Re: [sumo] Sankei Sports Newpaper Sumo Column Musahimaru DanpatsuCeremony

["Stefan Gelow" <f95-sge@nada.kth.se>]

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From: "Matt Thompson" <thompsma@colorado.edu>
To: "Sumo Sumo" <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [sumo] Sankei Sports Newpaper Sumo Column Musahimaru
DanpatsuCeremony


> On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 15:25, Joe Kuroda wrote:
> >
> > Another is once he became a sekitori, every basho he
> > participated for the full 15 days (not counting Kyujo
> > bashos), he had Kachikoshi every time. It may be seen
> > as a rather low key but not even Chiyonofuji nor
> > Takanohana could even match this great record.
>
> Now this is surprising.  You'd figure a Chiyonofuji, Taiho, or
> Takanohana would have this record.  Or, one of those perennial Ozekis
> who kept winning but never made it to yokozuna.

Actually, Yokozuna Haguroyama (yokozuna 1942-1953) also managed this (no
make-koshi when active all days of a basho as sekitori). None of the other
big ones though.

[EndPost by "Stefan Gelow" <f95-sge@nada.kth.se>]