University Banzuke 2018

[mikawa 1,794]

It's now time for the final banzuke in our "Amateur Sumo Banzuke" series. Every year, there are 10 national level tournaments on the college sumo calendar, some of which also feature wrestlers from other walks of life, such as corporate sumo. Without further ado, let's get started!

This banzuke takes into account the following tournaments:

• 35th All Japan College Sumo Uwajima Tournament
• 58th All Japan College Sumo Usa Tournament
• 28th All Japan College & Society Sumo Kyushu Tournament
• 56th All Japan College & Corporate Sumo Wakayama Tournament
• 8th All Japan College Sumo Kanazawa Tournament
• 53rd All Japan College Sumo Towada Tournament
• 66th All Japan College & Corporate Sumo Kariya Tournament
• 73rd Kokutai (Senior Division)
• 96th National Student Championships
• 67th All Japan Amateur Championships

 

But before that, here are the top 10 Universities of the past year, based on their results in the team competitions:

1 - Toyo University (東洋大学), Tokyo
2 - Nippon Sport Science University (日本体育大学), Tokyo
3 - Nihon University (日本大学), Tokyo
4 - Kindai University (近畿大学), Osaka
5 - Chuo University (中央大学), Tokyo
6 - Takushoku University (拓殖大学), Tokyo
7 - Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences (九州情報大学), Fukuoka
8 - Tokyo University of Agriculture (東京農業大学), Tokyo
9 - Meiji University (明治大学), Tokyo
10 - Doshisha University (同志社大学), Kyoto

 

East Yokozuna - Shiroyama Seira (城山 聖羅), Toyo University, Tokyo
West Yokozuna - Nakajima Ryosuke (中嶋 亮介), Toyo University, Tokyo

East Ozeki - Motobayashi Kenji (元林 健治), Kindai University, Osaka
West Ozeki - Shiroishi Masahito (白石 雅仁), Toyo University, Tokyo

East Sekiwake - Nishino Tomonori (西野 倫理), Toyo University, Tokyo
West Sekiwake - Purebusuren (プレブスレン デルゲルバヤル), Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo

East Komusubi - Tanioka Koshiro (谷岡 倖志郎), Kindai University, Osaka
West Komusubi - Yamaguchi Reo (山口 怜央), Kindai University, Osaka

 

East Maegashira 1 - Nishi Taisei (西 大星), Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 1 - Tomisakae Hideki (冨栄 秀喜), Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo

East Maegashira 2 - Enami Masashi (榎波 将史), Nihon University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 2 - Kato Shota (加藤 翔太), Nihon University, Tokyo

East Maegashira 3 - Ishizaki Takuma (石崎 拓馬), Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 3 - Kizaki Shinnosuke (木崎 伸之助), Nihon University, Tokyo

East Maegashira 4 - Tanaka Daisuke (田中 大介), Chuo University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 4 - Shigematsu Tatsuhiro (重松 龍大), Toyo University, Tokyo

East Maegashira 5 - Takahashi Yuta (高橋 優太), Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 5 - Kanno Yota (菅野 陽太), Chuo University, Tokyo

East Maegashira 6 - Shimura Daiki (志村 大器), Takushoku University, Kyoto
West Maegashira 6 - Sawada Hitoshi (沢田 日登志), Nihon University, Tokyo

East Maegashira 7 - Fukai Takuto (深井 拓斗), Toyo University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 7 - Terasawa Riku (寺沢 陸), Takushoku University, Kyoto

East Maegashira 8 - Suguro Ibuki (勝呂 歩紀), Takushoku University, Kyoto
West Maegashira 8 - Yamanaka Shinya (山中 晋也), Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences, Fukuoka

East Maegashira 9 - Hiroo Satonari (廣尾 達成), Nihon University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 9 - Munkubatto Munkusaihan (ムンクバット ムンクサイハン), Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences, Fukuoka

East Maegashira 10 - Kobayashi Ryota (小林 亮太), Komazawa University, Kyoto
West Maegashira 10 - Ishikawa Ryuji (石川 竜司), Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo

East Maegashira 11 - Kikuchi Hiroshige (菊池 大史芽), Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 11 - Fujiwara Tappei (藤原 竜平), Meiji University, Tokyo

East Maegashira 12 - Nishikawa Toki (西川 登輝), Chuo University, Tokyo
West Maegashira 12 - Miyakazi Rei (宮崎 麗), Nihon University, Tokyo

 

Sanyaku Photos

East Yokozuna - Shiroyama Seira (城山 聖羅), Toyo University, Tokyo

 

West Yokozuna - Nakajima Ryosuke (中嶋 亮介), Toyo University, Tokyo

 

East Ozeki - Motobayashi Kenji (元林 健治), Kindai University, Osaka

 

West Ozeki - Shiroishi Masahito (白石 雅仁), Toyo University, Tokyo

 

East Sekiwake - Nishino Tomonori (西野 倫理), Toyo University, Tokyo

 

West Sekiwake - Purebusuren (プレブスレン デルゲルバヤル), Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo

 

East Komusubi - Tanioka Koshiro (谷岡 倖志郎), Kindai University, Osaka

 

West Komusubi - Yamaguchi Reo (山口 怜央), Kindai University, Osaka

 

Comments

Ocean's Fifteen

The 15 wrestlers at Toyo University have once again proved their collective strength against the best of competition, as they top 2018 by as big a margin as they did back in 2017. They started off by winning the first two team compeittions of the year, Uwajima and Usa, and never looked liked relinquishing their lead. Winning the team event at the National Student Championships at the end of the year is just the icing on the cake.

Mixed Fortunes

2018 has not been the best of years for Kanazawa Technical High School, as they failed to make it to the Inter-High. However, for one of their graduates, it's been an entirely different story. 2018 was the year Shiroyama Seira successfully defended his Kokutai title, and once again is the best college rikishi in Japan. Last year, he was finally able to win one of the regional tournament (the Kyushu Tournament), something which he wasn't able to do the year before.

And you know what? He still has ONE MORE YEAR at University! Now that everyone who is older than him has graduated from college, how dominant will Shiroyama be in 2019? First up - the Uwajima Tournament at the end of April (non-basho months are always when the Amasumo Section thrives).

What Do a Ferrari and a Rikishi Have in Common?

Whilst watching a video posted by Chris Gould today on YouTube, he translated some comments from Musashimaru on the Haru Basho just passed. On Mitakeumi - "He's like a Ferrari. Great 0-60 but very poor fuel efficiency". The same thing can be said about Motobayashi Kenji's performance last year.

He shot off the blocks last April, and before you knew it, had already won both the Uwajima Tournament and the Usa Tournament. He followed that up by reaching the semi-finals of the Kyushu Tournaments. Only 3 tournaments into the college sumo calendar, and Kenji is already leading this banzuke by a large margin. He was able to keep this form going throughout most of last year, but it didn't last forever.

The final 3 tournaments on the college sumo calendar also happen to be the biggest - the Kokutai, the National Student Championships and the All Japan Amateur Championships. To say Kenji did poorly in all three tournaments would be an understatement. He won just 2 bouts in the 3 events combined. This not only allowed Shiroyama Seira to overtake him on the home straight, but it also allowed Nakajima Ryosuke to make up an 8-point deficit to join his Toyo team-mate at the top of the banzuke. Fair to say, it was Kenji's to lose, but lose it he did.

Edited March 30, 2019 by mikawa

[mikawa 1,794]

And, that's the amateur sumo banzuke series completed for another year. I actually caught a bad cold last weekend, so it was a lot more difficult to write up this series compared to last year. Even now I have a bad cough that doesn't seem to want to go away just yet. However, these banzukes have been incredibly fun to write, and even more fun trying to think up random references to completely non-sumo-related stuff.

There will be a special post that I have been planning for and will begin to write up starting tomorrow. It will be called "Class of 2003".

Edited March 30, 2019 by mikawa

[robnplunder 978]

Daiki, Ryota, ..., are they related to the ones in Makuuchi division?

[mikawa 1,794]

4 hours ago, robnplunder said:

Daiki, Ryota, ..., are they related to the ones in Makuuchi division?

I always put the names in the Japanese order, so Daiki and Ryota are actually their first names, so they are not related.

Speaking of Daiki, Hokutofuji spent his junior high school days with Tachikawa Renseikan, which is the sumo dojo in my profile pic. Here's a photo of Hokutofuji taking a trip down memory lane with the coaches at Renseikan:

Edited March 31, 2019 by mikawa