Seki-Toto/Quad/Oracle banzuke for Natsu 2024

[Asashosakari 18,670]

(Comments to be added tomorrow have been added below.)

Seki-Toto (play):

Pandaazuma (Yw 10-5)       Y1   Norizo (Ye 8-7)
Kaito (O1e 12-3 Y)         Y2   -
Susanoo (O1w 11-4)         O1   Golynohana (O2e 9-6)
Ganzohnesushi (O3e 8-6-1)  O2   ScreechingOwl (O2w 7-7-1)
-                          O3   Joaoiyama (O3w 7-8)
Flohru (Sw 10-5)           S    Andoreasu (Kw 10-5)
Metzinowaka (Ke 9-6)       K    Oskahanada (M1w 10-5)

Unkonoyama (Se 8-7)        M1   Kotononami (M3w 10-5)
DeRosa (M4e 9-6)           M2   Chishafuwaku (M9e 11-4)
Kobashi (M7w 10-5)         M3   Jakusotsu (M5w 9-6)
Itchynotoe (M10e 10-5)     M4   Chelseayama (M2e 7-8)
Frinkanohana (M2w 7-8)     M5   Athenayama (M7e 8-7)
Bill (M3e 7-8)             M6   Gansekiiwa (M10w 9-6)
Kajiyanosho (M8w 8-7)      M7   Konosato (M4w 7-8)
Kintamayama (M5e 7-7-1)    M8   Chijanofuji (J1e 11-4)
Balon (M1e 4-11)           M9   GONZABUROW (M12e 8-7)
Gaanaag (M6e 6-8-1)        M10  Oortael (M12w 8-7)
Ahokaina (M13e 8-7)        M11  Toonoryu (M8e 6-9)
Terarno (M14w 8-6-1)       M12  Gernobono (M15w 8-7)
Ketsukai (M11w 7-8)        M13  Asapedroryu (J2e 9-6)
Effinojo (M6w 4-11)        M14  Herritarooo (J1w 8-7)
Mariohana (M11e 5-10)      M15  Kashunowaka (J3w 8-7)

TochiYESshin (M13w 6-9)    J1   Tomisakae (M9w 4-3-8)
Kitakachiyama (J5e 8-7)    J2   Rowitoro (J8w 9-6)
Gawasukotto (J2w 7-8)      J3   Hana-ichi (M15e 5-10)
Onakaderu (J4e 7-8)        J4   Andonishiki (M14e 4-9-2)
Fujisan (J10w 9-4-2)       J5   Asashosakari (J4w 7-8)
Ulishimaru (J13e 10-5)     J6   Sakura (J3e 6-9)
Kishikaisei (J6e 7-7-1)    J7   Oyama (J14w 10-5)
Saruyama (J7w 7-7-1)       J8   Kuroimori (J5w 6-9)
Bunbukuchagama (J12w 8-7)  J9   Kaiowaka (J6w 6-9)
BlackPinkMawashi (J7e 6-9) J10  Chudorj (J9w 7-8)
Benihana (Ms1w 8-7)        J11  WAKATAKE (Ms2w 8-7)
Tetsuba (J12e kosho)       J12  Choshu-yuki (J9e 5-10)
Holleshoryu (J11w 6-9)     J13  Getayukata (J13w kosho)
Joputosu (J14e 7-8)        J14  Umigame (J10e 5-10)

Takanorappa (J8e 4-7-4)    Ms1  Unagiyutaka2 (Ms6w 8-6-1)
Beeftank (J11e 4-11)       Ms2  Achiyama (Ms4e 7-6-2)
Gusoyama (Ms2e 6-6-3)      Ms3  Profomisakari (Ms3e 6-9)
Papayasu (Ms3w 6-9)        Ms4  Anjoboshi (Ms5e 6-9)
Dan Koloff (Ms6e 6-9)      Ms5  Akishiki (Ms4w 5-10)
Warusaru (NR 6-8-1)        Ms6  Hakunojo (Ms5w 4-10-1)
Hidenotora (Ms7e kosho)    Ms7  Taiki (NR 4-8-3)
Toki (NR 2-4-9)            Ms8  Sherlockiama (Ms8w kosho)
Hisui (Ms1e 0-2-13)        Ms9  BariiHachiBenson (Ms9w kosho)
Netsuzakura (Ms7w 0-3-12)  Ms10 Nantonoyama (Ms9e 0-0-15)
Doitsuyama (NR 0-1-14)     Ms11 -

Edited July 14 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 18,670]

Seki-Quadrumvirate (play):

Norizo (O2w 11-4)             O1   Jakusotsu (O1e 10-5)
Kaito (O1w 10-5)              O2   Ganzohnesushi (O3e 10-5)
Golynohana (O2e 8-7)          O3   -
Kobashi (Se 8-7)              S    Oskahanada (M1w 11-4)
Andrasoyama (M1e 10-5)        K1   ScreechingOwl (K2e 8-7)
Athenayama (M6w 12-3 Y)       K2   Unkonoyama (M3e 10-5)

Flohru (M4w 9-6)              M1   chishafuwaku (K1w 7-8)
GONZABUROW (K2w 7-8)          M2   Susanoo (Sw 6-9)
Kitakachiyama (K1e 6-9)       M3   Pandaazuma (M5e 8-7)
joaoiyama (M2e 7-8)           M4   Chocshoporyu (M11w 10-5)
Kotononami (M7w 8-7)          M5   Konosato (M3w 7-8)
Oortael (M9e 8-7)             M6   Bill (M9w 8-7)
Choshu-yuki (M11e 8-7)        M7   Kashunowaka (M5w 6-9)
Kishikaisei (M6e 6-9)         M8   Gansekiiwa (M4e 5-10)
Asapedroryu (M15e 9-6)        M9   Kaiowaka (M7e 6-9)
Mariohana (M14e 8-7)          M10  Sakura (M8e 6-9)
Frinkanohana (M10w 7-8)       M11  Andoreasu (M8w 6-9)
Kintamayama (M2w 3-12)        M12  DeRosa (M12e 7-8)
Achiyama (J2w 10-4-1)         M13  Asashosakari (M13e 7-8)
Metzinowaka (J7e 12-3)        M14  Kuroimori (M10e 5-10)
Kamibaka (M14w 7-8)           M15  Balon (M12w 6-9)
Getayukata (M16e kosho)       M16  -

Kajiyanosho (J1e 8-7)         J1   Papayasu (J5e 10-5)
Kyodaitimu (J3w 9-6)          J2   BlackPinkMawashi (J4e 9-6)
Ketsukai (M13w 5-10)          J3   Andonishiki (J4w 8-6-1)
Hakase (M15w 5-10)            J4   TochiYESshin (J5w 8-7)
Jejima (J1w 7-8)              J5   Oyama (J10e 10-5)
Bunbukuchagama (J8e 9-6)      J6   Saruyama (J10w 10-4-1)
Fujisan (J3e 7-6-2)           J7   reeeen (J7w 8-7)
Gernobono (J6e 7-8)           J8   Gusoyama (J12e 8-4-3)
Hironoumi (J8w 7-7-1)         J9   Hakushin (J6w 6-9)
Sukubidubidu (J9w 7-8)        J10  Nantonoyama (Ms4e 9-5-1)
Terarno (J2e 3-10-2)          J11  Chankoyama (J11w kosho)
Anjoboshi (Ms4w 8-6-1)        J12  Hogashi (J12w kosho)
Unagiyutaka (J11e 6-8-1)      J13  Beeftank (J9e 5-10)
Ruziklao (J13w 7-7-1)         J14  Doreikishi (Ms6w 8-7)

Kasamatsuri (J14w 7-8)        Ms1  Holleshoryu (J13e 6-9)
Profomisakari (Ms2w 7-8)      Ms2  Takanorappa (Ms1e 6-5-4)
Tetsuba (Ms3e kosho)          Ms3  Furanohana (Ms1w 6-8-1)
KonyaGaYamada (Ms2e 6-9)      Ms4  Rowitoro (Ms5w 7-8)
Chibiyama (J14e 4-11)         Ms5  itchynotoe (Ms8e 7-8)
Hakunojo (Ms6e 6-8-1)         Ms6  Kakushoyama (NR 7-8)
WAKATAKE (Ms5e 5-10)          Ms7  Hidenotora (Ms7w kosho)
Warusaru (NR 6-8-1)           Ms8  Hisui (NR 6-9)
Joputosu (Ms7e 3-12)          Ms9  Netsuzakura (Ms3w 1-2-12)
bariihachibenson (Ms8w 3-3-9) Ms10 Waraukuri (Ms9e 0-0-15)
Thorn of Queens (NR 0-1-14)   Ms11 -

Norizo (O2w 12-3 -> 11-4)       O1   Jakusotsu (O1e 11-4 -> 10-5)
Kaito (O1w 11-4 -> 10-5)        O2   Ganzohnesushi (O3e 11-4 -> 10-5)
Golynohana (O2e 9-6 -> 8-7)     O3   -
Kobashi (Se 9-6 -> 8-7)         S    Oskahanada (M1w 12-3 -> 11-4)
Andrasoyama (M1e 11-4 -> 10-5)  K1   ScreechingOwl (K2e 9-6 -> 8-7)
Athenayama (M6w 13-2 Y -> 12-3) K2   Unkonoyama (M3e 11-4 -> 10-5)

Flohru (M4w 10-5 -> 9-6)        M1   chishafuwaku (K1w 8-6-1 -> 7-8)
GONZABUROW (K2w 8-7 -> 7-8)     M2   Susanoo (Sw 7-8 -> 6-9)
Kitakachiyama (K1e 7-8 -> 6-9)  M3   Pandaazuma (M5e 9-6 -> 8-7)
joaoiyama (M2e 8-7 -> 7-8)      M4   Chocshoporyu (M11w 11-3-1 -> 10-5)
Kotononami (M7w 9-6 -> 8-7)     M5   Konosato (M3w 8-7 -> 7-8)
Oortael (M9e 9-6 -> 8-7)        M6   Bill (M9w 9-6 -> 8-7)
Choshu-yuki (M11e 9-6 -> 8-7)   M7   Kashunowaka (M5w 7-8 -> 6-9)
Kishikaisei (M6e 7-8 -> 6-9)    M8   Gansekiiwa (M4e 6-9 -> 5-10)
Asapedroryu (M15e 10-5 -> 9-6)  M9   Kaiowaka (M7e 7-8 -> 6-9)
Mariohana (M14e 9-6 -> 8-7)     M10  Sakura (M8e 7-7-1 -> 6-9)
Frinkanohana (M10w 8-7 -> 7-8)  M11  Andoreasu (M8w 7-8 -> 6-9)
Kintamayama (M2w 4-11 -> 3-12)  M12  DeRosa (M12e 8-7 -> 7-8)
Achiyama (J2w 10-4-1)           M13  Asashosakari (M13e 8-7 -> 7-8)
Metzinowaka (J7e 12-3)          M14  Kuroimori (M10e 6-9 -> 5-10)
Kamibaka (M14w 8-7 -> 7-8)      M15  Balon (M12w 7-8 -> 6-9)
Getayukata (M16e kosho)         M16  -

Kajiyanosho (J1e 8-7)           J1   Papayasu (J5e 10-5)
Kyodaitimu (J3w 9-6)            J2   BlackPinkMawashi (J4e 9-6)
Ketsukai (M13w 6-9 -> 5-10)     J3   Andonishiki (J4w 8-6-1)
Hakase (M15w 6-9 -> 5-10)       J4   TochiYESshin (J5w 8-7)
Jejima (J1w 7-8)                J5   Oyama (J10e 10-5)
Bunbukuchagama (J8e 9-6)        J6   Saruyama (J10w 10-4-1)
Fujisan (J3e 7-6-2)             J7   reeeen (J7w 8-7)
Gernobono (J6e 7-8)             J8   Gusoyama (J12e 8-4-3)
Hironoumi (J8w 7-7-1)           J9   Hakushin (J6w 6-9)
Sukubidubidu (J9w 7-8)          J10  Nantonoyama (Ms4e 9-5-1)
Terarno (J2e 3-10-2)            J11  Chankoyama (J11w kosho)
Anjoboshi (Ms4w 8-6-1)          J12  Hogashi (J12w kosho)
Unagiyutaka (J11e 6-8-1)        J13  Beeftank (J9e 5-10)
Ruziklao (J13w 7-7-1)           J14  Doreikishi (Ms6w 8-7)

Kasamatsuri (J14w 7-8)          Ms1  Holleshoryu (J13e 6-9)
Profomisakari (Ms2w 7-8)        Ms2  Takanorappa (Ms1e 6-5-4)
Tetsuba (Ms3e kosho)            Ms3  Furanohana (Ms1w 6-8-1)
KonyaGaYamada (Ms2e 6-9)        Ms4  Rowitoro (Ms5w 7-8)
Chibiyama (J14e 4-11)           Ms5  itchynotoe (Ms8e 7-8)
Hakunojo (Ms6e 6-8-1)           Ms6  Kakushoyama (NR 7-8)
WAKATAKE (Ms5e 5-10)            Ms7  Hidenotora (Ms7w kosho)
Warusaru (NR 6-8-1)             Ms8  Hisui (NR 6-9)
Joputosu (Ms7e 3-12)            Ms9  Netsuzakura (Ms3w 1-2-12)
bariihachibenson (Ms8w 3-3-9)   Ms10 Waraukuri (Ms9e 0-0-15)
Thorn of Queens (NR 0-1-14)     Ms11 -

[Asashosakari 18,670]

Seki-Oracle (play):

Oskahanada (Ye 10-5)       Y    -
Kaito (O1w 15-0 Y)         O1   Golynohana (O1e 10-5)
-                          O2   Andoreasu (O2w 10-5)
Beeftank (M2w 15-0)        S1   Flohru (K2w 12-3)
Asashosakari (Se 8-7)      S2   chishafuwaku (O2e 7-8)
Kobashi (M8w 12-3)         K1   Choshu-yuki (M4w 10-5)
Kishikaisei (M1w 8-7)      K2   -

ScreechingOwl (Sw 7-8)     M1   TochiYESshin (M6w 9-6)
joaoiyama (K1e 6-9)        M2   Papayasu (M15w 11-4)
Susanoo (K2e 6-9)          M3   Unkonoyama (M5w 8-7)
DeRosa (M2e 7-8)           M4   itchynotoe (M7e 8-7)
Ganzohnesushi (M3e 7-8)    M5   Torafujii (M8e 8-7)
Norizo (M10w 9-6)          M6   Pitinosato (K1w 4-11)
Kitakachiyama (M1e 5-10)   M7   GONZABUROW (M3w 6-9)
Athenayama (M6e 7-8)       M8   Konosato (M9w 8-7)
Kotononami (M5e 6-9)       M9   Oshirokita (M11w 8-7)
Balon (M4e 4-11)           M10  Frinkanohana (M9e 7-8)
Gansekiiwa (M7w 6-9)       M11  Bill (M10e 7-8)
Oortael (J1w 11-4)         M12  BlackPinkMawashi (J1e 10-5)
Kirinoumi (M12w kosho)     M13  Sakura (J4e 11-4)
Sukubidubidu (M13w kosho)  M14  Pandaazuma (M13e 7-8)
Tetsuba (M14w kosho)       M15  Bunbukuchagama (M14e 7-8)
Yarimotsu (J2w 9-6)        M16  -

Joputosu (J3w 9-6)         J1   Mariohana (M12e 6-9)
Shatsume (M11e 5-10)       J2   Wamahada (J3e 8-7)
Profomisakari (J8w 10-5)   J3   Saruyama (M15e 6-9)
Hakase (J7e 9-6)           J4   Ruziklao (J5e 8-7)
Andrasoyama (M16e 6-9)     J5   Takanorappa (J7w 8-7)
Metzinowaka (J2e 6-9)      J6   Kajiyanosho (J5w kosho)
Andonishiki (J4w 7-8)      J7   Hisui (NR 11-4)
Doreikishi (J11e 9-6)      J8   Fujisan (J10e 8-7)
Holleshoryu (J6w 7-8)      J9   Terarno (J8e kosho)
Kaiowaka (J6e 5-10)        J10  Hakunojo (J11w 6-9)
Kakushoyama (NR 7-8)       J11  Anjoboshi (J12e 5-10)
Kasamatsuri (J10w 4-11)    J12  Warusaru (NR 6-9)
Mmikasazuma2 (J13e kosho)  J13  bariihachibenson (J14w 5-10)
WAKATAKE (J12w 4-11)       J14  reeeen (Ms1e 4-11)

Waraukuri (J9e 0-0-15)     Ms1  Gusoyama (J9w 0-15)
yosouou (NR 2-13)          Ms2  -

[Ganzohnesushi 498]

On 13/05/2024 at 21:43, Asashosakari said:

(Comments to be added tomorrow.)

Seki-Toto (play):

Pandaazuma (Yw 10-5)       Y1   Norizo (Ye 8-7)
Kaito (O1e 12-3 Y)         Y2   -
Susanoo (O1w 11-4)         O1   Golynohana (O2e 9-6)
Ganzohnesushi (O3e 8-6-1)  O2   ScreechingOwl (O2w 7-7-1)
-                          O3   Joaoiyama (O3w 7-8)
Flohru (Sw 10-5)           S    Andoreasu (Kw 10-5)
Metzinowaka (Ke 9-6)       K    Oskahanada (M1w 10-5)

Unkonoyama (Se 8-7)        M1   Kotononami (M3w 10-5)
DeRosa (M4e 9-6)           M2   Chishafuwaku (M9e 11-4)
Kobashi (M7w 10-5)         M3   Jakusotsu (M5w 9-6)
Itchynotoe (M10e 10-5)     M4   Chelseayama (M2e 7-8)
Frinkanohana (M2w 7-8)     M5   Athenayama (M7e 8-7)
Bill (M3e 7-8)             M6   Gansekiiwa (M10w 9-6)
Kajiyanosho (M8w 8-7)      M7   Konosato (M4w 7-8)
Kintamayama (M5e 7-7-1)    M8   Chijanofuji (J1e 11-4)
Balon (M1e 4-11)           M9   GONZABUROW (M12e 8-7)
Gaanaag (M6e 6-8-1)        M10  Oortael (M12w 8-7)
Ahokaina (M13e 8-7)        M11  Toonoryu (M8e 6-9)
Terarno (M14w 8-6-1)       M12  Gernobono (M15w 8-7)
Ketsukai (M11w 7-8)        M13  Asapedroryu (J2e 9-6)
Effinojo (M6w 4-11)        M14  Herritarooo (J1w 8-7)
Mariohana (M11e 5-10)      M15  Kashunowaka (J3w 8-7)

TochiYESshin (M13w 6-9)    J1   Tomisakae (M9w 4-3-8)
Kitakachiyama (J5e 8-7)    J2   Rowitoro (J8w 9-6)
Gawasukotto (J2w 7-8)      J3   Hana-ichi (M15e 5-10)
Onakaderu (J4e 7-8)        J4   Andonishiki (M14e 4-9-2)
Fujisan (J10w 9-4-2)       J5   Asashosakari (J4w 7-8)
Ulishimaru (J13e 10-5)     J6   Sakura (J3e 6-9)
Kishikaisei (J6e 7-7-1)    J7   Oyama (J14w 10-5)
Saruyama (J7w 7-7-1)       J8   Kuroimori (J5w 6-9)
Bunbukuchagama (J12w 8-7)  J9   Kaiowaka (J6w 6-9)
BlackPinkMawashi (J7e 6-9) J10  Chudorj (J9w 7-8)
Benihana (Ms1w 8-7)        J11  WAKATAKE (Ms2w 8-7)
Tetsuba (J12e kosho)       J12  Choshu-yuki (J9e 5-10)
Holleshoryu (J11w 6-9)     J13  Getayukata (J13w kosho)
Joputosu (J14e 7-8)        J14  Umigame (J10e 5-10)

Takanorappa (J8e 4-7-4)    Ms1  Unagiyutaka2 (Ms6w 8-6-1)
Beeftank (J11e 4-11)       Ms2  Achiyama (Ms4e 7-6-2)
Gusoyama (Ms2e 6-6-3)      Ms3  Profomisakari (Ms3e 6-9)
Papayasu (Ms3w 6-9)        Ms4  Anjoboshi (Ms5e 6-9)
Dan Koloff (Ms6e 6-9)      Ms5  Akishiki (Ms4w 5-10)
Warusaru (NR 6-8-1)        Ms6  Hakunojo (Ms5w 4-10-1)
Hidenotora (Ms7e kosho)    Ms7  Taiki (NR 4-8-3)
Toki (NR 2-4-9)            Ms8  Sherlockiama (Ms8w kosho)
Hisui (Ms1e 0-2-13)        Ms9  BariiHachiBenson (Ms9w kosho)
Netsuzakura (Ms7w 0-3-12)  Ms10 Nantonoyama (Ms9e 0-0-15)
Doitsuyama (NR 0-1-14)     Ms11 -

 

On 13/05/2024 at 21:43, Asashosakari said:

(Comments to be added tomorrow.)

@Asashosakari

When is tomorrow?

Ganzohnesushi 

[Kaito 272]

I guess tomorrow will never come. I was looking forward to reading about how great I am.

[Pitinosato 117]

Hi Asashosakari,

one question to Seci-Oracle:

is it a mistake that Kitanowaka and Shimazuumi are still listed as "kyujo"

 

Thanks, Pitinosato

[Sumo Spiffy 523]

39 minutes ago, Pitinosato said:

Hi Asashosakari,

one question to Seci-Oracle:

is it a mistake that Kitanowaka and Shimazuumi are still listed as "kyujo"

 

Thanks, Pitinosato

According to the rules, any rikishi who misses day one is excluded from the competition. 

[Pitinosato 117]

Aah, it depends if they compete,

not only if they are on the torikumi on day 1

Thanks !

[Asashosakari 18,670]

Every day is some other day's tomorrow...

Seki-Toto:

I'm very late in lauding his achievement, but it just can't go unmentioned: Promoted to the rank of ozeki just recently for the Hatsu 2024 tournament, Kaito proceeded to assert himself in most dominant fashion by winning both the Hatsu and Haru editions of the game with outright victories, as the only player to score 13 and 12 wins respectively. The decision to create the fourth yokozuna in Toto history was inevitable after that, of course. Belated congratulations!

And in fact, it's the very first promotion after back-to-back yusho!

• Norizo was promoted for Kyushu 2012 after 12-3 D -> 12-3 J,
• Susanoo was promoted for Kyushu 2018 after 11-4 D -> 13-2 Y, and
• Pandaazuma was promoted for Hatsu 2020 after 12-3 Y -> 11-4 J.

In other news:

Susanoo performed best among the five continuing ozeki in Haru basho, finishing as one of three 11-4 jun-yusho players behind Kaito. He also had a jun-yusho in January, trailing Kaito by one win there as well. The rest of the ozeki squad had rather unimpressive results, which left three of them at risk of demotion for Natsu basho: Joaoiyama and ScreechingOwl after makekoshi, and Ganzohnesushi after back-to-back 8-7's (under the revised kadoban rules in effect since the start of the year).

Unfortunately with 8 Y/O, the banzuke is effectively limited to the minimum 2 sekiwake and 2 komusubi under the Superbanzuke-mandated maximum of 12 sanyaku spots (for players to retain the appropriate rank bonus points), which I'm only willing to exceed under extreme circumstances. This banzuke came close to such an extreme as it deserved to have 14 players in sanyaku, but two harsh - though not unprecedented - decisions were taken to maintain the standard limit: Unkonoyama dropped from sekiwake to M1e despite 8 wins and Kotononami only moved from M3w to M1w despite 10. Sorry, guys. Additionally Metzinowaka had to stay at komusubi despite 9 wins, which usually would be a promotion to sekiwake.

After M1 the banzuke worked out without any further issues as the rest of the top division had produced fairly balanced results in Haru basho.

Edited July 15 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 18,670]

Seki-Quadrumvirate:

Haru 2024 proved to be a high-scoring edition of the game, at least for the more accomplished half of the field occupying the makuuchi ranks, who averaged 8.6 wins and consequently had to be downgraded into a more manageable win-loss distribution with 20 KK and 21 MK records. That resulted in a new top division banzuke without any significant issues and typically pretty generous movements.

The Quad high-rankers had entered Haru with quite some baggage including soft kadoban status for Kaito and Golynohana and even hard kadoban for Norizo and Ganzohnesushi, with only Jakusotsu free of demotion worries. However, they performed exceedingly well as a group and even their records after the scoring adjustment were nothing short of impressive with no less than four scores of 10+, led by Norizo's 12-3 -> 11-4 jun-yusho. Just Golynohana cut things close and secured his 9-6 -> 8-7 score only on the final day.

The contenders for a promotion to ozeki didn't do nearly that well; recently demoted Kobashi scored his second straight 8-7 record since dropping down, and Susanoo went MK. The best komusubi record after adjustments was only a single 8-7 as well, which left the door open for somebody else to claim the second sekiwake slot. And M1w Oskanohana duly did so as another jun-yusho performer, jumping past komusubi straight into the third-highest rank. Sanyaku remained steady overall with a 5 O / 2 S / 4 K distribution, and komusubi holdover ScreechingOwl ended up joined by a trio of promotees including Haru yusho winner Athenayama, the only player to achieve a 13-2 -> 12-3 result.

Juryo and makushita scored almost bang-on 50% wins (299-304) altogether, but the first few juryo ranks were closer in performance to the top division results, so with no scoring adjustment happening down there things briefly got rather crowded. A few KK players who might have hoped for a promotion to makuuchi ended up stuck, while some small makekoshi led to outsized demotions.

On a final note: Haru 2024 was the 20-year anniversary of Seki-Quad's first official edition! Many thanks to all players past, present and future.

[Asashosakari 18,670]

Seki-Oracle:

Yokozuna Terunofuji's bad start and subsequent withdrawal with only 2 wins opened up the Haru edition of Oracle for players who had gambled on that outcome, and two managed to combine that tactic with sufficiently strong picks on the rest of the ballot to finish miles ahead. But even two further players who were blindsided by Terunofuji's result still managed to put significant distance between themselves and the rest of the field.

Ozeki Kaito was the very best of those top four and ended up with both the yusho and a converted 15-0 record. 8 wins were a necessity since he'd entered the basho as one of two kadoban ozeki, but now it turned directly into a tsunatori for Natsu, already the third time he's gunning for the top rank. (The other opportunities were in Nagoya 2022 following a jun-yusho and Aki 2023 after a yusho; both ended in single-digit KKs.) Another pair of ozeki, Golynohana and freshly promoted Andoreasu, both posted credible 10 wins, while chishafuwaku, the other kadoban, unfortunately went makekoshi again to lose the rank. Sole yokozuna Oskanohana fulfilled his responsibilities with 10 wins of his own.

Getting back to the four Haru top players: Beeftank, despite finishing 8 points behind Kaito, also saw his result scored as a 15-0 and jumped up to sekiwake. He's joined by incumbent Asashosakari who narrowly held on with an 8-7, Flohru who's up from komusubi, and demoted chishafuwaku. The other two top performers were located in the lower half of makuuchi where the scoring rules usually don't allow for extremely high W-L conversions, and so Kobashi (12-3) and Papayasu (11-4) ended up with comparatively low records. Nevertheless they received significant promotions in recognition of their pure results, Kobashi from M8 to komusubi and Papayasu from M15 all the way to M2.

In general both the upper and lower makuuchi player groups scored in similar fashion this basho, which meant there was no room for the leniency usually shown to joi-jin makekoshi.

[Sumo Spiffy 523]

20 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

Getting back to the four Haru top players: Beeftank, despite finishing 8 points behind Kaito, also saw his result scored as a 15-0 and jumped up to sekiwake.

I certainly wasn't complaining when I saw this, but I was curious how things worked out this way.

[Asashosakari 18,670]

3 hours ago, Sumo Spiffy said:

I certainly wasn't complaining when I saw this, but I was curious how things worked out this way.

The top players' results are normally clustered very tightly around a rather high mean, so if the top bracket used the same conversion from points to wins that the lower sections do, we'd frequently have nobody finishing better than 10-5. To prevent that, the formula is very aggressive in rewarding additional points with additional wins. In any case, it's a linear formula so in rare cases where some scores just tower over the rest of the field (essentially only when gambled picks like those on Terunofuji here come through), they can blow way past the nominal 15-0 bracket.

The scoring conversion for the Haru results looked like this:

Your score was 577, so just into the 15-0's. Kaito's was 585. The two outlier scores by players in lower makuuchi were 580 and 577, so those would have converted to 15-0 by the high makuuchi formula, too. (Nobody else finished higher than 570.)

Such relative outliers tend to occur more often in the lower two brackets, because their mean scores typically trail the top bracket by 5 to 10 (low maku) / 10 to 20 (juryo/Ms) points, which means the points-per-win equivalence must be larger there, or we'd have 15-0 (and 0-15) scores there all the time.