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Sumo ‘Ranfurly Shield’ for 2022

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Just a bit of fun for the year, this is a tracker for sumo win streaks inspired by New Zealand rugby’s Ranfurly Shield. That’s a shield won by a challenge system. The holder retains the shield for as long as they’re winning, but then whoever beats them takes the shield and tries to hold it as long as possible. We’ll start with Terunofuji as the ‘holder’ since he won the most recent bout in 2021. Whoever beats Terunofuji first takes the ‘shield’ until he himself loses. We’ll see at the end of the basho (and year) who held it most and for longest.

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Sounds a lot like a reverse version of the Torchbearer game.  Maybe we could call it the Bear Torcher.

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44 minutes ago, Asojima said:

Sounds a lot like a reverse version of the Torchbearer game.  Maybe we could call it the Bear Torcher.

Ah … it seems similar, yeah. I just looked it up. Not quite as formalized as that, but same kind of concept. The difference lies I guess in that it goes to the ‘hot’ rikishi at the top of the banzuke.

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I propose the following: we start with the first basho that has individual bout results in the database, with the rikishi who is highest on that banzuke holding the "shield".  We use whatever results are in the database, regardless of how scant the data is.  If a given rikishi retires or otherwise does not have a bout in the database after winning or retaining the shield, it passes to whoever is highest on the banzuke for the tournament after the one where the last bout was fought.  Playoff bouts in the database will be considered, because why not?  We go basho by basho one post at a time, allowing various people to contribute their database research while providing a collection of results that appears slowly over time.  If you plan on contributing, just enter a post with the next basho so people know it's being worked on, then edit the post when you're done once it's clear you have the next post in line with the history secured.

The first basho with results data is Natsu 1909.  The highest rikishi on the banzuke was Hitachiyama, who lost Day 3 to Tachiyama, who lost Day 7 to Ikarigata, who lost Day 9 to Otori, who held on to it Day 10 with a draw, which was the last day of the basho. 

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 4

Ikarigata 2

Otori 2

Edited by Gurowake

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Natsu 1911

Yet again Tachiyama is undefeated for 10 days.  This is pretty good evidence that anything beforehand probably would have converged on Tachiyama at this point.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 42

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi 1

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Natsu 1912

Nishinoumi loses to Tamateyama Day 6, who loses to Konishiki (who is the same as Yamaizumi before) Day 7, who loses to Kurosegawa Day 10.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 49

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 1

I plan on resetting the count every decade, but I'm not going to separate out the one 1909 basho.

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Haru 1913

Kurosegawa loses Day 1 to Kohitachi, who loses Day 8 to Tamatsubaki, who holds on through Day 10.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 49

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 1

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

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Natsu 1913

Tamatsubaki loses Day 1 to Omifuji, who loses Day 3 to Tachiyama, who holds on through Day 10.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 57

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 1

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

 

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Natsu 1914

Tachiyama is again undefeated through 10 days, but doesn't win the Yusho since he had 2 non-wins and M14 Ryogoku had only 1.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 77

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 1

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Edited by Gurowake

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Natsu 1915

Tachiyama is once again undefeated, and actually gets wins everyday too!

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 97 (-10)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 1

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

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Natsu 1916

Tachiyama loses Day 8 to Tochigiyama, who loses Day 10 (the final day) to Asashio.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 114 (-20)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 1

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Tochigiyama 2

Asashio 1

By the way, this is my distraction this year so I don't notice when midnight happens.  It's a tradition for me to do my best to not know when exactly the new year rings in in my time zone.

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Haru 1917

Asashio loses Day 1 to Kyushuzan, who loses Day 4 to Tachiyama, who loses Day 10 to Onishiki.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 120 (-20)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 1

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Tochigiyama 2

Asashio 1

Kyushuzan 3

Onishiki 1

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Natsu 1917

Onishiki loses Day 6 to Onaruto, who loses Day 7 to Kyushuzan, who loses Day 9 to Kurosegawa, who loses Day 10 to Tochigiyama.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 120 (-20)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 2

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Tochigiyama 3

Asashio 1

Kyushuzan 5

Onishiki 6

Onaruto 1

Edited by Gurowake

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Haru 1918

Tochigiyama is undefeated through 10 days

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 120 (-20)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 2

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Tochigiyama 13

Asashio 1

Kyushuzan 5

Onishiki 6

Onaruto 1

Edited by Gurowake

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Natsu 1918

Tochigiyama loses Day 8 to Asashio, who holds it through Day 10.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 120 (-20)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 2

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Tochigiyama 20

Asashio 4

Kyushuzan 5

Onishiki 6

Onaruto 1

Edited by Gurowake

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Haru 1919

Asashio loses Day 3 to Shakagatake, who loses Day 4 to Kotogaura, who loses Day 5 to Onishiki, who loses Day 7 to Otohira, who loses Day 10 to Genjiyama.

Total days held:

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 120 (-20)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 2

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Tochigiyama 20

Asashio 6

Kyushuzan 5

Onishiki 8

Onaruto 1

Shakagatake 1

Kotogaura 1

Otohira 3

Genjiyama 1

 

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Natsu 1919

Genjiayama holds it until Day 10, when he loses to Oshio.

Final total days held for the 1910s (plus Natsu 1909):

Hitachiyama 2

Tachiyama 120 (-20)

Ikarigata 2

Otori 3

Yamaizumi/Konishiki 4

Nishinoumi 8

Tamateyama 1

Kurosegawa 2

Kohitachi 7

Tamatsubaki 3

Omifuji 2

Tochigiyama 20

Asashio 6

Kyushuzan 5

Onishiki 8

Onaruto 1

Shakagatake 1

Kotogaura 1

Otohira 3

Genjiyama 10

Oshio 1

And with that I'm getting burnt out on this, and the fireworks have been going off for a while, so I think the purpose has been fulfilled and I'll take a rest.

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