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Mitakeumi... He started doing poorly in the 2022.05 basho, was it coincidence that is the same time he hurt his shoulder? Shodai... I think ~2020 was just a combination of hitting his peak (he was age 28-29, which is the right age) and a bit of fluke.

Random GTB fact I felt like looking up... and it was a timely query as there was an interesting milestone this basho. First # is total number of basho in ranked in the top 10. Second number is total career basho. Underlined players are active, bolded players are currently in the top 10. This basho Asashosakari has now tied for the all time lead. 1 Feginowaka: 75/113 2 Asashosakari: 75/130 3 Susanoo: 52/130 4 Okisuruga: 46/60 5 Gooner: 43/113 6 Bafa: 36/65 7 Pandaazuma: 36/91 8 Reonito: 26/50 9 Tosahayate: 26/67 10 Gurowake: 25/63

I shall join in the resounding chorus of selecting... Asahifuji - J13w

Ura lost 11kg!? I wonder why?

GTB meta-banzuke Notes of interest. - Asashosakari and Reonito both begin rope runs. A JY in Haru for either will complete it. - Sugakusha makes Sekiwake debut. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA makes Komusubi debut. - Tim W, Fia, and Nanikitanohito make their Juryo debut. ... As always, let me know if I've made any obvious administrative errors.

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Good thing Miyagino didn't contain any Fujiho / Fujinoho. We'd be stuck dealing with a Fujinofuji.

All-time KK streaks (bold = active) 1) 29: Asashosakari, Okisuruga 3) 25: Okisuruga, Cheesofuji 5) 24: Bafa 6) 23: Konosato 7) 22: Goshobiyama 8 ) 20: Takanorappa, Kurausu, Gurowake, Reonito All-time 9-6 or better streaks 1) 25: Okisuruga 2) 19: Bunbukuchagama 3) 17: Asashosakari (twice) 5) 16: Reonito, Kale 7) 15: Feginowaka, Asashosakari, Pandaazuma, Sakura All-time 10-5 or better streaks 1) 19: Okisuruga 2) 13: Hamanoyama 3) 10: Feginowaka, Kurausu, Asashosakari (twice), Kyokuhagyo, Reonito 9) 9: Oshirokita, Pandaazuma, Okisuruga, Kaito (active leader is Kale with 8 )

I'm not exactly sure what I was thinking for M11e-M13e... Hoshoryu Y Onosato Kotozakura O Aonishiki Kirishima S Takayasu Oho K Wakamotoharu Ichiyamamoto M1 Yoshinofuji Ura M2 Wakatakakage Hakuoho M3 Takanosho Atamifuji M4 Tamawashi Daieisho M5 Churanoumi Hiradoumi M6 Onokatsu Fujinokawa M7 Oshoma Gonoyama M8 Kinbozan Roga M9 Shodai Tokihayate M10 Kotoshoho Midorifuji M11 Abi Chiyoshoma M12 Tobizaru Nishikifuji M13 Tomokaze Shishi M14 Mitakeumi Ryuden M15 Asakoryu Asanoyama M16 Asahakuryu Oshoumi M17 Hatsuyama

Total time for each Makuuchi rikishi besides Meisei. [spoiler] Midorifuji 377.4 Shonannoumi 243.2 Ryuden 223.3 Onokatsu 211.9 Churanoumi 210 Takayasu 205.4 Shishi 188.4 Wakamotoharu 184.5 Oshoma 181.2 Tobizaru 175.5 Roga 169.1 Ura 160.3 Kinbozan 157.3 Aonishiki 155.4 Ichiyamamoto 150.3 Atamifuji 143.3 Chiyoshoma 138.5 Shodai 137.6 Hoshoryu 137 Yoshinofuji 133.9 Tomokaze 131.2 Kotozakura 129.5 Oho 125.9 Tamawashi 120.2 Kirishima 118.9 Mitakeumi 114.6 Nishikifuji 111.3 Tokihayate 108.8 Hiradoumi 94.7 Daieisho 93.5 Abi 93.3 Wakatakakage 92.8 Kotoshoho 91.4 Fujinokawa 90.5 Asakoryu 89.5 Takanosho 87.8 Sadanoumi 81.3 Oshoumi 81.1 Hakuoho 78.6 Gonoyama 76.4 Onosato 68.6 [/spoiler] Ok forum is being dumb and won't do spoiler...

Onosato Y Hoshoryu Aonishiki O Kotozakura will pull out of a basho early and then fail to clear kadoban next time around.

Will bounce in and out of the sanyaku, but never drop below M4. No yusho or jun-yusho. His best record will be an 11-4 which will be accompanied by a gino-sho.

Y: Onosato 2 (one of which will be a zensho), Hoshoryu 1 O: Aonishiki 2 S: Yoshinofuji 1

Atamifuji will continue being a marshmallow. His biggest accomplishment will be one kinboshi over Hoshoryu. He will not reach sanyaku.

He had a really good 2025, so I'm more optimistic, I'd say he probably yo-yo's in and out of the joi, picks up 1 kinboshi, and starts 2027 at M7w.

In January 2027 I predictify that aforementioned Aonishiki will be O1e, will win 4 bouts by uchimuso, win 2 yusho; one will be a 12-3 in which he beats Onosato in a playoff, the other a 13-2.

Only 5 rikishi have won a Makuuchi Yusho at a younger age than Aonishiki. Takanohana, Taiho, Kitanoumi, Hakuho, Musashiyama. That's 5 Yokozuna... 4 Dai-Yokozuna.

It's all about how it is spun. Hoshoryu: 'Aonishiki is very strong, I want to train against the strongest rikishi, iron sharpens iron, yada yada' Aonishiki: 'It is a priviledge to train against Yokozuna'

^ GTB: Guess the M7-M13 train wreck edition? Otherwise looks pretty clean, the K1w coin flip, whichever order one wants to put Tamawashi - Atamifuji - Daieisho, and maybe who gets M17w? That is assuming of course the Aonishiki Ozeki promotion is official?

Did anyone else notice Ura ripping off Oshoma's tassels and throwing them in his face?

That's some ozeki-level sumo speak right there lol.

GTB meta-banzuke. Goshobiyama starts a rope run and will need another J in Hatsu to complete it. Reonito is promoted to Ozeki after his string of strong performances that have gotten him to #1 overall ranking (K 10-5, S 11-4 D, S 13-2 J). All 3 sekiwake are making their sekiwake debuts. Shosei and Pepenohana make their Makuuchi debut. HarlanT, yet to hit the wall, makes his Juryo debut, and Ganzohnesushi evidently did not enjoy his first vacation from the sekitori ranks since 2007. Former Yokozuna Ekigozan makes a strong return after a 10 year absence. EDIT: A very stressful incident yesterday left me very tired today and I made an administrative error that resulted in slightly exaggerated amplitude of wins and losses in the sekitori ranks, meta-banzuke has been updated to resolve this.

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Maybe seeing that there drink bottle you be mentioning reminded some of negative feelings about Tomokaze?

Of course it's subjective. It seems a K1e can go 6-9 and hang on in (not super extreme) circumstances, but I think a 5-10 or less would be goners no matter what. I don't think the rest of the results could work out in such a way that the best candidate would be worse than that.