Ryoshishokunin

Jd5W Chiyotenfu

1. 一山本 (IYM) 2. Takerufuji Ichiyamamoto gets a few points in my book for having an aesthetically pleasing name.

We shall see. Minor variations due to the shifting of the wakabros and other dobeya things might have ripple effects.

Let me take this moment to advertise "Guess Ura's Aite", where we, um, do that. It's quite instructive in understanding how the torikumi-sausage gets made--come join in. (Our boy could use a result to stay in the joi-jin--so now I have two reasons to cheer for him.)

https://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&columns=1&group_by=rikishi&having=30&form1_rank=J He'll be equal sixth, and with a fair chance of making it to #1 IMO. Mitoryu's a few years behind but also shows no signs of being any better or worse than he is.

Last basho's? the Waka bros at M1 make it seem likely.

In. I... don't think I can commit to refiojiing at this point, but if we're short/need subs I can probably step in.

A legal and easy way to watch the day's bouts in 20 minutes or less. Either with the original english commentary or post, but Kintamayama's right--it's gotta be fast enough that I can watch it day of. (The MLB's 'game in 15 minutes', for instance—available a few hours after the last pitch—is a fine example from another sport.) I am utterly uninterested in slice-of-life stuff, and in fact actively would avoid it. Analysis and deep understanding of the techniques and skills would be welcome. Analytics, in the sense of 'advanced statistics', etc., would be welcome but I suspect don't exist. However, all this is a long, long way back from "just show us the sumo".

Hometown boys everywhere get a lot of attention, inside sumo or outwith. The hometown boy valiantly struggling to get back to the top, especially so.

So, way back in the day the rules for who could be an elder or a stablemaster were much looser than today--gyoji and active wrestlers both appear in the lists of both. Do we know anything about how that ended for rikishi? Obviously the few gyoji kabu eventually just got pushed out by the majority, not surprising if disappointing.

In other words, literally something like "the big (guy) of (his) hometown". You'll see a lot of X no Y shikona-- 'no sato' is "of (their) village", 'no umi' is "of the sea", and "no fuji" is "of (Mount) fuji", which are all reasonably popular. However, in a lot of cases they're also references to another rikishi (especially one's coach) or the stable. Kisenosato is Onosato's coach, and so the 'no sato' here is (at least in part) a reference to him. Kisenosato in turn is named for Takanosato, his coach. (Takanosato got the taka in his name from his stable's tradition, so this is where the 'no sato' comes from. Not sure what the story is behind that: that's already into the 1960s.)

That's the point I'm making: I am fairly certain this goodwill does not exist. You are in, or you are out.

As I understand it, the moment that your intent to retire is expressed to anyone official, you're retired. There have been stories of rikishi not being allowed to make one last appearance on the dohyo, etc. I.e. that guy's not on the banzuke, even if he wants to be.

Nope.

Do the Juryo guys get a bonus for getting called up to Jungyo?