shimodahito

MAKE THAT DAY 5 !!!

good day all, first, a quick update since the last torch match: NAGOYA BASHO DAY 13: Fukunohana / Sd1w kept the torch by defeating Homarefuji / Sd27e NAGOYA BASHO KITTEI-SAN: The TORCH was passed to Sd91 Takarafuji AKI BANZUKE TORCH POSITION: Rikishi: Takarafuji Rank: Ms58e AKI BASHO DAY 2: Ms58e Takarafuji defeats Ms57w Takakiho AKI BASHO DAY 3: Ms58e Takarafuji defeats Ms57e Bugendai current rank with the TORCH: Makushita 58 East current rikishi with the TORCH: Takarafuji which brings us to: TORCH MATCH ON NAGOYA DAY 13! RIKISHI TAKARAFUJI vs KYOKUSHUHO RANK MAKUSHITA 58 EAST vs MAKUSHITA 55 EAST Player(s) up for points: Ganzohnesushi's rikishi pick was KYOKUSHUHO. a loss = 1 point, but a win = 3 points and an opportunity for more points in the next torch match. current contest standings: 2 points - wildcard 1 point - shimodahito

since leaving mongolia, where i got plenty of sumo updates, i appreciate these posts even more.... much thanks!!!!!

good day, shimodahito's picks, 1.B 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.B 11.B 12.A 13.B 14.A 15.B 16.A 17.B 18.B 19.A 20.A 21.B

good day, please add shoma to my team. thanks. -shimodahito

good day all, 3 late comments. - good to see kasugao get 8 wins in makuuchi again. - good comeback from sakaizawa in juryo after sitting out 6 days. - no one finished with a 7-8 record in makuuchi!!! how rare is this? -shimodahito

good day all, the torch has been very mobile during nagoya. so far: NAGOYA BANZUKE: The torch started with Seiro and Makushita 37 East NAGOYA DAY 02: The TORCH is passed to Ms36w Aoba NAGOYA DAY 04: The TORCH is passed to Ms37w Nishikikaze NAGOYA DAY 05: The TORCH is passed to Ms35e Toyonokuni NAGOYA DAY 08: Ms35e Toyonokuni defeats Ms33e Dairaido NAGOYA DAY 09: The TORCH is passed to Ms46e Hamanishiki NAGOYA DAY 11: The TORCH is passed to Sd1w Fukunohana current rank with the TORCH: Sandanme 1 West current rikishi with the TORCH: Fukunohana which brings us to: TORCH MATCH ON NAGOYA DAY 13! RIKISHI FUKUNOHANA vs HOMAREFUJI RANK SANDANME 1 WEST vs SANDANME 27 EAST Player(s) up for points: shimodahito's rikishi pick was HOMAREFUJI. a loss = 1 point, but a win = 3 points and an opportunity for more points in the next torch match. wildcard leads the contest with 2 points.

good day, 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. X 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. A 16. X 17. B 18. A 19. X 20. A 21. B

interesting comments. Mongolia isn't just #1 for google searches in English. It's also #1 for the Cyrillic "Сумо" 2004-2009 TOP COUNTRIES SEARCHING FOR "Сумо" 1.Mongolia 2.Ukraine 3.Belarus 4.Bulgaria 5.Russia 6.Latvia 7.Germany 8.United States 9.Uzbekistan 10.Sweden what surprised me also was that France didn't make any lists. i think they use the "sumo" spelling and "natsu basho" spelling. they must not be using google. it'd be nice to see if the results would be the same on yahoo or other search engines. here's another one: 2004-2009 TOP COUNTRIES SEARCHING FOR "banzuke" 1.Estonia 2.Finland 3.United States 4.United Kingdom 5.Canada 6.Japan 7.Spain 8.Germany 9.Brazil 10.France ahhh. there's france! "natsu basho" and turkey/romania/poland is still interesting. here's the web site to create your own searches and research: www.google.com/insights/search enjoy, -shimodahito

good day all, i found a neat google tool that tells which countries have the most searches for a particular word... so i came up with these findings. 2004 top 10 countries searching for "sumo". 1.mongolia (no surprise) 2.argentina 3.uraguay (big surprise -- any theories?) 4.australia 5.india (big surprise -- any theories?) 6.portugal 7.new zealand 8.singapore 9.united kingdom 10.philippines 2005 top 10 countries searching for "sumo". 1.mongolia 2.argentina (again #2!) 3.uraguay 4.australia 5.estonia (timing fits the emergence of baruto) 6.bulgaria 7.portugal 8.india 9.united kingdom 10.singapore 2006 top 10 countries searching for "sumo". 1.mongolia 2.estonia 3.argentina 4.uraguay 5.thailand (big surprise -- any theories?) 6.australia 7.portugal 8.singapore 9.united kingdom 10.bulgaria 2007 top 10 countries searching for "sumo". 1.mongolia 2.argentina 3.thailand (huh?) 4.norway (huh?) 5.estonia 6.uraguay 7.australia 8.portugal 9.united kingdom 10.india 2008 top 10 countries searching for "sumo". 1.mongolia 2.norway (what does "sumo" mean in norwegian?) 3.argentina 4.estonia 5.thailand 6.india 7.vietnam (big surprise -- any theories?) 8.uraguay 9.australia 10.portugal 2009 top 10 countries searching for "sumo". 1.mongolia 2.norway 3.estonia 4.argentina 5.finland (whatever is hot in norway is catching on in finland) 6.thailand 7.uraguay 8.portugal 9.india 10.australia i'm guessing several factors for the surprises 1) "sumo" means something else popular in another language, 2) these results only come from people that use google as their search engine, 3) possible vacations from several english speaking sumo fans in the countries listed? so, i chose a more specific term and got these results 2004-2009 top 10 countries searching for "natsu basho". 1.germany 2.united states 3.turkey (big surprise - what does "natsu basho" mean in turk language?) 4.singapore 5.sweden 6.romania (any theories?) 7.poland 8.netherlands 9.mongolia 10.japan many new countries, and many new surprises.... and finally a summary for those that understand kanji. 2004-2009 top 10 countries searching for "相撲". 1.japan 2.taiwan 3.hong kong 4.south korea 5.singapore 6.malaysia 7.thailand 8.china 9.australia 10.united states comments, observations, theories welcome.... enjoy the wait for nagoya!

repost of the participant picks

good day all, here's a post-natsu update on the progress of the TORCH. there was much more movenment compared to haru basho: NATSU BANZUKE: The TORCH starts the basho with Chiyonokuni & Sandanme 55 East NATSU DAY 02: The TORCH is passed to Sd55w Torugawa NATSU DAY 04: Sd55w Torugawa defeats Sd52w Kyokushoten NATSU DAY 05: The TORCH is passed to Sd65e Tochikasuga NATSU DAY 08: The TORCH is passed to Sd52e Notozakura NATSU DAY 10: The TORCH is passed to Sd40w Kakureizan NATSU DAY 12: The TORCH is passed to Sd62e Seiro NATSU DAY 13: Sd62e Seiro defeats Sd10e Hidenofuji current rank with the TORCH: Sandanme 62 East current rikishi with the TORCH: Seiro Seiro won the yusho so if he gets into Makushita for Nagoya, we could see some more torch matches as participants picked Makushita ranks and many participants picked rikishi who will be in Makushita. of our participants, wildcard still leads with 2 points. good luck to all.

good day all, here's a long overdue update on the progress of the torch. HARU BANZUKE: The TORCH was held by Jonidan 56 West & Isamizuki HARU DAY 01: Jd55w Isamizuki defeats Jd56e Seifu HARU DAY 04: The TORCH is passed to Jd55w Chiyonokuni HARU DAY 05: Jd55w Chiyonokuni defeats Jd53w Hokuto HARU DAY 07: Jd55w Chiyonokuni defeats Jd52w Aiyama HARU DAY 09: Jd55w Chiyonokuni defeats Jd58w Kei HARU DAY 11: Jd55w Chiyonokuni defeats Jd68w Tochihibiki HARU DAY 13: Jd55w Chiyonokuni defeats Jd22w Yamaryu HARU KETTEI-SEN: Jd55w Chiyonokuni wins the yusho and defeats Jd85w Onoyama current rank with the TORCH: Jonidan 55 West current rikishi with the TORCH: Chiyonokuni of our participants, wildcard leads with 2 points.

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good day all, i don't mean to take this topic off track.... just looking for a quick answer.... does anyone know the ethnic background of orora? russian citizen, yes. ethnic russian, i doubt it. thanks. -shimodahito

excellent summaries and very quick, timely posts... as usual. so much thanks for this and the lower division results! -shimodahito

good day all, yes, i do recall listening to sumo on the radio when i was in japan in 2003. it was live play-by-play (in japanese, of course). also, in mongolia, there are several radio stations that do live radio play-by-play (in mongolian). and in fact, when there's a great match and a mongolian wins, you'll often hear drivers (who are listening to the broadcast) honking their horns when the victory happens... the match that gave asa his first yusho created a lot of honking.... -shimododahito

good day all, is this match on youtube or someplace else.... i missed it. thanks. -shimodahito

good day all, as requested, here is a summary of all 26 entries.... - the list of rikishi, (and who picked them). Asofuji (Sukiyaki) Fukuoka (Azumaryu) Gagamaru (Daughter of sukubidubidu, Chisaiyama) Hakuba (Jejima) Higashi (Wildcard) Hokutoriki (Torideyama) Homarefuji (shimodahito) Hoshihikari (Fatakiyama) Kaiho (Lord Chozo) Kaisai (Hitotsuboshi) Kasugakuni (Kureigu-In the Bond) Kiyoseumi (That-Satsu-Guy) Kotoenomoto (yorikiried by fate) Kotokasuga (Konizan) Kyokushuho (Ganzohnesushi) Mokonami (crall) Nakanishi (Jason) Ri (Gusoyama) Sakaizawa (Oshirokita, Bogdanyama) Tamaasuka (Terarno) Tosanoumi (Profomisakari) Wakakirin (Devlyn) Yamamatoyama (Peterao) Yashiki (kajiyama) - the list of ranks, (and who picked them) jonokuchi rank picks: Jk29e (Wildcard) makushita rank picks: Ms22w (Ganzohnesushi) Ms6e (That-Satsu-Guy) Ms4e (shimodahito) Ms3e (Jason) Ms1e (kajiyama, Oshirokita) juryo rank picks: J14w (Sukiyaki) J14e (Terarno) J13e (Gusoyama) J12w (yorikiried by fate) J11w (Peterao) J11e (Azumaryu) J10w (Jejima) J10e (Lord Chozo, Konizan) J7w (Torideyama, crall) J6w (Fatakiyama) J5w (Hitotsuboshi) J5e (Daughter of sukubidubidu, Profomisakari, Bogdanyama) J4e (Chisaiyama) J1e (Kureigu-In the Bond) makuuchi rank picks M15w (Devlyn) good luck throughout the year... i will continue to show updates on the results thread.... -shimodahito

good day all, here's a post-hatsu update on the progress of the torch. HATSU BANZUKE: The TORCH starts with Jk29e Higashi HATSU DAY 01: The TORCH is passed to Jk28w Shijima (wildcard picks up 2 points) HATSU DAY 05: Jk28w Shijima defeats Jk27e Ryushonami HATSU DAY 08: The TORCH is passed to Jk25w Isamizuki HATSU DAY 10: Jk25w Isamizuki defeats Jk22w Onoyama HATSU DAY 12: Jk25w Isamizuki defeats JK13w Kakumaru HATSU DAY 13: Jk25w Isamizuki defeats Jd117w Kitakenmu current rank with the TORCH: Jonokuchi 25 West current rikishi with the TORCH: Isamizuki Isamizuki finished with a 6-1 record so he'll be ranked well in jonidan for Haru. of our participants, wildcard leads with 2 points.

my suggestion for a tie-breaker: have the players who are tied continue playing into the next bashos until one outscores the other(s). -shimodahito

good day all, well, jejima was correct... the 2007 torch finally reached the top of the banzuke this basho... unfortunately it gets him zero points in the 2009 race. HATSU BANZUKE: M1E Kotoshogiku HATSU DAY 01: the TORCH is passed to O1W Chiyotaikai HATSU DAY 02: O1W Chiyotaikai defeats KW Toyonoshima HATSU DAY 03: O1W Chiyotaikai defeats SW Aminishiki HATSU DAY 04: O1W Chiyotaikai defeats M2W Yoshikaze HATSU DAY 05: the TORCH is passed to KE Kisenosato HATSU DAY 06: KE Kisenosato defeats O2W Kaio HATSU DAY 07: the TORCH is passed to M1E Kotoshogiku HATSU DAY 08: M1E Kotoshogiku defeats KW Toyonoshima HATSU DAY 09: the TORCH is passed to M2W Yoshikaze HATSU DAY 10: the TORCH is passed to O2W Kaio HATSU DAY 11: the TORCH is passed to YE Hakuho so on the 11th day of the 13th basho, the TORCH went from bottom to top. fyi... the 2008 TORCH is currently with the rank of Juryo 6 West, and rikishi of Shirononami. fyi... the 2009 TORCH is currently with the rank of Jonokuchi 25 West, and rikishi of Isamizuki. i'm finished tracking the 2007 torch. good luck to all who are playing the 2009 torch game. -shimodahito

good day all, perhaps we could get the chat room going during day 7 action. i don't know the direct link, but if you go to www.benchsumo.net, then click on chat, then click on benchsumo ASP, it takes you there. -shimodahito

good day all, ok... now that he has intai'd on us..... which sekitori now has the best shiko? how about in all divisions? is there anyone close to his form? chiyohakuho's isn't close, but might be the best in the sekitori ranks.... -shimodahito

That issue also came up in Aki and Kyushu, though about some other rikishi. See here. ;-) excellent memory... thanks!