Long Kachikoshi Streaks - Aki 2025

[Asashosakari 20,194]

Welcome to LKS Aki 2025! Like last basho, let's hope for many kachikoshi so that the size of the ballot eventually returns to more attractive levels...

1. Onosato        14* [score?]
2. Aonishiki      11* [score?]
3. Kusano          8*
4. Hakuoho         7
5. Mita            6*
6. Gonoumi         5
7. Kirishima       4  [score?]
8. Fujinokawa      4
9. Kyokukaiyu      4

TB: [pick?]

(* marks rikishi with no makekoshi since debut)

The scoring and thus your game assignment:

• For sanyaku: Please predict an exact record for each rikishi. The target record will be calculated after the deadline and will be chosen so that it bisects the predictions as evenly as possible. The predictions will then be converted into + and - votes as usual; one point for each correct prediction.
• For lower-ranked rikishi: Please predict for each rikishi if he will finish KK or MK; one point for each correct prediction.

(For clarification: If you're expecting an outright makekoshi for one of the sanyaku high-rankers, just predict MK, exact records are only needed on the kachikoshi side of things.)

First tie-breaker: From among those 9 guys up there and the further 8 rikishi who are currently just shy of a 5-KK streak (6 'veterans' + 2 rikishi from maezumo - true rookie Wakaikazuchi and banzuke-gai returnee Arise), please guess how many KK you expect in total. Your tie-breaker guess may be anything from 0 to 17. Only exactly correct guesses qualify at this tie-breaker stage. Note: Sanyaku count as correct for the tie-breaker if they achieve KK, they do not need to meet their target records.

Next 8 tie-breakers if needed: Correctly predicted rikishi, one-by-one in ballot order, i.e. starting at Onosato.

Extra tie-breakers, should two or more players have entered identical ballots: Proximity of their tie-breaker guesses to the correct number, followed by proximity of their sanyaku rikishi guesses to the correct records (one-by-one in ballot order).

Final tie-breaker: earliest entry.

Note: Rikishi who show up on the before-shonichi kyujo list will be excluded from scoring (even if they end up joining the basho later), so it is not necessary to re-submit your entry if you picked such a rikishi as a KK; he will not count for points anyhow. You may, however, notify me if you'd like to reduce your tie-breaker guess by one point to compensate for the "missing" rikishi. Your position on the entry list (for final tie-breaker purposes) will be deemed unchanged in this special situation. Any other changes to a ballot will be considered a new entry, with correspondingly lower priority for the final tie-breaker.

Deadline: Shonichi 2pm JST.

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Simplified entry template:

1. Onosato W-L
2. Aonishiki W-L
3. Kusano KKMK
4. Hakuoho KKMK
5. Mita KKMK
6. Gonoumi KKMK
7. Kirishima W-L
8. Fujinokawa KKMK
9. Kyokukaiyu KKMK

TB xx

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Good luck!

[ryafuji 824]

1. Onosato 13-2
2. Aonishiki 8-7
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi MK
7. Kirishima 9-6
8. Fujinokawa KK
9. Kyokukaiyu MK

TB 10

[Fashiritētā 209]

1. Onosato 14-1
2. Aonishiki 10-5
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho KK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi MK
7. Kirishima 10-5
8. Fujinokawa MK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 10

[Ryoshishokunin 332]

1. 11
2. 9
3. KK
4. KK
5. KK
6. KK
7. 8
8. KK
9. KK
   (All KK ballot?  Huh.)

TB: 11

 

[Yarimotsu 637]

1. Onosato 11-4
2. Aonishiki 11-4
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi MK
7. Kirishima 7-8
8. Fujinokawa KK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 9

[Oskanohana 357]

1. Onosato 12-3
2. Aonishiki 10-5
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi KK
7. Kirishima 9-6
8. Fujinokawa MK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 11

[Jejima 1,486]

1. Onosato 8-7
2. Aonishiki 8-7
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho KK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi KK
7. Kirishima 8-7
8. Fujinokawa KK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 16

[Profomisakari 909]

1. Onosato         12
2. Aonishiki       11
3. Kusano           KK
4. Hakuoho        KK
5. Mita                KK
6. Gonoumi        MK
7. Kirishima       9
8. Fujinokawa    KK
9. Kyokukaiyu    KK

TB: 12

[Holleshoryu 17]

1. Onosato 13-2

2. Aonishiki 9-6

3. Kusano KK

4. Hakuoho KK

5. Mita KK

6. Gonoumi KK

7. Kirishima 8-7

8. Fujinokawa KK

9. Kyokukaiyu KK

 

TB 12

 

 

[Sakura 1,523]

1. Onosato 12-3
2. Aonishiki 10-5
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi KK
7. Kirishima 9-6
8. Fujinokawa KK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 12

[Athenayama 1,189]

1. Onosato 11-4
2. Aonishiki 10-5
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho KK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi MK
7. Kirishima 8-7
8. Fujinokawa KK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 12

[Bunbukuchagama 958]

1. Onosato 12-3
2. Aonishiki 10-5
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi KK
7. Kirishima 8-7
8. Fujinokawa KK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 13

[WAKATAKE 2,759]

1. Onosato 11-4
2. Aonishiki MK
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi KK
7. Kirishima 9-6
8. Fujinokawa MK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 9

[Xiongmao 23]

1. Onosato 12-3
2. Aonishiki 10-5
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi KK
7. Kirishima 7-8
8. Fujinokawa KK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 9

Pandaazuma

[Tetsuarashi 7]

1. Onosato 13-2
2. Aonishiki 10-5
3. Kusano KK
4. Hakuoho MK
5. Mita KK
6. Gonoumi KK
7. Kirishima 8-7
8. Fujinokawa MK
9. Kyokukaiyu KK

TB 11

[chishafuwaku 476]

1. Onosato                 13
2. Aonishiki                  9
3. Kusano                             KK
4. Hakuoho                          KK
5. Mita                                  KK
6. Gonoumi                          KK
7. Kirishima                 8
8. Fujinokawa                      KK
9. Kyokukaiyu                      KK

TB 10

[Asashosakari 20,194]

13 Onosato
9 Aonishiki
+ Kusano
- Hakuoho
+ Mita
- Gonoumi
8 Kirishima
+ Fujinokawa
+ Kyokukaiyu

TB 9

[Hakuryuho 335]

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