Best rikishi awards 2018

[Akinomaki]

Tochinoshin already got his most wins of the year award on senshuraku of the Kyushu basho

On 27/11/2018 at 17:50, Akinomaki said:

most wins of the year award for Tochinoshin

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Mitakeumi (for the first time) gets the Hochi pro sports award in the sumo category

http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20181217-OHT1T50178.html

Edited December 18, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

The Nikkan (unique) sports awards begin to get published http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/column/sumo/news/201812190000760.html

Tochinoshin has the most wins, but was kyujo this year: the perfect attendance MVP is Mitakeumi: 53 wins, 2nd Ichinojo with 49

The silver collector award: kinboshi are wins against yokozuna by rank and filers - (inofficial) ginboshi the ones against ozeki, and like at our Hoshitori game, also sanyaku are eligible: the award goes to Shodai with 5, followed by Tamawashi with 3. 2 ginboshi: Kaisei, Endo, Tochiozan, Chiyomaru, Chiyotairyu, Takakeisho and Tochinoshin before promotion - and no sign of Mitakeumi, the next former future ozeki? (also only 1 win against yokozuna)

The "get the hall excited" award. The NSK publishes the most spirited rikishi each day of the basho (and I post it here), and also Nikkan in their paper have such a popularity ranking each day: Kisenosato gets it usually, but since he's absent most of the time, he only was top on 8 days (for the 11 wins he had in 2018). The winner of this award is Endo, who was top 14 days this year. 2nd is Takakeisho with 13 - he pointed last basho, 3rd is Mitakeumi with 9 tops, 8 times have also Tochinoshin and Abi.

Wavelet award

The "big wave" award of the most up and down movements on the banzuke is a standard Nikkan award (this year only in the printed Nikkan paper), this is the opposite: a stable banzuke position (below Y/O of course): the "award" goes to Mitakeumi and Ichinojo, who both have only 2 points of changes this year

The "Love sumo" award: at last one to give to Kisenosato - though he hardly was at the basho, he keeps sticking to (his career in) sumo. The award goes for the greatest yearly average bout length: Kise had 24 bouts and a total of 440.3seconds, his average bout was 18.3s. 2nd is Kakuryu with 14.6s, followed by Ichinojo, Takayasu, Hakuho.

The one who was most efficient with his time on the dohyo is again only in the printed version.

Edited December 22, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

The 51st Prime minister's cup Japan pro sports awards were announced on the 20th http://www.jpsa.jp/topics.html

For sumo there is the basic distinguished service merit award 功労賞 for Tochinoshin, a newcomer award for Abi,

and Dekiyama-oyakata (Dewanohana) received a lifetime award as sports person with distinguished service

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the top awards are as usual for baseball, better awards also for soccer and boxing

Edited January 3, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

On 21/12/2018 at 12:01, Akinomaki said:

The Nikkan (unique) sports awards begin to get published

The "Love sumo" award: at last one to give to Kisenosato - though he hardly was at the basho, he keeps sticking to (his career in) sumo. The award goes for the greatest yearly average bout length: Kise had 24 bouts and a total of 440.3seconds, his average bout was 18.3s. 2nd is Kakuryu with 14.6s, followed by Ichinojo, Takayasu, Hakuho.

The one who was most efficient with his time on the dohyo is again only in the printed version.

and now more from the 7th Nikkan sports sumo grand awards http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/201812230000173.html

The "Save energy award" sho-ene-sho 省エネ賞 of who needed the least amount of time per real win (fusensho are excluded) went to Daishomaru, 3.7s on average with 40 wins. Hakuho maybe was in that ranking in the past, but this might rather be the list of the most successful henka culprits. 2nd Chiyotairyu -  4.5s with 38 wins, Abi 4.9s and 45 wins, henka champion Goeido 5.1s - 49wins, Daieisho 5.5s - 46wins

and at the other end the "Exhaustion damage award" くたびれ損賞 - kutabire-son-sho son is loss, sonsho with other kanji 損傷 is damage: who fought in vain the most - or the one who was most persistent in refusing to lose: Takayasu spent the most average time for his 19 losses: 32.3s. 2nd Hakuho, 15.5s - 6 losses, 3rd 14.8s Kotoshogiku 44 and Mitakeumi 37, 5th Ichinojo 14.4s 41 losses

later maybe more of what was at first only in print

Edited December 23, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Today's Nikkan award is the "Best pitcher" award, for the rikishi with the most wins by throwing techniques http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/201812240000227.html

Top are Hakuho and Okinoumi with 13, 3rd Ichinojo with 11, joint 4th with 10: Shodai, Asanoyama, Shohozan, Chiyoshoma

the table lists: no. of wins, percentage among all real wins (fusensho excluded), no. of different -nage: uwate-, shitate-, kote-, sukui-, uwatedashi-, shitatedashi- (other rare -nage apparently did not happen among the top)

They award it to Okinoumi (for more uwate), apparently he also got the "Big wave" award for the biggest movements up and down the banzuke (of those in makuuchi all 6 basho), for the 2nd year in a row.

Edited December 24, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

22 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

They award it to Okinoumi (for more uwate), apparently he also got the "Big wave" award for the biggest movements up and down the banzuke (of those in makuuchi all 6 basho), for the 2nd year in a row.

Today the Big Wave award details - Okinoumi had it last year and the year before - this year it goes to Yutakayama for a total of 32 ranks up and down, 2nd with 30 ranks are Hokutofuji and Yoshikaze, 4 Ryuden with 29, 5 Ikioi with 28 http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/201812250000181.html

[Akinomaki]

On 18/12/2018 at 09:39, Akinomaki said:

Mitakeumi (for the first time) gets the Hochi pro sports award in the sumo category

Today was the award ceremony for the Hochi pro sports awards - award winning moustache?

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Talk show part: "This year I went as big mouth, (next year) rest." Yokozuna ambitions? "I want to go little-by-little." http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20181226-OHT1T50058.html 

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Edited December 27, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

The "Grieve the gyoji" award 2018 from Nikkan sports goes to Ikioi - 8 mono-ii for him this year, with a 5-3 result in his favour, and 3 of these wins as sashi-chigai, to really make the gyoji cry. 2nd Yutakayama with 6, 5 mono-ii had Takayasu, Chiyonokuni and Endo. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/201812260000170.html

Edited December 26, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

On 18/12/2018 at 09:39, Akinomaki said:

Tochinoshin already got his most wins of the year award on senshuraku of the Kyushu basho

Mitakeumi (for the first time) gets the Hochi pro sports award in the sumo category

Hochi has another award, THE award for this thread - best rikishi of the year. Generally the one with the most wins - and Tochinoshin got that 61st Hochi best rikishi of the year award without dispute. The 2nd for Kasugano-beya after 59 years ago yokozuna Tochinishiki, the last ozeki to get it was 16 years ago Asashoryu. The presentation of the cup and the money is on day 1 at the Hatsu basho http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20181225-OHT1T50266.html

Last year all awards for sumo had been cancelled because of the Harumafuji scandal -  Harumafuji had received it the year before https://www.hochi.co.jp/event/data/rikishi/list.html

http://www.hochi.co.jp/event/data/prospo/list.html

 

Edited December 26, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

On 21/12/2018 at 18:08, Akinomaki said:

The 51st Prime minister's cup Japan pro sports awards were announced on the 20th http://www.jpsa.jp/topics.html

For sumo there is a distinguished service award 功労賞 for Tochinoshin, a Rookie of the year award for Abi,

Tochinoshin and Abi were at the jungyo that day, they proudly show their certificates now

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Mitakeumi at the Hochi pro sports awards at 4:18h on Nsta http://www.miomio.tv/watch/cc413937/

[Akinomaki]

The least desirable one: the "Let the money slip away" award - it goes to Mitakeumi: the most kensho the rikishi would have got, had he won that bout - but didn't. Likely the ones are not included where the bout was cancelled due to kyujo - data are rare for this.

631 kensho lost for him, 2nd Goeido with 628, the usual culprit Endo with 621 - the top 3 are close together. 4 Kotoshogiku 467 not won, Takayasu 438, Shodai 422, Takakeisho 376, at last at 8 Kisenosato - he only was in 24 bouts this year - and lost 355 kensho in 13 bouts, Tochinoshin 352, and a sruprise at 10: Shohozan was in that much prominent bouts to lose 333 kensho. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/201812270000208.html

Edited December 27, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Hochi posted a video of Mitakeumi at the Hochi pro sports awards

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Edited December 27, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

A short look at the worst rikishi this year - but of course we all know who it is.

Among those in makuuchi all 6 basho, those with the least wins are: 1. Kisenosato with 11, 2. Hakuho with 31. http://www.zakzak.co.jp/spo/news/181228/spo1812280007-n1.html

The most kinboshi distributed, though he had the least number of bouts, only 24: 7 losses to maegashira - Kisenosato: 11-15-64

Kakuryu has given away 4, with a record of 51-15-24 - Hakuho had 3, with 31-8-51 (the losses include fusenpai)

http://npn.co.jp/article/detail/24964858/

The biggest (proper = vs. maegashira) ginboshi distributing ozeki (collectors above): no surprise - it's Goeido with 18, Takayasu has 11. Tochinoshin with 6 was only ozeki for 3 basho. http://npn.co.jp/article/detail/82924557/

Edited December 28, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

The 55th Best Makuuchi Newcomer of the Year award 大相撲幕内最優秀新人賞 from Tokyo Chunichi Sports goes to Ryuden - at 28 a quite old rookie. The award ceremony like for best rikishi Tochinoshin by Hochi is on day 1 of the Hatsu basho, before the start of makuuchi. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/sumo/news/CK2018123002000138.html

For 1997 Tochiazuma

Edited January 3, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

So we have a normal year again - all standard awards awarded

Tochinoshin got 3 out of 4 (main awards)

• best rikishi 年間最優秀力士賞, sponsored by Hochi, since 1958 https://www.hochi.co.jp/award/rikishi/list.html, awarded at the Hatsu basho
• most wins 年間最多勝, sponsored by Fukuoka local Nishi Nihon shimbun since 1957, awarded at the Kyushu basho

http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nsp/sumo/article/468327/

• a basic merit award from the Japan pro sports awards, awarded by the  government related association JPSA (Abe handed out the main award) http://www.jpsa.jp/topics.html - it's been a while that the main award went to sumo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize

At the award ceremony, Takasaki-oyakata was there to receive the sumo awards for Tochinoshin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIAf-CvWRF0&t=32m24s and Abi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIAf-CvWRF0&t=14m47s - interesting that both these awards start with sumo, the lifetime award for Dekiyama-oyakata from the monkasho was called as the 2nd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIAf-CvWRF0&t=49m47s

 

The Hochi pro sports award for sumo went to Mitakeumi, awarded since 1976, cancelled 4 times https://www.hochi.co.jp/award/prospo/list.html

 

The newcomer awards were divided - the basic JPSA one to Abi, the Best Makuuchi Newcomer of the Year award 大相撲幕内最優秀新人賞 to Ryuden, sponsored by Tokyo Chunichi Sports, awarded at the Hatsu basho

There are other awards, like the Mainichi sport person awards, but it has been a long time that someone from sumo got one there 毎日スポーツ人賞

 

2017 http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/37330-best-rikishi-2017-none/

2016 http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/35994-best-of-2016-rikishi/?do=findComment&comment=322066

2015 http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/34755-pro-sports-awards-2015/

2014 http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/33439-ichinojo-best-professional-sports-freshman-of-the-year/

before that it was mainly just Hakuho - 2013 http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/32180-awards-for-hakuho/

Edited December 24, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

The other awards have proper records since from the start - at least on Japanese wikipedia - but the Japan Pro Sports Awards lower awards are not listed - the full award lists start with 2007 (but most without the sports distinguished service lifetime awards from the monkasho)

the grand prizes of all times are listed also in English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize

the shukunsho are on the JPSA history page  http://www.jpsa.jp/award_history.html

The basic merit and newcomer awards come with 100 000 yen, special -, shukunsho and best newcomer awards with 300 000 Yen (=200 000 extra + the plain award), the grand prize with 1 million Yen http://www.jpsa.jp/award_about.html

The JPSA has as one riji Hakkaku, as one hyogi-in Oguruma, NSK no.1&2 - sumo is always listed first, not just in the award lists http://www.jpsa.jp/about.html

In the past e.g. Kitanoumi and Kokonoe, they also handed out awards

2004 / 2011 (award to Harumafuji)

 

A few earlier finds from the past - I'll later compile those from 2009 on

Asashoryu got the newcomer award in 2001 and a shukunsho in 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20021221174728/www.sponichi.co.jp/others/kiji/2002/12/21/05.html

2003 special award 特別賞 for Takamisakari http://www.pga.or.jp/news/ippan2004/0128/01.html

 

2004 http://www.pga.or.jp/news/ippan2005/0127/01.html

newcomer award for Hakuho

lifetime award for Tokitsukaze (Yutakayama)

 

2005 http://www.pga.or.jp/news/ippan2006/0125/01.html

The grand prize for Asashoryu, the best newcomer award for Kotooshu http://www.shinnihonkickboxing.com/NEWS/2006/060124/060124news.html

and a lifetime award for Kotozakura

 

2007 no awards for sumo (what scandal then?), except the 40 years anniversary special award Noted Treasure Group Cup for Kokonoe (Chiyonofuji) http://www.jpsa.jp/award_2007.html

 

2008 https://blog.goo.ne.jp/harumafuji/e/f049dad548bd0e7b690437a59a9d1ac1

a merit award for Harumafuji, shukunsho for Hakuho, newcomer award Goeido (with golfer Ishikawa - grand award)

the shukunsho winner may get a merit award on top, but here we see that it can be awarded extra

Edited January 3, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Yamanashi]

2005:  I see Kotooshu (who could miss him!) but I don't see Asashoryu.  Was he out playing soccer?

[Akinomaki]

On 01/01/2019 at 18:18, Yamanashi said:

2005:  I see Kotooshu (who could miss him!) but I don't see Asashoryu.  Was he out playing soccer?

this was only the photo of the newcomers - neither the golfer nor the kick-boxing site did show the main winner - nor in 2004, where Asashoryu also got the grand prize

Edited January 3, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

A recap of the known JPSA awards - from the links in the above posts, the JijiDB and wikipedia mentions of monkasho sports distinguished lifetime service awards - I presume it is possible to find a few more in old Sponichi articles on the wayback machine, but that seems tedious

01. 1968 Tamanoumi shukunsho

02. 1969 Kiyokuni shukunsho

03. 1970 Taiho Grand prize

07. 1974 Kitanoumi shukunsho

11. 1978 Kitanoumi shukunsho

12. 1979 Mienoumi shukunsho

14. 1981 Chiyonofuji shukunsho

16. 1983 Takanosato shukunsho

18. 1985 Chiyonofuji shukunsho

19. 1986 Chiyonofuji shukunsho

20. 1987 Chiyonofuji shukunsho

21. 1988 Chiyonofuji Grand prize

22. 1989 Chiyonofuji Grand prize

23. 1990 Chiyonofuji shukunsho

24. 1991 Takahanada shukunsho - lifetime awards for Futagoyama-rijicho and the 23rd Kimura Shonosuke o

25. 1992 Takanohana Grand prize - lifetime award for Narutoumi 鳴門海一行

26. 1993 Akebono shukunsho

27. 1994 Takanohana shukunsho

28. 1995 Takanohana shukunsho

1997 lifetime award for Annenyama 安念山治

32. 1999 Musashimaru shukunsho, Miyabiyama newcomer

34. 2001 Asashoryu newcomer - Tokitsukaze(NSK-)rijicho was presiding over the event

 

35. 2002 Asashoryu shukunsho

36. 2003 Takamisakari special prize, Iwakiyama newcomer

 

37. 2004 Asashoryu Grand prize, Hakuho newcomer - lifetime award for Tokitsukaze (Yutakayama)

   

38. 2005 Asashoryu Grand prize, Kotooshu best newcomer  - lifetime award for Kotozakura

later at Koizumi's

39. 2006 Asashoryu shukunsho

40. extra award for Kokonoe (Chiyonofuji)

41. 2008 Hakuho shukunsho, Harumafuji merit, Goeido newcomer - lifetime award for tokoyama Tokuju 床寿

42. 2009 Hakuho shukunsho, Kaio merit, Shotenro newcomer - lifetime award for Takamiyama 高見山大五郎

43. 2010 Hakuho Grand prize & merit award, Tokusegawa newcomer -  lifetime award for Isenoumi (Fujinokawa)

44. 2011 Hakuho shukunsho & merit award, Tochinowaka newcomer

45. 2012 Harumafuji special prize & the plain merit award, Myogiryu newcomer

46. 2013 Hakuho shukunsho, Kisenosato merit, Endo newcomer - lifetime award for the 36th Shonosuke

47. 2014 Hakuho shukunsho, Kakuryu merit, Ichinojo best newcomer - lifetime award for Masuiyama

 

48. 2015 Terunofuji merit

49. 2016 Goeido merit - the present Dewanoumi is in the house - esp. for newcomer Mitakeumi

lifetime award for the former Dewanoumi, Washuyama

 

50. 2017 - sumo boycott

51. 2018 Tochinoshin merit, Abi newcomer, Dekiyama lifetime

Edited January 2, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Dapeng]

4 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

48. 2015 Terunofuji merit

Now at Sd88w. Any former ozeki/yusho winner ever demoted to this deep?

 

[Bumpkin]

1 hour ago, Dapeng said:

Now at Sd88w. Any former ozeki/yusho winner ever demoted to this deep?

 

No and No.

[orandashoho]

13 hours ago, Dapeng said:

Now at Sd88w. Any former ozeki/yusho winner ever demoted to this deep?

One wonders if he will make an appearance in Hatsu 2019. Hadn't he been doing some training?

[Akinomaki]

On 31/12/2018 at 13:19, Akinomaki said:

the Mainichi sport person awards, but it has been a long time that someone from sumo got one there 毎日スポーツ人賞

Since I'm listing in this thread all awards I can find, the sumo awards from the Mainichi sport person awards: the grand prize comes with 200 000 yen, the other awards with 100 000

1. 1993 Musoyama newcomer award

5. 1997 Konishiki deeply-moved award

9. 2001 Takanohana special award

10. 2002 Shikoroyama (Terao) deeply-moved award

13. 2005 Asashoryu grand prize

18. 2010 Hakuho special award

19. 2011 Asakayama (Kaio) culture award - maybe inspired by the monkasho lifetime awards, as a half-lifetime award

Edited January 3, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Takakeisho gets a special prize at the 62th Kansai sports awards. http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sports/201901/0011981387.shtml

[Akinomaki]

On 21/12/2018 at 12:01, Akinomaki said:

The "get the hall excited" award. The NSK publishes the most spirited rikishi each day of the basho (and I post it here), and also Nikkan in their paper have such a popularity ranking each day: Kisenosato gets it usually, but since he's absent most of the time, he only was top on 8 days (for the 11 wins he had in 2018). The winner of this award is Endo, who was top 14 days this year. 2nd is Takakeisho with 13 - he pointed last basho, 3rd is Mitakeumi with 9 tops, 8 times have also Tochinoshin and Abi.

A more detailed top 3 was published by the "reallife"/Weekly Jitsuwa tabloid site, which regularly posts interesting and detailed articles - e.g. a series with the stories of rikishi who died early - Kenko, Daishoho, Kurama, Itai etc.

No. 1 Endo has 36 appearances: 15 top (1 more than Nikkan gave), 15 2nd, 6 3rd places

2. Takakeisho 33 appearances: 13 top, 9 2nd, 11 3rd places

3. Abi has 25: 8 top, 11 2nd, 6 3rd places

http://npn.co.jp/article/detail/63300862/