Re: Yokozuna

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

Sei-Yokozuna: Very top-ranked two Yokozuna (East and West)
Haridashi-Yokozuna: third or lower ranked Yokozuna
(Officially, this is not used any longer. Hari-dashi means "sticking out."
Haridashi rikishi's shikona were printed out side of the regular rectangular
printed area in a banzuke. Now there are no such customs. All shikona are printed
within the regular printed area.)
Higashi-Yokozuna: Yokozuna in East side.
Nishi-Yokozuna: Yokozuna in West side.

The Yokozuna with the best record from the previous basho will be placed at
Higashi Sei Yokozuna. The Yokozuna with the second best record from the previous
basho will be placed at Nishi Sei Yokozuna. After that, it used to be Higashi
Haridashi Yokozuna, then Nishi Haridashi Yokozuna. But now, it's simply Higashi
Yokozuna and Nishi Yokozuna.

In my case, for my Web site, for example, I treat the lower-ranked Yokozuna as
Yokozuna 2-maime, to differenciate them from Sei Yokozuna.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki


elvis christiaan wrote:

> Otakeyama@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I love this list!!  Just when I think I know something about Sumo, something
> > new comes along.  Someone please explain to me the term "Yokozuna-Ozeki".  I
> > know about Higashi-Yokozuna, Nishi-Yokozuna, Sei-Yokozuna, and
> > Haridashi-Yokozuna, but never Yokozuna-Ozeki.  I am looking for a full
> > explanation, origin, purpose etc.
> >
> > Thanks!!!!!!
> > Otakeyama
>
> Could someone explain ALL these "Yokozuna's" ??
> Must  a Y-O also fight the matches of both ranks, or is this just handy for the
> banzuke
>
> Gracias,
>
> Elvis