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Primary School Banzuke 2017 - Grade 5

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Following on from the Grade 4 banzuke, here is the banzuke for Grade 5 rikishi, which is created by adding up their results in national competitions during the past 12 months. Every banzuke will list the top 42 rikishi in each category.

This banzuke takes into account the following tournaments:

 

East Yokozuna - Fukuhara Joichiro (福原 丈一朗), Ehime
West Yokozuna - Nishijima Yura (西島 悠来), Chiba

East Ozeki - Ueno Kyosuke (上野 響哉), Tokyo
West Ozeki - Nakanishi Kaishin (中西 海心), Wakayama

East Sekiwake - Usuda Tetsuro (臼田 哲朗), Aichi
West Sekiwake - Nishide Daiki (西出 大毅), Wakayama

East Komusubi - Yamamoto Juzo (山本 十蔵), Kyoto
West Komusubi - Takei Ginji (武井 銀士), Shizuoka

East Maegashira 1 - Jo Koki (城 皓貴), Osaka
West Maegashira 1 - Sugimoto Chitose (杉本 智斗勢), Wakayama

East Maegashira 2 - Mizusawa Tomonori (水澤 知紀), Niigata
West Maegashira 2Fukuzaki Maaru (福崎 真逢輝), Kagoshima

East Maegashira 3 - Shino Soma (篠 宗磨), Niigata
West Maegashira 3Tani Towa (谷 音和), Kagawa

East Maegashira 4 - Nakano Kanato (仲野 奏人), Fukui
West Maegashira 4 - Maeda Yuki (前田 優希), Yamaguchi

East Maegashira 5 - Yabugasaki Akihito (藪ケ崎 晃仁), Hyogo
West Maegashira 5Uehara Koki (上原 煌貴), Ishikawa

East Maegashira 6 - Nakada Riku (中田 李空), Chiba
West Maegashira 6 - Kato Aito (加藤 哀翔), Aichi

East Maegashira 7 - Okamoto Jurian (岡本 樹梨按), Hyogo
West Maegashira 7 - Kono Shujiro (河野 修志郎), Hokkaido

East Maegashira 8 - Tamura Sota (田村 蒼汰), Yamagata
West Maegashira 8 - Kasuda Rio (粕田 理生), Akita

East Maegashira 9 - Mita Yoshiki (三田 慶希), Miyagi
West Maegashira 9Tanji Jun (丹治 純), Fukushima

East Maegashira 10 - Ito Jun (伊東 潤), Shizuoka
West Maegashira 10 - Sato Hiro (佐藤 尋), Fukushima

East Maegashira 11 - Ajioka Hiroto (味岡 大斗), Shizuoka
West Maegashira 11 - Kokubun Natsu (國分 夏), Fukushima

East Maegashira 12 - Ogura Mirato (小倉 未来翔), Aichi
West Maegashira 12 - Hirano Tomonari (平野 智成), Chiba

East Maegashira 13 - Hattori Koyo (服部 公洋), Gifu
West Maegashira 13 - Matsuda Daiki (松田 大輝), Kumamoto

East Maegashira 14 - Matsuno Shota (松野 将太), Aomori
West Maegashira 14Hayashi Rei (林 玲), Nagano

East Maegashira 15 - Hayashi Ryu (林 琉), Nagano
West Maegashira 15Kawamura Kanata (河村 奏太), Toyama

East Maegashira 16 - Yoneda Mizuki (米田 海輝), Kanagawa
West Maegashira 16 - Fujimoto Daito (藤元 大斗), Kumamoto

East Maegashira 17 - Endo Shota (遠藤 正太), Yamagata
West Maegashira 17Takashima Kazuto (高島 一人), Toyama

 

Sanyaku Photos

East Yokozuna - Fukuhara Joichiro (福原 丈一朗), Ehime

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West Yokozuna - Nishijima Yura (西島 悠来), Chiba

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East Ozeki - Ueno Kyosuke (上野 響哉), Tokyo

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West Ozeki - Nakanishi Kaishin (中西 海心), Wakayama

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East Sekiwake - Usuda Tetsuro (臼田 哲朗), Aichi

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West Sekiwake - Nishide Daiki (西出 大毅), Wakayama

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East Komusubi - Yamamoto Juzo (山本 十蔵), Kyoto

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West Komusubi - Takei Ginji (武井 銀士), Shizuoka

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Comments

A stunning Wanpaku title defense followed up with a first Hakuho Cup victory was enough for Fukuhara Joichiro to top the banzuke, despite a second-round exit to Usuda Tetsuro in the Primary School Championships. Fukuhara has very strong arms, and can nearly always take full advantage of this in his bouts. His not-so-big stature may become a hindrance in the future, but he has been getting better and better over the past couple of years. Fukuhara thoroughly deserves to be East Yokozuna.

Coming a close second is Nishijima Yura, the current Primary School Yokozuna who hails from Kashiwa Junior Sumo Club. He has won 4 Hakuho Cups in a row, that is, until Nishide Daiki got the better of him 2 months ago. Nishijima's quest for the Wanpaku title has twice been thwarted by Fukuhara Joichiro and a morozashi grip, so he will be hoping for a better result this summer.

The results have not been so kind to Nishide Daiki this past year, as he was twice a runner-up, and failed to qualify for the Wanpaku Tournament (that's because there's only one qualifying spot for him and Nakanishi Kaishin, it's one or the other). However, he is still one of the best rikishi in this year group, so expect him to do well this year.

It's been a tight battle between the pair of Komusubi, Yamamoto Juzo from Kyoto and Takei Ginji from Shizuoka. Both of them have been consistent with their results, and are no strangers to the latter stages of tournaments, they're just not quite as good as the top tier rikishi. Last year, Yamamoto was a whisker more successful than Takei, but who will it be this year?

The big Ueno Kyosuke announced himself onto the scene last year with strong performances all round, while Aichi's Usuda Tetsuro has the honour of being the only rikishi to get the better of Fukuhara Joichiro during the past 12 months. There's a bit of sibling rivalry going on between the Hayashi twins from Nagano, and believe it or not, there's actually an Endo Shota on the list (正太 as opposed to 聖大).

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3 hours ago, mikawa said:

East Maegashira 17 - Endo Shota 

 

Well he's going to have a slight advantage.

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Somehow  Endo  being on a primary school banzuke seems fitting (Laughing...)

Looking forward to more banzuke. I have some knowledge of the top collegiate and high school names (and I'm interested in seeing how they're placed and who I'm missing), but my knowledge of the age groups beneath that is virtually non-existent. I'm sure a number of these young fellas will go on to excellent things in high school, college, and ozumo.

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