Gernobono 467 Posted January 27, 2017 as no search i tried on the forum, gave me less than 450 results, i am asking directly it is a possibility we have only 1 ozeki on the natsu-banzuke which yokozuna will be named yokozuna-ozeki? (Y1e, Y2w).....or is it ok that there is only a single ozeki without having a yokozuna-ozeki? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nantonoyama 252 Posted January 27, 2017 I also wonder if a yokozuna-ozeki will be called during the haru basho in case Goeido or Terunofuji goes kyujo at any time during the basho... If anyone knows the answer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiyozakura 148 Posted January 27, 2017 30 minutes ago, Nantonoyama said: I also wonder if a yokozuna-ozeki will be called during the haru basho in case Goeido or Terunofuji goes kyujo at any time during the basho... If anyone knows the answer... That is a banzuke thing but not a basho participation thing. You can have a basho without an active Ozeki but there so far has always been at least two Ozeki on the banzuke. If there is one Ozeki he will be placed on the East side so the YokozunaOzeki comes from the West side. In Aki 1981 there were no Ozeki at all and three active Yokozuna. The top two Yokozuna were named YokozunaOzeki with the lowest ranked Yokozuna only being Yokozuna. That does not mean that it would be the same today as back than the additional Yokozuna were put as haridashi, so they were technically off the banzuke and would not represent an Ozeki on the banzuke. Today it would make more sense to have the lower ranked Yokozuna the YokozunaOzeki because otherwise the Yokozuna would be ranked behind the Ozeki. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
