Day 15 results, yusho and sansho

[Doitsuyama]

Hakuho got the valuable zensho yusho, beating Asashoryu on senshuraku with uwatedashinage. That last win really cemented his case for yokozuna promotion, following Takanohana's example who also had a zensho yusho in his last ozeki basho.

Ama won against Asasekiryu to get kachi-koshi from 6-7 down and keep the sekiwake rank. The east sekiwake Kotomitsuki finished the basho 12-3 with a win against Chiyotaikai, getting the jun-yusho along with Asasekiryu and Dejima. It's already Kotomitsuki's sixth jun-yusho and his 11th consecutive kachi-koshi. It seems like Kotomitsuki is taken for granted by now as he isn't getting a sansho which isn't happening often with 12 wins, even at the sekiwake rank. The last rikishi that happened to was Tochiazuma, and he followed up with another 12-3 and ozeki promotion next basho, so not getting a sansho maybe a good omen for Kotomitsuki after all.

Kotomitsuki apparently became victim of other good performances this basho, already resulting in three other rikishi getting a sansho with Asasekiryu getting the gino-sho, Dejima getting a kanto-sho and Aminishiki receiving the gino-sho for beating Asashoryu and two ozeki. Ryuo is another victim of circumstance as he didn't get the traditional kanto-sho for a shin-nyumaku with double digit wins, he would have have gotten one with a win on senshuraku but he lost to Takekaze.

Kotoshogiku lost badly to Dejima and with 7-8 he should lose the komusubi rank. The candidates for the two sanyaku slots all lost as well, making the decision not easy. The best candidates are Tokitenku with 8-7 at M1w, Aminishiki with 9-6 at M4e and Asasekiryu with 12-3 at M8w and Tokitenku should be a safe bet among these three. Hyped Homasho even suffered a double digit loss record at 5-10 with a loss to Kisenosato, losing his last four bouts all against maegashira opponents. Kisenosato must take console in getting the 10 kensho on this bout as he also had a bad basho at 6-9, his third consecutive make-koshi.

I think there will be six demotions to juryo with Kyokutenho, Shimotori, Kasuganishiki, Ushiomaru, Tochinohana and Iwakiyama. Otsukasa and Hochiyama are on the brink but should stay as there really aren't more than seven promotion candidates from juryo as Tochiazuma's intai makes another place in makuuchi available.

Those seven promotion candidates are Yoshikaze, Tosanoumi (with a hard fought win against Iwakiyama), Kitazakura, Hakurozan, Baruto, Toyohibiki and Kaiho. Maybe Iwakiyama gets really lucky and stays in makuuchi as Kaiho's record of 9-6 at J5e is only a borderline promotion.

Baruto finished this basho with a yorikiri win against Kitazakura, making him a stellar 41-4 in juryo appearances. It will be interesting to see if his knee will be recovered enough to endure the bigger pressure in makuuchi and especially in the joi-jin ranks.

It looks like there will be four demotions with Tochisakae, Takanowaka, Bushuyama and Chiyohakuho, but it's really not certain as Kobo could get demoted too, despite getting up to 6-9 with wins on the last two days. We should know more on Wednesday.

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Doitsuyama

Juryo

J14w   Kyokunankai (8-7)   oshidashi	  Ms2w   Ichihara (4-3)
Ms2e   Takamifuji (4-3)	oshidashi	  J14e   Chiyohakuho (7-8)
J12e   Kobo (6-9)		  oshidashi	  J10e   Tamarikido (8-7)
Ms1e   Sakaizawa (5-2)	 hikiotoshi	 J9e	Takanowaka (4-11)
J8e	Hakuba (7-8)		uwatenage	  J8w	Koryu (6-9)
J7e	Toyozakura (7-8)	oshitaoshi	 J13w   Mokonami (8-7)
J6w	Toyohibiki (10-5)   kotenage	   J11e   Shirononami (9-6)
J5w	Shunketsu (8-7)	 yorikiri	   J9w	Daimanazuru (8-7)
J10w   Asofuji (8-7)	   uwatenage	  J5e	Kaiho (9-6)
J12w   Bushuyama (6-9)	 sukuinage	  J4w	Ryuho (4-11)
J4e	Masatsukasa (6-6-3) tsukiotoshi	J7w	Katayama (5-10)
J11w   Baruto (14-1)	   yorikiri	   J2e	Kitazakura (9-6)
J13e   Wakanoho (10-5)	 hatakikomi	 J1e	Yoshikaze (8-7)

Makuuchi

J6e	Jumonji (6-9)	   yorikiri	   M16w   Kasuganishiki (4-11)
J1w	Tosanoumi (8-7)	 tsukiotoshi	M15w   Iwakiyama (6-9)
J2w	Hakurozan (9-6)	 kirikaeshi	 M14w   Hochiyama (6-9)
J3e	Goeido (6-9)		yorikiri	   M13w   Tochinohana (4-11)
M12w   Satoyama (7-8)	  yorikiri	   M15e   Ushiomaru (5-10)
M12e   Tamakasuga (5-10)   oshidashi	  M11e   Otsukasa (4-11)
M7e	Takamisakari (9-6)  yorikiri	   M16e   Hokutoriki (9-6)
M11w   Tochinonada (8-7)   yorikiri	   M6e	Tokitsuumi (3-12)
M13e   Futeno (10-5)	   yorikiri	   M5w	Kakuryu (6-9)
M5e	Takekaze (8-7)	  okuridashi	 M14e   Ryuo (10-5)
M9e	Roho (10-5)		 tsukidashi	 M4e	Aminishiki (9-6)

M2w	Tamanoshima (6-9)   kimedashi	  M4w	Tochiozan (6-9)
M9w	Miyabiyama (9-6)	okuridashi	 M2e	Kokkai (3-12)
M7w	Wakanosato (10-5)   okuridashi	 M1w	Tokitenku (8-7)
M3w	Kisenosato (6-9)	uwatenage	  M1e	Homasho (5-10)
M10e   Dejima (12-3)	   oshidashi	  K1w	Kotoshogiku (7-8)
M6w	Kasugao (5-10)	  kotenage	   K1e	Toyonoshima (4-11)
S1w	Ama (8-7)		   yorikiri	   M8w	Asasekiryu (12-3)
S1e	Kotomitsuki (12-3)  okuridashi	 O3w	Chiyotaikai (10-5)
O2e	Kaio (10-5)		 tottari		O1w	Kotooshu (9-6)
O1e	Hakuho (15-0)	   uwatedashinage Y1e	Asashoryu (10-5)

List of Yusho:

Makuuchi:  Hakuho (3rd)
Juryo:	 Baruto (2nd)
Makushita: Wakakirin
Sandanme:  Sokokurai
Jonidan:   Yamamotoyama
Jonokuchi: Terashita

List of Sansho:

Gino-sho:   Asasekiryu (2nd)
Shukun-sho: Aminishiki (1st)
Kanto-sho:  Dejima (4th)

Edited May 27, 2007 by Doitsuyama

[Jeronimozo]

Dejima and Ryuo getting a kanto-sho

No kanto-sho for Ryuo on the Kyokai website, and he is not mentioned on the Tournament Record site. All other sanshos are already there.

[Zuikakuyama]

That's right. Ryuo could have won it with a win today, but he didn't get the win.

[Doitsuyama]

That's right. Ryuo could have won it with a win today, but he didn't get the win.

Yep, seems so. I followed Gernobono's lead. Maybe it was even mentioned in his Japanese source, and he better should have included a link so someone more capable of Japanese could have corrected him.

[Jakusotsu]

I'm still puzzled about the no-sho for Ryuo. Since 1975, every debut rikishi with ten wins has been awarded the kanto-sho. Like somebody mentioned elsewhere, Iwakiyama's and Kasugao's opponents weren't that hot either when they got theirs, so that's not likely to be the reason here unless the policy has changed.

Today's review by James Hardy in the Daily Yomiuri hinted that it was the NSK that set the additional requirement for Ryuo to win his last bout, not the journalists themselves. What could be the reasoning behind it? Has Dejima's own run been a factor? Did they really think Ryuo's opponents not being valiant enough (which would be an odd novelty)? Or might even the whole Miyagino mess have been a factor?

(don't want to fuel any wild conspiracy theories here, but I really want to understand)

[the italian halibut]

i think you guys are forgetting someone who i believe got the ball rolling putting this one on its ear for a lot of guys

a forgotten great on the sumo forum??????

dubble you tee (bah...i never could spell)

(Nodding yes...)

(Weeping...)

Kaio

(Shaking head...)