Janaury rankings - Hatsu-basho

[Masumi Abe <abe@zoom.com>]

Happy holidays.

Thank you for posting the new banzuke.
I changed the format to a more standard one and
added records from Kyushu, FYI.

Tomonohana's isamiashi loss on Senshuraku costed him at least
5-mai. Instead of facing sanyaku rikishi, he should expect
some bouts against juryo rikishi and possible demotion to
juryo rank in Osaka, if he fails to win kachikoshi in Hatsu-basho.
The same isamiashi kept me in M rank in last hoshitori competition,
also. :(

east					west
Takanohana (ye, 12-3)	yokozuna	Akebono (yw, 7-3-5)
Wakanohana (ow, 12-3)	ozeki		Musashimaru (oe, 10-5)
Takanonami (hoe, 9-6)	haridashi-ozeki
Kaio (se, 9-6)		sekiwake	Kotonishiki (hsw, 8-7)
Tosanoumi (m1w, 9-6)	komusubi	Musoyama (sw, 7-8)
Takatoriki (kw, 7-8)	m1 (Hitto)	Mitoizumi (m2w, 8-7)
Kotonowaka (m3w, 8-7)	m2		Kotoinazuma (ke, 6-9)	
Misugisato (m6e, 9-6)	m3		Minatofuji (m5w, 8-7)
Akinoshima (m7w, 8-7)	m4		Asahiyutaka (m8e, 8-7)
Kenko (m1e, 5-10)	m5		Kotobeppu (m9e, 8-7)
Tochinowaka (m2e, 5-10)	m6		Kitakachidoki (m10e, 8-7)	
Terao (m3e, 5-10)	m7		Asanosho (m12e, 9-6)
Konishiki (m10w, 8-7)	m8		Daishoho (m14w, 10-5)
Naminohana (m5e, 6-9)	m9		Hamanoshima (m11w, 8-7)
Wakashoyo (m4w, 5-9-1)	m10		Kasugafuji (m12w, 8-7)
Oginohana (m15e, 9-6)	m11		Aogiyama (m15w, 9-6)
Oginishiki (m13e, 8-7)	m12		Asanaowaka (m9w, 7-8)
Kirishima (m14e, 8-7)	m13		Daishi (m4e, 3-12)
Higonoumi (m8w, 6-9)	m14		Tomonohana (m11e, 7-8)
Mainoumi (m6w, 4-11)	m15		Kyokudozan (m7e, 4-11)
Tamakasuga (j1w, 10-5)	m16 (Maku-jiri)

* Maegashira Hitto means "(written at) the top of Maegashira" and
Maku-jiri means "the rear-end of Maku(uchi)".
Hitto is a combination of hitsu (pen) and tou (head).
Jiri is actually shiri as a stand-alone form and literally means
"rear-end".

Masumiriki