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Only three rikishi ever achieved this "milestone" for get demoted directly after their very first ozeki stint. Oitekaze 1836 Itsutsushima 1941 Musoyama 2000 http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&columns=3&n_basho=3&form1_rank=o&form1_wins=mk&form1_debutr=on&form2_wins=mk&form3_rank=s

What is this "yards"? Some kind of ancient measurement? Only used by some old, backward societies?

Abi MK Takanosho KK Ichiyamamoto MK Daishoryu KK Ryuden KK Kamito KK Kaisei MK Daishoho MK Takagenji MK Mitoryu KK Tomokaze KK Goeido 10 Ichinojo 8 Endo 5 Shimanoumi KK TB: 13

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Hart to predict. All of my favorites are already out. :/ But there are three players where I hope that they do not win the title: Williams, Ding and Higgins.

You mean mister "how-much-salt-fits-in-my-bare-hand"? I weren't surprised at all, if sometime he would had taken the whole basket at once...

Taiho did.

Do you really think so? Ok, I understand this argument. Not only understanding but also agreeing. But what argument can you bring up to not promote tp ozeki him with 34 victories and an yusho? With 32 or even 33 I would kind to agree, but 34 victories over three bashos is clearly the fulfillment of the requirements for the promotion to ozeki.

But Kisenosato show prior to his promotion to yokozuna again and again that he as ozeki was able to achieve doulde-digits and even jun-yusho on a quite regular basis. But if Takayasu keeps performing on his current level the tsuna run is inevitable!

It was - indeed. One of the best henka performances of the last years in makuuchi. No question about this. And it is a legal technique, even for a yokozuna. But on the other hand it was a match between an ozeki (from who you expect to contest somehow for the yusho) and the winner of the last basho in the rank of a sekiwake, with both still in the possible yusho race. The decision to do pull a henka in such a bout lacks the spirit of a fighter and questions his hinkaku for higher merits (ok, at least for me).

I would be heavily disappointed by Goeido's performance today, if my expectations for him weren't already on the lower end...

maybe you want to ask Tochinoshin if a KK as M1 is enough for this promotion... but ofc, I know that Endo is whole other number

Abi KK Mitakeumi 9 Takanosho MK Ichiyamamoto KK Daishoryu KK Ryuko KK Ryuden MK Takayoshitoshi KK Enho KK Tenkaiho MK Tochikodai MK Fukuyama KK Kamito KK Arawashi MK Kaisei MK Daishoho MK Takagenji KK Mitoryu KK TB: 12

And that is the reason, why I do not believe that all three yokozuna will be kyujo. I rather believe that they will have made some kind of "horsetrading" with at least one of the three: stay at minimum five days from the beginning in Haru and when you go kyujo after this, we will not reprimand you afterwards for it. Promised.

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Wouldn't Hakuho reprimand him as he did with Kotoyuki?

The very same applies to Asashoryu and his tsuna-run. So?

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Ok, it is not a funny topic, but seeing that: I could not resist doing this:

2 yusho (no zensho) 38 wins in total (intai before the year ends) winning streak of 11

intai within or shortly after Hatsu basho 6-10 wins, with a winning streak of three

--- Y1 --- Mitakeumi O1 Takakeisho (non of the current "top dogs" will be on on the top of Hatsu basho 2019 banzuke, and no yokozuna too)

What a finish! This tension! WOW! Great! Finally a happy ending in this sumo gaming year for me! I'm happy! But now, lets put some consistency into it and persue some higher merits! Gambarize!

A Jun-Yusho for me? Great! And congratulations to the winner, Oshirokita!

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