[sumo] torchbearer 2007

[kj bauman]

good day all,
   back in early january i proposed an idea (on this
mail list) to start the torch at the bottom of the
banzuke and see where it would end up at the end of
the year.  there was no interest.  a few responded
that it was unlikely the torch would make it far
because it was more likely that a rikishi with the
torch would be injured or quit sumo.   so the 2007
torchbearer never developed.  but i tracked it.
   - the lowest ranking rikishi on the HATSU BANZUKE
was Sugishita at Jonokuchi 36 west.
   - he lost his torch his first match to Jk36e
Kanekuni, who kept it for two more matches.
   - he lost the torch on day 8 to Hisanoumi (Jk29w),
who kept it for two more matches.
   - he lost the torch on day 13 to Wakataizen
(Jonidan 95 east), who lost it in a kettei-san to the
Jonidan Yusho winner, Oseumi (Jd50w).

   - when the HARU BANZUKE came out, Oseumi was ranked
Sandanme 50 west.  the torch moved fast!
   - Oseumi lost it on day 1 to Tamaryoma (Sd50e) who
kept it for two more matches.
   - he lost the torch on day 7 to Kurusawa (Sd49w)
who lost it on day 9 to Kiozan (Sd36e).
   - Kiozan kept it for three matches including the
kettei-san match against Hikarikaze which won him the
Sandanme yusho.

   - when the NATSU BANZUKE came out, Kiozan was
ranked Makushita 27 east.  the torch moved fast!
   - he lost the torch his first match to Takunishiki
(Ms27w), who lost the torch his next match to
Tochinoshin (Ms28e) who kept it for one match.
   - he lost the torch to Shironoryu (Ms23w), who lost
the torch his next match to Yanagawa (MS16e), who lost
the torch his next match to Wakakirin (Ms3w).
   - Wakakirin won his next match and won the
Makushita Yusho.  The torch had three straight yushos!

   - when the NAGOYA BANZUKE was released, Wakakirin
was ranked Juryo 9 west.  He kept the torch for his
first four matches before losing it on day 5 to
Hoshihikari (J13w).
   - he lost the torch his next match on day 6 to
Koryu (J12e) who kept it for one match.
   - he lost the torch on day 8 to Asofuji (J7w), who
lost it his next match to Katayama (J12w), who lost it
his next match to Takanowaka (Ms3w), who lost it his
next match to Jumonji (J9e) on the last day of the
basho.

   - when the AKI BANZUKE was released, Jumonji was
ranked Juryo 13 west.
   - on day 1 Asofuji (J14e) regained the torch, but
only for a day as he lost his next match to Kobo
(Ms1w), who lost it his next match to Ichihara (Ms1e)
who kept it for one match.
   - he lost the torch on day 9 to Yakigaya (Ms15e)
who kept it for one match.
   - he lost the torch on day 13 to Tamawashi (Ms32w)
in a match that won him the yusho.

   - when the KYUSHU BANZUKE was released, Tamawahi
was ranked Makushita 2 west.
   - he kept the torch for one match but lost it on
day 3 to second-time torch holder Tochinoshin (Ms1e),
who kept it for two matches.
   - on day 9 he lost it to Wakatenro (Ms12e), who
lost it his next match to Shotenro (Ms23e), who lost
it his next match to Tosayutaka (Ms33w) on day 13 who,
by winning this match, was the yusho winner.

   *so the torch started at the bottom and ended at
Makushita 33 west.
   *but the highest rank the torch was at was Juryo 9
east.
   *i've lost track of the first torch holder,
Sugishita....not sure if he dropped or changed
shikona.

MANY THANKS TO DOITSUYAMA'S GREAT POSTING OF RESULTS
TO HELP ME TRACK THIS. 
-shimodahito


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