yorikiried by fate

TBH I might have a flaw in my quick and pretty dirty method of acquiring these, so take it with a grain of salt.

Interesting angle. I went and looked at unique Makuuchi yusho winners in every ten year period since 1958 (i.e. actual wins, not just banzuke presence of former winners). Here's the list: 1958-67 12 59-68 15 60-69 15 61-70 12 62-71 11 63-72 15 64-73 14 65-74 14 66-75 17 67-76 17 68-77 17 69-78 16 70-79 15 71-80 15 72-81 15 73-82 13 74-83 12 75-84 14 76-85 13 77-86 13 78-87 14 79-88 15 80-89 16 81-90 13 82-91 16 83-92 19 84-93 19 85-94 17 86-95 15 87-96 16 88-97 16 89-98 15 90-99 17 91-00 19 92-01 16 93-02 16 94-03 16 95-04 16 96-05 16 97-06 17 98-07 16 99-08 15 00-09 15 01-10 12 02-11 10 03-12 11 04-13 10 05-14 10 06-15 10 07-16 11 08-17 12 09-18 14 10-19 16 11-20 17 12-21 18 13-22 19 14-23 21 15-24 24 16-25 26

It will be, if nobody retires before the banzuke is fixed on Tuesday (Wednesday?)

Aonishiki: Fastest run to Ozeki from Jk in the post-58 era, if I'm not mistaken. Previously held by Kotooshu. Sorry if mentioned elsewhere, I'm kind of too busy to read every thread.

Surprise guest rikishi on a wildcard. [In all shame and honesty, I'm laughing tears here that I seemingly cannot count to seven...]

Four Sekiwake and three Komusubi. You read it here first! [which might be a lie, as I didn't read the thread...]

Hakuho was the ultimate absorber. The absolute best in neutralizing any tachi-ai offset right from the start. In a way, the empirical opposite of the other dude I'm always sh*tting on. Anyway, as of now, the overall GOAT, no doubt. Nevertheless, I will never forgive him for henkaing the 13-1 Hokutoriki on the final day of his (Hakuho's) Makuuchi debut basho, where he was 11-3, kanto-sho secured, nothing to gain. Hokutoriki, the people's Yokozuna, who had worked his ass off in the lower divisions for half his career had his once-in-a-lifetime shot at the pot(s), even defeating Asashoryu in regulation, just to be sent back to the mad dragon in a play-off redo (which he lost, of course). Shame on you, Big H...

Or so the Germans would have us believe...

That's very readable. Thanks!

I'm currently teaching a couple of kids who had to flee from Ukraine. Breaks my heart...

Ahahahahaha. Oh, wait. You are serious! Ahahahahahahahahahaha.

They press horses?

Noooooo! Not the quasi-namesake of my erstwhile sumo games shikona!! Never saw you fight bro, but peacefully RIP. I won't forget you.

Question: How short-sighted is Hoshoryu? In some of the pictures his glasses look pretty massive, but it might be a trick of the light. Anyway: A thousand thanks for the pictures!! [off to some nostalgic Asashoryu videos browsing...]

Top 5 of consecutive basho without a sub-Ozeki yusho: V.68–XI.71 22 basho XI.76–XI.80 25 V.86–V.91 31 V.93–XI.98 33 XI.01–V.12 63 Tough times to be Wakanosato...