[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Some numbers for Aki 2025

[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
Gaijingai
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The saddest are these:
It might have been.
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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Some numbers for Aki 2025
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


 There are 611 rikishi on the banzuke. The heya with the most rikishi is
Isegahama with 33, Takasago with 26, Oitekaze with 23, Sakaigawa  and
Tamanoi with 22, Nishonoseki and Kokonoe  with 21, and Kise with 20.
Isegahama also has the most sekitori with seven (five Makuuchi and two
Juryo). By birthplace, Tokyo has the most rikishi with 52. Following that
are Osaka with 30, Saitama with 28, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Aichi with 27,
Hyogo with 26, Kumamoto with 24, Fukuoka with 22, and Mongolia with 20.

Aonishiki, who has 11 consecutive kachikoshi  and also got three special
prizes since his debut in Makuuchi, was promoted to Komusubi, becoming the
fastest rikishi to reach sanyaku - just 12 basho (excluding tsukedashi)
since the introduction of the six-tournament system in 1958. The previous
record was 14 bashos, held by former Ozeki Konishiki, former Yokozuna
Asashouryuu, and former Ozeki Kotooushuu, but this, two tournaments less,
makes him the fastest rikishi to reach sanyaku. This also marks the first
time a rikishi from Ukraine, and the first time a wrestler from the heya
founded by  Ajigawa Oyakata (ex-Sekiwake Aminishiki), has been promoted to
sanyaku. At the Nagoya tournament, where he was ranked at Maegashira 1E he
remained in the running for the yusho until the final day, but fell short
of Maegashira Kotoshouhou and finished as a runner-up. Nevertheless, he got
his first Technique Prize , following the Fighting Spirit Prizes in the
Haru and Natsu bashos. On day three last basho, he won his first kinboshi
as well, beating Houshouryuu.

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