[sumo] Passing the torch - guessing game

[Jezz]

Jejima's entry......

1) No
2) Makunouchi (Yes)
3) I think the Yokozunma will hold it at some stage - but it won't go
down to Juryo.  So the spread is M15W to YE.  I'm a bit worried about
the wording of this question, but my answer is 18 ranks.  Please
correct on my above information if necessary :)  But maybe you're
wanting 'No' as an answer here :-)

4) No
5) No
6) Yes
7) Before
8) No


Fun game :)
(1) The obvious question is of course, who will hold the Torch at the
end of the basho.  But the rest of the questions are more fun to answer.
Let's rephrase question 1 as "Will the highest ranked rikishi
(Asashoryuu) hold the torch on the final day?"
(2) Will the holder of the Torch at the end of the basho be in Makuuchi,
or in some lower division?
(3) Starting at rank 15, the Torch might rise or fall. How many ranks
difference will there be between the lowest ranked torch bearer and the
highest, during this basho? Will it be less than 8? (East-West counts as
half a rank)
(4) Which group will hold the torch more this basho, the Japanese-born
rikishi or the foreign-born rikishi? Answer "yes" if Japanese.
(5) Will any torchbearer win back the Torch a second time after losing
it?  Think about this - it is more likely than it sounds.
(6) Will the torchbearer most days be a lucky chikara-mizu presenter?
(That is, will their water recipient (on the average) be a winner?)
Maybe the Torch will be lucky. Or terribly unlucky.  Who knows. Answer
yes if it seems to confer luck. (an even win-loss record will be
considered lucky.)
(7) Possessing the Torch might be lucky or unlucky to the rikishi
himself. On the average, will a rikishi who was torchbearer during the
basho have a better record before or after getting the Torch? (not
counting the Torch match itself, which he obviously had to have won.)
Absences don't count.
(8) Will we see a torchbearer try to hold onto his Torch with a henka?
Answer yes if you suspect such deprecable pseudosumo will taint a
rikishi while holding the Torch.  My judgment is final on whether the
win was a henka or not.