Ibaraki	水戸農高	Naka-shi Mito Nogyo HS
干場伸介	Hoshiba	Ishikawa	金沢工高	Kanazawa-shi Kogyo HS
森田祥梧	Morita	Ishikawa	金沢工高	Kanazawa-shi Kogyo HS
佐藤淳史	Sato	Ishikawa	金沢学院高	Kanazawa-shi Gakuin HS
榮順平	Takaei	Kagoshima	鹿児島商高	Kagoshima-shi Shogyo HS
中村隼輔	Nakamura	Kanagawa	慶応高	Yokohama-shi Keio HS
川上竜虎	Kawakami	Kumamoto	文徳高	Kumamoto-shi Buntoku HS
川副圭太	Kawazoe	Kumamoto	文徳高	Kumamoto-shi Buntoku HS
大庭廉太郎	Oba	Kumamoto	文徳高	Kumamoto-shi Buntoku HS
津澤太一	Tsuzawa	Kumamoto	文徳高	Kumamoto-shi Buntoku HS
加藤聖也	Kato	Miyagi	小牛田農林高	Misato-machi Kogota Norin HS
日下雄斗	Kusaka	Miyagi	小牛田農林高	Misato-machi Kogota Norin HS
渡辺渓生	Watanabe Keina	Nagano	更級農高	Nagano-shi Sarashina Nogyo HS
渡辺拓	Watanabe Taku	Nagano	更級農高	Nagano-shi Sarashina Nogyo HS
山内裕太	Yamauchi	Nagano	更級農高	Nagano-shi Sarashina Nogyo HS
松園大成	Matsuzono	Nagasaki	猶興館高	Hirado-shi Yukokan HS
中村泰輝	Nakamura	Niigata	海洋高	Itoigawa-shi Kaiyo HS
高橋優太	Takahashi	Niigata	海洋高	Itoigawa-shi Kaiyo HS
梅木竜治郎	Umeki	Oita	日田林工高	Hita-shi Rinko HS
緋田俊輔	Akeda	Okayama	岡山理大付高	Okayama-shi Rika HS
秋元康成	Akimoto	Okinawa	首里東高	Naha-shi Shuri Higashi HS
宮崎麗	Miyazaki	Saitama	埼玉栄高	Saitama-shi Sakae HS
納谷幸之介	Naya	Saitama	埼玉栄高	Saitama-shi Sakae HS
手計富士紀	Tebakari	Saitama	埼玉栄高	Saitama-shi Sakae HS
鈴木英樹	Suzuki	Shizuoka	飛龍高	Numazu-shi Hiryu HS
福田紘也	Fukuda	Tochigi	黒羽高	Otawara-shi Kurobane HS
羽出山将	Hatsuyama	Tokyo	足立新田高	Adachi-ku Shinden HS
竹内宏晟	Takeuchi	Tottori	鳥取城北高	Tottori-shi Johoku HS
菅野陽太	Kanno	Wakayama	箕島高	Arida-shi Minoshima HS

Last 49

Takeuchi (Tottori) bye
Akimoto (Okinawa) oshidashi Kato (Miyagi)
Hatsuyama (Tokyo) bye
Yoshiike (Gifu) oshidashi Sumiki (Ehime)
Watanabe T. (Nagano) bye
Tebakari (Saitama) hatakikomi Hoshiba (Ishikawa)
Akeda (Okayama) bye
Oba (Kumamoto) oshidashi Saito (Akita)

Yamaguchi (Ehime) bye
Morimoto (Hyogo) uchigake Byambasuren (Chiba)
Ichibutsu (Gifu) bye
Miyazawa (Fukuoka) tsukitaoshi Umeki (Oita)
Watanabe K. (Nagano) bye
Nakamura (Kanagawa) tsukiotoshi Takaei (Kagoshima)
Nakamura (Niigata) bye
Yasugahira (Aomori) fusen Kawazoe (Kumamoto)

Hasegawa (Chiba) bye
Osanai (Aomori) tsukidashi Misawa (Akita)
Naya (Saitama) bye
Kanno (Wakayama) yorikiri Sasaki (Ehime)
Maruyama (Gifu) bye
Kawakami (Kumamoto) yorikiri Fukuda (Tochigi)
Sato (Ishikawa) bye
Yano (Ibaraki) yorikiri Takahashi (Niigata)

Munkhsaihan (Fukuoka) bye
Ito (Chiba) shitatenage Shoji (Akita)
Suzuki (Shizuoka) bye
Kusaka (Miyagi) tsukiotoshi Yamaichi (Aomori)
Morita (Ishikawa) bye
Hasegawa (Aichi) yorikiri Yamamoto (Ehime)
Tsuzawa (Kumamoto) yoritaoshi Yamauchi (Nagano)
Miyazaki (Saitama) hatakikomi Matsuzono (Nagasaki)

Last 32

Takeuchi (Tottori) oshidashi Kato (Miyagi)
Hatsuyama (Tokyo) abisetaoshi Sumiki (Ehime)
Watanabe T. (Nagano) okuridashi Tebakari (Saitama)
Akeda (Okayama) tsukitaoshi Saito (Akita)
Yamaguchi (Ehime) tsukitaoshi Byambasuren (Chiba)
Ichibutsu (Gifu) yoritaoshi Umeki (Oita)
Watanabe K. (Nagano) oshidashi Nakamura (Kanagawa)
Nakamura (Niigata) shitatehineri Kawazoe (Kumamoto)

Hasegawa (Chiba) yoritaoshi Osanai (Aomori)
Naya (Saitama) yorikiri Kanno (Wakayama)
Maruyama (Gifu) tsukidashi Kawakami (Kumamoto)
Sato (Ishikawa) uwatedashinage Takahashi (Niigata)
Munkhsaihan (Fukuoka) yoritaoshi Ito (Chiba)
Suzuki (Shizuoka) oshidashi Yamaichi (Aomori)
Morita (Ishikawa) yoritaoshi Hasegawa (Aichi)
Yamauchi (Nagano) uwatenage Matsuzono (Nagasaki)

Last 16
Takeuchi (Tottori) hatakikomi Sumiki (Ehime)
Watanabe T. (Nagano) hatakikomi Akeda (Okayama)
Yamaguchi (Ehime) yorikiri Ichibutsu (Gifu)
Nakamura (Kanagawa) oshidashi Kawazoe (Kumamoto)
Osanai (Aomori) sukuinage Kanno (Wakayama)
Kawakami (Kumamoto) tsukiotoshi Takahashi (Niigata)
Munkhsaihan (Fukuoka) oshidashi Suzuki (Shizuoka)
Hasegawa (Aichi) shitatenage Yamauchi (Nagano)

Quarterfinals
Sumiki (Ehime) okuritaoshi Watanabe T. (Nagano)
Yamaguchi (Ehime) utchari Kawazoe (Kumamoto)
Osanai (Aomori) yorikiri Takahashi (Niigata)
Suzuki (Shizuoka) okuridashi Yamauchi (Nagano)

Semifinals
Watanabe T. (Nagano) utchari Kawazoe (Kumamoto)
Takahashi (Niigata) yorikiri Yamauchi (Nagano)

Third Place
Watanabe T. (Nagano) oshidashi Yamauchi (Nagano)

Final
Kawazoe (Kumamoto) oshidashi Takahashi (Niigata)

Asashosakari · October 3, 2016

Adult team prelims:

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3

Standings:

1 Ishikawa 3-0, 9 wins (3)
1 Nagasaki 3-0, 9 wins (3)
1 Tottori 3-0, 9 wins (3)
1 Wakayama 3-0, 9 wins (3)
5 Aomori 3-0, 8 wins (2)
5 Kyoto 3-0, 8 wins (2)
5 Osaka 3-0, 8 wins (2)
8 Iwate 3-0, 7 wins (2)
8 Niigata 3-0, 7 wins (1)
10 Mie 3-0, 6 wins (1)
10 Tokushima 3-0, 6 wins (1)

12 Ehime 2-1, 7 wins (1)
12 Fukuoka 2-1, 7 wins (1)
14 Fukushima 2-1, 6 wins (1)
14 Gifu 2-1, 6 wins (1)
14 Nagano 2-1, 6 wins
14 Tochigi 2-1, 6 wins (1)
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18 Hyogo 2-1, 5 wins (1)
18 Kanagawa 2-1, 5 wins
18 Kumamoto 2-1, 5 wins
21 Okayama 2-1, 4 wins
21 Shizuoka 2-1, 4 wins

23 Hokkaido 1-2, 5 wins (1)
23 Kochi 1-2, 5 wins
25 Hiroshima 1-2, 4 wins
25 Ibaraki 1-2, 4 wins (1)
25 Kagawa 1-2, 4 wins
25 Tokyo 1-2, 4 wins
25 Yamagata 1-2, 4 wins
25 Yamaguchi 1-2, 4 wins (1)
31 Akita 1-2, 3 wins
31 Chiba 1-2, 3 wins
31 Fukui 1-2, 3 wins
31 Miyagi 1-2, 3 wins
31 Nara 1-2, 3 wins
31 Saga 1-3, 3 wins
37 Gunma 1-3, 2 wins
37 Okinawa 1-2, 2 wins
37 Saitama 1-2, 2 wins

40 Oita 0-3, 3 wins
41 Shimane 0-3, 2 wins
41 Toyama 0-3, 2 wins
43 Aichi 0-3, 1 win
43 Kagoshima 0-3, 1 win
43 Miyazaki 0-3, 1 win
43 Yamanashi 0-3, 1 win
47 Shiga 0-4, 0 wins

Tiebreak playoffs were necessary again, this time to fill 3 spots from 4 teams:

Fukushima 2-0 Gifu
Nagano 2-0 Tochigi
Gifu 2-1 Tochigi

No draws posted for tomorrow's group and individual finals yet at this time. Should be exactly 32 qualifiers for the individuals though, so a nice clean draw bracket.

Edited October 3, 2016 by Asashosakari

Bumpkin · October 3, 2016

If a sumo wrestler wins this tournament does he qualify for a tsukedashi rank in Ozumo? What about the junior champion? What is the age limit between junior and adult?

Asashosakari · October 3, 2016

1 hour ago, Bumpkin said:

If a sumo wrestler wins this tournament does he qualify for a tsukedashi rank in Ozumo? What about the junior champion? What is the age limit between junior and adult?

Winner for makushita, quarterfinalists for sandanme, adult section only - and subject to Ozumo's age restriction (under 25), of course.

Junior competitors generally need to be of high school-equivalent age, i.e. born 1998/Apr/02 to 2001/Apr/01 for this year's competition. (Exceptionally, also up to one year younger.)

Edited October 3, 2016 by Asashosakari

Bumpkin · October 3, 2016

48 minutes ago, Asashosakari said:

Winner for makushita, quarterfinalists for sandanme, adult section only - and subject to Ozumo's age restriction (under 25), of course.

Junior competitors generally need to be of high school-equivalent age, i.e. born 1998/Apr/02 to 2001/Apr/01 for this year's competition. (Exceptionally, also up to one year younger.)

So born on April 1, 1998 is Adult? Born the next day is Junior? If so, why is April 1st the cut-off?

mikawa · October 4, 2016

11 hours ago, Bumpkin said:

So born on April 1, 1998 is Adult? Born the next day is Junior? If so, why is April 1st the cut-off?

I believe that's because the academic year in Japan begins in April.

mikawa · October 4, 2016

Kawazoe Keita (川副圭太, right in photo, alongside his younger brother Kawazoe Fuma, who's primary school yokozuna in 2015), winner of the junior individual competition:

Takahashi Yuta (高橋優太, 1st from right in photo, at last year's Kokutai), runner-up of the junior individual competition:

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Edited October 4, 2016 by mikawa

Akinomaki · October 4, 2016

juniors pics small overview

17 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

Kawazoe (Kumamoto) oshidashi Takahashi (Niigata)

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18 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

Final
Ehime 1-4 Saitama

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Akinomaki · October 4, 2016

The TV coverage from the adults already on the net

individuals

team

Edited March 4, 2017 by Akinomaki
YouTube Repost

Asashosakari · October 4, 2016

Adult team finals:

Last 16
Ishikawa 1-2 Fukushima
Niigata 2-1 Iwate
Wakayama 2-1 Fukuoka
Aomori 0-3 Ehime
Tottori 2-1 Gifu
Kyoto 1-2 Mie
Nagasaki 2-1 Nagano
Osaka 3-0 Tokushima

Quarterfinals
Fukushima 0-3 Niigata
Wakayama 1-2 Ehime
Tottori 1-2 Mie
Nagasaki 3-0 Osaka

Semifinals
Niigata 2-1 Ehime
Mie 3-0 Nagasaki

Third Place
Ehime 2-1 Nagasaki

Final
Niigata 2-1 Mie

Big upset in the first round when powerhouse Ishikawa was felled by lowly Fukushima. Fellow well-known top seeds Wakayama and Tottori didn't fare much better by failing to make the semis. In the end the Niigata team prevailed in this rather wacky competition, winning the prefecture's first-ever championship. (And doing it despite having a pretty clear weak link...their three rikishi went 6-1, 3-4, 7-0 in the course of the event.)

Great showing also for Ehime prefecture who I don't recall having much success in the past (although admittedly it's been three or four years since I last looked at Kokutai results in detail), with their third-place finish here and the runner-up performance by the juniors. In fact, they're the only prefecture who even made the quarterfinals in both competitions, the other 14 spots in the two top 8's all went to different prefectures.

Asashosakari · October 4, 2016

Adult individual finals:

More luck with the names here, so relatively few ?? entries despite the inclusion of given names. (Help appreciated, also with the one place of employment I've had trouble with.)

Name		Pref.	Affiliation
荒木関儀晃	Arakizeki Yoshiaki	Aomori	鰺ヶ沢町役場	Ajigasawa-machi municipal government
新保杏也	Shinpo Kyoya	Aomori	東洋大	Toyo University 1st year
吉本雄斗	Yoshimoto Yuto	Ehime	伊予銀行	Iyo Bank
一ノ瀬康平	Ichinose Kohei	Fukuoka	博多高教	Fukuoka-shi Hakata HS faculty
大波渥	Onami Atsushi	Fukushima	東洋大	Toyo University 4th year
安田竜浩	Yasuda Tatsuhiro	Gifu	大垣東中教	Ogaki-shi Higashi MS faculty
山本大生	Yamamoto Daiki ??	Hokkaido	福島町役場	Fukushima-cho municipal government
田中健介	Tanaka Kensuke	Hyogo	茂木運送	Mogi Transport
芳賀翔真	Haga Shoma	Ibaraki	東洋大職	Toyo University staff
荒木関賢悟	Arakizeki Kengo	Ishikawa	東洋大職	Toyo University staff
村田亮	Murata Ryo	Ishikawa	東洋大	Toyo University 4th year
中出雄真	Nakade Yuma	Ishikawa	東洋大職	Toyo University staff
五十嵐敦	Igarashi Atsushi	Iwate	盛岡市役所	Morioka-shi municipal government
里舘健	Satodate Ken	Iwate	平舘高教	Hachimantai-shi Tairadate HS faculty
小林史尚	Kobayashi Fumitaka ??	Kyoto	電源開発	Electric Power Development
高橋大和	Takahashi Yamato	Kyoto	同大	Doshisha University 3rd year
城山聖羅	Shiroyama Seira	Mie	東洋大	Toyo University 1st year
野口清之	Noguchi Kiyoyuki	Nagasaki	生月中教	Hirado-shi Ikitsuki MS faculty
高橋修	Takahashi Osamu ??	Nagasaki	長崎鶴洋高職	Nagasaki-shi Kakuyo HS staff
田中達也	Tanaka Tatsuya	Nagasaki	佐世保特別支援学校教	Sasebo-shi Special Support School faculty
三輪隼斗	Miwa Hayato	Niigata	日体大	Nihon Taiiku University 4th year
元林健治	Motobayashi Kenji	Osaka	近大	Kinki University 2nd year
田中大陽	Tanaka Hiroaki	Osaka	摂津倉庫	Settsu Warehouse
西方航	Nishikata Wataru	Tochigi	矢板高教	Yaita-shi HS faculty
美馬弘典	Mima Hironori	Tokushima	上板中教	Kamiita-cho MS faculty
中島望	Nakajima Nozomi	Tottori	日大	Nihon University 3rd year
西郷智博	Saigo Tomohiro	Tottori	鳥取県地域振興部スポーツ課	Tottori prefectural sports promotion dept.
佐々木耕大	Sasaki Kodai	Tottori	鳥取県連盟	Tottori prefectural federation ??
森本太良	Morimoto Taro	Wakayama	和歌山県庁	Wakayama prefectural government
沢田日出夫	Sawada Hideo	Wakayama	和歌山県スポーツ振興財団	Wakayama Sports Promotion Foundation
冨田元輝	Tomita Genki	Wakayama	和歌山県庁	Wakayama prefectural government
中村優太	Nakamura Yuta	Yamaguchi	響高教	Toyoura-cho Hibiki HS faculty

Only 8 students in the lot, half of them from Toyo University.

They didn't bother to post the original draw on the results website and the TV coverage only started with round 2, so you're getting all the first-round winners on the left-hand side.

Last 32

Shiroyama (Mie) yoritaoshi Mima (Tokushima)
Nakamura (Yamaguchi) tsukiotoshi Miwa (Niigata)
Satodate (Iwate) oshidashi Haga (Ibaraki)
Yoshimoto (Ehime) tsukidashi Yasuda (Gifu)
Tanaka (Osaka) oshidashi Takahashi (Kyoto)
Sasaki (Tottori) uwatenage Tanaka (Hyogo)
Noguchi (Nagasaki) shitatehineri Arakizeki (Aomori)
Nakade (Ishikawa) yorikiri Sawada (Wakayama)

Saigo (Tottori) yorikiri Igarashi (Iwate)
Shinpo (Aomori) oshidashi Ichinose (Fukuoka)
Tomita (Wakayama) uwatenage Tanaka (Nagasaki)
Nishikata (Tochigi) hikiotoshi Arakizeki (Ishikawa)
Murata (Ishikawa) fusen Onami (Fukushima)
Morimoto (Wakayama) oshidashi Kobayashi (Kyoto)
Yamamoto (Hokkaido) tsukidashi Takahashi (Nagasaki)
Motobayashi (Osaka) hatakikomi Nakajima (Tottori)

Last 16
Shiroyama (Mie) oshidashi Nakamura (Yamaguchi)
Satodate (Iwate) tsukidashi Yoshimoto (Ehime)
Tanaka (Osaka) oshidashi Sasaki (Tottori)
Noguchi (Nagasaki) oshidashi Nakade (Ishikawa)
Saigo (Tottori) kotenage Shinpo (Aomori)
Tomita (Wakayama) yorikiri Nishikata (Tochigi)
Murata (Ishikawa) tsukidashi Morimoto (Wakayama)
Yamamoto (Hokkaido) oshidashi Motobayashi (Osaka)

Quarterfinals
Shiroyama (Mie) oshidashi Satodate (Iwate)
Tanaka (Osaka) tsukiotoshi Noguchi (Nagasaki)
Saigo (Tottori) oshidashi Nishikata (Tochigi)
Murata (Ishikawa) tsukitaoshi Motobayashi (Osaka)

Semifinals
Shiroyama (Mie) abisetaoshi Noguchi (Nagasaki)
Saigo (Tottori) oshidashi Murata (Ishikawa)

Third Place
Noguchi (Nagasaki) oshidashi Murata (Ishikawa)

Final
Shiroyama (Mie) shitatehineri Saigo (Tottori)

Saigo was a university senior 3 years ago, so he's either 24 or 25 right now...doubtful though that he'll make use of the Ms15Td option even if his age were to allow it, I would guess. The only current senior in the top 8 for possible Sd100Td considerations was third-place Murata. Good tournament for Toyo University as is becoming the norm of late, with both the runner-up and the bronze medalist in their ranks.

Also nice to see hometown representative Satodate from Hachimantai (where this competition has been held) go all the way to the quarters.

On another note - does shinitai not exist in amateur sumo? Otherwise that was a spectacular misjudgement in the mono-ii, IMHO.

Edited October 4, 2016 by Asashosakari

robnplunder · October 5, 2016

Noguchi in semi-final loss was awesome, injured and all.

mikawa · October 5, 2016

16 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

Great showing also for Ehime prefecture who I don't recall having much success in the past (although admittedly it's been three or four years since I last looked at Kokutai results in detail), with their third-place finish here and the runner-up performance by the juniors. In fact, they're the only prefecture who even made the quarterfinals in both competitions, the other 14 spots in the two top 8's all went to different prefectures.

Seems to be Ehime's year tbh, with strong showings in all sorts of competitions, managing to bag the high school yokozuna and wanpaku yokozuna titles along the way. Good for them!

mikawa · October 5, 2016

西郷智博 (Saigo Tomohiro), winner of the senior individual competition:

城山聖羅 (Shiroyama Seira, 2-time high school yokozuna, 1st year at college), runner-up of the senior individual competition:

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Akinomaki · October 5, 2016

Videos, especially of the juniors, are still being uploaded on this channel (likely a playlist will be created as well) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_DMAQpEr9Gel-gIDHiB_Q/videos

On 4.10.2016 at 22:45, Asashosakari said:

Final
Shiroyama (Mie) shitatehineri Saigo (Tottori)

Edit: Playlists

Adult individuals: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1_AVExN47LoSHoCNceAu2sR0khKXp1zt

Adult team: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1_AVExN47LpdpG8P6JR9qwHZiirPXl3w

Edited March 4, 2017 by Akinomaki

2016 Kokutai in Iwate

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