Kensho Kyushu 2019

[Rainoyama]

Kagayaki has always been average and has 0 charisma, how does he get more  is beyond me

[Amamaniac]

4 hours ago, Rainoyama said:

Kagayaki has always been average and has 0 charisma, how does he get more  is beyond me

It kinda helped when he stole 12 kensho from hometown boy Kotoshogiku on day 8.

[Rainoyama]

57 minutes ago, Amamaniac said:

It kinda helped when he stole 12 kensho from hometown boy Kotoshogiku on day 8.

I see, so I guess pretty much every kensho was fixed because of the other rikishi and since he is winning more than usual this time he is cashing in

[Akinomaki]

2 minutes ago, Rainoyama said:

I see, so I guess pretty much every kensho was fixed because of the other rikishi and since he is winning more than usual this time he is cashing in

That can't be all - Asanoyama has the same number of wins and all higher ranked - for the Kotoshogiku pack of Kagayaki he has the bigger Takakeisho pack. Maybe Kagayaki has 1 or 2 each day from a personal sponsor and Asanoyama not. Could be the fault of Takasago, could be that Asanoyama has only local support so far.

[Amamaniac]

2 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Maybe Kagayaki has 1 or 2 each day from a personal sponsor

As you will probably notice, Kagayaki received no kensho on day 2 in his victory over Takanosho (nor were there any on his day 4 and 5 bouts).  Presumably if he had a fixed number of kensho from a personal sponsor, he would be seeing X number of kensho each and every day.

[Akinomaki]

Asanoyama???

Day 10

１４２:		Hakuho
１０１:		Takakeisho
４１:		Mitakeumi
３９:		Endo
３３:		Abi
２８:		Shohozan
２８:		Myogiryu
２５:		Takarafuji
２３:		Kagayaki
２２:		Takayasu
２２:		Daieisho

[Tsuchinoninjin]

Asanokensho wow!

[Akinomaki]

At last

Day 11

１５７:		Hakuho
１１６:		Takakeisho
５４:		Endo
４１:		Mitakeumi
３３:		Abi
３０:		Myogiryu
２８:		Shohozan
２６:		Asanoyama
２５:		Daieisho
２５:		Takarafuji

[Akinomaki]

Day 12

１７２:		Hakuho
１１６:		Takakeisho
５４:		Endo
５３:		Mitakeumi
４０:		Ryuden
３７:		Abi
３２:		Myogiryu
２９:		Shohozan
２６:		Kotoshogiku
２６:		Asanoyama

[Amamaniac]

Ryuden jumped up to the 5th spot with a haul of 19 kensho for his henka victory over Takakeisho in the bout with the most kensho of the day (thanks to the Ozeki having the most personal kensho in this tournament).

Talk abut incentivising henka.

[Akinomaki]

Day 13

１９１:		Hakuho
１４２:		Takakeisho
６１:		Endo
５３:		Mitakeumi
４２:		Ryuden
３７:		Abi
３５:		Kotoshogiku
３２:		Myogiryu
３１:		Asanoyama
３１:		Shohozan

[Akinomaki]

Day 14

２２１:		Hakuho
１４２:		Takakeisho
６８:		Endo
５９:		Abi
５３:		Mitakeumi
４２:		Ryuden
３６:		Asanoyama
３５:		Myogiryu
３５:		Kotoshogiku
３１:		Daieisho
３１:		Shohozan

[Amamaniac]

I know kensho distribution isn't supposed to be fair (i.e., purely based on merit), but the fact that Ryuden with only six wins has 42 kensho and Asanoyama with 11 wins only has 36 doesn't sit will with me...

[Akinomaki]

Hakuho today as the only one crossed the 1000 mark for kensho this year. Asanoyama just stayed in the top 10 this basho.

Day 15

２５６:		Hakuho
１４２:		Takakeisho
７９:		Abi
６８:		Endo
５３:		Mitakeumi
４５:		Kotoshogiku
４２:		Ryuden
３８:		Kotoyuki
３８:		Myogiryu
３６:		Asanoyama

[Amamaniac]

Abema TV posted the Top 5 kensho totals for 2019 (I've crunched the numbers to give each rikishi's earning power):

1) Hakuho 1027 (adjusted) ––  17.4 kensho (¥1,044,000 or US$9,606)/bout fought

2) Kakuryu 871 –– 14.8 kensho (¥888,000 or US$8,170)/bout fought

3) Takakeisho 854 –– 12.9 kensho (¥774,000 or US$7,122)/bout fought

4) Goeido 778 –– 11.4 kensho (¥684,000 or US$6,294)/bout fought

5) Mitakeumi 686 –– 7.6 kensho (¥456,000 or US$4,196)/bout fought

*using ¥60,000 value per kensho after administrative fees

[Akinomaki]

No surprise - the total number of kensho is way below what was ordered at first - Kakuryu, Goeido, Tochinoshin, Takayasu out. 1234 kensho were actually placed, last  year it were 1302 in the end. http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20191124/sum19112421450022-n1.html

Edited November 24, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

The full kensho ranking of the basho, derived from the new Nikkan banzuke data. Marked ? are those who are no longer on it, but surely had some kensho. Those back are marked bold, I subtracted the last known kensho standings from their present numbers, but they had most kensho in between, in some basho before Kyushu - Tokushoryu definitely had none this basho

Hakuho		256
Takakeisho		142
Abi		79
Endo		68
Mitakeumi		53
Kotoshogiku		45
Ryuden		42
Kotoyuki		38
Myogiryu		38
Asanoyama		36
Daieisho		31
Kagayaki		31
Shohozan		31
Takarafuji		29
Chiyomaru		25
Hokutofuji		25
Meisei		24
Tamawashi		23
Onosho		22
Takayasu		22
Enho		20
Shodai		20
Yutakayama		19
Okinoumi		18
Sadanoumi		17
Tochiozan		13
Azumaryu		9
Ikioi		9
Terutsuyoshi		9
Tochinoshin		9
Tsurugisho		8
Shimanoumi		6
Takanosho		5
Aoiyama		4
Chiyotairyu		3
Ishiura		3
Kotoeko		2
Tokushoryu		2
Daishoho		?
Daishomaru		?
Nishikigi		?
Wakatakakage		?

[Akinomaki]

The final kensho standings for 2019. Bold are those not on the new banzuke, they are listed with their last known standings - underlined means they had more kensho after that

1057		Hakuho
905		Kakuryu
877		Takakeisho
786		Goeido
704		Mitakeumi
629		Takayasu
480		Endo
402		Abi
341		Asanoyama
310		Kotoshogiku
291		Ryuden
266		Tamawashi
253		Tochinoshin
233		Myogiryu
220		Hokutofuji
188		Daieisho
167		Shohozan
162		Aoiyama
160		Shodai
157		Ichinojo
131		Chiyotairyu
127		Takarafuji
127		Kotoyuki
126		Tomokaze
119		Kagayaki
115		Onosho
103		Okinoumi
99		Sadanoumi
94		Enho
86		Meisei
81		Yutakayama
69		Nishikigi
58		Terutsuyoshi
56		Tochiozan
49		Shimanoumi
46		Chiyomaru
46		Kotoeko
44		Kaisei
41		Tsurugisho
35		Yago
27		Ishiura
27		Daishoho
24		Ikioi
23		Yoshikaze
21		Chiyoshoma
16		Chiyonokuni
10		Takanosho
9		Azumaryu
9		Toyonoshima
3		Daishomaru
3		Wakatakakage
2		Tokushoryu

Edited December 31, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Yamanashi]

1 hour ago, Akinomaki said:

The full kensho ranking of the basho, derived from the new Nikkan banzuke data. Marked ? are those who are no longer on it, but surely had some kensho. Those back are marked bold, I subtracted the last known kensho standings from their present numbers, but they had most kensho in between, in some basho before Kyushu - Tokushoryu definitely had none this basho

Hakuho		256
Takakeisho		142
Abi		79
Endo		68
Mitakeumi		53
Kotoshogiku		45
Ryuden		42
Kotoyuki		38
Myogiryu		38
Asanoyama		36
Daieisho		31
Kagayaki		31
Shohozan		31
Takarafuji		29
Chiyomaru		25
Hokutofuji		25
Meisei		24
Tamawashi		23
Onosho		22
Takayasu		22
Enho		20
Shodai		20
Yutakayama		19
Okinoumi		18
Sadanoumi		17
Tochiozan		13
Azumaryu		9
Ikioi		9
Terutsuyoshi		9
Tochinoshin		9
Tsurugisho		8
Shimanoumi		6
Takanosho		5
Aoiyama		4
Chiyotairyu		3
Ishiura		3
Kotoeko		2
Tokushoryu		2
Daishoho		?
Daishomaru		?
Nishikigi		?
Wakatakakage		?

Azumaryu beat M15w Daishoho on Day 1 and M15e Daishomaru on Day 13 (with the famous sokubiotoshi).  He received kensho for both victories; based on the thickness (thinness?) of the kensho stacks in Kintamayama's video, 9 sounds about right.