Tigerboy1966 1,376 Posted December 5, 2023 19 minutes ago, Yamanashi said: 11 hours ago, Tigerboy1966 said: Ikioi's career is another nice example of this: one-time sekiwake, twice komusubi, but almost always struggled badly when he rose above M4. There's an example of the zero point declining: Classic Ikioi (2013-2016), ~M4; as the cellulitis started to set in (2017-2018), ~M7; then a descending sine wave until intai. Hmmm... Ikioi produced arguably his best ever performance with an 8-7 at M2 including a kinboshi from Kakuryu in July 2018. Maybe his rubber band got twisted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,724 Posted December 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Tigerboy1966 said: Hmmm... Ikioi produced arguably his best ever performance with an 8-7 at M2 including a kinboshi from Kakuryu in July 2018. Maybe his rubber band got twisted. 1) He was K1 twice and S1 once, but his July 2018 basho was really the last hurrah: 8-7 and the last of his 5 kinboshi. 2) It was followed by a 3-12 record at M1, and he crashed down into Juryo. Only his awesome 12-3 Y and 11-4 D at the end of 2019 even got him back to 3 final basho in Makuuchi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bettega 427 Posted December 7, 2023 Kaisei was S twice, better than Ikioi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,724 Posted December 8, 2023 4 hours ago, bettega said: Kaisei was S twice, better than Ikioi Both Sekiwake for one basho, if I read the db correctly. On the other hand, Ikioi was Komosubi for only two basho, while Kaisei dominated the rank for three basho. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
