Asojima 2,874 Posted March 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Asashosakari said: 2-4 Ms9w Asasekiryu (Takasago, 35, 2) He is now almost in free fall. His active days are probably numbered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 25, 2017 For posterity, the update I was writing up yesterday right as the forum took a dive again...I'll do the yusho race roundup then, but the big Day 14 summary will have to wait until later today, sorry. So, without further ado, yesterday's news. (And because I'm an idiot, I just overwrote the Day 12 update on the previous page by mistake...sheesh.) Day 13 (results, text-only results): 2-3-8 Hakuho Y1 Kakuryu 8-5 10-3 Harumafuji Y2 Kisenosato 12-1 1-5-7 Goeido O Terunofuji 12-1 The yusho race took a turn for the sinister when Harumafuji's overwhelming victory over leader Kisenosato ended with the shin-yokozuna suffering at minimum a dislocated shoulder, putting his continued participation in the basho in significant doubt. Terunofuji moved into the co-lead by outlasting Kakuryu from an unfavourable position. Takayasu found no recipe against Yoshikaze's pushing onslaught and Tochiozan lost as well (to Endo), so nobody trails by just one win now. Given that Terunofuji's final two opponents will be Kotoshogiku and either an ailing Kisenosato or a maegashira fill-in (probably Chiyonokuni if so), it's either impossible or unlikely that the 10-3's will still play a role in the yusho decision. Kotoshogiku maintained his repromotion hopes for now, beating komusubi Shodai for his kachikoshi. That means the minimum two sekiwake slots for May have been filled, so Mitakeumi will not progress out of the komusubi rank if he gets his kachikoshi. He did take a big step towards that goal today with victory over Sokokurai. Tamawashi was successful as well against Takarafuji, and has secured himself another sanyaku appearance with his 7th win - it remains to be seen if he'll complete a three-strong sekiwake contingent again, or take one of the komusubi slots. Yoshikaze is now the clear frontrunner if a sanyaku position opens up (not a certainty yet). Endo was the only other winner of the day among the six maegashira contenders. 7-6 Tamawashi S1 Takayasu 10-3 8-5 Kotoshogiku S2 7-6 Mitakeumi K Shodai 4-9 (x) M1 M2 M3 Takarafuji 6-7 8-5 Yoshikaze M4 7-6 Endo M5 8-5 Chiyonokuni M6 M7 Chiyoshoma 8-5 M8 M9 M10 Tochiozan 10-3 As mentioned it's Terunofuji-Kotoshogiku on the slate for Day 14, and Kakuryu either meets Kisenosato or the kyujo banner. Harumafuji-Tamawashi will complete the intra-sanyaku lineup, Takayasu meets Takarafuji, and Mitakeumi will go for his KK against Chiyonokuni. Lots of demotee competition in the lower maegashira ranks today. Daishomaru moved to safe shores, his victory likely sending Sadanoumi down to juryo for the first time in three years. Kyokushuho is probably headed there as well after losing to Kotoyuki, and Kaisei made certain of Nishikigi's demotion. Myogiryu lost a fun little battle against visiting Onosho, and joins Kotoyuki and Kaisei in still needing one more win. There's still no numerically promotable juryo contender as Toyohibiki lost for the third straight day, but things are looking fairly good anyway: Onosho and also Oyanagi were winners on Day 13 and have decent enough records now, and can possibly even afford to lose their remaining bouts and still make their top division debuts. Chiyotairyu stands at one win short as well after beating Amakaze, though he can't afford two losses as it would leave him MK. Gagamaru is one step ahead and fell to makekoshi and out of contention today, and Hidenoumi and Chiyomaru may have left themselves with too much work to do after losses, too. Osunaarashi remains in the race, but back-to-back losses to Chiyotairyu and Oyanagi have worsened his position a lot. (1) 3-5-5 Kaisei M8 M9 Kotoyuki 4-9 (1) M10 M11 (~) 3-10 Sadanoumi M12 M13 Daishomaru 7-6 (o) (1) 6-7 Myogiryu M14 Kyokushuho 4-9 (~) (x) 3-8-2 Chiyoo M15 (x) 4-9 Nishikigi M16 --- J1 Chiyotairyu 7-6 (1) (x) 5-8 Gagamaru J2 Onosho 8-5 (1) (~) 6-7 Hidenoumi J3 Toyohibiki 8-5 (1) (~) 7-6 Chiyomaru J4 Oyanagi 9-4 (1) J5 J6 (2) 9-4 Osunaarashi J7 Maegashira Arawashi has become the latest sekitori to go kyujo, eliminating the need for any crossover makuuchi-juryo bouts again. Osunaarashi-Onosho will be the day's top bout, while Oyanagi faces Kyokutaisei, Toyohibiki attempts to end his slide against Ryuden, and Chiyotairyu seeks his kachikoshi versus Tsurugisho (who picked up his own KK against Tairyu's stablemate Chiyomaru today). The race between juryo and makushita is largely decided already. Satoyama and Asahisho scored their likely last needed wins for safety today, and Kitaharima fell into demotable territory. Fellow Yamahibiki-beya competitor Kitataiki lost as well and is the only one remaining on the bubble. The Day 13 makushita action saw Meisei losing again and at 5-2 his promotion chances are now somewhat iffy. (o) 6-7 Satoyama J10 (1) 5-8 Kitataiki J11 Kitaharima 3-10 (x) J12 (o) 7-6 Asahisho J13 J14 Fujiazuma 4-9 (x) 3-3 Amuru Ms1 Takagenji 4-2 Ms2 Kizenryu 3-3 3-3 Iwasaki Ms3 Meisei 5-2 Ms4 3-3 Wakanoshima Ms5 Goshi 3-3 Arawashi's kyujo has its effects here as well, necessitating a makushita visitor for the juryo torikumi again. The only sensible choice has been made, so Amuru goes up against Kitataiki tomorrow. Should Amuru lose, the promotions will be settled for Takagenji and Meisei. An Amuru victory would leave things a bit more complicated: IMHO Takagenji is ahead of Meisei even if he loses his last match (he faces ex-juryo Daishoho tomorrow), so if Kitataiki then saves himself on senshuraku, only Amuru and Takagenji would likely be promoted, with Meisei the odd man out. If Kitataiki drops anyway, all three would make it. In any case, Kizenryu or - unlikely but possible - Iwasaki will be making the visit to juryo on Day 15, the other one meets Wakanoshima with KK on the line. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) Juryo yusho race through Day 13: 9-4 Osunaarashi, Oyanagi 8-5 Onosho, Toyohibiki, Tsurugisho, Asanoyama, Aminishiki, Rikishin, Terutsuyoshi 7-6 Chiyotairyu, Chiyomaru, Yamaguchi, Kyokutaisei, Daiamami, Azumaryu, Seiro, Asahisho Another loss by Osunaarashi, but only one of his three pursuers managed to join the lead, namely Osunaarashi's winning opponent Oyanagi. Tons of rikishi moved up to join Toyohibiki and Terutsuyoshi in pursuit though, so the guys at two wins behind are certainly out of it by the sheer mass of better contenders. Through Day 14: 9-5 Onosho, Toyohibiki, Osunaarashi, Oyanagi, Asanoyama, Rikishin 8-6 Chiyotairyu, Chiyomaru, Yamaguchi, Kyokutaisei, Tsurugisho, Azumaryu, Aminishiki, Terutsuyoshi Nobody really wants to win here, it seems. Osunaarashi faced another pursuer, this time Onosho, and lost again, and Oyanagi also wasn't able to come through against Kyokutaisei. Half of the other pursuers joined Onosho in winning to provide us with six co-leaders ahead of senshuraku, and the prospect of the first 10-5 yusho since Kyushu 2009. Plenty of bouts have already taken place between the leaders, so it was impossible to match them up into three pairings. The resulting matches are mostly by the book: The highest-ranking contender (Onosho) received his highest available opponent (Asanoyama), the next guy (Toyohibiki) also received his highest - actually only - available opponent (Rikishin), and Osunaarashi got a 7-7 opponent with KK on the line (Satoyama). Only Oyanagi has a match against a competitor with less direct motivation, but Aminishiki probably shouldn't be underestimated even at 8-6. As a result of all that, we'll definitely be seeing a playoff for the title here, it just remains to be seen if it will feature 2, 3 or 4 contenders. Lower division yusho races (Day 13 results and links to video where available): 7-0 Ms16e Abi (Shikoroyama) 6-1 Sd2w Nakazono (Nishonoseki)7-0 Sd35w Tamakongo (Kataonami) 6-1 Sd69e Kisenowaka (Kise) 6-1 Jd20e Kitadaichi (Tatsunami)7-0 Jd32e Wakayama (Onomatsu)7-0 Jd70e Tsunekawa (Arashio) 7-0 Jk15e Ichiyamamoto (Nishonoseki) Welp, Abi won his final matchup to go 7-0, so all the hooplah about the 5-1's in makushita was for nought. The sandanme race did come down to an immediate decider after Kisenowaka wasn't able to finish up the zensho against his 5-1 opponent, and 21-year-old Tamakongo came through against his even younger opponent Nakazono to claim the victory. Both have been in makushita before, but only at the lowest ranks and with makekoshi (Tamakongo twice, Nakazono once), and both will be getting major bumps to the middle of the division now. Jonidan, on the other hand, will see a playoff as Tsunekawa's 5-1 foe wasn't able to stop him from joining Wakayama at 7-0. I'll maintain that Wakayama not winning the yusho here tomorrow would be a major shock. And finally Ichiyamamoto also finished things up for the jonokuchi yusho, no surprises there. Edited March 25, 2017 by Asashosakari 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) Day 14 (results, text-only results): 2-3-9 Hakuho Y1 Kakuryu 9-5 10-4 Harumafuji Y2 Kisenosato 12-2 1-5-8 Goeido O Terunofuji 13-1 The hits keep on coming as the basho has turned from possibly monumental to somewhat farcical in the span of two days, at least as far as the yusho race goes. Kisenosato tried to tough things out but wasn't much of a match for Kakuryu in the last bout of the day. Terunofuji, meanwhile, moved into the sole lead with a well-timed henka win over Kotoshogiku, whose repromotion quest has ended on that sour note. His decision about his career continuation remains to be seen. Elsewhere in sanyaku we saw Takayasu improving to 11 wins to set up a credible ozeki run for May, Tamawashi clinching kachikoshi with an impressive performance against Harumafuji, and Mitakeumi also getting his 8th versus Chiyonokuni. The general makeup of the Natsu sanyaku ranks is settled with that, with Takayasu and Tamawashi (plus/minus Kotoshogiku) at sekiwake, and Mitakeumi + a promotee to be named at komusubi. Takarafuji, Endo and Tochiozan said goodbye to that particular opportunity with losses today, leaving only Yoshikaze, Chiyonokuni and Chiyoshoma in the race - and Yoshikaze may even have the upper hand here already, given that he's the only one to face significant sanyaku opposition. His position may be strong enough that he might even be picked if he finishes with a loss tomorrow and the Chiyos win. 8-6 Tamawashi S1 Takayasu 11-3 8-6 Kotoshogiku S2 8-6 Mitakeumi K Shodai 4-10 (x) M1 M2 M3 Takarafuji 6-8 (x) 8-6 Yoshikaze M4 (x) 7-7 Endo M5 8-6 Chiyonokuni M6 M7 Chiyoshoma 9-5 M8 M9 M10 Tochiozan 10-4 (x) The makuuchi yusho will be nominally decided in tomorrow's Kisenosato-Terunofuji bout, although it's hard to see past the ozeki given that Kisenosato would need to win twice in his injured state. Kakuryu and Harumafuji will then conclude the basho action in the competitively rather meaningless musubi no ichiban. Takayasu may have the biggest motivation of the day as a win over fellow sekiwake Tamawashi would give him his first 12-win record in the joi and improve his ozeki run even further. (And possibly give him a share of the jun-yusho if his stablemate Kise loses in the regulation bout.) Kotoshogiku may or may not have the final bout of his career against promotion hopeful Yoshikaze. Turning things around in the makuuchi<->juryo race, I'll start out with mentioning that today's wacky juryo results have brought about no less than three credible promotion candidates: Chiyotairyu, Onosho and Toyohibiki all sport sufficient W-L's now and will certainly be moving up to the top division. Oyanagi and Osunaarashi may still get there despite Day 14 losses, as can Chiyomaru who maintained his hope for a more lucky promotion. We already knew that Chiyoo and Nishikigi will be headed down no matter what, and Kyokushuho also made sure of his fate with another loss, so that's 3 up and 3 down accounted for. Kotoyuki saved himself today, sending higher-ranked Hokutofuji to his career-first makekoshi. Sadanoumi had a victory over Ichinojo that defied all rational explanation, and is hanging in there for a possible lucky stay (dare I mention his perennial good banzuke luck?), though he definitely needs another win on senshuraku for that. Kaisei and Myogiryu are placed exactly one win better - losses today have left them one win short of definite safety, and in position to be lucky-safe regardless. (1) 3-6-5 Kaisei M8 M9 Kotoyuki 5-9 (o) M10 M11 (~) 4-10 Sadanoumi M12 M13 (1) 6-8 Myogiryu M14 Kyokushuho 4-10 (x) (x) 3-8-3 Chiyoo M15 (x) 5-9 Nishikigi M16 --- J1 Chiyotairyu 8-6 (o) J2 Onosho 9-5 (o) (x) 6-8 Hidenoumi J3 Toyohibiki 9-5 (o) (~) 8-6 Chiyomaru J4 Oyanagi 9-5 (1) J5 J6 (~) 9-5 Osunaarashi J7 Chances are that at least one more maegashira will be sent down anyway as Oyanagi's rank/record combo is pretty decent even at 9-6. Chiyomaru could put himself into much the same position with a 9th win as well. Keep in mind that the banzuke makers tend to be pretty aggressive about dropping maegashira who are demotable by the numbers. So, still quite a bit to play for here (in addition to the juryo yusho race!). In any case, the key up/down bouts will be Osunaarashi-Satoyama, Aminishiki-Oyanagi and Chiyomaru-Kyokutaisei in juryo, and Sadanoumi-Okinoumi, Myogiryu-Aoiyama and Kaisei-Ikioi in makuuchi. The promotions to juryo were settled altogether one day early after Amuru failed to get his KK win against Kitataiki. The latter will now be staying in juryo, while Takagenji (despite losing today) and Meisei are moving up to replace Kitaharima and Fujiazuma. It'll be Takagenji's debut in the sekitori ranks - will he keep the shikona? (o) 6-8 Kitataiki J11 Kitaharima 3-11 (x) J12 J13 J14 Fujiazuma 5-9 (x) (x) 3-4 Amuru Ms1 Takagenji 4-3 (o) Ms2 Kizenryu 3-3 3-3 Iwasaki Ms3 Meisei 5-2 (o) Ms4 3-3 Wakanoshima Ms5 Goshi 3-4 (x) The unlikely possibility mentioned "yesterday" has materialized, as they're sending Iwasaki up into juryo tomorrow, against Asahisho (J13e 7-7). I can only speculate, but it may be because he's a bit further down than Kizenryu and so this matchup is less likely to be misconstrued as an actual exchange bout (which it isn't; they're not going to overdemote Asahisho). A possible wildcard here is provided by Kotoshogiku's decision to continue or not, which would of course open up an additional promotion slot if he decides to hang up the mawashi. Even Wakanoshima could get the ultra-lucky promotion in that scenario if he beats Kizenryu, and Iwasaki loses in juryo. (Or heck, why not yusho winner Abi at Ms16e?) Edited March 26, 2017 by Asashosakari 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,783 Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Asashosakari said: 21-year-old Tamakongo came through against his even younger opponent Nakazono to claim the victory. Nice thing I learned as a result of Tamakongo's yusho - while at Ushiku High School he was coached by former Juryo Mutetsuyama, who sadly passed away a few months before Tamakongo joined ozumo. For the shussehiro at his hatsu dohyo, Tamakongo wore one of Mutetsuyama's kesho-mawashi. It was arranged by Kataonami-oyakata (former Sekiwake Tamakasuga), he and Mutetsuyama were on the sumo team together at Chuo University. Possibly the third kanji in Tamakongo's shikona is also a tribute to Mutetsuyama, as it was his given name, but I don't know that for sure. Edited March 25, 2017 by Yubinhaad 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 4,111 Posted March 25, 2017 I suspect Kotoshogiku will continue much like Kotooshu did. He'll stay around a few basho so long as he can remain competitive, and sometime down the road he'll have a disastrous start and call it quits rather than fall into the rank and file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,848 Posted March 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Gurowake said: I suspect Kotoshogiku will continue much like Kotooshu did. He'll stay around a few basho so long as he can remain competitive, and sometime down the road he'll have a disastrous start and call it quits rather than fall into the rank and file. how about spending every basho before intai trying to drag down Terunofuji? I think Kotoshogiku is a much nicer gentleman than that though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bumpkin 438 Posted March 25, 2017 Asashosakari; Day 14, not day 13. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PawnSums 59 Posted March 25, 2017 5 hours ago, Gurowake said: I suspect Kotoshogiku will continue much like Kotooshu did. He'll stay around a few basho so long as he can remain competitive, and sometime down the road he'll have a disastrous start and call it quits rather than fall into the rank and file. They don't want to be like their fellow Koto, Kotokaze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, Bumpkin said: Asashosakari; Day 14, not day 13. Thanks, fixed. In more error-fixing news, I've reconstructed the Day 12 tables for the post I accidentally killed yesterday. Not going to try to rewrite the commentary. Let me know if it's actually preferable this way, without all those words getting in the way of the data. Edited March 26, 2017 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itchyknee 60 Posted March 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Asashosakari said: Not going to try to rewrite the commentary. Let me know if it's actually preferable this way, without all those words getting in the way of the data. No. No it's not. Your long commentaries are always a pleasure to read. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungSumo 93 Posted March 26, 2017 The promotion/demotion with Makuuchi/Juryo will be weird. There could be as many as 6 guys demoted. 4 or 5 is probably more likely but still looks like a lot. I guess Oyanagi and Onosho will be among the ones promoted, I'm curious to see how these young guys will do in their Makuuchi debuts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bumpkin 438 Posted March 27, 2017 Asashosakari; We are waiting patiently for Day 15. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pandaazuma 1,310 Posted March 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, Bumpkin said: Asashosakari; We are waiting patiently for Day 15. Impatiently, actually! ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,810 Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) Well, I figure Myogiryu, Kyokushuho, Chiyoo and Nishikigi down along with Chiyotairyu, Onosho, Toyohibiki and Oyanagi up for sure. And maybe Sadanoumi and Kaisei down too with 2 more up for them. I think they will probably give Sadanoumi and Kaisei a break and leave it at the 4. Edited March 27, 2017 by Rocks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nekoyama 2 Posted March 27, 2017 I think Kaisei should be given the 'you are a super dumba$$ for coming back this basho' demotion to Ms14 (why 14? Why not?) :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_golem 213 Posted March 27, 2017 17 minutes ago, Pandaazuma said: Impatiently, actually! ;) Right now I'm sure our venerable sumo sage is surely furiously typing the day 15 recap, occasionally reminding himself to hit Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C every few minutes, possibly with Notepad open to Ctrl+V and Ctrl+S there once in a while as insurance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 27, 2017 Day 15 (results, text-only results): 2-3-10 Hakuho Y1 Kakuryu 10-5 10-5 Harumafuji Y2 Kisenosato 13-2 1-5-9 Goeido O Terunofuji 13-2 Astounding scenes on senshuraku. After opening up the regulation bout with a half-henka that seemed less designed to gain a favourable position and more just to avoid having Terunofuji plow into his injured shoulder the way Kakuryu's tachiai had done, Kisenosato not only somehow won that bout by forcing down the yusho-leading ozeki, he went one better and flung him down in the ensuing playoff as well. Congrats to the first Japanese-born back-to-back yusho winner since 1998! It remains to be seen if he'll be up there in May to defend the title again or if he'll take a (well-deserved) kyujo to get things back in top shape. The musubi no ichiban in between the two yusho deciders turned out to be a protracted battle that was eventually won by Kakuryu when he nearly bowled over the gyoji with his fellow yokozuna, leaving both him and Harumafuji with mediocre-but-acceptable 10-5 records. Terunofuji reportedly won't be considered for tsunatori in May despite his 13 wins (we've seen them change tack on other promotion matters before...), but he'll at least be the top-ranked ozeki for the first time in a year and a half. Goeido, meanwhile, will keep the kadoban carousel occupied for the 6th straight basho, now the longest streak since a 9-basho run from Kyushu 2004 to Haru 2006. Takayasu put an exclamation mark on his upcoming ozeki run, beating fellow sekiwake Tamawashi for his 12th win to give himself 23 across the last two basho. 10 more in Natsu would bring him to the standard target of 33, and while I'd normally say that a mere 10-5 finish to an ozeki run isn't all that desirable, it would be his 5th double-digit record in 6 tournaments. Not to mention that the ozeki rank has been going through quite some turmoil of late (and the yokozuna have been shaky as well), so they might well welcome some fresh blood. Kotoshogiku and Mitakeumi both closed their campaigns with another win to finish 9-6, and Shodai ended a forgettable basho with just 4 wins after losing to Takanoiwa. Looking at the likely next banzuke, the elevator might not be stopping before M7 for Shodai, so it's going to take some work for him to get back into sanyaku contention. The race for the slot vacated by him comes down to Yoshikaze (who lost) and Chiyonokuni (who won) - as mentioned in the Day 14 write-up, I'm inclined to give the nod to Yoshikaze here due to him having faced nearly the entire uninjured sanyaku population, unlike Chiyonokuni. 8-7 Tamawashi S1 Takayasu 12-3 9-6 Kotoshogiku S2 9-6 Mitakeumi K Shodai 4-11 (x) M1 M2 M3 (?) 8-7 Yoshikaze M4 M5 (?) 9-6 Chiyonokuni M6 M7 Chiyoshoma 9-6 The remaining demotion candidates turned in a trio of losses on senshuraku, so Sadanoumi is now definitely toast and both Kaisei and Myogiryu are at the mercy of the banzuke committee. Sadanoumi's demise is just as well, as we do have a decent 4th promotee with Oyanagi, despite him losing and missing out on the juryo yusho playoff. Said playoff was eventually contested by Toyohibiki, Osunaarashi and rookie Asanoyama, and duly won by Toyohibiki in quick and decisive fashion. (?) 3-7-5 Kaisei M8 M9 M10 M11 (x) 4-11 Sadanoumi M12 M13 (?) 6-9 Myogiryu M14 Kyokushuho 5-10 (x) (x) 3-8-4 Chiyoo M15 (x) 5-10 Nishikigi M16 --- J1 Chiyotairyu 8-7 (o) J2 Onosho 9-6 (o) J3 Toyohibiki 10-5 (o) (?) 8-7 Chiyomaru J4 Oyanagi 9-6 (o) J5 J6 (?) 10-5 Osunaarashi J7 No doubts about the obvious 4 ups and downs, but after that it gets a little murky. It should be safe to say that Osunaarashi has the next-best claim, ahead of Chiyomaru, but it's Osunaarashi we're talking about here, so who knows. Deciding whether to send down Myogiryu or Kaisei first is similarly difficult, so the two most likely outcomes are probably that either both get to stay, or both have to go. Considering they sent down Chiyootori from Myogiryu's position last time, for a juryo rikishi who was only slightly better placed than Osunaarashi is, I'm inclined to predict six promotions here. It's very much up in the air though. In any case, we're going to have two top division rookies in Onosho and Oyanagi, marking the 12th straight tournament with at least one newcomer. The final news bits of the basho in lower juryo / upper makushita were provided by Kizenryu who won the joi KK playoff against Wakanoshima, and Iwasaki who likewise clinched kachikoshi, but up in juryo against Asahisho (sending the veteran to 7-8). With no juryo space to put them, it looks like they'll have to be content with the Natsu Ms1 slots. J11 Kitaharima 4-11 (x) J12 J13 J14 Fujiazuma 6-9 (x) Ms1 Takagenji 4-3 (o) Ms2 Kizenryu 4-3 4-3 Iwasaki Ms3 Meisei 5-2 (o) Ms4 (x) 3-4 Wakanoshima Ms5 And finally, the unsalaried ranks also saw a playoff bout, in which favoured Wakayama took the jonidan yusho against Tsunekawa, although it was somewhat harder work than the two contenders' respective pedigrees indicated. Incidentally, this was the first basho since Aki 2015 with playoffs in at least three divisions, and the first since Kyushu 2010 with playoffs for both sekitori championships. I think that's it, thanks as always for reading! 29 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 27, 2017 15 hours ago, d_golem said: Right now I'm sure our venerable sumo sage is surely furiously typing the day 15 recap, occasionally reminding himself to hit Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C every few minutes, possibly with Notepad open to Ctrl+V and Ctrl+S there once in a while as insurance. Strangely enough I did run into another strange error as I suddenly found myself logged out for no good reason when I tried to submit the above post - that hasn't happened in years. For a change I was smart enough to Ctrl+C beforehand, but it wasn't needed as the automatic editor restoring actually worked this time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 6,063 Posted March 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, Asashosakari said: For a change I was smart enough to Ctrl+C beforehand, but it wasn't needed as the automatic editor restoring actually worked this time. Please don't tell me you're typing this right into the browser instead of a proper word processor! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said: Please don't tell me you're typing this right into the browser instead of a proper word processor! The tables are prepared/maintained externally, of course, but yeah, the prose parts are usually done inline here... What can I say, even after a few years I'm still harbouring the delusion that it's only going to take a few minutes and there's no point in switching to another program. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) And not to forget our intrepid ex-sekitori... Last-minute KKs were achieved by Kizenryu, Sagatsukasa, Chiyoarashi, Higonojo, Kagamio, Dairaido and Kaonishiki, while unfortunate MKs awaited Amuru, Wakanoshima, Sakigake and Takaryu. 3-4 Ms1e Amuru (Onomatsu, 33, 1)1-5-1 Ms2e Toyonoshima (Tokitsukaze, 33, 3) 4-3 Ms2w Kizenryu (Kise, 31, 1) 5-2 Ms3w Meisei (Tatsunami, 21, 2) 2-5 Ms4e Akiseyama (Kise, 31, 5) 3-4 Ms4w Asabenkei (Takasago, 28, 3) 3-4 Ms5e Wakanoshima (Shibatayama, 32, 1) 5-2 Ms7w Daishoho (Oitekaze, 22, 2) 5-2 Ms9e Shimanoumi (Kise, 27, 4) 3-4 Ms9w Asasekiryu (Takasago, 35, 2) 6-1 Ms10e Tochihiryu (Kasugano, 29, 13) 5-2 Ms10w Dewahayate (Dewanoumi, 28, 4) 3-4 Ms12e Sakigake (Shibatayama, 30, 13) 7-0 Ms16e Abi (Shikoroyama, 22, 9) 3-4 Ms17e Takaryu (Kise, 25, 10) 5-2 Ms17w Tokushinho (Kise, 32, 8) 4-3 Ms19e Sagatsukasa (Irumagawa, 35, 18) 4-3 Ms19w Chiyoarashi (Kokonoe, 25, 22) 6-1 Ms21e Jokoryu (Kise, 28, 5) 1-6 Ms24e Shotenro (Fujishima, 35, 6) 2-5 Ms25e Tenkaiho (Onoe, 32, 5)kyujo Ms26e Sadanofuji (Sakaigawa, 32, 2) 4-3 Ms27e Higonojo (Kise, 32, 17) 2-5 Ms30w Kotomisen (Sadogatake, 33, 20) 5-2 Ms33e Keitenkai (Onomatsu, 27, 27) 5-2 Ms34e Nionoumi (Yamahibiki, 30, 22) 4-3 Ms35e Kagamio (Kagamiyama, 29, 5) 4-3 Ms40w Oiwato (Hakkaku, 35, 20) 0-7 Ms45w Dewaotori (Dewanoumi, 31, 62) 4-3 Ms49e Sotairyu (Tokitsukaze, 34, 12) 4-3 Sd10w Dairaido (Takadagawa, 36, 63) 3-4 Sd11e Yoshiazuma (Tamanoi, 39, 15) 5-2 Sd27w Masakaze (Oguruma, 33, 26) 4-3 Sd30e Hitenryu (Tatsunami, 32, 33) 4-3 Sd33w Kaonishiki (Azumazeki, 38, 33) kyujo Jd10w Masunoyama (Chiganoura, 26, 12) Edited March 27, 2017 by Asashosakari 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 6,063 Posted March 27, 2017 Jokoryu is 28 by now? He'll be hard pressed making Ozeki after all. But I guess most of today's prolific posters don't remember the hype. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shumitto 418 Posted March 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said: Jokoryu is 28 by now? He'll be hard pressed making Ozeki after all. But I guess most of today's prolific posters don't remember the hype. Kyokushuho will likely get there faster, but the Joker is still in the game. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,760 Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said: Jokoryu is 28 by now? He'll be hard pressed making Ozeki after all. But I guess most of today's prolific posters don't remember the hype. True, although at least he's one of the few guys on that list with a realistic shot at getting to wear a kesho again sometime. We've always had ex-makuuchi rikishi who just wouldn't quit (Hamanoshima...), but it's quite staggering really how many accomplished veterans are slumming it for years and years nowadays, with practically no chance of getting somewhere again. (BTW, sorry, I accidentally had Kizenryu and Wakanoshima marked as ex-makuuchi - dumb copy-paste error while adding the recent demotees before the basho. It's fixed now.) Edited March 27, 2017 by Asashosakari 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
