Trivia bits

[Asashosakari]

Churanoumi is the first rikishi in 12 years to go a full year with nothing but double-digit wins or losses as maegashira: Query

Can he tie the 7-basho streak by Wakachichibu? (Hokutoriki arguably doesn't count, the seventh basho was 0-9-6. Some of the other listed cases don't really qualify as 6-basho streaks for the same reason.)

Edited July 13 by Asashosakari

[Reonito]

5 minutes ago, Asashosakari said:

Churanoumi is the first rikishi in 12 years to go a full year with nothing but double-digit wins or losses as maegashira: Query

Can he tie the 7-basho streak by Wakachichibu? (Hokutoriki arguably doesn't count, the seventh basho was 0-9-6. Some of the other listed cases don't really qualify as 6-basho streaks for the same reason.)

He managed a 10-5 and a 4-11 from M7w, would have been cool if he'd picked up one more win in the first.

[Asashosakari]

6 minutes ago, Reonito said:

He managed a 10-5 and a 4-11 from M7w, would have been cool if he'd picked up one more win in the first.

Hmm, it turns out that four consecutive 4-11 / 11-4 scores as maegashira is even a unique feat.

[Faustonowaka]

We’re at 3 kinboshi in a row, apparently the record is 5 in a row (with Kisenosato being the sole victim)

Edited July 16 by Faustonowaka

[sahaven111]

11 hours ago, Faustonowaka said:

We’re at 3 kinboshi in a row, apparently the record is 5 in a row (with Kisenosato being the sole victim)

What exactly defines 'in a row', here?

[Faustonowaka]

Consecutive Yokozuna bouts against Maegashira, won by the latter

Edited July 17 by Faustonowaka

[Yubinhaad]

On 16/07/2025 at 17:29, Faustonowaka said:

We’re at 3 kinboshi in a row, apparently the record is 5 in a row (with Kisenosato being the sole victim)

Er, no. The dubious honour of most consecutive kinboshi conceded by the same Yokozuna belongs to Miyagiyama, in the first four days of what was the final basho he entered.

Besides that, there are 18 other examples of one Yokozuna conceding three kinboshi on consecutive days.
 

Yokozuna	Basho		Days

Miyagiyama	1930 Aki	1-3
Miyagiyama	1931 Haru	1-4
Musashiyama	1936 Haru	2-4
Futabayama	1939 Haru	4-6
Minanogawa	1941 Haru	3-5
Chiyonoyama	1953 Haru	3-5
Chiyonoyama	1955 Hatsu	6-8	*
Yoshibayama	1956 Hatsu	2-4
Chiyonoyama	1958 Aki	2-4
Taiho		1964 Nagoya	2-4	
Wakanohana	1999 Haru	2-4
Musashimaru	2003 Nagoya	3-5
Harumafuji	2017 Aki	3-5	**
Kisenosato	2017 Kyushu	7-9
Kisenosato	2018 Hatsu	3-5
Kisenosato	2018 Kyushu	2-4
Kakuryu		2019 Aki	2-4
Terunofuji	2024 Haru	4-6
Hoshoryu	2025 Nagoya	2-4

 

* They were his only losses in that basho, winning the yusho with a 12-3 score.

** Harumafuji went one better (worse?) by giving up a fourth kinboshi on Day 10, but managed to win his final yusho with an 11-4 score.

[Faustonowaka]

Kisenosato DID lose 5 times in a row against a Maegashira opponent… so that’s 5 kinboshi in a row, albeit not on consecutive days:

Kyushu 2018:
- day 2 loss against M1w Ichinojo
- day 3 loss against M1e Tochiozan
(- Kyujo from day 4)

Hatsu 2019:
(- day 1 loss vs K1e Takakeisho)
- day 2 loss against M1e Myogiryu
- day 3 loss against M1w Hokutofuji
- day 4 loss against M2e Tochiozan
(- Kyujo from day 5)

Edited July 17 by Faustonowaka

[Oshirokita]

Should be Kyushu 2018, then Hatsu 2019 for Kisenosato's last two basho above.

[Asashosakari]

The jonokuchi Terui - Kazeoki matchup on Day 14 in May featured Kazeoki appearing for an additional 8th bout, while Terui was only in his 6th. Assuming I've polled the DB correctly, that has only happened on two other occasions since 1989 (as most 8th appearances will obviously be the opponent's 7th):

1998.11 Nomura (8th) - Tatsuyutaka (6th)
2019.07 Shishimaru (8th) - Yamane (6th)

(Source query, which was filtered for just the Day 14 matches in a spreadsheet)

[Akinomaki]

How often do we see the top 5 of makushita in that order in the 5 last makushita joi goban bouts and all won?

[Asashosakari]

2 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

How often do we see the top 5 of makushita in that order in the 5 last makushita joi goban bouts and all won?

Looks like the second time since 1989 with all wins, out of 53 times that such a bout arrangement took place altogether. 

[Asashosakari]

Tournaments with three of the top six makushita rikishi at 4-1 or 5-0, since 1989:

1997.09   Ms1w Arashi 4-1        Ms2e Toki 4-1           Ms3e Kogawa 4-1
2007.03   Ms1w Chiyohakuho 4-1   Ms2e Wakanoho 4-1       Ms2w Sakaizawa 4-1
2008.11   Ms1e Asofuji 4-1       Ms1w Fukuoka 4-1        Ms3e Dairaido 4-1
2015.03   Ms1w Kawabata 4-1      Ms3e Wakanoshima 4-1    Ms3w Shodai 4-1
2015.05   Ms2w Shodai 4-1        Ms3e Mitakeumi 4-1      Ms3w Abiko 4-1
2015.09   Ms1w Asabenkei 4-1     Ms2e Azumaryu 4-1       Ms3e Daido 4-1
2018.03   Ms1e Hakuyozan 5-0     Ms1w Wakatakakage 4-1   Ms3w Asabenkei 4-1
2022.07   Ms1w Kinbozan 5-0      Ms2e Roga 4-1           Ms2w Kanno 4-1
2025.07   Ms2e Ishizaki 4-1      Ms3e Asahakuryu 5-0     Ms3w Kitanowaka 4-1

(Via this query which by necessity includes lots of irrelevant results.)

[Asashosakari]

Asashio in 1957.03 and Taiho in 1960.11 are the only two eligible rikishi who won a makuuchi yusho but did not receive a sansho alongside it.

Takakeisho joined them in 2019.09 as the only rikishi to not get a sansho after a lost playoff. (Granted, as a freshly demoted ozeki going for the repromotion.)

Edited July 22 by Asashosakari

[Yamanashi]

7 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

(Granted, as a freshly demoted ozeki going for the repromotion.)

I imagine he'd be too embarrassed to accept one, under the circumstances.

[Akinomaki]

Hoshoryu is the 3rd yokozuna to have his 2nd kyujo in his 3rd basho, after Asashio and Kisenosato o - but these 2 had it in their 2nd and 3rd basho, he is the first to have it in his first and then already his third basho.

[Yubinhaad]

On 11/01/2025 at 19:44, Asashosakari said:

Randomly spotted: Asonoyama appears to have a real knack for winning on the middle Sunday. Whenever he's had a Day 8 match in the last three and a half years, he won it. 16 straight and counting.

You didn't jinx it immediately, he made it 17 in a row a few days after your spot, but has lost on Nakabi in the last two basho. 

(I was going back page by page looking for something else when I saw that)

[Reonito]

This may have been mentioned somewhere, but M15e Kotoshoho is now the lowest-ranked wrestler in history to defeat a yokozuna.

[Jakusotsu]

25 minutes ago, Reonito said:

This may have been mentioned somewhere, but M15e Kotoshoho is now the lowest-ranked wrestler in history to defeat a yokozuna.

...which is rather amazing considering the 20 Yusho or Jun-Yusho winners ranked below.

[Reonito]

17 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said:

...which is rather amazing considering the 20 Yusho or Jun-Yusho winners ranked below.

Looking at the seven post-1958:

• Baruto (J): Hakuho was two wins ahead going into day 15
• Toyohibiki (J): picked up 3 losses early, never in the race, never faced anyone above M7
• Tokushoryu 2015 (J): 4 wins behind 15-0 Hakuho
• Terutsuyoshi (J): two wins behind Kakuryu, never really in the race, zero sanyaku opponents
• Tokushoryu 2020 (Y): both Yokozuna pulled out by day 5
• Terunofuji (Y): probably would have faced Hakuho, but he pulled out on day 13
• Takerufuji (Y): the Yokozuna pulled out on day 7, and was from the same stable anyway

Summary: JY doesn't mean someone was actually in the race, while lower M yusho rarely happen when a healthy Yokozuna participates. 

[Jakusotsu]

So Onosato already sets a regrettable new record in his very first basho as yokozuna...

[Akinomaki]

Another special 2nd time (within our available data range) in makushita this basho, the makushita top 3 were all in juryo today and all 3 won

reusing Asashosakari's query https://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query_bout.aspx?show_form=0&group_expand=on&group_by=basho&group_by2=day&having=3&year=1989-now&rowcount=5&rank1=Ms1e-Ms2e&onlyw1=on&rank2=j

different days, but overall the same set of end results for the 3

[Akinomaki]

35 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

On 21/07/2025 at 11:35, Asashosakari said:

On 21/07/2025 at 09:09, Akinomaki said:

How often do we see the top 5 of makushita in that order in the 5 last makushita joi goban bouts and all won?

Looks like the second time since 1989 with all wins, out of 53 times that such a bout arrangement took place altogether. 

Another special 2nd time (within our available data range) in makushita this basho, the makushita top 3 were all in juryo today and all 3 won

reusing Asashosakari's query https://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query_bout.aspx?show_form=0&group_expand=on&group_by=basho&group_by2=day&having=3&year=1989-now&rowcount=5&rank1=Ms1e-Ms2e&onlyw1=on&rank2=j

different days, but overall the same set of end results for the 3

In the proper banzuke order again

Out of 21 times

To make it some first times: the first time this one happened for their final makushita bout and the first time these 2 events happened in one basho (both 2nd times, so 2 of it)- but that's too much constructed trivia

Edited July 26 by Akinomaki

[Tsubame]

2 hours ago, Jakusotsu said:

So Onosato already sets a regrettable new record in his very first basho as yokozuna...

Hakuho didn't left a lot of records left to be broken easily. A yokozuna has to take what is there...

[Yubinhaad]

The age gap between Tamawashi and Aonishiki, who fought for the first time this basho, is 19 years, 4 months, 7 days. I can't be certain that's a record for a Makuuchi bout, but the previous biggest age gap I can find is 19 years, 1 month, 8 days between Wakasegawa and Toyonoumi, in 1958 Aki.