Persistence Watch - 2016 edition

[Akinomaki]

Hattorizakura finished again 0-7 - each time with very decisive losses. But he thinks "I now can persist more than before" and hopes for his 2nd career win next basho. "This basho it got much better, I want to make my tsuppari stronger." http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20161125-OHT1T50082.html

With this he became the first with not more than one career win to not either quit after one year or start winning more.

Edited November 25, 2016 by Akinomaki

[orandashoho]

42 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

With this he [Hattorizakura] became the first with not more than one career win to not either quit after one year or start winning more.

Last basho I thought he was a disgrace, but this basho is different. If he continues improving like he has, next basho will be different again and who knows, he could actuall start winning some bouts.

[Rocks]

5 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Hattorizakura finished again 0-7 - each time with very decisive losses. But he thinks "I now can persist more than before" and hopes for his 2nd career win next basho. "This basho it got much better, I want to make my tsuppari stronger." http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20161125-OHT1T50082.html

With this he became the first with not more than one career win to not either quit after one year or start winning more.

Tsuppari? I've seen more fierce games of patty cake. 

[robnplunder]

11 hours ago, orandashoho said:

Last basho I thought he was a disgrace, but this basho is different. If he continues improving like he has, next basho will be different again and who knows, he could actuall start winning some bouts.

I didn't see much improvement, or any potential.  How can one lose 47 out of 48 times?   I think any rikishi at any level can accidentally win more than 1 out of 48.   And for 8 bashos, he hasn't gained much weight, something a serious rikishi at his height/weight should have done.

[Asashosakari]

And one more kachikoshi on Day 14 which saw long-time persister Oatari and newcomer Chida matched up at 3-3 - the new guy prevailed for his fourth win, which means Oatari has to join Hanai in double-digits MKs. Also victorious today were Asatatsuke (5-2), Shunpo (3-4), and our only potential applicant of the basho, Fukuda, who narrowly avoided his 3rd makekoshi with that. Losses were picked up by Miura (2-5) and Sawanofuji and Wada (both 1-6). We're nearly done here for the basho, as only Hanai has yet to have his 7th bout.

[orandashoho]

4 hours ago, robnplunder said:

I didn't see much improvement, or any potential.  How can one lose 47 out of 48 times?   I think any rikishi at any level can accidentally win more than 1 out of 48.   And for 8 bashos, he hasn't gained much weight, something a serious rikishi at his height/weight should have done.

The improvement is in his fighting spirit.

[Akinomaki]

Jk26w   Ogiryu (1-0-6)          yorikiri        Jk25e   Hattorizakura (0-7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mijdV7SJF68

 

[Yubinhaad]

Happy that Chida got his first kachi-koshi, but even more so because he outlasted the prediction made by our resident soothsayer...
 

On ‎06‎/‎03‎/‎2016 at 19:24, Yubinhaad said:

Hidenori Chida (千田 英紀), now registered as 185cm, 125kg. In junior high school he did soft tennis before switching to judo in senior high school. I might have to cheer for him solely because he avoided the usual shindeshi mantra of "sekitori in two years" or "dreaming of Yokozuna" etc.

On ‎07‎/‎03‎/‎2016 at 05:18, Kintamayama said:

Out in three months max. Is anyone writing this down?

[Asashosakari]

So somebody is writing it down. 

[Asashosakari]

Hanai ended the persistence year with a victory on senshuraku, so the Kyushu basho resulted in these scores for our merry band:
 

Shikona	Heya	Debut	MK	Current Rank	Highest Rank	Record	Win%	Last Basho	This Basho
Asatatsuke	Takasago	Haru 2015	9	Jonokuchi 7 West	Jonokuchi 2	24-47	0.338	3-4	5-2
Hanai	Isenoumi	Haru 2015	10	Jonokuchi 12 West	Jonokuchi 1	21-51	0.292	3-4	3-4
Oatari	Shikihide	Haru 2015	10	Jonokuchi 14 East	Jonidan 99	22-48	0.314	1-6	3-4
Hattorizakura	Shikihide	Aki 2015	7	Jonokuchi 25 East	Jonokuchi 18	1-47-1	0.021	0-7	0-7
Satoiazuma	Tamanoi	Kyushu 2014	5	Banzuke-gai	Jonidan 100	11-24-7	0.314	Bg	Bg
Chida	Onomatsu	Haru 2016	3	Jonokuchi 8 West	Jonokuchi 8	12-16	0.429	3-4	4-3
Wada	Azumazeki	Haru 2016	4	Jonokuchi 9 East	Jonokuchi 4	9-19	0.321	2-5	1-6
Kotokobayashi	Sadogatake	Haru 2016	3	Jonokuchi 9 West	Jonokuchi 9	11-17	0.393	3-4	5-2
Ose	Kasugayama	Haru 2016	3	Jonokuchi 10 West	Jonokuchi 6	8-13-7	0.381	2-5	0-0-7
Shunpo	Minezaki	Haru 2016	4	Jonokuchi 12 East	Jonokuchi 7	11-17	0.393	2-5	3-4
Sawanofuji	Isegahama	Haru 2016	4	Jonokuchi 13 West	Jonokuchi 13	4-24	0.143	2-5	1-6
Teraowaka	Shikoroyama	Haru 2016	3	Jonokuchi 15 East	Jonokuchi 6	11-17	0.393	1-6	4-3
Miura	Asakayama	Haru 2016	4	Jonokuchi 16 East	Jonokuchi 14	6-17-5	0.261	1-1-5	2-5

Ose has decided to retire, and Satoiazuma continues to be banzuke-gai, so we'll be opening the new year with just 7 active persisters. Congrats again to the graduating quartet!

Edited November 30, 2016 by Asashosakari