Re: 12-3

[Yugo Yodogawa <yyy@soda.berkeley.edu>]

> The last tournaments won with 12-3 records were by Hokutoumi in
> March of 1987 and Chiyonofuji in january of 1987. Chiyonofuji
> also won three consecutive tournaments in 1982 with 12-3 records.

Actually, it's more rare than you say... The three consecutive tournaments
weren't all 12-3, only the last was.

> Having 3 yokozuna must have made it very difficult. The last
> 15-0 was by Chiyonofuji in 1989. There was an 11-4 winner in 1972
> but it is rare to see a winner with fewer than 2 losses.
>
> In the event of a playoff the wins/losses do not seem to be
> aded to the tournament record, and I am not sure if they get
> added onto the lifetime or head-to-head records.

I'm pretty sure they aren't, although I guess it would depend on who was
keeping the records.

-yugo