Takakeisho in 2020 - youngest in Manouchi for the fourth year running

[Jejima]

Takakeisho began his Makunouchi career in January 2017.  He began his sanyaku career in January 2018.  He won his first ever yusho in November 2018. He became an Ozeki (twice!) in 2019.

He is currently the youngest rikishi currently in Makunouchi - although Takagenji took the record from him for a while in 2019, and there are four rikishi in total in Juryo that are younger than the Ozeki.

How will this young man (aged 23) do in 2020?

Please expand on your votes in the comments below.

Previous Takakeisho polls:

2019
2018
2017

[Oshirokita]

Yay, glad to see your annual polls return!

Seems pretty safe to say he will be ozeki. I think there may be a lull after the current yokozunas retire before Takakeisho or others get promoted up.

[Katsunorifuji]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Takakeisho win multiple yusho but at the same time I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t win any. He seems to be the best guy out there every tournament, but loses some matches to people you wouldn’t expect. Based on that I voted two yushos. But I have no idea who wins the other three remaining.

I also think he is a safe lock to stay Ozeki this full year. He is clearly the only guy you would expect to make a run at Yokozuna this year, and with the changing of the guard at the top of the banzuke maybe makes it, but I think his inconsistency holds him back this year. 
 

 

[Ryoshishokunin]

I agree entirely with Katsunorifuji.  

I think elsewhere I came down on the other side of the poll, but it depends in part on the mongloian yokozunae--if they keep turning up sometimes and taking the yusho, it's going to be much harder for another contender.  When they retire/start missing consecutive tournaments, I think he makes it.

[Kintamayama]

Yokozuna.

[Athenayama]

I believe Yokozuna will be for later. Ozeki this year, provided there are no injuries which no one can predict. 

[Rocks]

He'll be yokozuna and in the running for the Yusho most of the time.  The herd is thinning out and he's the last standing. It will take most of the year for the younger guys to catch him on average.

[Jejima]

Ozeki this year - possibly Yokozuna in early 2021.

Only two jun-yushos, and no yushos.

Longest streak? Just the 8.

[MumboJumbo]

1 yusho + 2 jun-yusho. Still ozeki. 

[WAKATAKE]

Will remain ozeki. 1 yusho and 2 jun-yusho. 13 match win streak

[Nantonoyama]

He will remain ozeki, 1 Y, 2 JY and 11 as his longest streak

[Jejima]

Most of us think that Takakeisho will keep his current rank of Ozeki, but there is a sizeable majority that think that his will be his tsuna year. We think that he will be a serious yusho contender for half of the bashos.

[Jejima]

Question 1:
Takakeisho retained the Ozeki rank that he had at the start of the year.  Over half of us voted for that, so I won't bother listing here.

Question 2:
His longest winning streak was 10, from day 14 of the September basho until his loss on day 9 of the November basho. Morty, Oshirokita, Ryoshishokunin, Kintamayama and ChickyStarr all predicted this.  Okay, let's cross-reference these five with Question 1....  Oshirokita, Ryokishishokunin and ChickyStarr all got that one correct too - so these three look like good yusho contenders....

Question 3:
He won one yusho and one jun-yusho in 2020, making a total of two.  Seven players got this correct:- code_number3, Benihana, Ginkitsune, Katsunorifuji, ChickyStarr, Shatsume and Jejima.

So, with three correct answers out of three, the yusho goes to ChickyStarr! 

Edited November 30, 2020 by Jejima