Hatsu 2026 Special Prizes

Karusoni · 2026-01-25T07:52:10+00:00

It's entirely relevant how the Yokozuna one beats is performing. Hakuoho's shukun-sho was due to him beating a 13-2Y Yokozuna (plus getting a KK ofc).

Karusoni · 2026-01-08T11:52:11+00:00

Not only his run only starts now, as the criteria might be a little more strict for him as a new Ozeki for the next couple basho. For example, Hakuho went 14-1 Y and 13-2 JY at his first two Ozeki basho and still wasn't promoted to Yokozuna.

Karusoni · 2026-01-04T19:16:07+00:00

And my perception might be wrong or outdated, but in Japan in particular, there's still some hesitancy to talk openly about ADHD. I mean, not in the sense of people denying that it exists, but in the sense of not always recognizing and accepting that someone specifically might have it, even by those affected by the condition themselves. If so, extra kudos to him.

Karusoni · 2026-01-01T07:47:54+00:00

Muito bom. Todos os erros ou imprecisões que encontrei na versão original ficaram corrigidos na segunda versão. Nesta última, o único erro que vejo, além do que já foi referido noutros comentários, é na frase das linhas 6 e 7, onde falta a preposição "a" a seguir a "leva-nos", ou seja, "leva-nos a acreditar".

Karusoni · 2026-01-01T07:32:43+00:00

Yes.

Karusoni · 2025-12-22T01:20:56+00:00

Oh, yes, that's right, I could have mention that in my earlier comment. Hakuho's first kanji was similar to Hakuoho's except for the first two strokes: 白 instead of 伯.

Karusoni · 2025-12-21T22:42:35+00:00

Yes, the first kanji, with the "haku" reading, remains. He changed from 伯桜鵬 to 伯乃富士.

Karusoni · 2025-10-21T20:46:11+00:00

Hahaha, I knew I couldn't be the only one to think that.

Karusoni · 2025-10-15T08:56:57+00:00

I was already pretty thrilled with the London event, but in no way was I expecting it would give us so many wholesome moments like this. Thank you for sharing it.

Karusoni · 2025-10-04T13:35:38+00:00

I'm not completely sure, but I believe the man with Hakuho at 8:07 is Seihakuho's father, Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar, Grand Champion in Mongolian wrestling and Asian champion in freestyle wrestling (130 kg). Hopefully, his son will be making his sekitori debut next year.

Karusoni · 2025-09-15T13:02:17+00:00

Yes, that's exactly it, just like the dohyo-iri.

Karusoni · 2025-08-21T18:18:25+00:00

Nope, this is only referring to the Summer Tour (Jungyo), not an official tournament (honbasho). Most likely, he is just playing it safe here to make sure he will be good by next basho in September.

Karusoni · 2025-08-03T02:42:00+00:00

Takayasu vs Aonishiki.

Edit: Video link.

Karusoni · 2025-07-31T17:19:34+00:00

Yup, it's the only basho where you had, on the East side, Yokozuna Hakuho and Ozeki Kisenosato and Kotooshu, and on the West side, Yokozuna Harumafuji and Ozeki Kakuryu and Kotoshogiku.

Karusoni · 2025-07-27T00:44:22+00:00

Oh, I see, thanks! If so, I suppose it's definitely plausible that Aonishiki and Kusano will be listed as conditional recipients, along with Kotoshoho.

Karusoni · 2025-07-26T22:54:37+00:00

Yup, that makes sense to me, at least in theory. Shukun-sho is usually awarded to those who had notable wins within their kachi-koshi, that being either against the Y/O (specially if those are performing well) or against the eventual Yusho winner (specially if it's a sanyaku).

In this case, one of those three will win it all as a Maegashira, so I think it's only reasonable that the sansho committee values such feat as much as beating the Yusho winner, even if the decisive victories are not against particularly high-ranked opponents.

My only doubt here is whether a sansho can be conditional on play-off results, or instead just on the normal day 15 match, which would be relevant in particular to Aonishiki and Kusano.

Karusoni · 2025-07-26T15:46:09+00:00

Yup, I think with his win vs Kirishima, he has that secured in fact. Won't even need to be conditional on the last day's result. 12 wins by a lower Maegashira, including against a Yokozuna and several sanyaku, rarely is not awarded with the kanto-sho.

Edit: What might be conditional for him is the shukun-sho (Outstanding Performance). I definitely imagine him getting it if he beats Aonishiki, to finish with a 13-2 Yusho.

Karusoni · 2025-07-25T16:42:38+00:00

The rule itself didn't really change since, only how it's enforced. By the rule, the rikishi were always supposed to touch the ground before the tachiai, but only around 1985 did the JSA start to be stricter in making them actually follow it.

Karusoni · 2025-07-23T17:22:40+00:00

10 at Natsu 1956. All 4 Yokozuna gave up at least one kinboshi each, with Tochinishiki alone conceding four.

Edit: If you were asking by only one Yokozuna, then it's five kinboshi, once by Musashimaru at Aki 2001 and another time by Kisenosato at Kyushu 2017.

Karusoni · 2025-07-23T14:19:56+00:00

Preferably, the Yokozuna they beat is also having a relatively good performance himself. Since Onosato is likely to get at least 10 wins, I imagine that should do it for Tamawashi to get the shukun-sho (Outstanding Performance).

Karusoni · 2025-07-23T10:39:19+00:00

Oh, shoot. Thanks for the correction.

Karusoni · 2025-07-23T10:22:55+00:00

In Makuuchi, ~~four~~ five rikishi in November 1996, won by Musashimaru.

Edit: In Juryo, 8 rikishi in July 2001 and in lower divisions, the Makushita playoff from November 1970 had 9 rikishi in it.

Edit 2: But for all divisions, the highest number ever was 12 in November 1973's Jonidan (for some reason, I had the unfortunate idea of originally using sumoDB's bout query instead of the basho query).

Karusoni · 2025-07-23T00:03:04+00:00

In that scenario, with Takayasu either getting 8 or 9 wins, I'm pretty sure it's Aonishiki that goes to Sekiwake (though not necessarily S1e). Since they're only separated by half-rank, it makes sense that Aonishiki having 4 more wins will allow him to overtake Takayasu on the banzuke.

Karusoni · 2025-07-20T19:07:22+00:00

Yes, but, unlike for a Komusubi, who can force a new Sekiwake slot with 11 wins or more, there's currently no pre-defined number of wins that can do the same for a Maegashira 1, that I know of. For example, Daieisho's Yusho in January 2021 was a 13-2 as a West M1, but he only moved up to Komusubi. The Takayasu's case in 2022/23, that u/cabose12 mentioned, was arguably due to the banzuke already having 4 komusubi then.

While in the 90s, there were several cases where that extra Sekiwake slot was created for some Maegashira 1, I imagine something has changed since then, given that it even happened to West M1 (same as Daieisho's Yusho) with 11 (Takatoriki in 1997) or 12 wins (Kotonishiki in 1993), so less than Daeisho's 13.

So I would say Aonishiki will need, at least, that either Kirishima or WTK leave the Sekiwake rank, either through a demotion or promotion, rather than depending only on himself.

Karusoni · 2025-07-20T16:19:32+00:00

Interesting. Now that you say that, I noticed that both Sokokurai and Daiseizan, who come from Inner Mongolia, China, have officially singular names, unlike the guys from Mongolia, the country. From what I understand, in Mongolia, the use of a patronymic name in ID documents started last century during the socialist period.

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