Akinomaki 38,409 Posted May 23, 2020 I recently checked videos of old NHK kohaku utagassen year end singing and wanted to know in which year rikishi were invited as judges or guests. This is the result of the search for sumo on the pages of the 70 contests, linked from here https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK紅白歌合戦#各回の概要 Especially new ozeki and yokozuna were invited to be panel judges, starting in 2004 they were guest judges. The ranks are at the time of the show. No. Year end Rikishi Rank Guest 6 1955 Chiyonoyama Y 7 1956 Tochinishiki Y 8 1957 Wakanohana Y 9 1958 Asashio O 10 1959 Wakahaguro O 11 1960 Kashiwado O 12 1961 Taiho Y 13 1962 Sadanoyama O 14 1963 Tochinoumi O 15 1964 Kitabayama O 16 1965 - 17 1966 Tsurugamine M 18 1967 - 19 1968 - 20 1969 - 21 1970 Tamanoumi Y 22 1971 Takanohana S 23 1972 Wajima O 24 1973 Kitanoumi S 25 1974 Kaiketsu S 26 1975 Mienoumi O 27 1976 Wakamisugi S 26th Shonosuke 28 1977 Asahikuni O M Takamiyama 29 1978 Kitanoumi Y 30 1979 - 31 1980 - 32 1981 - 33 1982 Tamanoumi Ex-NHK commentator 34 1983 Takanosato Y 35 1984 - 36 1985 Kitao O 37 1986 Chiyonofuji Y 38 1987 Hokutoumi Y 39 1988 Chiyonofuji Y 40 1989 Chiyonofuji Y 41 1990 - 42 1991 Waka-,Takahanada M 43 1992 Akebono O Taiho-oyakata 44 1993 Akebono Y 45 1994 - 46 1995 - 47 1996 - 48 1997 Sanoyama-oyakata (Konishiki) 49 1998 Kotonishiki K 50 1999 Dejima O Kokonoe-oyakata (Chiyonofuji), Mainoumi 51 2000 - 52 2001 Tochiazuma O 53 2002 Asashoryu O 54 2003 - 55 2004 - 56 2005 Kotooshu O 57 2006 - 58 2007 - 59 2008 - 60 2009 Hakuho Y 61 2010 - 62 2011 Kotoshogiku O 63 2012 Harumafuji Y 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,506 Posted May 23, 2020 Thanks for this. This is an amazing piece of research. But maybe it also answers the question "with no basho, what will the forum geeks do if they can't measure bout length and kimarite frequency?" When I catch myself thinking I should start that win percentage by W/E and day of basho project, it's clear that we need to have some real sumo pretty damn soon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eikokurai 3,424 Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) On 24/05/2020 at 06:05, Yamanashi said: Thanks for this. This is an amazing piece of research. But maybe it also answers the question "with no basho, what will the forum geeks do if they can't measure bout length and kimarite frequency?" When I catch myself thinking I should start that win percentage by W/E and day of basho project, it's clear that we need to have some real sumo pretty damn soon. I’ve been thinking for a long time about trying to find longest winning streak by side on a single basho day or look for interesting patterns. Every basho I look at this, even though it’s meaningless. Like, who cares that East won five, then West won five or that East managed a winning streak of eight in a row? There was a recent basho where it went two wins East, two wins West, three, four, etc, until the pattern got ruined. Edited June 4, 2020 by Eikokurai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asojima 2,855 Posted June 5, 2020 58 minutes ago, Eikokurai said: I’ve been thinking for a long time about trying to find longest winning streak by side on a single basho day or look for interesting patterns. Every basho I look at this, even though it’s meaningless. Like, who cares that East won five, then West won five or that East managed a winning streak of eight in a row? This was an interesting day for both makuuchi and juryo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,506 Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Asojima said: This was an interesting day for both makuuchi and juryo. I happened to watch the Kitataiki vs Satoyama bout. Satoyama does a sort of inside spin square-dancey thing that I've never seen before! In a bit of an anticlimax, they called it a hatakikomi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites