mikawa 1,794 Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) 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: 33rd Wanpaku National Championships 30th National Primary School Championships 8th Hakuho Cup East Yokozuna - Fukuhara Joichiro (福原 丈一朗), EhimeWest Yokozuna - Nishijima Yura (西島 悠来), Chiba East Ozeki - Ueno Kyosuke (上野 響哉), TokyoWest Ozeki - Nakanishi Kaishin (中西 海心), Wakayama East Sekiwake - Usuda Tetsuro (臼田 哲朗), AichiWest Sekiwake - Nishide Daiki (西出 大毅), Wakayama East Komusubi - Yamamoto Juzo (山本 十蔵), KyotoWest Komusubi - Takei Ginji (武井 銀士), Shizuoka East Maegashira 1 - Jo Koki (城 皓貴), OsakaWest Maegashira 1 - Sugimoto Chitose (杉本 智斗勢), Wakayama East Maegashira 2 - Mizusawa Tomonori (水澤 知紀), NiigataWest Maegashira 2 - Fukuzaki Maaru (福崎 真逢輝), Kagoshima East Maegashira 3 - Shino Soma (篠 宗磨), NiigataWest Maegashira 3 - Tani Towa (谷 音和), Kagawa East Maegashira 4 - Nakano Kanato (仲野 奏人), FukuiWest Maegashira 4 - Maeda Yuki (前田 優希), Yamaguchi East Maegashira 5 - Yabugasaki Akihito (藪ケ崎 晃仁), HyogoWest Maegashira 5 - Uehara Koki (上原 煌貴), Ishikawa East Maegashira 6 - Nakada Riku (中田 李空), ChibaWest Maegashira 6 - Kato Aito (加藤 哀翔), Aichi East Maegashira 7 - Okamoto Jurian (岡本 樹梨按), HyogoWest Maegashira 7 - Kono Shujiro (河野 修志郎), Hokkaido East Maegashira 8 - Tamura Sota (田村 蒼汰), YamagataWest Maegashira 8 - Kasuda Rio (粕田 理生), Akita East Maegashira 9 - Mita Yoshiki (三田 慶希), MiyagiWest Maegashira 9 - Tanji Jun (丹治 純), Fukushima East Maegashira 10 - Ito Jun (伊東 潤), ShizuokaWest Maegashira 10 - Sato Hiro (佐藤 尋), Fukushima East Maegashira 11 - Ajioka Hiroto (味岡 大斗), ShizuokaWest Maegashira 11 - Kokubun Natsu (國分 夏), Fukushima East Maegashira 12 - Ogura Mirato (小倉 未来翔), AichiWest Maegashira 12 - Hirano Tomonari (平野 智成), Chiba East Maegashira 13 - Hattori Koyo (服部 公洋), GifuWest Maegashira 13 - Matsuda Daiki (松田 大輝), Kumamoto East Maegashira 14 - Matsuno Shota (松野 将太), AomoriWest Maegashira 14 - Hayashi Rei (林 玲), Nagano East Maegashira 15 - Hayashi Ryu (林 琉), NaganoWest Maegashira 15 - Kawamura Kanata (河村 奏太), Toyama East Maegashira 16 - Yoneda Mizuki (米田 海輝), KanagawaWest Maegashira 16 - Fujimoto Daito (藤元 大斗), Kumamoto East Maegashira 17 - Endo Shota (遠藤 正太), YamagataWest Maegashira 17 - Takashima Kazuto (高島 一人), Toyama Sanyaku Photos 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 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). Edited April 10, 2018 by mikawa 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yukiarashi 195 Posted April 10, 2018 Quote 3 hours ago, mikawa said: East Maegashira 17 - Endo Shota Well he's going to have a slight advantage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,137 Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Somehow Endo being on a primary school banzuke seems fitting 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. Edited April 11, 2018 by Katooshu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites