Hakuho in 2018

[Jejima]

Can you believe it?  This is the 14th edition of the Hakuho annual poll!  Will there be (m)any more?

Please add a comment with your prediction below - and also say how many zensho yushos you think he'll win in 2018, for the fourth question to this poll.

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[Shatsume]

no Zensho. Wild speculation time:
14-1
13-2
2-1-12
11-4
14-1
12-3

[Tsubame]

2 yusho (no zensho)

38 wins in total (intai before the year ends)

winning streak of 11

[Washuyama]

4 Yusho (1 zensho)

69 Total (He'll sit out one basho and average 1 loss per tournament)

23 winning streak

[MumboJumbo]

4 yusho (1 zensho)

66 wins

21 winning streak

How about 1x15-0, 1x14-1, 2x13-2, 1x11-4, 1x0-0-15

[WAKATAKE]

With Harumafuji gone there aren't many too challenge him unfortunately, unless Kisenosato pulls off a miracle and gets back on track.

4 yusho, 2 zensho

72 wins

24 win streak

I am also of the opinion that he will end up withdrawing from or sitting out one basho

[chishafuwaku]

zensho = 2

Back to old times 

[chishafuwaku]

Just now, chishafuwaku said:

zensho = 2

Back to old times 

Will be greedy and leave nothing to others 

Will try one last time to beat the record of consecutive victories but will fail  ( lose against Ishiura )

Hakuho, you became old  but the others are so weak that you are getting richer year after year 

[Atenzan]

1 zensho, 1 kyujo

[Atenzan]

8 hours ago, chishafuwaku said:

lose against Ishiura 

would it count as a streak-breaker if it's in a playoff?

[Ryoshishokunin]

4 yusho, 2 zensho
I forget what numbers I picked for the other two questions--65ish and 20-ish.

[just_some_guy]

5 yusho (he'll be kyujo for the 6th). 69 total wins, 23 consecutive. One zensho yusho.

[Kintamayama]

3 yushos-no zensho

11 straight wins

64 wins

 

[Sokkenaiyama]

The level of granularity is something else.

[Yamanashi]

14(Y)

14(Y)

12

0 (kyujo)

13(Y)

13(Y)

total 66

 

[Churaumi]

I don’t see any sensuous coming, he’s still dominant but not invincible anymore. Barring injury and without Harumafuji I think 4 yusho are likely. I think Goeidou could possibly win one, if his stars align, and I think one of the young’ns coming up could steal one.

[Oshirokita]

13-2 Y

14-1 Y

8-3-4

absent

13-2 Y

12-3 playoff loss to Kisenosato

 

 

[Jejima]

I can't see who is going to challenge him - but surely he cannot win more than three?  I have him down for 76 total wins, and a winning streak of 29....

[Tenshinhan]

No real yusho competition for him with Harumafuji intai and Kisenosato, Kakuryu and Terunofuji seriously injured...

- 4 yusho, 1 zensho
- 78 wins, 12 losses
- winning streak: 30

Someone from the audience will hit him with a cushion (not Fukuoka). Afterwards, Hakuho is very angry and gives Satonofuji an extra shove...

[Mutsu'ohideki]

no zensho

[kuroimori]

3 Yusho but no zensho

55 shiroboshi due to some kyujo 

14 rensho

[inhashi]

3 yusho (no zensho)
65 wins total with 16 consecutive
maybe 1 kyujo

[SumpaX]

I am also saying 2 zensho but not in a row.

69 wins and 22 consecutive

[Tsuchinoninjin]

Poll closed, but basho hasn't started yet so:
Three Yusho, 69 wins, 18 consecutive.

[Jejima]

Poll closed - up-date

42 people took part in this poll - making it the most popular for this year.

Over half of us think that Hakuho will win over half of the yushos (4, 5 or 6) - wow.  Is that because he is so good - or because he is lacking in serious challengers?

69 wins is the most popular choice for Hakuho's wins this year. (I'm sure that this popular number was selected purely on careful analysis.)  But there is a big spread in our predictions, so there is a high chance that at least one player will get it exactly correct.

Hakuho's winning streak was stopped at 6, as he lost on day 3 of the January 2018 basho.  The lowest prediction for a streak is 9 - but he has plenty of time to achieve that!  Again, there is a big spread between 9 and 31 wins in a streak, with just a few numbers not selected, which makes me think that again, there should be a good chance that at least one person will get this exactly correct.