Banzuke Surfing Kyushu 2009 (4th Wave)

[Randomitsuki 2,827]

Hi there,

this is to invite you to participate in Banzuke Surfing in the upcoming basho.

The rules are very simple.

Banzuke Surfing is run in several waves, with a new wave starting every year.

The goal is to move up the banzuke as far and fast as possible. You do so by temporarily "adopting" one or more rikishi at a given banzuke position. If your rikishi moves up the banzuke, so will you, if the rikishi moves down by getting MK, so will you (at least, if all your picked rikishi move down). If your rikishi goes intai, you will get his last position next time. In the basho after the current one you will be taking the banzuke position of the best-placed rikishi you've picked this time.

If your name appears on the list below, you have already participated. The column "Allowed Picks" shows you which rikishi of the banzuke you are allowed to pick next basho. If you are participating for the first time, you are allowed to pick any of the rikishi in the bottom 32 of the banzuke (as indicated below).

The rikishi that you are allowed to pick are all rikishi below your last (or most successful) pick. So generally, you cannot pick the same rikishi twice. An exception is if your rikishi drops into the last 32 of the banzuke or goes banzuke-gai. In this case, of course, you can pick any of the bottom 32 rikishi (just like a new player).

During your entire career of a given wave you can use up to three so-called jokers (indicated by the number of asterisks behind your name). Jokers are additional rikishi you can pick. In addition to the regular rikishi you pick for a basho, you can use as many jokers as you've still left. E.g., at the beginning of a wave you could pick four rikishi instead of one (regular + all jokers). As a consequence, the most successful one of these four will determine your new banzuke position. But on the downside this would mean that you don't have any jokers left for later bashos. So pick jokers wisely, three isn't much for a wave that might run for much more than a year.

Deadline is shonichi 8 AM JST.

All new players are allowed to pick Jk15e Daishorin and below.

Rank Shikona			  Last Surfer	 Position Allowed Picks				  
1.   Golynohana		   Gagamaru		J14e	 J14w Kotoyutaka and below	  
2.   Azumashida**		 Nakanokuni	  Ms4w	 Ms5e Nakanishi and below	   
3.   crall*			   Kaisei		  Ms6w	 Ms7e Kanbayashi and below	  
4.   Jakusotsu***		 Satoyama		Ms9e	 Ms9w Sadanofuji and below	  
5.   Vikanohara*		  Satoyama		Ms9e	 Ms9w Sadanofuji and below	  
6.   Imumaru*			 Rikiryu		 Ms11w	Ms12e Dairaido and below	   
7.   Andoreasu***		 Daitensho	   Ms18w	Ms19e Aoki and below		   
8.   sekihiryu***		 Aoki			Ms19e	Ms19w Nakano and below		 
9.   Randomitsuki		 Daishoyama	  Ms22e	Ms22w Higonojo and below	   
10.  Fatakiyama		   Takakoyama	  Ms23e	Ms23w Dewaotori and below	  
11.  yamaneko**		   Takarafuji	  Ms28e	Ms28w Hamanishiki and below	
12.  Odoriou			  Takarafuji	  Ms28e	Ms28w Hamanishiki and below	
13.  Sashohitowa**		Ri			  Ms29w	Ms30e Tochiyashiki and below   
14.  Asafan*			  DNP (1st)	   Ms29w	Ms30e Tochiyashiki and below   
15.  Doitsuyama**		 Tochiyashiki	Ms30e	Ms30w Kagamio and below		
16.  Oshirokita**		 Daiyubu		 Ms34e	Ms34w Kihonoumi and below	  
17.  Zenjimoto			Homarefuji	  Ms39e	Ms39w Furuichi and below	   
18.  Itachi			   Asanotosa	   Ms49e	Ms49w Taika and below		  
19.  Profomisakari*	   Azumaryu		Ms52e	Ms52w Mankajo and below		
20.  Kachitakai**		 Chokozan		Sd9w	 Sd10e Hananosato and below	 
21.  Kaiowaka***		  Tokio		   Sd13e	Sd13w Kotokensei and below	 
22.  Ganzohnesushi**	  Tokio		   Sd13e	Sd13w Kotokensei and below	 
23.  Mmikasazuma***	   Toshinyama	  Sd23e	Sd23w Hidenofuji and below	 
24.  Tamanaogijima**	  Toshinyama	  Sd23e	Sd23w Hidenofuji and below	 
25.  ragerkawa**		  Toshinyama	  Sd23e	Sd23w Hidenofuji and below	 
26.  Bunijiman***		 Nogami		  Sd25e	Sd25w Wakainami and below	  
27.  GONZABUROW***		DNP (1st)	   Sd27w	Sd28e Takedani and below	   
28.  Asashosakari***	  Takedani		Sd28e	Sd28w Ogifuji and below		
29.  Fujisan			  Takedani		Sd28e	Sd28w Ogifuji and below		
30.  Gusoyama**		   Torugawa		Sd30w	Sd31e Aokishin and below	   
31.  Harry				Orora		   Sd42e	Sd42w Toho and below		   
32.  Susanoo***		   DNP (1st)	   Sd60e	Sd60w Aisaka and below		 
33.  Takanorappa***	   Chiyonishiki	Sd86e	Sd86w Chiyonoriku and below	
34.  Holleshoryu**		Sato			Sd92w	Sd93e Ayanokaze and below	  
35.  Hironoumi***		 Notozakura	  Sd98w	Sd99e Tochinokuni and below	
36.  Exil**			   Mikitensho	  Jd14w	Jd15e Kasugasato and below	 
37.  charliki			 Aoiyama		 Jd25e	Jd25w Daishokaku and below	 
38.  Fay***			   Daigen		  Jd43e	Jd43w Tsuya and below		  
39.  Terarno			  Teraoryu		Jd51w	Jd52e Takeda and below		 
40.  ilovetochishin***	Tanemaru		Jd53e	Jd53w Kainomiya and below	  
41.  Jejima*			  Shishio		 Jd60w	Jd61e Hisatsukasa and below	
42.  Hidariashiyama***	Sakabe		  Jk7e	 Jk7w Uchida and below		  
43.  Shibata-gumi***	  Hamadayama	  Jk12w	Jk13e Kotookazaki and below

[Ganzohnesushi 518]

Sd14w Takanoiwa

Ganzohnesushi

[Azumashida 1]

Ms5e Nakanishi

[Harry 67]

sd43e Kaisho

[charliki 16]

Jd27w Isanokuni

[Jejima 1,401]

Shoma please

[yamaneko 2]

Amuru Ms32

[Holleshoryu 17]

takatoshi sd 93 w

[Randomitsuki 2,827]

Ms22w Higonojo

[Terarno 47]

Hi.

I pick E-Jonidan 59 Arai, please. Thanks.

[Fay 1,677]

JD 48e Hisainoue

Good luck!

[Sashohitowa 6]

M32e Amuru

[Fatakiyama 0]

Ms23w Dewaotori

[Mmikasazuma 12]

Sd59e Chiyootori/sd41w Sakaguchi

[Jakusotsu 5,987]

Ms13w Fukao

[Susanoo 384]

Sd60w Aisaka

[Profomisakari 859]

Sd3w Naoe

Profomisakari

[Shibata-gumi 1]

JK 13w Nanbu thanks

[Asafan 0]

Ms30e Tochiyashiki

Thanks

[Odoriou 0]

Ms29w - the artist formerly known as Ri - now Tochinowaka. ;-) Thanks.

[Gusoyama 103]

sd33w sakaguchi

[ragerkawa 0]

sd33w sakaguchi

[Hidariashiyama 0]

Jk8e Amakusa

[Itachi 396]

Ms52e Azumaryu

[Tamanaogijima 758]

sd59e Chiyootori