Sumo ‘Ranfurly Shield’ for 2022

[Eikokurai 3,437]

Gurowake’s fine historical scholarship to work out the true holder of the shield notwithstanding, Tamawashi takes it from Terunofuji in 2022. Terunofuji held it for five wins.

Hatsu

Terunofuji: Days 1-5

Tamawashi: Days 6-

Edited January 14, 2022 by Eikokurai

[Eikokurai 3,437]

On 14/01/2022 at 16:57, Eikokurai said:

Gurowake’s fine historical scholarship to work out the true holder of the shield notwithstanding, Tamawashi takes it from Terunofuji in 2022. Terunofuji held it for five wins.

Hatsu

Terunofuji: Days 1-5

Tamawashi: Days 6-

Tamawashi held it for just one day after being easily outmuscled by Mitakeumi.

Hatsu

Terunofuji: Days 1-5

Tamawashi: Day 6

Mitakeumi: Days 7-

[Gurowake 4,100]

Mitakeumi 7-9 -> Hokutofuji 10-

[Gurowake 4,100]

Hokutofuji 10-11 -> Shodai 12 -> Onosho 13-

[Gurowake 4,100]

Full basho:

Y Terunofuji -> M3 Tamawashi (6) -> S Mitakeumi (7) -> M4 Hokutofuji (10) -> O Shodai (12) -> M5 Onosho (13) -> M1 Wakatakakage (15)

[Gurowake 4,100]

Haru 2022:

S Wakatakakage -> M4 Kiribayama (4)  

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M4 Kiribayama -> O Takakeisho (6)

[Yamanashi 3,903]

Wouldn't it be funny if the sekitori found out about this, and everyone knew who was the current carrier of the ancient and honorable "Ranfurly Shield"?

[Gurowake 4,100]

O Takakeisho -> M4 Endo (9)

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M4 Endo -> O Shodai (10)

[Eikokurai 3,437]

On 22/03/2022 at 22:47, Gurowake said:

M4 Endo -> O Shodai (10)

O Shodai -> M6 Kotonowaka (13)

Edited March 25, 2022 by Eikokurai

[Godango 1,014]

M6 Kotonowaka -> K Hōshōryū (15)

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Haru 2022 Full basho:

S Wakatakakage -> M4 Kiribayama (4) -> O Takakeishō (6) -> M4 Endō (9) -> O Shōdai (10) -> M6 Kotonowaka (13) -> K Hōshōryū (15)

[Sakura 1,495]

Natsu 2022 so far

K Hoshoryu -> M4 Endo (1) -> M5 Onosho (2) -> M3 Tamawashi (3) -> M4 Takanosho (4)

[Gurowake 4,100]

Full Natsu 2022:

K Hoshoryu -> M4 Endo (1) -> M5 Onosho (2) -> M3 Tamawashi (3) -> M4 Takanosho (4)  -> S Wakatakakage (13) -> End

[Eikokurai 3,437]

7 hours ago, Gurowake said:

Full Natsu 2022:

K Hoshoryu -> M4 Endo (1) -> M5 Onosho (2) -> M3 Tamawashi (3) -> M4 Takanosho (4)  -> S Wakatakakage (13) -> End

WTK doesn’t repeat the yusho but gets the Ranfurly Shield!

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7 hours ago, Eikokurai said:

WTK doesn’t repeat the yusho but gets the Ranfurly Shield!

WTF, WTK?

(sorry, I'm going to my room now ... )

[Seiyashi 4,108]

Nagoya 2022:

Day 1: Wakatakakage loses it to Ichinojō.

Day 7: Ichinojō, remaining perfect so far, loses the shield to Shōdai.

Day 13: Shōdai drops his only gobansen bout to Takakeishō, who promptly loses in on day 14 to:

Day 14: Wakatakakage, who goes into the final day holding the shield, but may lose it again to his senshūraku opponent... Shōdai.

Edited July 23, 2022 by Seiyashi

[Sakura 1,495]

On 13/07/2022 at 02:06, Seiyashi said:

Day 14: Wakatakakage, who goes into the final day holding the shield, but may lose it again to his senshūraku opponent... Shōdai.

Which he did. 

[Seiyashi 4,108]

Thanks, completely forgot about that match considering what else was at stake on Day 15.

So Shōdai gets the Ranfurly Shield to top off possibly his most amazing comeback to date. How long will he hold it for this time?

(At the cost of making work for someone else - I wonder how the records for streaks holding the shield look like. Hakuhō probably leads by quite a margin but seeing how it goes all over the place the rest of the leaderboard might look different to what we think.)

Edited August 9, 2022 by Seiyashi

[Gurowake 4,100]

Aki 2022:

O Shodai -> K Kiribayama (2) -> S Hoshoryu (4) -> M1 Tobizaru (6) -> ?

[Eikokurai 3,437]

On 09/08/2022 at 19:51, Seiyashi said:

How long will he hold it for this time?

Not long! 

[Gurowake 4,100]

Aki 2022 final:

O Shodai -> K Kiribayama (2) -> S Hoshoryu (4) -> M1 Tobizaru (6) -> M8 Hokutofuji (13) -> S Wakatakakge (14) -> end

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Kyushu 2022:

S Wakatakakage -> M1 Takayasu (1) -> O Shodai (2) -> M2 Ichinojo (4) -> O Takakeisho (5) -> K Tobizaru (9) -> M1 Takayasu (10) -> ?

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On 31/12/2021 at 21:38, Eikokurai said:

We’ll see at the end of the basho (and year) who held it most and for longest.

For the year, the rikishi who held it for the most days was Shodai, with 14 days, with 9 overall defenses, which was the most, and his 5 defeats was also the most.  The second most days held was by Wakatakakage, with 6 defenses and 10 days overall, whose 4 defeats was also second highest, but his defenses were not second highest.  The rikishi with the most defenses in a row, the second highest number of defenses, and the highest percentage of defenses, was Takanosho with 8 defenses and 1 defeat in his only time holding the shield for a 88.888...% defense rate.  The second longest holding period was 7 days (6 defenses) by Tobizaru. 

For the worst defenders, Endo and Tamawashi each held it twice with no defenses.  Hokutofuji and Hoshoryu each had 1 defense and held it on two occasions.

Despite being Sanyaku or M1 the entire year, Daieisho never held the shield.  Other non-holders with heavy joi presence were Ura (5 joi basho) and Meisei (4 joi basho).

I'll post my entire summary tomorrow after it's complete, but the things I've already mentioned are not going to be changed by the last day's results. 

Edited November 26, 2022 by Gurowake