Re: Waka Kyujo?

["Nashinokawa" <nashinokawa@parbrook.free-online.co.uk>]

I am surprised that it is not the 4th rather than 2nd yokozuna who gets this
"accolade".

Is there any logic to the choice, other than he should be on the west.

Cheers

Peter (Nashinokawa)

-----Original Message-----
From: Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>
To: sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu <sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu>
Date: 01 June 1999 09:04
Subject: Re: Waka Kyujo?


>As long as you have two Ozeki in Banzuke, you won't see any Yokozuna-Ozeki
>titles with any Yokozuna. For Nagoya, Takanonami will be at Higashi Ozeki
and
>Chiyotaikai will be at Nishi Ozeki. That means no need to have a
>Yokozuna-Ozeki.
>
>If Chiyotaikai failed to reach 8th win, and no new Ozeki is promoted after
>Nagoya-basho, then there will be a Yokozuna-Ozeki for Aki-basho that that
will
>be the second best Yokozuna based on the Nagoya-basho record. He will be
Nishi
>Yokozuna-Ozeki.
>
>-Toshiyori Masumiriki
>
>Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika wrote:
>
>> We went over this before, but I like to be redundant.  If Chiyotaikai
>> (broken nose guy) does not enter the basho, then what?  Any special title
>> activated, like yokozuna-ozeki?
>>
>> >From: Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>
>> >To: sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu
>> >Subject: Re: Waka Kyujo?
>> >Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:16:33 -0700
>> >
>> >Yes, it's NOT likely for him to enter Nagoya-basho.
>> >So, it's likely to have only two foreign born rikishi at Yokozuna rank.
>> >
>> >-Toshiyori Masumiriki
>> >
>> >
>> >Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika wrote:
>> >
>> > > ?
>> > >
>> > > "Takanohana can't practice because of the shoulder injury, and it's
>> >likely
>> > > for him to enter Nagoya-basho."
>> > >
>> > > You meant, "NOT likely for him to enter," right?
>> > >
>> > > Wow, so Hawai`ian only at the top, YAHOO!!!!!
>> > >
>> > > >From: Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>
>> > > >To: Sumo <sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu>
>> > > >Subject: Re: Waka Kyujo?
>> > > >Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 23:14:48 -0700
>> > > >
>> > > >Nikkan Sports wrote that Waka decided to skip Nagoya-basho, since he
>> > > >tried too hard to get back to hon-basho too early when he entered
the
>> > > >Natsu-basho and injured again. He does not want to repeat that
mistake.
>> > > >
>> > > >In the same article, Nikkan Sports also said that even now
Takanohana
>> > > >can't practice because of the shoulder injury, and it's likely for
him
>> > > >to enter Nagoya-basho.
>> > > >
>> > > >-Toshiyori Masumiriki
>> > > >
>> >
>>
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