Fastest rises (was RE: Takanohana and humility

[Richard Webb <rlwebb@puc.edu>]

At 08:04 AM 2/3/98 -0800, Richard Pardoe wrote:
>
>In terms of "effortless rise" - I believe Konishiki, Tochiazuma, and one
>other rikishi are tied as the fastest rise from  sumo entrance to
>Maegashira (13 basho).  And doesn't Konishiki have one of the fastest
>rises to Ozeki?  And to continue the Konishiki tie-in - Taka's first
>yusho was the basho between Konishiki's two yushos in 11/91 and 3/92
>when the Konishiki's yokozuna promotion was discussed. 
>
Any talk of fastest rise must include Musashimaru (who, of course, is my
favorite rikishi).  Musashimaru was the quickest from Shin-Juryo to Ozeki I
believe, and would have pressed Konishiki's record for fastest rise from
Maezumo to Maegashira (and Ozeki) if not for his injury in the first basho
when he was gunning for Juryo promotion (which, by-the-way, is the only
make-koshi in his career--he must have the record for most consecutive
kachi-koshi in Makuuchi by now!).  

Can you guess that I'm a fan of Musashimaru? ;-)

Richard Webb
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