[sumo] [Spoiler]New banzuke

[Jan de Veen]

Rikishi being listed as a lone Ozeki on a banzuke - subsequently 
requiring a Yokozuna (if present) to be designated as Yokozuna-Ozeki - 
is rare but not ultra rare. It actually happened more frequently in the 
late 1970's and early 1980's and a couple of times in he 1950's as well. 
And we (me included) already seem to have forgotten the last time we 
only had one Ozeki.  Just like this time it was also Takakeisho, namely 
during Haru 2020 (after Goeido's demotion).

But I hadn't seen a single previous occasion of both 4 Sekiwake and 4 
Komusubi occur on a banzuke until Akinomaki in the Sumo Forum pointed 
out that Japanese media had already mentioned the last time it happened, 
namely 1962 Natsu. That banzuke had 3 Yokozuna and 3 Ozeki as well, 
tough, making a total of 13 rikishi ranked at Komusubi or higher.

However, I'm relatively confident that only 1 Ozeki on a banzuke (let 
alone with 1 Yokozuna, never mind if he's designated as Yokozuna-Ozeki 
or not) in COMBINATION with 4 Sekiwake and 4 Komusubi probably never 
occurred before. 😉

Kind regards,

Chijanofuji

On 26-Dec-22 04:30, Murray Johnson wrote:
> 1993 Hatsu Akebono Y  Konishiki O was one instance.
>
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 10:38 AM R. Brown <brownro214 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     The matter of the yokozuna-ozeki was discussed during the last
>     basho when it became apparent Shodai would be demoted.  I
>     personally do not recall another instance of the current
>     configuration in the 30 years I have been following sumo.
>
>     Kodaiyama
>
>     On Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 8:21 PM Inside Sport: Japan
>     <insidesportjapan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         There must always be two ozeki so Terunofuji is listed as
>         ‘yokozuna-ozeki’ this basho just as Kakuryu was a few years
>         ago when there was also only one true ozeki.
>
>         > On Dec 26, 2022, at 10:12, Jan de Veen via Sumo
>         <sumo at webtrek.com> wrote:
>         >
>         > As far as I know it has never occurred before.
>         >
>         > Only one Ozeki does occur more frequently than we might
>         think, but both 4 Sekiwake and 4 Komusubi is already
>         unprecedented, let alone in combination with only 1 Ozeki.
>         >
>         > Kind regards,
>         >
>         > Chijanofuji
>         >
>         > On 26-Dec-22 01:30, R. Brown wrote:
>         >> Four sekiwaki and four komusubi, but only one ozeki.  When
>         was the last time there was such a ranking?
>         >>
>         >> Kodaiyama
>
>
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