JackMalia123 0 Posted March 23, 2018 Hi all, I’m an American who has been a fan of sumo for about a year, it is hard to find news and look up facts about sumo on American google. I was wondering, has there ever been a basho where two rikishi have perfect records going into a playoff? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WAKATAKE 2,671 Posted March 23, 2018 Hi there. Has never happened before, in Makuuchi or Juryo before, and the only way it could happen these days is if two people from the same heya were to finish zensho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackMalia123 0 Posted March 23, 2018 @WAKATAKE I figured that it would be nearly impossible nowadays, but was wondering about ever. Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryoshishokunin 323 Posted March 24, 2018 All of your questions can probably be answered by the sumodb in some way or another (sumodb.sumogames.de). In this case: http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query_bout.aspx?show_form=0&day=16&m=on&wins2=15 14-1 Playoffs: http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query_bout.aspx?show_form=0&day=16&m=on&onlyw1=on&wins2=14&winsopt2=2 Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suwihuto 133 Posted March 24, 2018 10 hours ago, WAKATAKE said: Hi there. Has never happened before, in Makuuchi or Juryo before, and the only way it could happen these days is if two people from the same heya were to finish zensho. Surely there could also be a situation where someone outside Sekitori wouldn't be given a day 15 match against a 14-0 Sekitori, as that would break up the usual high-ranking matches? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atenzan 1,084 Posted March 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, Suwihuto said: Surely there could also be a situation where someone outside Sekitori wouldn't be given a day 15 match against a 14-0 Sekitori, as that would break up the usual high-ranking matches? 14-0 sekitori don't come along too often, so I think they'd probably reschedule to make the two 14-0s face each other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atenzan 1,084 Posted March 24, 2018 11 hours ago, JackMalia123 said: Hi all, I’m an American who has been a fan of sumo for about a year, it is hard to find news and look up facts about sumo on American google. I was wondering, has there ever been a basho where two rikishi have perfect records going into a playoff? While this has never happened, there have been five day 15 matches between two 14-0 rikishi. If you follow the link, you'll find videos for all five. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
