Asashosakari 19,943 Posted August 1, 2024 (edited) Scores for banzuke purposes: Oskanohana 12 (11+Top) Holleshoryu 12 (11+Top) Bunbukuchagama 11 (10+TB) chishafuwaku 11 (10+TB) Yarimotsu 10 (9+TB) Jejima 9 Asashosakari 9 (8+TB) Fashiritētā 8 Hakuryuho 7 Profomisakari 7 ryafuji 6 WAKATAKE 6 Athenayama 5 Total: 113 / 13 = 8.69 ---> -1 win A nice KK/MK split, with Asashosakari barely squeaking across the line thanks to the TB bonus. The banzuke for Aki 2024: chishafuwaku (Ye 10-5) Y --- Yarimotsu (O2w 9-6) O Holleshoryu (Ke 11-4 D) Bunbukuchagama (M1e 10-5) S1 Profomisakari (O1e 6-9) Hakuryuho (O1w 6-9) S2 Tetsuba (O2e 0-0-15*) Asashosakari (Kw 8-7) K Oskanohana (NR 11-4 Y) Jejima (M3e 8-7) M1 ryafuji (Sw 5-10) Fashiritētā (M3w 7-8) M2 Ryoshishokunin (M2w kosho) Athenayama (Se 4-11) M3 WAKATAKE (M2e 5-10) Sakura (M1w 0-0-15) M4 --- On 27/05/2024 at 06:16, Asashosakari said: It's getting a little bit crowded with four ozeki now, but it appears somewhat likely that the Aki banzuke will have fewer... Well, oof. Tetsuba's drop due to repeated absences was somewhat expected, but losing both kadoban ozeki as well was not. Profomisakari leaves the second-highest rank after 8 tournaments, Tetsuba after 5, Hakuryuho unfortunately after the minimum 2. Good luck aiming for the immediate repromotion next time! So, it's an almost all-new ozeki lineup all of a sudden. Yarimotsu just made his debut at the rank here in Nagoya and put in a fine performance, and after I was all ready to put the YO designation next to chishafuwaku's shikona (great follow-up to the Natsu basho yusho, BTW!), a second proper ozeki did turn up on further consideration: Promotion to ozeki can be - and usually is - earned around here with two consecutive strong results, of which one is a yusho(-doten) and the other at least a regular jun-yusho. Holleshoryu has the doten here, and while he didn't technically earn a jun-yusho in May, he was part of the six-player group that topped the standings on points. (Only the three players who picked the right tie-breaker were credited with the champion and runner-up spots.) In the end I deemed these results to be in the spirit of the aforementioned expectations, and thus sufficient for promotion. Congrats to Holleshoryu, who's been with this game since day one back in 2009! Trivia: With this, 20 different players have been ozeki over the history of the game. They've totalled 29 regular promotions, plus 6 immediate returns after dropping. The median length of an ozeki stint - counting them as ended upon demotion, even if a direct return was achieved - has been 5 tournaments. Edited August 1, 2024 by Asashosakari 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
