Banzuke for 2022 Kyushu

[Yubinhaad]

I hope Asashosakari is okay, not least because I have no clue to grab and display the whole banzuke nicely like he does. So all I'm offering is Makuuchi and Juryo.
 

Terunofuji	Y	-
Takakeisho	O	Shodai
Wakatakakage	S	Hoshoryu
-		S	Mitakeumi
Tamawashi	K	Kiribayama
Tobizaru	K	Daieisho
Takayasu	M1	Kotonowaka
Meisei		M2	Ichinojo
Ura		M3	Midorifuji
Wakamotoharu	M4	Sadanoumi
Hokutofuji	M5	Nishikifuji
Nishikigi	M6	Ryuden
Endo		M7	Myogiryu
Takarafuji	M8	Tochinoshin
Takanosho	M9	Abi
Aoiyama		M10	Chiyoshoma
Onosho		M11	Kotoshoho
Kotoeko		M12	Chiyotairyu
Okinoumi	M13	Oho
Ichiyamamoto	M14	Azumaryu
Kagayaki	M15	Atamifuji
Terutsuyoshi	M16	Hiradoumi

Tohakuryu	J1	Chiyomaru
Churanoumi	J2	Bushozan
Tsurugisho	J3	Mitoryu
Hidenoumi	J4	Yutakayama
Akua		J5	Chiyonokuni
Hokuseiho	J6	Kitanowaka
Tochimusashi	J7	Kinbozan
Shimanoumi	J8	Kotokuzan
Daiamami	J9	Daishoho
Chiyosakae	J10	Kaisho
Enho		J11	Takakento
Tokushoryu	J12	Oshoma
Shimazuumi	J13	Roga
Tsushimanada	J14	Gonoyama

 

[Yubinhaad]

Like last basho we have another short list of four shikona changes. Of those, two are for Onoe-beya rikishi.

Nakai finally gets his first shikona after just short of nine years - Kukio. It's an interesting one, though I have no idea yet if it has a particular origin story. He also changes the given name.

Meanwhile, son-of-shisho Hamasu gets his first shikona after four years - Terutaka. He also changes the first kanji of the given name, but the reading stays the same.

Over in Oitekaze-beya, Okunidake is now Okuniiwa.

Finally, Isegahama-beya newcomer Ishioka makes his banzuke debut as Takerufuji.

Sd79e Nakai Kimitaka > Kukio Kimitaro (九鬼王　公太郎,  くきおう　きみたろう)
Jd14w Hamasu Motohiro > Terutaka Motohiro (照寶　元啓,  てるたか　もとひろ)
Jd83w Okunidake > Okuniiwa (大国巌,  おおくにいわ)
Jk15w Ishioka > Takerufuji (尊富士,  たけるふじ)

A further four rikishi change only the given name to their shikona, again half of them from Onoe-beya.

Sd81w Ryuseiyama Ryosuke > Ryuzaburo (龍三郎,  りゅうざぶろう)
Jd17w Satsumasho Ryuen > Hakkai (八戒,  はっかい)
Jd42w Genbumaru Yusho > Yuki (雄基,  ゆうき)
Jd99e Fujinoteru Kazuyoshi > Kazuki (和季,  かずき)

The new given names for Genbumaru and Fujinoteru now match the reading of their real given name, but with different kanji.

I wonder if Satsumasho's new given name, Hakkai, is intended to refer to the Eight Precepts observed by lay Buddhists.

Edited October 30, 2022 by Yubinhaad

[Seiyashi]

15 minutes ago, Yubinhaad said:

I wonder if Satsumasho's new given name, Hakkai, is intended to refer to the Eight Precepts observed by lay Buddhists.

Another possible explanation (although related to yours) is that Hakkai is the Japanese rendering of part of the name of Sanzang/Tripitaka's second disciple from Journey to the West. AKA Pigsy, Zhu Bajie, or Cho Hakkai. No doubt, being a Buddhist-related tale, the reason why that character was named such was related to your explanation and from there our rikishi might have derived his name. Certainly doesn't hurt that of the three disciples, Zhu Bajie has a physique and appetite quite closely related to sumo wrestlers.

15 minutes ago, Yubinhaad said:

Nakai finally gets his first shikona after just short of nine years - Kukio. It's an interesting one, though I have no idea yet if it has a particular origin story. He also changes the given name.

An oblique reference I can find online suggests that this derives from the story of Hou Yi, who in Chinese mythology shot down 9 suns from Earth's original 10. After the suns were shot down, they first became three legged ravens, then became ghost kings.

https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/52345362.html

That said, there's only one very sparse response to that question on Knowledge Baidu which suggests that there isn't much in the way of written records regarding this part of Hou Yi's tale, and most of the easily available sources stop at the suns turning into ravens. It might be a folkloric extension that survived in oral traditions, but I have no idea how to even begin searching for something like that.

Edited October 30, 2022 by Seiyashi

[Sue]

Seven lower sanyaku!

[Reonito]

22 minutes ago, Sue said:

Seven lower sanyaku!

The last time lower san’yaku contained 7 rikishi was 1992, with 4 S and 3 K. You have to go back even further, to 1974, to find 3 S and 4 K, with only one other instance in 1960. In all, 7 S/K has happened only 7 times, and it has been exceeded on only one occasion, when a 4-basho stretch in 1962 featured 4 Sekiwake and 4 Komusubi.

[Reonito]

Makushita promotion zone:

Shiden Tokyo Kise	#1	Shonannoumi Kanagawa Takadagawa
Tsukahara Saitama Kasugano	#2	Fujiseiun Kumamoto Fujishima
Tokihayate Miyagi Tokitsukaze	#3	Daiseiryu Aomori Kise
Asanoyama Toyama Takasago	#4	Asanowaka Niigata Takasago
Daishomaru Osaka Oitekaze	#5	Hakuyozan Yamagata Takadagawa

[Chartorenji]

1 hour ago, Reonito said:

Makushita promotion zone:

Shiden Tokyo Kise	#1	Shonannoumi Kanagawa Takadagawa
Tsukahara Saitama Kasugano	#2	Fujiseiun Kumamoto Fujishima
Tokihayate Miyagi Tokitsukaze	#3	Daiseiryu Aomori Kise
Asanoyama Toyama Takasago	#4	Asanowaka Niigata Takasago
Daishomaru Osaka Oitekaze	#5	Hakuyozan Yamagata Takadagawa

Honestly a really good joi here. The two at Ms4 will be hungry to make a comeback, Tsuka and Fujiseiun are two top prospects, and Shiden wants back after the gambling scandal. should be excited

 

[Gurowake]

Shiden has really been screwed over lately.  A 6-1 from Ms10 or above usually gets you right at the top of the next Makushita banzuke, but effectively never gets you into Juryo, even if you'd be ranked in Makushita ahead of rikishi who might have gotten promoted if there were more slots (like Tsukuhara and Shonannoumi).  He's had two of those recently, plus he lost a lot of ground from the gambling thing which was really not much of his fault.  This means he's had stronger results than are reflected in his rank, to the extent that my ranking system thinks based on his results that he should be in Makuuchi!  Ok, a lot of that is there isn't much of a difference between the top and bottom of Juryo, but I thought it was rather interesting.

Edited October 31, 2022 by Gurowake

[Reonito]

4 hours ago, Gurowake said:

Shiden has really been screwed over lately.  A 6-1 from Ms10 or above usually gets you right at the top of the next Makushita banzuke, but effectively never gets you into Juryo, even if you'd be ranked in Makushita ahead of rikishi who might have gotten promoted if there were more slots (like Tsukuhara and Shonannoumi).  He's had two of those recently, plus he lost a lot of ground from the gambling thing which was really not much of his fault.  This means he's had stronger results than are reflected in his rank, to the extent that my ranking system thinks based on his results that he should be in Makuuchi!  Ok, a lot of that is there isn't much of a difference between the top and bottom of Juryo, but I thought it was rather interesting.

Hoping he can KK at Ms1e so that he gets to make a sekitori debut properly.

[Akinomaki]

Tobizaru is 2nd slowest rikishi from university to reach sanyaku, 46 basho - he had as his goal to reach it by age 30 and made it at age 30.5. o

Tamawashi is 3rd oldest post-war to be (re-)promoted to sanyaku o

 

Looking at the banzuke, it doesn't seem like a change of guards is happening - 1 of the 35 years or older veterans is in juryo, Tokushoryu, 8 are in makuuchi, with Tamawashi as the oldest, he'll turn 38 during the basho. The youngest sekitori now is new makuuchi Atamifuji, he turned 20 in September, only 5 others in makuuchi are below 25 and Kotonowaka only for 3 weeks more. 12 are 30-34, 7 in juryo - close to half of makuuchi is 30 or above.

2 years ago we had 4 at 35 and above, also with Tamawashi as the oldest, and 3 in juryo, also 12 at 30-34 - the average age in makuuchi is half a year higher now. 4 years ago we had only 1 age 35 and above in makuuchi and 3 in juryo, average makuuchi age only slightly lower, but 6 years ago it was again half a year lower. The average sekitori age overall also rose by about 1 year in these 6 years, 28.25 to  29.20, but dropped slightly from 2 years ago.

Average age in sanyaku dropped from 29.79 to 29.33 in these 6 years, with the drop from 29.70 to 29.35  from 2018 to 20.

The bright side for me: Ichinojo is still below 30, a bit younger than Mitakeumi, I hope he'll get at least one other yusho.