dingo 1,267 Posted May 26, 2024 Wow, Onosato almost beat Hoshoryu! 4th to 6th place all got more than 100 kensho while ending up makekoshi. Shows that one really has to win the right bouts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,666 Posted May 28, 2024 (edited) Tabloid Weekly Post has a sub-site, Money Post: they occasionally post about rikishi salary and about kensho and did so after the basho. Nothing much new in it but a nice compilation of facts. As usual they are not very reliable though, they claim that Kotozakura on day 12 actually had the maximum possible 61 kensho - with the Morinago-sho added. That day Kotozakura had 40 and the Morinago-sho was as usual on Onosato. The focus of the article is on the Tokyo-basho only Morinago-sho, which started Hatsu 1951: according to Morinaga, usually popular y/o in their bouts get the votes for that kensho, only sometimes lower ranked in the yusho race, but in recent years that has become more frequent. After being on Terunofuji(-Onosato) on day 1, it stayed with Onosato though, only days 4 (Abi-Atamifuji) and 10 (Takayasu -Kotozakura) it had been on other bouts - so why did they claim earlier o that it was on Kotozakura on day 12? http://www.moneypost.jp/1148353/4/ the place in the kokugikan to cast the vote for the kensho - only for Morinaga customers, you need an empty box of their sweets to write your vote on it Edited May 28, 2024 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,666 Posted July 9, 2024 The full standings for the Natsu basho, of those now in makuuchi - those returned may have got several of them in former basho, Endo from 2, Bushozan from 3 basho. One more for Takayasu than in the daily rankings. Of those who dropped down, especially Tokihayate has a few. 375 Kotozakura 226 Hoshoryu 224 Onosato 123 Takayasu 112 Oho 110 Atamifuji 102 Daieisho 101 Abi 63 Hiradoumi 60 Mitakeumi 45 Oshoma 42 Ura 38 Endo 38 Gonoyama 31 Tobizaru 29 Takanosho 28 Hokutofuji 28 Ryuden 27 Meisei 20 Midorifuji 19 Kotoshoho 19 Takarafuji 18 Onosho 17 Wakamotoharu 15 Shodai 14 Roga 12 Kirishima 12 Sadanoumi 10 Nishikigi 10 Shonannoumi 8 Ichiyamamoto 8 Kinbozan 7 Churanoumi 6 Bushozan 4 Tamawashi 1 Chiyoshoma 0 Asanoyama 0 Kagayaki 0 Nishikifuji 0 Takakeisho 0 Terunofuji 0 Wakatakakage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
