Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Day 11 (results, text-only results): 2-3-6 Hakuho Y1 Kisenosato 1-5-5 10-1 Kakuryu Y2 6-5 Goeido O Takayasu 8-3 And we're tied at the top again. Kakuryu wasn't able to get through to opponent Tamawashi and then sealed his fate with an ill-advised pulling attempt, and Tochinoshin prevailed in a close decision against Takarafuji after mono-ii. One should probably still favour the yokozuna from here on name value and history alone, but it's undeniable that he's still got three of his toughest opponents ahead, while Tochinoshin is already almost done with the top-rankers. Ozeki Takayasu achieved kachikoshi today, easily beating overmatched Okinoumi, and just might still put himself back into yusho contention from two wins behind. Goeido on the other hand had a narrow but well-deserved loss to enigmatic Arawashi and with Kakuryu, Takayasu and Mitakeumi still to come his KK chances are suddenly looking much less bright. Mitakeumi for his part continued his second-week slide with loss #4, this time to resurgent Shodai who stands at 6-5 after an 0-3 start. Tamawashi avoided makekoshi for now with his yokozuna upset, as did Takakeisho with victory in a topsy-turvy bout against Yoshikaze. Onosho's demotion is now assured, however, with his absence from the Day 12 schedule. Ichinojo took a big step towards claiming a sanyaku spot for Haru basho after today's win over Hokutofuji leaves him just one shiroboshi away from kachikoshi at M1. 7-4 Mitakeumi S Tamawashi 4-7 4-7 Takakeisho K Onosho 4-6-1 (x) M1 Ichinojo 7-4 4-7 Yoshikaze M2 Kotoshogiku 5-6 4-7 Chiyotairyu M3 Tochinoshin 10-1 6-5 Shodai M4 Arawashi 6-5 M5 Endo 6-5 7-4 Takarafuji M6 6-5 Chiyoshoma M7(x) 6-5 Tochiozan M8 Kaisei 7-4 7-4 Shohozan M9 Chiyomaru 7-4 ... M13 Daieisho 8-3 (x) The 6 bouts involved in the customary high-ranker roundrobin are getting stretched across four days this basho due to the depleted sanyaku ranks, with the ozeki duel starting things off tomorrow. Big bout for both of them as Goeido could really use the win here and Takayasu will want to maintain his outside shot at the yusho. Kakuryu meanwhile faces his final maegashira opponent of the basho in M5 Endo, and Tochinoshin meets his last remaining sanyaku aite, Tamawashi. Will the sekiwake play spoiler in the yusho race yet again? Nishikigi missed a big chance to ensure his makuuchi survival today, losing decisively to juryo visitor Aoiyama despite a 3-1 head-to-head history. Ryuden did better with victory over yesterday's KK clincher Daieisho and should be reasonably safe for another top division appearance now. A half dozen demotion candidates found themselves paired up, and the better day was had by Asanoyama (ending his losing run), Ishiura and Daiamami, who beat Sokokurai, Terunofuji and Aminishiki respectively. Elsewhere Day 11 saw a nifty turnaround win by Takekaze over Chiyonokuni, and losses by Ikioi and Yutakayama to keep them at risk for now. We've yet to find our first official promotion candidates in juryo after Kyokutaisei was unable to clinch kachikoshi today. Myogiryu and Hidenoumi did better against their yusho-chasing opponents Chiyonoo and Kotoeko, and improved to 7-4. Tokushoryu is also at that record after today and has turned himself into an outside promotion contender with three straight wins. M6 Ikioi 2-9 (1) ...(4) 0-4-7 Terunofuji M10 Aminishiki 1-7-3 (4) M11(1) 4-7 Sokokurai M12(3) 3-8 Takekaze M13 M14 Yutakayama 6-5 (1)(1) 6-5 Ishiura M15 Nishikigi 5-6 (2)(o) 7-4 Ryuden M16 Asanoyama 7-4 (1)(3) 5-6 Daiamami M17 --- (1) 7-4 Myogiryu J1 Kyokutaisei 7-4 (1)(4) 5-6 Azumaryu J2 Aoiyama 6-5 (3) J3 Hidenoumi 7-4 (2)(4) 6-5 Kyokushuho J4(3) 7-4 Tokushoryu J5 Gagamaru 6-5 (4) J6 Chiyonoo 7-4 (4)(4) 7-4 Sadanoumi J7 J8 J9 J10 Kotoeko 8-3 (~) Another two lower juryo rikishi assured themselves of a sekitori ranking for Haru today: Tsurugisho beat high-ranked Azumaryu, while Takagenji succeeded in a safety playoff against Homarefuji. The latter remains on the bubble for now, as does Mitoryu after being defeated by Tokushoryu. The rest of the danger crew picked up losses all around, which has worsened the situation further for Tochihiryu and Akua, and left Yamaguchi and Kizenryu nominally demotable now - but an unlikely four-day winning streak just might still save these two, considering how many other candidates for demotion exist. Certainly heading to makushita (if not a worse fate) is kyujo Osunaarashi now. Terutsuyoshi and Tobizaru (up in juryo against Akua) clinched their KKs today, and both - along with Shimanoumi - ought to have earned their return to the paid ranks now as they're all certain to finish in the top 4 of the promotion pile, with up to 5 slots already opened up. (That might be the earliest I've ever seen 4 promotions decided...) Akiseyama lost and finds himself at 3-3, and although he's guaranteed to be the 5th-best candidate if he finishes kachikoshi, he's low enough at Ms4w that a close decision might end with the banzuke luck going to juryo rikishi instead. Kitaharima and Jokoryu won't be moving up, in any case, after losses today sent both to makekoshi. Given the situation in juryo I may add a few candidates from outside the top 5 ranks to the table tomorrow, once everybody has fought six bouts. (o) 4-7 Tsurugisho J6 J7 Homarefuji 3-8 (1) J8 Osunaarashi 1-8-2 (x) J9 Toyohibiki kyujo (x) J10(x) kyujo Ura J11 Takagenji 6-5 (o)(~) 2-9 Yamaguchi J12 Tochihiryu 4-7 (3)(1) 6-5 Mitoryu J13(4) 4-7 Akua J14 Kizenryu 3-8 (~) (o) 5-1 Yago Ms1 Terutsuyoshi 4-2 (o) Ms2 Shimanoumi 4-2 (o) Ms3 Tobizaru 4-2 (o)(x) 2-4 Kitaharima Ms4 Akiseyama 3-3 Ms5 Jokoryu 2-4 (x) The strange collection of records in this section of the banzuke means that the torikumi committee has opted to handle things differently this time - while normally tomorrow's exchange bout participant would be picked from the top, they have instead decided to send up Akiseyama, the lowest available guy from the top 5. He faces Yamaguchi in a bout that will definitely doom one of them to a makushita appearance in March. Edited January 26, 2018 by Asashosakari 4 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yukiarashi 195 Posted January 25, 2018 Thank you again! Is there any chance for a 7-0 Wakatakakage from Ms17? I could very well see a lot of demotion candidates imploding at the end of the basho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Juryo yusho race: 8-3 Kotoeko 7-4 Myogiryu, Kyokutaisei, Hidenoumi, Tokushoryu, Chiyonoo, Sadanoumi, Daishoho 6-5 Aoiyama, Kyokushuho, Gagamaru, Amakaze, Takanosho, Seiro, Takagenji, Mitoryu And back to all KK-trenders being sort of in the yusho race. In a repeat of Day 9, no head-to-head meetings among leaders and pursuers meant no wins for any leaders and pursuers. Oops. My 11-4 predicted winner's score is starting to look a bit optimistic... Loads of potentially decisive action is on the schedule for tomorrow, albeit again barely any among those in the top two lines: Leader Kotoeko does face Tokushoryu from his immediate pursuers, but none of the other 7-4's are paired up - all six of them are meeting 6-5 opponents instead (even including Hidenoumi with Ishiura up in makuuchi). I don't dare to make any predictions about how the race will be shaping up tomorrow. Lower division yusho races (Day 11 results and links to video where available): 5-1 Ms1e Yago (Oguruma)6-0 Ms17e Wakatakakage (Arashio) 5-1 Ms34e Wakatakamoto (Arashio)6-0 Ms47e Tochiseiryu (Kasugano) 6-0 Sd8w Kaisho (Asakayama) 5-1 Sd18w Wakayama (Onomatsu)6-0 Sd45w Masunoyama (Chiganoura) 5-1 Sd58w Ryuseio (Shibatayama)6-0 Sd71w Tochikodai (Kasugano) 5-1 Sd91e Kamito (Tatsunami) 5-1 Jd14w Kotoseigo (Sadogatake)6-0 Jd28e Kaiho (Tomozuna)6-0 Jd48w Fujihisashi (Azumazeki) 5-1 Jd56w Tokimaru (Miyagino)6-0 Jd72e Shingaku (Otake) 5-1 Jd91w Hakuyo (Isenoumi)6-0 Jd104e Akashiryu (Tagonoura) 5-1 Jk19e Kototebakari (Sadogatake) Safe to say that didn't go as Kototebakari was hoping. Akashiryu (career record 13-15 before the basho) surprised the high school prospect with a lightning quick kotenage from a defensive position and ended the last remaining zensho run in the bottom division. The yusho score will now be only 6-1 down there, for the first time in exactly a year. The full list of 5-1 contenders for the 7th round is still up in the air and will be numbering between 3 and 5, as there are two 4-1's who aren't paired up and whose results could go either way. (One meets a jonidan opponent, the other a 3-2.) I'll be adding those names tomorrow. In other action: The brother playoff in makushita will now definitely not happen after Wakatakamoto lost a very quick one to Tochiseiryu. His younger and more heralded brother Wakatakakage acquitted himself better, outlasting big Yago in a fairly long battle. This should mean a straight-up Day 13 yusho decider - unless they have ideas to shuffle Wakatakakage into the promotion queue from his just-outside-the-top-15 position (due to the possibly huge number of available spots in juryo), which might necessitate giving him a higher-ranked opponent. Enho at 3-3 would be an entertaining choice... Masunoyama found yet another opponent who decided to try to match him in pushing, with the expected outcome. He's joined by 22-year-old Kaisho who defeated former semi-prospect Wakayama, and Tochikodai who made quick work of Kamito in the low sandanme rookie duel. Jonidan saw what might have been the early yusho decider between Kaiho and Kotoseigo, both strapped heavily on their right knees as they're fighting a full division lower than they're probably capable of. Kaiho was the winner in that one, and quite convincingly so. He's joined by fellow sandanme-quality contender Shingaku and this basho's surprise candidate Fujihisashi, along with even bigger shock Akashiryu. The possible Day 13 matchups are rather murky this time. The customary bout between the third contender from sandanme and the highest one from jonidan might be considered off-limits, given the nearly 60-rank difference betwen Tochikodai and Kaiho. On the flipside, a Ms-Sd match between Tochiseiryu and Kaisho would be very unusual, but also perfectly justifiable on ranking grounds if they do decide to do something else with Wakatakakage's torikumi. All in all, I'd guess that they will probably handle jonidan internally - it just makes too much sense with 4 unbeaten rikishi, not to mention that the usual alternative scenario (highest Jd vs Sd, lowest Jd vs Jk) isn't available this time anyway. Edited January 25, 2018 by Asashosakari 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 25, 2018 13 minutes ago, Yukiarashi said: Thank you again! Is there any chance for a 7-0 Wakatakakage from Ms17? I could very well see a lot of demotion candidates imploding at the end of the basho. Yes, as per the just-posted, I definitely wouldn't rule that out completely. Also related to the juryo situation: It's rather ironic that they might find they don't even need to give special dispensation to Takanoiwa because there will be room to keep him in juryo anyway... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) Day 12 (results, text-only results): 2-3-7 Hakuho Y1 Kisenosato 1-5-6 10-2 Kakuryu Y2 6-6 Goeido O Takayasu 9-3 Suddenly looking very mortal again, Kakuryu lost for a second successive day and in much the same fashion. Kinboshi for Endo, the fourth of his career and perhaps the first time he'll actually manage a KK in the same basho. In earlier action a strong challenge to Tochinoshin's frontrunner status was provided by sekiwake Tamawashi, but the big Georgian managed to power through and eventually win their match, and now holds the sole lead in the yusho race. Tamawashi fell to MK with that and will only hang on to a sanyaku spot with three straight wins now. Given his recent resurgence and upcoming schedule it's not out of the question. The two young komusubi will not be holding on, however, as Takakeisho was felled by a lively Kotoshogiku and has joined absent Onosho on the way down. Sekiwake Mitakeumi looked completely out of it again and lost feebly after getting chased around the dohyo by Okinoumi, running his losing streak to 5. Tochinoshin should now be assured a return to the titled ranks, for the first time in 7 basho since an ill-fated komusubi appearance ended in injury and early withdrawal last January. Ichinojo has the inside track for slot #2 after violently beating Yoshikaze for his kachikoshi today, but could still miss out if both Tamawashi and Kotoshogiku streak to 3 wins and Ichinojo himself goes winless. Should Tamawashi fall, the race for promotion number 3 will be wide open. Last not least Day 12 saw the matchup of our current two ozeki, in which Takayasu blasted straight through Goeido for a powerful victory. At 6-6 it's now getting rather late for Goeido to chase down his kachikoshi. (I almost hope they're going to switch Kakuryu's last two matches so we can get the possibility of 7-7 Goeido vs 7-7 Mitakeumi on senshuraku...) 7-5 Mitakeumi S Tamawashi 4-8(x) 4-8 Takakeisho K Onosho 4-6-2 (x) M1 Ichinojo 8-4(x) 4-8 Yoshikaze M2 Kotoshogiku 6-6 5-7 Chiyotairyu M3 Tochinoshin 11-1 (o) 7-5 Shodai M4 Arawashi 6-6 M5 Endo 7-5 7-5 Takarafuji M6(x) 6-6 Chiyoshoma M7 M8 Kaisei 8-4 8-4 Shohozan M9 Chiyomaru 7-5 (x) Either Kakuryu or Mitakeumi will be ending their losing run tomorrow as they're matched up as part of the usual escalating schedule for the top-ranked yokozuna. Tochinoshin's yusho worthiness will be tested by rejuvenated Ichinojo in what might be Tochinoshin's biggest remaining hurdle (outside of his own nerves, potentially). Goeido's KK quest continues against Okinoumi, and Tamawashi's sanyaku survival hopes go up against Shodai. The four most endangered maegashira were paired up today, which was good news for those two who don't hail from Isegahama-beya - neither Takekaze (against Aminishiki) nor Daiamami (versus Terunofuji) had any trouble at all in securing victory, moving themselves a little bit closer to safety. The Isegahama duo is now technically demotable, and even the likelihood of a last minute rescue looks slim, given it would depend on winning the rest of their bouts. The happiest fellow of the day might have been Yutakayama whose only required move for winning was a tegatana after Tochiozan withdrew with shoulder issues. Yutakayama is now certain to remain in the top division for March, and even stands a pretty good chance of collecting his first kachikoshi. The other winner of Day 12 was Nishikigi who prevailed in a protracted battle against Kagayaki. Elsewhere it was losses all around for Ikioi, Sokokurai, Ishiura and Asanoyama, who all remain in the demotion mix. The juryo side continues to make us wait for our first announceable promotion. The J1 pair Myogiryu and Kyokutaisei were unsuccessful today, while Hidenoumi did better and clinched his kachikoshi. Aoiyama has also worked himself back into an advantageous position with 5 wins in the last 6 days. Former yusho frontrunner Chiyoo is rapidly falling off the pace, however, having duplicated Mitakeumi's 7-0 -> 7-5 results pattern down here. M6 Ikioi 2-10 (1) ...(~) 0-5-7 Terunofuji M10 Aminishiki 1-8-3 (~) M11(1) 4-8 Sokokurai M12(2) 4-8 Takekaze M13 M14 Yutakayama 7-5 (o)(1) 6-6 Ishiura M15 Nishikigi 6-6 (1) M16 Asanoyama 7-5 (1)(2) 6-6 Daiamami M17 --- (1) 7-5 Myogiryu J1 Kyokutaisei 7-5 (1)(~) 5-7 Azumaryu J2 Aoiyama 7-5 (2) J3 Hidenoumi 8-4 (1)(~) 6-6 Kyokushuho J4(3) 7-5 Tokushoryu J5 Gagamaru 6-6 (~) J6 Chiyonoo 7-5 (~)(~) 7-5 Sadanoumi J7 J8 J9 J10 Kotoeko 9-3 (~) Crunch time has started in low juryo, and the guys being crunched today were Yamaguchi and Kizenryu who should be impossible to keep now after yet another loss, along with Akua who went makekoshi and can only hope for a lucky reprieve with a 7-8 finish. Tochihiryu dropped to MK as well and needs 3 wins from 3 for certain safety and 2 to maintain some hope. Homarefuji, today on the winning end against Kizenryu, should finally be safe for Haru though after picking up his first shiroboshi in five days. Yamaguchi's victorious opponent was Akiseyama in his guest appearance from makushita, outlasting him in a very typical Akiseyama bout, and considering we have 5 impossible-to-keep juryo rikishi already, his return to the sekitori ranks ought to be assured. The updated table, now augmented with all manner of unlikely promotion candidates: J7 Homarefuji 4-8 (o) J8 Osunaarashi 1-8-3 (x) J9 Toyohibiki kyujo (x) J10(x) kyujo Ura J11(x) 2-10 Yamaguchi J12 Tochihiryu 4-8 (3)(o) 7-5 Mitoryu J13(~) 4-8 Akua J14 Kizenryu 3-9 (x) (o) 5-1 Yago Ms1 Terutsuyoshi 4-2 (o) Ms2 Shimanoumi 4-2 (o) Ms3 Tobizaru 4-2 (o) Ms4 Akiseyama 4-3 (o) Ms5 3-3 Enho Ms6 Wakamotoharu 3-3 4-2 Takayoshitoshi Ms7 Daiseido 4-2 Ms8 Hakuyozan 4-2 ... Ms13 Dewahayate 5-1 ... 6-0 Wakatakakage Ms17 (Sorry to see that Takayoshitoshi is going to force me to widen the layout again if he sticks above Ms5...) The odd scheduling continues tomorrow as they're sending up both Tobizaru (against KK-seeking 7-5 Mitoryu) and Shimanoumi (against last-chancer Tochihiryu). Two more makushita rikishi are customarily held back for the final two days, but they've decided not to use Yago or Terutsuyoshi for that. Instead, 2-4's Asabenkei and Kitaharima will be filling in if needed; otherwise they may also be scheduled head to head as they have yet to meet this basho. Edited January 26, 2018 by Asashosakari 5 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) Juryo yusho race: 9-3 Kotoeko 8-4 Hidenoumi, Daishoho 7-5 Myogiryu, Kyokutaisei, Aoiyama, Tokushoryu, Chiyonoo, Sadanoumi, Amakaze, Takanosho, Seiro, Takagenji, Mitoryu Again all it took was a leader getting matched up with a pursuer for somebody to win, and it was even the guy in front who took the victory, so Kotoeko stays in the top spot. Major casualties right below, however, where Kotoeko's opponent Tokushoryu was joined by 4 more losers on the day, leaving only two rikishi in the pursuers' position. It's gotten all the more crowded in the third section, as these were largely the guys who beat up on the previous pursuit group members. (Still half the division in contention...) Myogiryu is next to try and derail the leader, while Hidenoumi meets Takanosho and Daishoho goes against Aoiyama, making it a full slate of leader/pursuers against 7-5ers. Plenty of action within the 7-5 group as well, with Takagenji-Kyokutaisei, Tokushoryu-Seiro and Sadanoumi-Amakaze, leaving only two of them (Chiyonoo and Mitoryu) to deal with non-contenders. Lower division yusho races: 6-0 Ms17e Wakatakakage (Arashio) 6-0 Ms47e Tochiseiryu (Kasugano) 6-0 Sd8w Kaisho (Asakayama) 6-0 Sd45w Masunoyama (Chiganoura) 6-0 Sd71w Tochikodai (Kasugano) 6-0 Jd28e Kaiho (Tomozuna) 6-0 Jd48w Fujihisashi (Azumazeki) 6-0 Jd72e Shingaku (Otake) 6-0 Jd104e Akashiryu (Tagonoura) 5-1 Jk5e Kozakura (Tatsunami) 5-1 Jk5w Matsuzawa (Asahiyama) 5-1 Jk19e Kototebakari (Sadogatake) 5-1 Jk20w Tsukahara (Kasugano) The jonokuchi 4-1 guy who was up in jonidan did not win, while the one who faced a 3-2 opponent did, giving us this foursome of yusho contenders in the lowest division now. The rest of the schedule has turned out fairly straight-forward after all. Makushita sees the straight zensho shootout between Wakatakakage and Tochiseiryu, and jonidan will be playing down to two Day 15 playoff participants. The sandanme race will have Tochikodai going up against Ryuseio (Sd58w 5-1), a 31-year-old veteran of the sandanme division and perhaps the only sensible opponent as the next-highest 5-1 pick would have been too far ahead of Tochikodai for such a pairing (at Sd41w, thirty ranks up). As for the jonokuchi race, the elusive 6-1 no-playoff yusho has been enabled by the Day 13 schedule, as Kozakura is going against jonidan opponent Ariake (and is certainly the underdog), while Tsukahara faces 4-2 Kakutaiki, a veteran with sandanme experience. Edited January 26, 2018 by Asashosakari 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 26, 2018 And the ex-sekitori crowd after 12 days. new KK: Terutsuyoshi, Tobizaru, Akiseyama, Daiseido, Tenkaiho, Kagamio, Satoyama, Oiwato, Dairaido, Yoshiazuma new MK: Kitaharima, Jokoryu, Amuru, Sagatsukasa, Higonojo, Kaonishiki Record Rank Shikona Heya Age Out 5-1 Ms1e Yago Oguruma 23 1 4-2 Ms1w Terutsuyoshi Isegahama 23 1 2-4 Ms2e Asabenkei Takasago 28 8 4-2 Ms2w Shimanoumi Kise 28 9 0-1 intai Ms3e Kitataiki Yamahibiki 35 3 4-2 Ms3w Tobizaru Oitekaze 25 3 2-4 Ms4e Kitaharima Yamahibiki 31 2 4-3 Ms4w Akiseyama Kise 32 10 0-3-3 Ms5e Toyonoshima Tokitsukaze 34 8 2-4 Ms5w Jokoryu Kise 29 10 4-2 Ms7w Daiseido Kise 25 1 kyujo Ms9w Chiyootori Kokonoe 25 1 5-1 Ms13w Dewahayate Dewanoumi 28 9 4-2 Ms14e Tenkaiho Onoe 33 10 4-2 Ms14w Kagamio Kagamiyama 29 10 3-3 Ms15w Asahisho Tomozuna 28 4 1-5 Ms16e Chiyoarashi Kokonoe 26 27 2-4 Ms18w Amuru Onomatsu 34 6 4-2 Ms20w Satoyama Onoe 36 3 2-4 Ms23e Sagatsukasa Irumagawa 36 23 3-3 Ms25w Takaryu Kise 25 15 3-3 Ms26w Fujiazuma Tamanoi 30 5 5-1 Ms28w Tokushinho Kise 33 13 4-2 Ms29e Oiwato Hakkaku 36 25 2-4 Ms32e Higonojo Kise 33 22 5-1 Ms35e Nionoumi Yamahibiki 31 27 0-5-1 Ms38e Kotomisen Sadogatake 34 25 5-1 Ms44e Keitenkai Onomatsu 27 32 5-1 Ms47w Sakigake Shibatayama 31 18 2-4 Sd16w Kaonishiki Azumazeki 39 38 2-4 Sd19e Hitenryu Tatsunami 33 38 intai Sd31w Sotairyu Tokitsukaze 35 17 6-0 Sd45w Masunoyama Chiganoura 27 17 4-2 Sd53e Dairaido Takadagawa 37 68 4-2 Sd72w Yoshiazuma Tamanoi 40 20 intai Sd81w Shotenro Fujishima 35 11 kyujo Jd20w Masakaze Oguruma 34 31 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yukiarashi 195 Posted January 26, 2018 Never thought I'd see a juryo promotion zone like that after the yaocho scandal. 6-1 Ms13 having a chance is crazy, but definitely possible. When is the last time a 4-3 Ms4 had a promotion nailed down by day 13? It's funny to see Kozakura as a co-leader and that's not even the strangest thing going on this basho. Plus he even beat Kakutaiki the former sandanme too yesterday. That Akashiryu seems to have come out of no where too. Yay Satoyama!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sokkenaiyama 81 Posted January 26, 2018 And now that Aqua lost, Tochihiryu can stay in Juryo with a 6-9 from J12w. He's seventh (!) in line for demotion. I wonder whom he gets to face on day 15. What's more interesting for me is how they treat Takanoiwa's 0-0-15 from J3, given, 1) the already biblical proportions of the demotion-worthy record flood, and 2) the Harumafuji scandal. I had a casual look at how they treat 0-15's from J3 in recent times, and the most recent case of one staying in Juryo (excluding kosho) is from 1970. We may well end up with eight demotions, in which case it would be interesting to see who it is they bring up from makushita. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorikiried by fate 2,029 Posted January 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Sokkenaiyama said: it would be interesting to see who it is they bring up from makushita. Other (former) sekitori? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 4,107 Posted January 26, 2018 6 hours ago, Sokkenaiyama said: And now that Aqua lost, Tochihiryu can stay in Juryo with a 6-9 from J12w. He's seventh (!) in line for demotion. I wonder whom he gets to face on day 15. What's more interesting for me is how they treat Takanoiwa's 0-0-15 from J3, given, 1) the already biblical proportions of the demotion-worthy record flood, and 2) the Harumafuji scandal. I had a casual look at how they treat 0-15's from J3 in recent times, and the most recent case of one staying in Juryo (excluding kosho) is from 1970. We may well end up with eight demotions, in which case it would be interesting to see who it is they bring up from makushita. It seems as though you are unaware that after Takanohana announced Takanoiwa would be kyujo from this basho well before the basho started, the NSK came out and said that in light of the situation that Takanoiwa would not be demoted to Makushita this basho. As has been pointed out though, this special dispensation may very well not be necessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sokkenaiyama 81 Posted January 26, 2018 It would seem so, wouldn't it. Well, I guess it makes things less complicated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,809 Posted January 26, 2018 Well, Mitakeumi finally got his 8th win, in style against Kakuryu no less, and the Sekiwake rank is set for March with Mitakeumi and Tochinoshin. Looks like Ichinojo has locked up a Komusuubi slot as there are going to be 2 slots open and there isn't 2 people near enough to him in rank who can finish better than 1 more win than him.. As for the second Endo has the inside slot with 1 more win unless Shodai wins his last 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qwerry 25 Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Rocks said: As for the second Endo has the inside slot with 1 more win unless Shodai wins his last 2. Or Tamashi wins his last 2. Or Kotoshogiku wins his last 2. Edited January 26, 2018 by Qwerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,809 Posted January 26, 2018 On another note effecting promotion what are the chances Kakuryu announces his intai if he finishes 10-5? Not pushed by anybody but of his own accord. If the 5 losses are caused by an injury then he could be looking at missing 2 more basho and facing this pressure all over again upon return. How long does he want to keep doing this to himself? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,809 Posted January 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Qwerry said: Or Tamashi wins his last 2. True Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SumpaX 23 Posted January 26, 2018 How good are the chances for a Tochinoshin ozeki promotion if he wins this, and has a jun yusho (double digit wins) next time? Is there any talk? Or does he need to be sekiwake allready? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bumpkin 438 Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, SumpaX said: How good are the chances for a Tochinoshin ozeki promotion if he wins this, and has a jun yusho (double digit wins) next time? Is there any talk? Or does he need to be sekiwake allready? Virtually none. M>S>O has occurred only three times since 1927. Futabayama in 1937, Itsutsushima in 1941 and Shionoumi in 1950. There have been a few more examples of K>S>O. Five times since 1958. The last time was Kaio in 2000. Edited January 26, 2018 by Bumpkin 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SumpaX 23 Posted January 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Bumpkin said: Virtually none. M>S>O has occurred only three times since 1927. Futabayama in 1937, Itsutsushima in 1941 and Shionoumi in 1950. There have been a few more examples of K>S>O. Five times since 1958. The last time was Kaio in 2000. Wow did not know that, interesting... thanks for sharing this info! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) Day 13 (results, text-only results): 2-3-8 Hakuho Y1 Kisenosato 1-5-7 10-3 Kakuryu Y2 7-6 Goeido O Takayasu 10-3 Even new and improved Ichinojo was made to look rather ordinary by yusho frontrunner Tochinoshin today, who marched the heavy Mongolian out of the dohyo after only a short battle. Yokozuna Kakuryu struggled badly yet again and got moved backward and out in mere seconds by sekiwake Mitakeumi, who ended his own losing streak to finally clinch his kachikoshi and a sekiwake berth for Haru basho. Takayasu was similarly untroubled by opponent Arawashi, reaching 10 wins as ozeki for the first time, and he remains the third official yusho contender at this stage. He's almost definitely the more dangerous pursuer than Kakuryu now. However, at two wins ahead Tochinoshin holds all the cards and needs just one more win over the final weekend. The next sekiwake ranks are settled after today in favour of Mitakeumi and Tochinoshin, and one komusubi spot is already spoken for now - Ichinojo will be returning to sanyaku for the first time in almost three years despite today's loss, after Kotoshogiku's defeat by Endo.has rendered him unable to get ahead any longer. Tamawashi avoided loss #9 for now with a strong performance against Shodai and can still hope to take the second K slot. No less than 8 maegashira are still in with theoretical chances of taking that position, should Tamawashi fall. Ozeki Goeido didn't have a lot of trouble against ungenki Okinoumi and moved to one win away from kachikoshi. With a KK Mitakeumi and the remnants of Kakuryu still to come, he's arguably looking okay now. 8-5 Mitakeumi S Tamawashi 5-8(x) 4-9 Takakeisho K Onosho 4-6-3 (x) M1 Ichinojo 8-5 (o) M2 Kotoshogiku 6-7 6-7 Chiyotairyu M3 Tochinoshin 12-1 (o) 7-6 Shodai M4 Arawashi 6-7 M5 Endo 8-5 7-6 Takarafuji M6 M7 M8 Kaisei 8-5 9-4 Shohozan M9 Tochinoshin's yusho will be on the line tomorrow, with Shohozan tasked as the would-be stopper. Chasers Kakuryu and Takayasu meet head-to-head and will have to hope that it'll be for more than a jun-yusho booby prize. None of the maegashira contenders for the third sanyaku promotion are matched up directly, so things could be jumbled up in many different ways by tomorrow. I'll start off the second section with the juryo action today, where three rikishi likely clinched their promotions and another may have done enough to merit consideration: Myogiryu improved to 8-5 and put suspense into the yusho race at the same time, as his opponent was leading Kotoeko. Fellow J1 Kyokutaisei also achieved kachikoshi and should now be certain to make his top division debut, almost exactly 10 years after joining Ozumo. Promotee #3 is Hidenoumi who, following some pretty bad days in the middle of the basho, managed to rediscover his superior Kyushu and Day 1/2 form quickly enough to now secure the crucial ninth win. It'll be his 4th makuuchi stint and 6th basho in total; he has yet to KK up there. And last not least we have Aoiyama on kachikoshi after today, which might already be sufficient depending on how the low maegashira ranks shake out. Speaking of those, with so many credible promotion candidates it's now fairly certain that there won't be much good luck to go around for the maegashira crowd. In fact, while Sokokurai nominally saved himself today with strong sumo against Yutakayama, he may yet find himself on the bubble if he cannot add another shiroboshi to his tally. Aminishiki finally collected his first win since rejoining the basho back on Day 10, and stands on the opposite side of the bubble line (curve?) - he'll be dependent on luck just to have a chance to stay at all. His stablemate Terunofuji showed up for another depressing performance and was easily beaten by Takekaze, chest to chest no less. Terunofuji will now definitely be going down to juryo (barring intai, I suppose...), while Takekaze's 4-day winning streak has moved him close to survival. Ishiura is one step ahead and has saved himself against Daishomaru today. Daiamami, Asanoyama, Nishikigi and Ikioi (against Aminishiki) all lost and continue to have work to do here. M6 Ikioi 2-11 (1) ...(x) 0-6-7 Terunofuji M10 Aminishiki 2-8-3 (~) M11(?) 5-8 Sokokurai M12(1) 5-8 Takekaze M13 M14(o) 7-6 Ishiura M15 Nishikigi 6-7 (1) M16 Asanoyama 7-6 (1)(2) 6-7 Daiamami M17 --- (o) 8-5 Myogiryu J1 Kyokutaisei 8-5 (o)(~) 6-7 Azumaryu J2 Aoiyama 8-5 (1) J3 Hidenoumi 9-4 (o)(~) 7-6 Kyokushuho J4(~) 7-6 Tokushoryu J5 Gagamaru 6-7 (x) J6 Chiyonoo 7-6 (x)(~) 8-5 Sadanoumi J7 J8 J9 J10 Kotoeko 9-4 (x) A couple of potentially decisive matches are on the schedule for Day 14: Sokokurai and Daiamami are going up against each other, as are Nishikigi and Aminishiki. Ikioi gets Terunofuji in what's almost certainly the better chance of his remaining two to collect a win. (But then we said something similar about today's bout against Aminishiki, too...) In juryo, Aoiyama will be able to get the promotion-worthy 9th win against Kotoeko. Losses all around in low juryo today. At the start of the day I was almost ready to move Yamaguchi back into the "survival possible" pile, considering there actually has been somebody who once stayed in juryo with 10 losses from J12e, but loss #11 took care of that. However, based on the same logic I'm going to keep Akua as a possibility for now, even though he dropped to 4-9 today and should be getting demoted by all rights. Tochihiryu is 4-9, too, after losing to Shimanoumi, and is in a regular demotion position now, but will definitely be able to save himself with a 6-9. (And heck, maybe even with 5-10...) The other makushita guy up in juryo didn't do as well as Shimanoumi did, but in fairness Tobizaru also had a better opponent in Mitoryu. The loss won't affect his promotion chances, in any case. The first bits of action were also seen among the unlikely lower-rank candidates for (very) lucky promotions: Wakatakakage secured the makushita yusho, and Enho collected his kachikoshi. J8 Osunaarashi 1-8-4 (x) J9 Toyohibiki kyujo (x) J10(x) kyujo Ura J11(x) 2-11 Yamaguchi J12 Tochihiryu 4-9 (~) J13(~) 4-9 Akua J14 Kizenryu 3-10 (x) (o) 5-1 Yago Ms1 Terutsuyoshi 4-2 (o) Ms2 Shimanoumi 5-2 (o) Ms3 Tobizaru 4-3 (o) Ms4 Akiseyama 4-3 (o) Ms5 4-3 Enho Ms6 Wakamotoharu 3-3 4-2 Takayoshitoshi Ms7 Daiseido 4-2 Ms8 Hakuyozan 4-2 ... Ms13 Dewahayate 5-1 ... 7-0 Wakatakakage Ms17 2-4 Asabenkei and Kitaharima are making their juryo appearances tomorrow after all, as nobody withdrew on Day 13 and there's now no need to save them up further. They'll be going against Akua and Kizenryu. A more relevant bout will see Tochihiryu try to keep his chances alive against ex-yusho contender Chiyonoo (six losses and counting). And down in makushita it's Yago-Dewahayate to become the highest-ranked 6-win guy, while Wakamotoharu goes for kachikoshi and Hakuyozan for his 5th win. Senshuraku will then have Takayoshitoshi and Daiseido in action, but not against each other. (Takayoshitoshi should be Terutsuyoshi's last opponent.) Edited January 27, 2018 by Asashosakari 5 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,666 Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) Juryo yusho race: 9-4 Hidenoumi, Kotoeko 8-5 Myogiryu, Kyokutaisei, Aoiyama, Sadanoumi, Seiro, Mitoryu, Daishoho 7-6 Kyokushuho, Tokushoryu, Chiyonoo, Amakaze, Takanosho, Takagenji And now the yusho score is certain to be no better than 11-4 after Kotoeko was knocked off his perch by Myogiryu. Hidenoumi took advantage of it and beat Takanosho to join the lead, while Daishoho was unable to follow him against Aoiyama. Another four 7-5's also joined the pursuer group with victories today: Kyokutaisei, Seiro and Sadanoumi beat other 7-5 rikishi, and Mitoryu succeeded against visiting Tobizaru. Matches tomorrow (arranged by win counts, not torikumi order and East-West positioning): J3w Hidenoumi (9-4) - J10e Seiro (8-5) J10w Kotoeko (9-4) - J2w Aoiyama (8-5) J1e Myogiryu (8-5) - J8e Amakaze (7-6) J1w Kyokutaisei (8-5) - J9e Takanosho (7-6) J13e Mitoryu (8-5) - J4e Kyokushuho (7-6) J7e Sadanoumi (8-5) - J2e Azumaryu (6-7) J13w Daishoho (8-5) - J5w Gagamaru (6-7) J11w Takagenji (7-6) - J4w Meisei (6-7) J6w Chiyonoo (7-6) - J12w Tochihiryu (4-9) J5e Tokushoryu (7-6) - J12e Yamaguchi (2-11) Hidenoumi and Kotoeko have already met so it's not assured that one of them will actually get to 10-5, but the possibility of a 9-6 yusho should be void anyway - if Hidenoumi and Kotoeko both lose tomorrow, it will (at minimum) be possible to do Aoiyama-Seiro for a guaranteed 10th win on senshuraku. Lower division yusho races (Day 13 Ms/Sd/Jd results, Jk results, with links to video where available): 7-0 Ms17e Wakatakakage (Arashio) 6-1 Ms47e Tochiseiryu (Kasugano) 7-0 Sd8w Kaisho (Asakayama) 6-1 Sd45w Masunoyama (Chiganoura)7-0 Sd71w Tochikodai (Kasugano) 7-0 Jd28e Kaiho (Tomozuna) 6-1 Jd48w Fujihisashi (Azumazeki)7-0 Jd72e Shingaku (Otake) 6-1 Jd104e Akashiryu (Tagonoura) 5-2 Jk5e Kozakura (Tatsunami) 5-2 Jk5w Matsuzawa (Asahiyama)6-1 Jk19e Kototebakari (Sadogatake)6-1 Jk20w Tsukahara (Kasugano) Well deserved victory for Wakatakakage, his second title after sandanme last May, and it now remains to be seen if it might even have secured him an unlikely promotion to juryo. The sandanme championship will be decided in a playoff between Kaisho, who refused to play to Masunoyama's strengths and proceeded to win comfortably, and youngster Tochikodai who had even less trouble against his 5-1 opponent Ryuseio. Jonidan was already known to be headed to a playoff, and the participants will be the two favourites from today's 7th round who both prevailed, also without significant problems. An intriguing twist pointed out by Sports Hochi: Kaiho and Shingaku are actually from the same city and the same school year. They have history from 12 years ago, when they were in 6th grade: Kaiho, a baseball player at the time, entered a local wampaku sumo tournament on a lark ("I had no idea about the rules of sumo!"), and went all the way to the final - where he was beaten by Shingaku. Fired up by both his unexpected success and the last-stage defeat, he devoted himself to sumo afterwards. And finally the jonokuchi division will also see a straight two-man playoff: Surprise contender Kozakura had the gumbai in his favour already, but the close decision was deemed to be torinaoshi-worthy and his jonidan-ranked opponent Ariake prevailed in the rematch. Kototebakari (against Matsuzawa) and Tsukahara (against 4-2 Kakutaiki) both won easily, so these two fresh recruits out of Saitama Sakae's renowned sumo program will be contesting the yusho. Edited January 26, 2018 by Asashosakari 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bumpkin 438 Posted January 27, 2018 It's theoretically possible for nine Juryo rikishi to be 9-5 after Day 14. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yukiarashi 195 Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Bumpkin said: It's theoretically possible for nine Juryo rikishi to be 9-5 after Day 14. That'd be incredible! Poor Tochinoshin would have his (probable) yusho ceremony preempted by the news due to a playoff with a quarterfinals! It would be the most Juryo thing ever to have nine rikishi tied for the lead. Edited January 27, 2018 by Yukiarashi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 4,107 Posted January 27, 2018 While it's possible that no rikishi in Juryo ends up with at least 10 wins, it would require either the schedulers dropping the ball or a large number of withdrawals. Asashosakari pointed out one way in which a 10-win rikishi can be guaranteed. (Interestingly, the Bench Juryo situation is similar, with 4 9-win players who already faced each other. But they are facing 8-win players Day 14 some of whom are paired against another 9-win player Day 15, so there will be at least a few with at least 10 wins) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jalil_the_swan 25 Posted January 27, 2018 Is it possible for Ikioi, Takekaze and Sokokurai to be demoted if they lose tomorrow? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
