Re: [SUMO: records] 1998 Kimboshi

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

Correct record for Wakanohana in Chuck's form is:

Wakanohana - 8     Total 1998 record as yokozuna: 31-14      --3 basho

He won two consecutive basho in Haru-basho and Natsu-basho and promoted to
Yokozuna.

Have I mentioned that 9 out of top 20 rikishi had skipped at least 12 matches
in 1998. Wakanohana did not skip any matches but he was injured before
Kyushu-basho and completed the basho with not-so-perfect condition.

As Tokitsukaze Rijicho said that the current rikishi are too big and practice
less. They lack the professionalism these days, it seems, and misunderstand
that the bigger and heavier is always good for sumo. That is not the case. I
don't think the hight of dohyo stage is anything to do with so many injuries,
but the extremely heavier body and the quality and quantity of practice are.
Rijicho's speech said the same thing.

The body sizes of Yokozuna Taiho and Kashiwado are nothing special among
today's Maku(no)uchi rikishi. Wakanohana is said to be small Yokozuna, but
Wakanohana-I, Tochinishiki, Tochinoumi, and Chiyonofuji were smaller.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

Chuck & Luisa Finberg wrote:

> To pick up on Abe-san's tabulations:
> Kinboshi:
> Takanohana - 11     Total 1998 record as yokuzuna: 58-20-12 -- 6 basho
> Akebono         - 9     Total 1998 record as yokuzuna: 54-21-15 -- 6 basho
> Wakanohana  - 6     Total 1998 record as yokozuna: 21-9        -- 2 basho
>
> Chuck Finberg

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