Akinomaki 40,701 Posted March 17 What is that awful song the shindeshi have to listen to till the shimpan arrive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhomatsu 246 Posted March 17 The old timey one? The Renseika? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,701 Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Muhomatsu said: The old timey one? The Renseika? Maybe, sounds not that bad when the new recruits sing, but the one on Abema does, before maezumo starts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,589 Posted March 17 Day 9 / Group B And the final session for this basho's maezumo. The Tagonoura duo was shuffled over to the West side of the dohyo again. Results: Mz2 Kototerao (1-3-1) Mz5 Yasuda (2-2) Mz14 Sawazaki (1-3) Mz24 Ryugi (2-2) Mz2 Kototerao (1-4-1) Mz25 Yamauchi (2-2) Mz15 Kazenohana (1-3) Mz3 Sato (0-4-1) Rather not the schedule I had envisioned...no additional qualifying opportunities here in Group B, bar Kototerao whose second appearance filled the sixth slot in the 5-strong group of rikishi who had a win before today. I wonder if they would have done Sawazaki-Yamauchi as an additional match if the third bout had gone differently, but didn't want to give Kototerao yet another match. All in all, not much to quibble with the results in this group, IMHO. That 0-win matchup turned out much less competitive than I hoped it would be, and Sato is arguably the well-deserved bottom finisher here...reviewing his four matches I'm forced to say that he didn't so much do sumo as attempt to engage in self-defense. So, Kazenohana was able to get his first and only win here, and I suspect it's not going to go much different for him in jonokuchi to start...against the low-rank lifers he might stand a chance, but nearly all the other shindeshi clearly outclassed him, and they're going to be his main opposition at least for May and July. Sawazaki's a bit of an odd combination of lack of height (166 cm) with neither significant strength nor particular technical prowess, so the charitable reading would be that there are many ways in which he can improve over the next few years. His basic approach to his bouts looked okay. Kototerao's main issue appeared to be that he was very easily overpowered for somebody with decent physical stats (175 cm / 108 kg). But he was willing to take the fight to his opponents, so that's one key ingredient he's not missing. More strength will hopefully come in time. Consequently, today's bouts didn't leave much doubt about the final three 2-win finishers. I'm looking forward to see Yasuda in regular competition - as mentioned before I've been a bit puzzled by what he's shown so far, and I can't shake the feeling that he can be better than that. About the two Tagonoura middle school kids Ryugi and Yamauchi I'm honestly leaving this maezumo session without much of an opinion at all yet - Yamauchi had that lengthy if rather awkward bout against heavy Ikazuchiarata on Day 7, but other than that all their matches were one-sided deals either in their favour or their opponents', so none of those bouts allowed them to show very much. I think it's safe to call both of them "long-term projects", though. The final Group B standings: 2-win target achieved #02 Mz7 Kazeoki Oshiogawa 2-0 #04 Mz18 Wakajin Nishiiwa 2-0 #06 Mz13 Yamagishi Otowayama 2-0 #08 Mz32 Imada Otowayama 2-0 #10 Mz6 Kadomura Isegahama 2-1 #12 Mz19 Satomatsunaga Nishiiwa 2-1 --- #14 Mz17 Wakahasegawa Nishiiwa 2-2 #16 Mz9 Ikazuchishu Ikazuchi 2-2 #18 Mz10 Ikazuchiarata Ikazuchi 2-1 #20 Mz5 Yasuda Isegahama 2-2 #22 Mz24 Ryugi Tagonoura 2-2 #24 Mz25 Yamauchi Tagonoura 2-2 Remaining order #26 Mz2 Kototerao Sadogatake 1-4-1 #28 Mz14 Sawazaki Onoe 1-3 #30 Mz15 Kazenohana Oshiogawa 1-3 #32 Mz3 Sato Isegahama 0-4-1 Last year they ranked the one-win contestants strictly by the timing of their single wins, which meant that multiple guys from the same group could end up back-to-back in the combined order. This year they've apparently returned to a simple ABABAB interleaving; Kototerao had the earliest win of them all (on Day 5), but has ended up behind Group A's Sumiyoshi who only won on Day 6, and likewise Sawazaki won before Futagawa. At least the sorting within each group still seems to be following the win timing. And with that we're done here after 54, altogether very interesting, maezumo matches. It was nice to see an uptick in recruits over last year's all-time low, but I'm holding out hope that they'll eventually manage to get back to pre-pandemic levels, too, producing Haru classes with 40+ rookies again. (Although it's been amusing to see the more newbie-ish corners of the sumo fandom going all, "wow, soooo many!" even about this year's 32 this past week. If they only knew...) On a final note: I'm planning a new feature thread to accompany the return of an old one, so this should not be the last time you'll read about these rookies this year. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,589 Posted March 17 And the niban shusse presentation; all remaining 20 rookies participated. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhomatsu 246 Posted March 17 (edited) 5 hours ago, Akinomaki said: Maybe, sounds not that bad when the new recruits sing, but the one on Abema does, before maezumo starts Rid wit us by Ak-69. Or as the twitch folks sing, “The chicken bring it on”. Is that the one you are referring to? naruto boys sing renseka. Edited March 17 by Muhomatsu 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,701 Posted March 18 (edited) 11 hours ago, Muhomatsu said: naruto boys sing Not the Abema song, it is played in the kokugikan before maezumo starts, shown on Abema. It sounds very different from when the Naruto boys sing, but might be the same - and likely is, else why would they play it for them Edited March 18 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rokudenashi 324 Posted March 18 This sounds like the same recording they play in the kokugikan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,701 Posted March 18 (edited) 55 minutes ago, rokudenashi said: This sounds like the same recording they play in the kokugikan That's it, I just noticed that it is also played when there is no maezumo. I guess yobidashi Norio who wrote the text for it also sings it in the recording - not mentioned anywhere though https://www.sumoujinku.com/norio.html https://ameblo.jp/tiritere/entry-12509953116.html Edited March 18 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
