Banzuke for Aki 2019

My guess for the makushita-joi had the right 10 rikishi in the promotion zone, but the only one I actually put in the right spot is Akua... :-S Even worse, my only bullseye between Ms6 and 15 was the biggest crapshoot of them all, Asatenmai with his 7-0 jump.

They weren't especially lenient with Arawashi, Ryuko and Akiseyama who have come down from juryo, but the makushita MKs have received some very soft demotions this time. I didn't even think Fujiazuma (Ms5e 2-5) would stay in the top 15 ranks, but not only did he, even Tsukahara (Ms7w 2-5) made it in.

Edit: Chiyonoumi got super-lucky as well. J10e -> J11w on 6 wins, while three 7-8's in the division dropped two full ranks.

Edited August 25 by Asashosakari

Yubinhaad · August 25

Eight more changes besides shin-Juryo Tamaki/Asagyokusei, which was announced along with his promotion.

Three rikishi have gone back to their previous shikona after varying amounts of time. Fujita spent a year under his real name and now returns to Yamatoarashi. Veteran Ishida fought for a year and a half under his real name, now returning to Hamaeiko and changing his given name to Michinari. Meanwhile, former Maegashira Yamaguchi has finally returned to his old shikona of Daikiho after four and a half years.

In Musashigawa-beya, Tokuda is now Tokunomusashi, a merger of family name, hometown and heya - Toku is from both his family name and hometown, the 'no' is from Tokunoshima, while musashi is obvious.

Nishiiwa-beya seems to have taken on the old Kokonoe-beya tradition of bestowing a shikona upon promotion to Sandanme. The second rikishi from the heya to be thus rewarded is Wakanoguchi, who in fact makes an interesting change from Waka-family-name to Waka-given-name - he is now Wakaryusei, and adds the new given name of Kazuo.

Over in Yamahibiki-beya, Yabugasaki is still called that, but makes a change to the middle character.

Elsewhere, Asahiyama-beya's Hironaka is now Akinishiki - this Aki has made a number of appearances over the years with other Hiroshima natives. I'm only guessing, but maybe Hironaka was originally born in the town of Akitsu, which was merged into his shusshin of Higashihiroshima during an expansion of the city in 2005.

Finally, Kokonoe-beya newcomer Hisasue is now Chiyotsurugi, a shikona seen once before towards the end of the Showa era.

J14e Tamaki > Asagyokusei (朝玉勢)
Mk48w Fujita > Yamatoarashi (大和嵐)
Sd14e Tokuda > Tokunomusashi (徳之武藏)
Sd56w Ishida Tetsuya > Hamaeiko Michinari (濱栄光道也)
Sd69e Wakanoguchi Ryusei > Wakaryusei Kazuo (若龍星和雄)
Sd89e Yamaguchi > Daikiho (大喜鵬)
Jd38e Yabugasaki (藪ヶ崎 > 藪ケ崎)
Jk14e Hironaka > Akinishiki (安芸錦)
Jk33w Hisasue > Chiyotsurugi (千代剣)

Asashosakari · August 25

15 minutes ago, Yubinhaad said:

Veteran Ishida fought for a year and a half under his real name, now returning to Hamaeiko and changing his given name to Michinari. Meanwhile, former Maegashira Yamaguchi has finally returned to his old shikona of Daikiho after four and a half years.

In both these cases I'm wondering if it's a precursor to intai...

Yamanashi · August 26

In July, the Jonokuchi title was decided in a three-way playoff:

Motobayashi 7-0 Y from Jk28e

Marusho 7-0 D from Jk27e

Sakurai 7-0 D from Jk27w.

New ranking: Marusho Jd15e, Sakurai Jd15w, Motobayashi Jd16e.

This tells me that winning the Yusho had no effect on rank.

Tigerboy1966 · August 26

1 hour ago, Yamanashi said:

This tells me that winning the Yusho had no effect on rank.

Play-off results do not count.

Kuroyama · August 26

I've had my eye on Midorifuji ever since I saw him at keiko during my trip to watch the May 2017 basho, and I'm so glad that his hard work has come so close to paying off! Hope to see him in Juryo for November.

Asashosakari · August 26

16 hours ago, Tigerboy1966 said:

Play-off results do not count.

They do in makuuchi since the late 1990s.

Yamanashi · August 26

1 hour ago, Asashosakari said:

They do in makuuchi since the late 1990s.

I figured that the seeding did not count playoff matches. I was just pointing out that this is a textbook case that proves the point.

Yubinhaad · August 26

23 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

In Musashigawa-beya, Tokuda is now Tokunomusashi, a merger of family name, hometown and heya - Toku is from both his family name and hometown, the 'no' is from Tokunoshima, while musashi is obvious.

Sd14e Tokuda > Tokunomusashi (徳之武藏)

In fact the second kanji of his musashi is not so obvious after all - I didn't spot that it's a rare variant of the one used in Musashigawa-beya (武蔵川). It's only been used by a handful of rikishi before, one of whom was the 33rd Yokozuna Musashiyama.

Shin-Sandanme Wakaryusei has been presented with a pair of setta by Nishiiwa-oyakata (former Sekiwake Wakanosato):

23 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

23 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

Veteran Ishida fought for a year and a half under his real name, now returning to Hamaeiko and changing his given name to Michinari. Meanwhile, former Maegashira Yamaguchi has finally returned to his old shikona of Daikiho after four and a half years.

In both these cases I'm wondering if it's a precursor to intai...

I had the same thought although only about Daikiho. I read somewhere that he has been suffering from the same problem Masunoyama had a while ago, yellow ligament ossification.

I've come to think of Hamaeiko as the heya manager type, especially since all the other rikishi in Onoe-beya are no older than 24. But at 34 he's obviously nearer the end of his career than the start, so you could well be right.

Asashosakari · August 26

17 minutes ago, Yamanashi said:

I figured that the seeding did not count playoff matches. I was just pointing out that this is a textbook case that proves the point.

...did you mean to quote Tigerboy1966's post?

Yamanashi · August 26

1 minute ago, Asashosakari said:

...did you mean to quote Tigerboy1966's post?

Well, both of you; it looks to me like many factors go into forging the banzuke in upper divisions, but at the bottom it's pretty straightforward.

Kaninoyama · August 26

1 hour ago, Kuroyama said:

I've had my eye on Midorifuji ever since I saw him at keiko during my trip to watch the May 2017 basho, and I'm so glad that his hard work has come so close to paying off! Hope to see him in Juryo for November.

Ditto. He caught my eye two years ago at Isegahama-beya's training camp and his skill and work effort were apparent. My only concern is his size, but it looks like he's put on a bit of bulk. Hopefully he can take the next step and make it to Juryo soon.

Negurayama · August 27

Happy to see a new career high for Masutoo (Ms8), my fellow countryman. He has been around since 2005, never really making it. I so hope he can advance to Juryo as well. Does anyone has hopes for him besides me?

Katooshu · August 27

I'd like him to do well, but I'm expecting something like 1-6

Amamaniac · August 28

On 26/08/2019 at 00:41, Yubinhaad said:

Sd89e Yamaguchi > Daikiho (大喜鵬)

Reverting to his former sekitori shikona ... out of desperation, i.e., to try and stop a further drop in rank? I used to think that this guy would make it to the Top Division. Sigh. Sad to hear that he is struggling with yellow ligament ossification.

Edited August 28 by Amamaniac

Yubinhaad · September 2

On ‎06‎/‎07‎/‎2019 at 13:43, Yubinhaad said:

Odake-beya reported that Sandanme yobidashi Takahiro retired for personal reasons as of May 25th, after 13 years in the job.

The Kyokai website finally caught up with Takahiro's retirement. In addition, Isenoumi-beya's Jonidan yobidashi Masayuki has gone too, after eight years.

Off topic: lately I'm having a lot of trouble with my ageing and increasingly cranky computer. I'm in the market for a replacement, but until I get one things I usually post like kimarite statistics may be delayed, sorry in advance for that.

Tigerboy1966 · September 3

On 28/08/2019 at 12:13, Amamaniac said:

I used to think that this guy would make it to the Top Division

He DID make it to the top division. But he didn't make it IN the top division, which is a very different thing.

Amamaniac · September 3

5 hours ago, Tigerboy1966 said:

He DID make it to the top division. But he didn't make it IN the top division, which is a very different thing.

You are absolutely right! At wM16 for one tournament and a 3-12 record, I have to admit he did get his toe in the Makuuchi door, just barely.

Kintamayama · September 8

I just noticed there are only 8 foreigners in Makuuchi. Wow. when did that happen?

ryafuji · September 8

18 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

I just noticed there are only 8 foreigners in Makuuchi. Wow. when did that happen?

Well it also happened last tournament. But before then, not since September 2004.

http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&shusshin=202&group_by=basho&g_op=<=&having=8&form1_m=on

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