Long Kachikoshi Streaks - Haru 2018

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6 hours ago, Rocks said:

How does Takayoshitoshi getting suspended get handled in this? Is that a MK or his score doesn't count? 

Definitely MK.

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Wow, 18 players! Only 9 years later we've finally beaten the participation record of the very first basho.  Many thanks to all of you. No complete newcomers, but Tsuchinoninjin has returned to LKS. Here are the Haru selection stats:

Player	Abi	Mitake		T'sho	Ichi	D'ryu	Ryuk	Ryud	T'yos	Enho	Tenk	Fuku	Kami	Araw	Kais	D'ho	T'gen	Mito	TB	Cons
Mmikasazuma	+	-	8-7	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	11	1.51
WAKATAKE	+	+	9-6	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	12	1.68
Profomisakari	+	-	8-7	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	13	1.78
Jejima	+	+	9-6	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	13	1.43
Ryoshishokunin	+	+	9-6	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	10	1.81
Rocks	-	+	9-6	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	10	1.87
chishafuwaku	+	+	11-4	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	13	1.84
Tsubame	+	+	9-6	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	12	2.09
Tenshinhan	-	+	9-6	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	9	1.84
Sakura	-	+	9-6	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	11	1.39
ryafuji	+	-	MK	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	11	2.15
Suwihuto	+	-	8-7	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	13	2.12
Pandaazuma	+	+	9-6	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	13	1.43
Holleshoryu	+	+	9-6	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	14	1.61
Bumpkin	-	+	11-4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	7	1.93
Tsuchinoninjin	-	-	8-7	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	10	2.01
kuroimori	-	+	9-6	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	13	1.84
Asashosakari	+	+	9-6	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	9	1.72
	12:6	13:5		14:4	15:3	2:16	12:6	11:7	7:11	9:9	4:14	6:12	14:4	3:15	11:7	13:5	10:8	17:1
Results	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Apologies for the severely abbreviated shikona in the headers, but with 17 picks the table is awfully wide as it is.

Surprisingly no unanimous selections even with this many rikishi, and all possible distributions from 9:9 to 17:1 are present at least once, with lopsided predictions arguably dominating. (12 of the 17 slots have at least a 2/1 split, i.e. 12:6 or greater.) Our sole sanyaku representative Mitakeumi appears to have improved his standing a bit - the sekiwake's target record worked out to 9 wins again, but with significantly more positive selections (the split was 8:9 in Hatsu).

Like last basho the most average entry has been contributed by Sakura, who has voted against the majority only on Abi. Fellow UK'ers Jejima and Pandaazuma are right behind though with two non-conformist votes apiece - Fukuyama and Takagenji for Jejima, Takayoshitoshi and Kaisei for Pandaazuma. The theoretical maximum consensus score (= most unusual picks) clocked in at 2.99 this time, quite possibly the highest it's ever been. Of course no real entry is anywhere close to that, but four players did crack the 2.00 mark, with ryafuji narrowly leading the way ahead of Suwihuto and Tsubame. All of them voted against the consensus on 7 slots.

By far the greatest discrepancy between their entries was produced by Tsubame und Tsuchinoninjin who share as few as 3 selections between them. Two other pairs of players follow with 5 joint picks (Ryoshishokunin/Tsubame and Suwihuto/Tenshinhan). The greatest agreement comprises 14 of the 17 slots, achieved by four pairs (Holleshoryu/Pandaazuma, Mmikasazuma/Sakura, Pandaazuma/Profomisakari and Rocks/Tenshinhan).

Like last basho there's great diversity among the TB selections. Every number from 9 to 13 has been selected at least twice, plus single outliers of 7 and 14.

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Not much has happened yet, although what did happen has been of the most extreme variety: Day 8 saw both an 8-0 (for Kaisei) as well as an 0-8 (for Arawashi) among our ballot members. Only one unfortunate player managed to vote against both outcomes, while half the field scored two points.

Day 9 didn't bring any further developments, so here are the still-valid standings as of those two results:
 

Day 9: 2/17 Decisions, TB 1-19
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Bumpkin	2	7
2	Rocks	2	10
2	Tsuchinoninjin	2	10
4	Mmikasazuma	2	11
4	Sakura	2	11
6	Jejima	2	13
6	kuroimori	2	13
6	Suwihuto	2	13
9	Holleshoryu	2	14
10	Asashosakari	1	9
10	Tenshinhan	1	9
12	Ryoshishokunin	1	10
13	Tsubame	1	12
13	WAKATAKE	1	12
15	chishafuwaku	1	13
15	Pandaazuma	1	13
15	Profomisakari	1	13
18	ryafuji	0	11

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Day 10

A pair of makushita rikishi fell to 1-4 today, namely young phenom Ryuko and undersized Fukuyama. 6 players correctly predicted the former, and 12 the latter - but the first 6 were also all part of that dozen, so a great day for the pessimists among us. In other words: The scores parcelled out today were 6x2 points, 6x1 point and 6x zip.

In addition we had Mitoryu reaching kachikoshi territory in juryo today. That one was a near-unanimous choice, and bad news for sole detractor Rocks. Unfortunately for him he was also part of the last group above...

The new standings, with a handful of players still perfect through 5 decisions:

Day 10: 5/17 Decisions, TB 2-17
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Bumpkin	5	7
2	Tsuchinoninjin	5	10
3	Suwihuto	5	13
4	Holleshoryu	5	14
5	Asashosakari	4	9
6	Ryoshishokunin	4	10
7	Mmikasazuma	4	11
7	Sakura	4	11
9	WAKATAKE	3	12
10	chishafuwaku	3	13
10	Jejima	3	13
10	kuroimori	3	13
10	Pandaazuma	3	13
10	Profomisakari	3	13
15	Tenshinhan	2	9
16	Rocks	2	10
17	Tsubame	2	12
18	ryafuji	1	11

Edited March 20, 2018 by Asashosakari

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Day 11

MK day in LKS: Sidelined Takayoshitoshi is now officially makekoshi at 3-6-2, while fellow J14 Enho collected his 8th loss. And a few ranks down we have former maegashira Tenkaiho 2-4 after today, ending his recent resurgence. With 11, 9 and 14 players correctly picking these results there are a lot of points going newly onto the scoreboard. Again the all-around pessimists won out, as all 9 players who bet against Enho also scored on the other two slots. That left just 7 points for the other half of the field, and only Jejima managed to pick up 2 of them. 5 other players tallied one point, 3 leave the day completely empty-handed.

The sole bright spot of the day was provided by hopeful Tomokaze, who succeeded in picking up his 5th straight KK, is still free of makekoshi in his short career and will now be appearing on our next ballot.

The 4 perfect leaders were cut in half...err, their number was:
 

Day 11: 8/17 Decisions, TB 3-14
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Bumpkin	8	7
2	Tsuchinoninjin	8	10
3	Asashosakari	7	9
4	Ryoshishokunin	7	10
5	Mmikasazuma	7	11
5	Sakura	7	11
7	WAKATAKE	6	12
8	Holleshoryu	6	14
9	Tenshinhan	5	9
10	Rocks	5	10
11	Jejima	5	13
11	Suwihuto	5	13
13	chishafuwaku	4	13
13	Pandaazuma	4	13
15	Tsubame	3	12
16	kuroimori	3	13
16	Profomisakari	3	13
18	ryafuji	2	11

That's probably one of the most spread-out scoreboards we've had in LKS, certainly considering we're not even halfway through the 17 slots.

The higher-value tiebreaker picks look like they'll be falling soon.

Edited March 21, 2018 by Asashosakari

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Day 12

Only one decision today, which comes courtesy of Ichiyamamoto in makushita who completed his 7th straight kachikoshi since debuting in Ozumo.

The TB continues to take a battering though, as the shorthanded backup bench is now done for the basho already after LKS applicants Tomisakae and Kainishiki both fell to 2-4 and makekoshi, so Tomokaze is the only one who will be joining us with a new 5th kachikoshi. (We're already certain to have a few extra sekitori on 4 KK, though.)

Almost everybody predicted Ichiyamamoto's KK, but oddly the 3 detractors included both leaders, so suddenly things are wide open again:
 

Day 12: 9/17 Decisions, TB 4-12
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Bumpkin	8	7
2	Asashosakari	8	9
3	Ryoshishokunin	8	10
3	Tsuchinoninjin	8	10
5	Mmikasazuma	8	11
5	Sakura	8	11
7	WAKATAKE	7	12
8	Holleshoryu	7	14
9	Tenshinhan	6	9
10	Rocks	6	10
11	Jejima	6	13
11	Suwihuto	6	13
13	chishafuwaku	5	13
13	Pandaazuma	5	13
15	Tsubame	4	12
16	kuroimori	4	13
16	Profomisakari	4	13
18	ryafuji	2	11

Edited March 22, 2018 by Asashosakari

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Day 12b

Shouldn't have rushed yesterday's update - I completely whiffed on the fact that it was the first day that Mitakeumi might fail his target record, and he promptly did, so the minority of 5 players who didn't expect him to get 9 wins picked up another point. Those include 2 of the top 6 from yesterday's table, so here are the actual Day 12 standings:
 

Day 12: 10/17 Decisions, TB 4-12
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Tsuchinoninjin	9	10
2	Mmikasazuma	9	11
3	Bumpkin	8	7
4	Asashosakari	8	9
5	Ryoshishokunin	8	10
6	Sakura	8	11
7	WAKATAKE	7	12
8	Holleshoryu	7	14
8	Suwihuto	7	13
10	Tenshinhan	6	9
11	Rocks	6	10
12	Jejima	6	13
13	chishafuwaku	5	13
13	Pandaazuma	5	13
13	Profomisakari	5	13
16	Tsubame	4	12
17	kuroimori	4	13
18	ryafuji	3	11

 

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Day 13

Three results came in today, all on the kachikoshi side, and all largely favoured by us: LKS frontrunners Abi in makuuchi and Takanosho in juryo collected win #8 for their 9th and 8th straight KK respectively, and rookie Kamito also completed the first year of his career without any makekoshi. 12, 14 and 14 players pick up points for these decisions, and everyone has been able to take home at least one of them. In total there are 7 players who've done the treble today, 8 managed two correct picks, and just 3 players scored only with one.

However, the implications for the yusho race are significant as our two leaders went opposite ways with Mmikasazuma scoring thrice and Tsuchinoninjin just once. Additionally none of the 4 pursuers managed to go all the way today, so suddenly things are looking like this:
 

Day 13: 13/17 Decisions, TB 7-12
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Mmikasazuma	12	11
2	Asashosakari	10	9
3	Ryoshishokunin	10	10
3	Tsuchinoninjin	10	10
5	Sakura	10	11
6	Holleshoryu	10	14
6	Suwihuto	10	13
8	Bumpkin	9	7
9	WAKATAKE	9	12
10	Jejima	9	13
11	Rocks	8	10
12	Pandaazuma	8	13
12	Profomisakari	8	13
14	Tenshinhan	7	9
15	chishafuwaku	7	13
16	ryafuji	6	11
17	Tsubame	6	12
18	kuroimori	6	13

Mmikasazuma on the way to back-to-back yusho?

Edited March 23, 2018 by Asashosakari

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Theoretically everybody down to 8 points is still in the race, but of course the only way to move up is to have different picks from those ahead of you. Consequently the yusho is effectively down to these players besides leader Mmikasazuma:

Holleshoryu - 2 different slots
Ryoshishokunin - 2 different slots
Tsuchinoninjin - 2 different slots
Suwihuto - 4 (!) different slots

Asashosakari is already toast, having picked identically to the leader, and Sakura also cannot catch up anymore with just 1 diverging pick. All players on 9 or 8 points are also collectively out with no ways to make up enough points.

The rikishi still in the mix for LKS are Daishoryu (3-3), Ryuden (6-7), Daishoho (7-6) and Takagenji (6-7). In addition there's the issue of whether or not Mitakeumi (6-7) will finish kachikoshi for an additional TB point.

Assuming that the 5 involved rikishi are 50/50 to win each remaining bout, then each player's probability of winning the LKS yusho is:

Mmikasazuma 83%
Suwihuto 10%
Ryoshishokunin 7%

Holleshoryu and Tsuchinoninjin can only tie for points and get into bracket playoffs, and unfortunately they have both missed predictions high on the ballot (Tsuchinoninjin on #1 Abi, Holleshoryu on #2 Mitakeumi), so they would lose these playoffs in all conceivable scenarios.

 

Edited March 23, 2018 by Asashosakari

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Day 14

We're getting closer to the LKS yusho decision, but we're not there yet. First off today we had Daishoryu's KK decider in makushita, and the 28-year-old veteran of the lower divisions did the largely unexpected by extending his recent KK streak to a 7th basho; it's the third time in a row that he has converted successfully on Day 14. That was good news for yusho contender Suwihuto who was one of just two players (along with Tsubame) to predict this outcome. Unfortunately for him he also needed another pick to go his way for all his potential yusho routes, and this one didn't - Daishoryu's stablemate Daishoho was also up for KK in juryo and scored win #8 for his 5th straight kachikoshi. Most of us had that prediction right.

The end of the day brought another potentially crucial result when sekiwake Mitakeumi fell to 6-8, ending his 7-basho streak of winning records. That MK was a prerequisite for Ryoshishokunin to remain in the LKS race, and he now "only" needs both remaining slots to go in his favour tomorrow to steal the yusho from under Mmikasazuma's nose.

The penultimate standings:
 

Day 14: 15/17 Decisions, TB 9-11
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Mmikasazuma	13	11
2	Asashosakari	11	9
3	Ryoshishokunin	11	10
3	Tsuchinoninjin	11	10
5	Sakura	11	11
6	Suwihuto	11	13
7	Bumpkin	10	7
7	Holleshoryu	10	14
7	Jejima	10	13
10	Rocks	9	10
11	Pandaazuma	9	13
11	Profomisakari	9	13
11	WAKATAKE	9	12
14	Tenshinhan	8	9
15	chishafuwaku	8	13
16	kuroimori	7	13
16	Tsubame	7	12
18	ryafuji	6	11

What can happen on Day 15:

• KK for both Ryuden and Takagenji: Mmikasazuma takes the yusho by one point, ahead of runner-up Sakura.
• KK only for Ryuden: Mmikasazuma, Ryoshishokunin, Suwihuto and Tsuchinoninjin are tied for the lead on points, but R and T have the tiebreaker correct at 10 to eliminate the other two from contention. R takes the yusho over T on the first bracket (Abi's kachikoshi).
• KK only for Takagenji: Mmikasazuma takes the yusho by two points, ahead of runner-up Asashosakari.
• KK for neither: Mmikasazuma takes the yusho by two points; four players are tied behind her but only Asashosakari has the correct TB at 9 and takes the jun-yusho.

Good luck, everyone!

Edited March 24, 2018 by Asashosakari

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Day 15

Both 7-7'ers Takagenji and Ryuden managed to secure their kachikoshi at the finish line (with especially Ryuden being made to work very hard for it), and the LKS yusho winner was determined as soon as Takagenji had done so - congrats Mmikasazuma! After we hadn't had a successful title defense since 2014, she's now the second player to do it in the last few months. (Pandaazuma won back-to-back last July and September.) Sakura earns the jun-yusho honours.
 

On 28.1.2018 at 18:43, Mmikasazuma said:

I am so happy to win this game! I'll try to do well next time too.

I suppose it was inevitable.

The final standings:

Day 15: 17/17 Decisions, TB 11
Pos	Player	Pts	TB
1	Mmikasazuma	14	11
2	Sakura	13	11
3	Asashosakari	12	9
3	Holleshoryu	12	14
3	Ryoshishokunin	12	10
3	Suwihuto	12	13
3	Tsuchinoninjin	12	10
8	Bumpkin	11	7
8	Jejima	11	13
8	Pandaazuma	11	13
8	WAKATAKE	11	12
12	chishafuwaku	10	13
12	Profomisakari	10	13
14	Rocks	9	10
15	ryafuji	8	11
16	Tenshinhan	8	9
16	Tsubame	8	12
18	kuroimori	7	13

TB bonus for both of the top two, making their results even more emphatic. ryafuji also picks up the extra win, but he's too far back for it to be good for more than bragging rights.

New ballot for Natsu 2018:

 1. Abi             9
    Mitakeumi       7
 2. Takanosho       8
 3. Ichiyamamoto    7*
 4. Daishoryu       7
    Ryuko           6*
 5. Ryuden          6
    Takayoshitoshi  5
    Enho            5*
    Tenkaiho        5
    Tochikodai      5*
    Fukuyama        5*
 6. Kamito          6*
    Arawashi        4
 7. Kaisei          5
 8. Daishoho        5
 9. Takagenji       5
10. Mitoryu         5
11. Tomokaze        5*
---
12. Goeido          4
13. Ichinojo        4
14. Endo            4
15. Shimanoumi      4

The 4-KK sekitori extras are joining us just in time to prevent a basho without any sanyaku picks.

Incidentally, Tochikodai did join the basho after all but ended up with an 0-4-3 record.

Hope to see you all again in May!

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Scores for banzuke purposes:

Mmikasazuma 16 (14+top+tb)
Sakura 14 (13+tb)
Asashosakari 12
Holleshoryu 12
Ryoshishokunin 12
Suwihuto 12
Tsuchinoninjin 12
Bumpkin 11
Jejima 11
Pandaazuma 11
WAKATAKE 11
chishafuwaku 10
Profomisakari 10
Rocks 9
ryafuji 9 (8+tb)
Tenshinhan 8
Tsubame 8
kuroimori 7

Total: 195 / 18 = 10.83 ---> -3 wins

A bit of a lopsided split with 11 KK against 7 MK and it could have gone the other way as well (7/11), but the -3 adjustment is appropriate given the mean score.

Courtesy of the tie-breaker, the yusho winner and the runner-up are way out in front with gaps of 4 and 2 wins to the rest of the field.

New banzuke for Natsu 2018:

Sakura (O2e 11-4 J)       O1  Pandaazuma (O1e 8-7)
kuroimori (O1w 4-11)      O2  Mmikasazuma (S1w 13-2 Y)
Asashosakari (S1e 9-6)    S   Jejima (Ke 8-7)
Ryoshishokunin (M1w 9-6)  K1  Holleshoryu (M2w 9-6)
WAKATAKE (M1e 8-7)        K2  ---
Suwihuto (M6w 9-6)        M1  Tsuchinoninjin (NR 9-6)
Bumpkin (M6e 8-7)         M2  Tenshinhan (S2w 5-10)
Gurowake (M3e kosho)      M3  Profomisakari (M3w 7-8)
Tsubame (Kw 5-10)         M4  Achiyama (M4w kosho)
Rocks (M2e 6-9)           M5  PawnSums (M5w kosho)
ryafuji (M4e 6-9)         M6  chishafuwaku (M7e 7-8)
Joaoiyama (M5e 0-0-15)    M7  ---

It will surprise exactly no one that Mmikasazuma has been promoted to ozeki following her last two outstanding tournament results. She is the 14th player in LKS's 9-year history to reach the second-highest rank. Congratulations again!

Pandaazuma was doten runner-up last time but his tsuna run is hosed after that minimum kachikoshi. Fellow ozeki Sakura will be watched for rope considerations in Natsu in turn - she didn't manage to tie for the most points and "only" scored a regular jun-yusho, so her follow-up will likely need to be of the exceptional variety (something similar to Mmikasazuma's score this time), but a promotion is not ruled out altogether.

Meanwhile kuroimori will be kadoban after an uncharacteristically bad tournament (last place?). Natsu will still be the basho in which he ties Asashosakari in the record for the longest uninterrupted ozeki stint at 13 basho, but he'll need to KK to remain at the rank and become the new sole leader.

Speaking of whom, and quoting from last basho...

On ‎28‎.‎01‎.‎2018 at 11:28, Asashosakari said:

Asashosakari was the only one on a promotion watch of sorts, but 9-6 third place after 9-6 jun-yusho didn't get him particularly close to the line. Another similar result in Haru might do it though.

It was exactly another similar result, and this series of 3-way tie for 2nd -> 3-way tie for 3rd -> 5-way tie for 3rd sparked some investigations into previous LKS ozeki promotions. It turns out that, while there have been promotions on 9-6 in the final tournament before, every single promotion I've ever handed out had at least a jun-yusho in that final basho. Considering the three-basho run included only one jun-yusho altogether and the scores themselves weren't anything to write home about (all three basho 9-6), the promotion was shelved. If only Asanoyama had managed to finish off Ryuden today...

(One more result like that and I'll really have something to think about.)

Edited March 25, 2018 by Asashosakari

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With all the ozeki talk, I guess I might as well post the data for anyone interested. The result in column two is the final basho that led to promotion - listed as "---" for Jejima as he was ozeki on the inaugural banzuke, and for the others as these were immediate returns after demotion. The result after the basho counter is what was achieved in the tournament following a demotion, again except for Jejima whose second ozeki stint ended not in demotion but in promotion to yokozuna.

Jejima            ---         2009.09-2010.03  ( 4 basho,  8-7 J)
Asojima           S1e 10-5 D  2010.01-2010.05  ( 3 basho, 10-5 Y -> repromoted)
Asojima (2)       ---         2010.09-2011.05  ( 4 basho,  8-7)
ryafuji           S1e  9-6 J  2011.05-2011.07  ( 2 basho,  4-11)
Fay               Sw  10-5 D  2011.07-2011.09  ( 2 basho,  6-9)
Gusoyama          Ke  10-5 J  2011.09-2012.01  ( 3 basho, intai)
Profomisakari     S1w 10-5 Y  2012.03-2012.11  ( 5 basho, kosho -> 2-13)
Asojima (3)       Sw  10-5 D  2012.07-2013.07  ( 7 basho,  8-7)
kuroimori         Ke  10-5 Y  2012.09-2014.01  ( 9 basho, 10-5 D -> repromoted)
Asashosakari      S1e 11-4 Y  2013.01-2014.03  ( 8 basho,  8-7)
Achiyama          Se  13-2 Y  2013.05-2013.07  ( 2 basho,  6-9)
Fay (2)           S1e 10-5 D  2013.11-2014.01  ( 2 basho,  8-7)
Jejima (2)        S2w 11-4 Y  2014.01-2014.05  ( 3 basho) [12-3 Y, promoted to yokozuna, 8 basho]
kuroimori (2)     ---         2014.05-2015.07  ( 8 basho, 11-4 D -> repromoted)
Asashosakari (2)  Se  11-4 J  2015.01-2017.01  (13 basho, 5-10)
kuroimori (3)     ---         2015.11-2016.01  ( 2 basho, 9-6 D -> repromoted)
Tenshinhan        S1w  9-6 Y  2016.05-2017.03  ( 6 basho, 9-6)
kuroimori (4)     ---         2016.05-?        (13+ basho)
chishafuwaku      Se  10-5 D  2017.03-2017.09  ( 4 basho, 4-11)
Pandaazuma        S1e 12-3 Y  2017.11-?        ( 4+ basho)
Sakura            S1e  9-6 J  2018.01-?        ( 3+ basho)
Mmikasazuma       S1w 13-2 Y  2018.05-?        ( 1+ basho)

Yes, you're reading that right that kuroimori has been ozeki in LKS since Aki 2012 except for three one-basho interruptions.

Edited March 25, 2018 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 19,320]

And with this being the completion of the 9th year of LKS (Natsu will be the anniversary of the first basho), I suppose I should post the updated prize summary as well.

"Playoffs" refers to yusho decided on bracket comparisons, these are marked * in the yusho list for the winner. (Or in one case an earlier-entry tiebreaker win, marked **.) Runners-up in these are considered doten / D / same-score jun-yusho. All other yusho were won outright either on points superiority or on being the sole most-points player with the correct tie-breaker pick, with the runners-up earning regular jun-yusho / J status.

Yusho dates in bold mark back-to-back championships.
 

Player	Y	D	J	Playoffs	Yusho Basho
Asashosakari	8	5	5	3-for-8	2011.05*, 2011.09, 2012.03, 2012.11, 2013.01, 2014.09*, 2015.07, 2015.11*
Jejima	8	2	1	5-for-7	2009.05*, 2009.07, 2012.09*, 2013.05, 2013.09*, 2013.11*, 2014.03*, 2014.05
kuroimori	4	4	7	2-for-6	2012.05*, 2012.07*, 2013.07, 2017.05
Asojima	4	3	3	2-for-5	2009.09, 2010.07*, 2010.11, 2015.09*
Achiyama	4	1	2	0-for-1	2013.03, 2014.11, 2016.05, 2017.03
Mmikasazuma	4		4	2-for-2	2010.03, 2015.03**, 2018.01*, 2018.03
Tsubame	4		1	1-for-1	2014.01, 2016.01*, 2016.07, 2017.11
Pandaazuma	3	3	3	0-for-3	2014.07, 2017.07, 2017.09
Holleshoryu	3	1	5	1-for-2	2010.01*, 2011.11, 2016.09
Profomisakari	1	3	2	0-for-3	2012.01
chishafuwaku	1	3		0-for-3	2016.11
Fay	1	2	3	0-for-2	2010.05
Tenshinhan	1	2	2	1-for-3	2016.03*
shumitto	1	1	3	0-for-1	2011.01
Ryoshishokunin	1	1	1	1-for-2	2017.01*
ryafuji	1		4	1-for-1	2015.01*
Gusoyama	1		1		2011.07
Andonishiki	1			1-for-1	2015.05*
Ganzohnesushi	1				2010.09
Kintamayama	1			1-for-1	2009.11*
Vikanohara		3	5	0-for-3
Sashohitowa		1	2	0-for-1
Gurowake		1	1	0-for-1
Sokkenaiyama		1		0-for-1
Sakura			4
Doitsuyama			3
Ack!			1
Zentoryu			1

Incidentally, Mmikasazuma's yusho this basho has tied for the best-ever score achieved at a converted 13-2. Scores for the 53 yusho-winning performances:

13-2: 5x
12-3: 5x
11-4: 19x
10-5: 23x
9-6: 1x

10-5's were a staple of the early years but have become somewhat more rare in recent times, thanks to more enforced diversity in the sanyaku picks, generally longer ballots with the inclusion of 4-KK sekitori, and having more players involved in the game. Most recently the last 7 tournaments have all been won with scores of 11-4 and up (3x 13-2, 2x 12-3, 2x 11-4).

Edited March 25, 2018 by Asashosakari

[Rocks 1,809]

Congrats to  Mmikasazuma  and thanks for the game! 

[Ryoshishokunin 288]

Congrats to Mmikasazuma!  I'm glad you beat me by two clear points, so I'm not quite as full of regret for finally giving in and putting 9 next to Mitakeumi.  

[Mmikasazuma 12]

Thanks for the congrats, and especially thanks to Asashosakari for running this game.

It is so good I made ozeki this time. Try to live up to it in the following bashos.