Corona and sumo

[Kintamayama]

It's official-the Aki basho is on as planned with a limit of 2500 spectators a day.

[Akinomaki]

The 2nd edition of the NSK guidelines, same link, but 2 pages more, 34 now: http://www.sumo.or.jp/pdf/kyokai/guideline2007.pdf

Page 17-19 is for spectators at the basho, all the rest just for NSK members: general rules, at the heya, at the basho - spectators - jungyo (though canceled this year), in case of infection, more general rules.

To travel overseas is forbidden, face to face meeting with people who came from overseas is not allowed for 2 weeks after their entry to Japan.

The NSK has a video on site with manners at the basho, where oyakata show how to misbehave http://www.sumo.or.jp/Watching/guide/tokyo/room/601/

Edited August 31, 2020 by Akinomaki

[Kintamayama]

Rikishi-kai representative Kotoshougiku visited Oguruma oyakata at the Kkan today, asking to lift the degeiko ban, citing the fact that sekitori that have only a few opponents to face at their heya cannot train properly. Oguruma answered that if even one of them contract the disease as a result, the whole basho will be in danger of being canceled. "We will be doing whatever the Kyokai decides, of course. Still, maybe they can allow degeiko during the odd months when there is no basho. We need to think outside of the box.." said Kotoshougiku.

[Kintamayama]

A Makushita and under rikishi has been tested positive. No mention of which heya. The rikishi fell ill yesterday in the afternoon and was tested positive at the local hospital. He is in hospital since today. Anyone who came in close contact with him and even heya members that didn't will undergo tests.no other heya members have shown any symptoms so far. "We don't know how he contracted it. It was a Sunday, so I really don't have any specific details. He is a member of a very large heya so we need to find out how it happened and hope he will be the only one affected, as the basho is nearing and this is worrying.." said Shibatayama PR man.

Edited September 6, 2020 by Kintamayama

[Eikokurai]

On 01/09/2020 at 21:14, Kintamayama said:

Rikishi-kai representative Kotoshougiku visited Oguruma oyakata at the Kkan today, asking to lift the degeiko ban, citing the fact that sekitori that have only a few opponents to face at their heya cannot train properly. Oguruma answered that if even one of them contract the disease as a result, the whole basho will be in danger of being canceled. "We will be doing whatever the Kyokai decides, of course. Still, maybe they can allow degeiko during the odd months when there is no basho. We need to think outside of the box.." said Kotoshougiku.

Can’t they create some sort of training bubble? i.e. Group the sekitori into threes or fours and limit them to degeiko just within their groups. Give priority to those rikishi with no sekitori heyamates and try to arrange the groups geographically as far as is possible (stables near each other grouped together, etc). 

[Kintamayama]

On 06/09/2020 at 11:36, Kintamayama said:

A Makushita and under rikishi has been tested positive. 

Shibatayama tells us that the sick rikishi's fever has gone down. People who came in close contact with him underwent tests and the results will be known soon. At this time, none of them have shown any symptoms. "It's important to contain this to the heya.." summed Shibs.

Edited September 7, 2020 by Kintamayama

[Akinomaki]

On 07/09/2020 at 11:40, Kintamayama said:

Shibatayama tells us that the sick rikishi's fever has gone down. People who came in close contact with him underwent tests and the results will be known soon. At this time, none of them have shown any symptoms. "It's important to contain this to the heya.." summed Shibs.

Several in the same heya tested positive, they are undergoing PCR tests and the complete results will be published on the 10th. http://mainichi.jp/articles/20200909/k00/00m/050/247000c

Edited September 9, 2020 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

2 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Several in the same heya tested positive, they are undergoing PCR tests and the complete results will be published on the 10th. http://mainichi.jp/articles/20200909/k00/00m/050/247000c

There are some with fever, some without symptoms, but none is seriously ill. http://hochi.news/articles/20200909-OHT1T50294.html

What they will publish when all results are available will still only be the number of infected, if no sekitori or oyakata are among them - likely not even the heya name

[rhyen]

12 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

There are some with fever, some without symptoms, but none is seriously ill. http://hochi.news/articles/20200909-OHT1T50294.html

What they will publish when all results are available will still only be the number of infected, if no sekitori or oyakata are among them - likely not even the heya name

 Nope. Tamanoi heya with 18 infected.

[rhyen]

On 07/09/2020 at 08:21, Eikokurai said:

Can’t they create some sort of training bubble? i.e. Group the sekitori into threes or fours and limit them to degeiko just within their groups. Give priority to those rikishi with no sekitori heyamates and try to arrange the groups geographically as far as is possible (stables near each other grouped together, etc). 

The closest heya to tamanoi heya would be Oitekaze heya.

[Akinomaki]

3 hours ago, rhyen said:

 Nope. Tamanoi heya with 18 infected.

Maybe revealed only because Fujiazuma is among the infected

[Seiyashi]

12 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

Maybe revealed only because Fujiazuma is among the infected

Well, the cat is out of the bag the moment the whole heya goes kyujo. The only way to have kept that anonymous would have been to cancel the whole basho.

[WAKATAKE]

According to Shibatayama, the judging department might take into account the Covid situation for the Tamanoi beya members when they meet for the banzuke committee after the basho, but no confirmation at this point. "We can't help if they got infected..." says the PR man.

https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202009100000251.html

[Seiyashi]

44 minutes ago, WAKATAKE said:

According to Shibatayama, the judging department might take into account the Covid situation for the Tamanoi beya members when they meet for the banzuke committee after the basho, but no confirmation at this point. "We can't help if they got infected..." says the PR man.

https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202009100000251.html

Good to hear that. That might be just enough for Azumaryu, but Fujiazuma is probably dropping to Makushita.

[Joaoiyama]

So which rikishi are kyujo duo to covid issues?

[Seiyashi]

http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=&heya=90&shusshin=-1&b=202009&high=-1&hd=-1&entry=-1&intai=-1&sort=1

The affected sekitori are Fujiazuma and Azumaryu, who are both almost guaranteed to drop out of Juryo if they are considered 0-0-15. From what little I know of the lower divisions, the only other notable lower division wrestler to be affected is Shiraishi (7-0 yusho in his debut basho as a Sd100 tsukedashi entrant). He's Ms2W this basho and would have had a good chance to be promoted to sekitori if he hadn't gone kyujo.

[rhyen]

The funny thing is didn’t everyone, including the Tamanoi rikishi attend the talk inside the kokugikan on the 30th? Shouldn’t they all be quarantined?

[Seiyashi]

1 minute ago, rhyen said:

Fujiazuma tasted negative, no?

I'd like to know how to taste positivity in a rikishi's muscles too 

Jokes aside, the Nikkan Sports article said Fujiazuma and 17 other non-sekitori were said by the NSK to have been infected. It's Azumaryu we don't know about.

If my memory serves me correctly, the NSK did do tests on everyone recently at some point in time, and those, presumably, came up clean. If that was after the 30th, I think they're clear. In any case, if we don't hear any other cases outside Tamanoi over the next few days, we're clear, since anyone who might have been infected on the 30th would start showing symptoms by now.

[Kintamayama]

7 hours ago, Joaoiyama said:

So which rikishi are kyujo duo to covid issues?

All Tamanoi rikishi. 

Shikona	Heya	Shusshin	Birth Date	Highest Rank	Hatsu Dohyo	Intai	Last Shikona
Azumahikari	Tamanoi	Tokyo	May 27, 1993	Jonidan 53	2009.09		Azumahikari
Azumaiwa	Tamanoi	Miyazaki	August 24, 1999	Jonidan 50	2018.01		Azumaiwa
Azumanami	Tamanoi	Fukushima	November 29, 1984	Sandanme 55	2007.09		Azumanami
Azumaryu	Tamanoi	Mongolia	May 12, 1987	Maegashira 14	2008.11		Azumaryu
Azumasato	Tamanoi	Tokyo	May 22, 1992	Makushita 35	2008.03		Azumasato
Azumasho	Tamanoi	Fukushima	November 19, 1991	Sandanme 6	2010.03		Azumasho
Azumayama	Tamanoi	Fukushima	June 10, 1994	Jonidan 60	2010.05		Azumayama
Fujiazuma	Tamanoi	Tokyo	April 19, 1987	Maegashira 4	2003.03		Fujiazuma
Fukuazuma	Tamanoi	Fukushima	November 24, 1999	Jonidan 28	2015.05		Fukuazuma
Hashimoto	Tamanoi	Miyagi	January 15, 2004	Jonidan 52	2019.03		Hashimoto
Hokutoryu	Tamanoi	Hokkaido	September 19, 2000	Sandanme 100	2016.03		Hokutoryu
Horyuyama	Tamanoi	Ishikawa	August 24, 1986	Makushita 1	2009.03		Horyuyama
Ichiki	Tamanoi	Saga	November 13, 1993	Makushita 6	2016.01		Ichiki
Iko	Tamanoi	Tokyo	February 27, 1998	Sandanme 58	2014.11		Iko
Ishiazuma	Tamanoi	Miyagi	November 8, 1998	Sandanme 86	2014.03		Ishiazuma
Iwamoto	Tamanoi	Hyogo	June 29, 2002	Jonidan 74	2018.03		Iwamoto
Karatsuumi	Tamanoi	Saga	August 3, 1988	Makushita 12	2004.03		Karatsuumi
Kiyonoumi	Tamanoi	Nagano	August 21, 1996	Makushita 52	2014.11		Kiyonoumi
Mihamaumi	Tamanoi	Chiba	November 29, 1996	Sandanme 48	2012.05		Mihamaumi
Mori	Tamanoi	Fukushima	July 2, 1992	Sandanme 86	2011.01		Mori
Motokiyama	Tamanoi	Nagano	December 15, 1991	Sandanme 74	2008.03		Motokiyama
Oazuma	Tamanoi	Fukushima	May 10, 1990	Makushita 30	2006.05		Oazuma
Shiraishi	Tamanoi	Tokyo	April 17, 1996	Makushita 2	2019.05		Shiraishi
Takeazuma	Tamanoi	Saitama	February 23, 2001	Jonidan 51	2017.03		Takeazuma
Tokiryu	Tamanoi	Aichi	June 25, 1998	Sandanme 25	2014.03		Tokiryu
Toshoyama	Tamanoi	Chiba	January 7, 1998	Sandanme 3	2013.03		Toshoyama
Tsugaruumi	Tamanoi	Chiba	April 6, 1996	Sandanme 4	2012.03		Tsugaruumi
Yoshiazuma	Tamanoi	Kumamoto	May 26, 1977	Maegashira 12	1996.01		Yoshiazuma

[WAKATAKE]

NSK is looking at allowing degeiko. Most likely degeiko would have to happen before the announcement of the banzuke. "The two weeks before the basho are most important" said Oguruma. "If someone tests positive, we would have them quarantine for two weeks, and if they got an infection from the heya they went to, the heya would also quarantine for two weeks. So they could do degeiko up until the banzuke announcement." 

https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202009120000279.html

[Akinomaki]

The now traditional (13th) scarecrow festival in Mitsue village, Nara, focused on the Abe-no-mask, which each citizen in Japan had received from the government. This piece is meant to depict Nara new local hero Tokushoryu o

with the one who made it - it lacks the proper volume to qualify as bearing resemblance

o

definitely more scary with mask - but will the crows notice?

[Akinomaki]

On 15/08/2020 at 16:50, Akinomaki said:

Due to the rise in infections, the restriction of a limit of 5000 spectators for pro-sports and similar events is very likely to go on also in September, and the sports world will have to deal with it. The successful July basho with a 2500 limit is always cited in this context. The government initially planned to relax restrictions start of August, then they were prolonged till end of August. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/society/news/2020/08/15/kiji/20200815s00042000103000c.html 

Government event restrictions are relaxed now, more people are allowed in. Shibatayama told today that they have think about how to increase the limit number for non-Kyushu o

- this and the last basho the NSK not even has close to the 2500 limit of spectators though

Edited September 20, 2020 by Akinomaki

[Kintamayama]

Degeiko will be allowed beginning October 5th for 2 weeks. Proof of a  negative virus test and an approval from the destination heya's Oyakata will be needed. Each rikishi will be allowed to go to one heya only. A keiko session at the Kokugikan's training institute is also being considered. 

[code_number3]

4 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Degeiko will be allowed beginning October 5th for 2 weeks. Proof of a  negative virus test and an approval from the destination heya's Oyakata will be needed. Each rikishi will be allowed to go to one heya only. A keiko session at the Kokugikan's training institute is also being considered. 

Will there a chance of YDC rengo keiko? 

[orandashoho]

12 hours ago, code_number3 said:

Will there a chance of YDC rengo keiko? 

Not as the mass gathering it normally is... I don't see how that can be done without increased risk.