Re: Akebono's Senshuraku Showdown Record

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I wonder how this compares to the other yokozuna, past and current??


From: "G. Jay Walker" <walker@nhrc.navy.mil>
>To: sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Akebono's Senshuraku Showdown Record
>Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 14:52:24 -0700
>
> >But in Akebono's case, most of his junyusho came when he went into
> >senshuuraku with the junyusho as the _worst_ he could do, with the >yusho
>well in his grasp.
>
>There have been 17 basho when Akebono has entered his Day 15 match with the
>yusho undecided and a chance to win at the time of his match (there were
>times when he either clinched the title or lost the chance to win earlier
>in the day before he fought).  In those 17 bashos, Akebono has a record of
>8 wins and 9 losses.  He has a record of 7 wins and 3 losses in subsequent
>playoff matches, for a combined record of 15-12 in Day 15 matches with the
>yusho on the line.
>
>However, his record is 10-2 from 1992 thru 1994 and 5-10 from 1995 to the
>present:
>
>Akebono's Senshuraku Showdown Record:
>
>	                        Scheduled      Playoff        Total
>	1992 thru 1994		5-2		5-0		10-2
>	1995 thru 1999		3-7		2-3		5-10
>						        		------
>							              15-12
>
>Akebono's Senshuraku Showdown Record by Opponent:
>
>Takanohana	7-8   (before 1995: 4-2,  1995 and after: 3-6)
>Musashimaru	3-3   (before 1995: 2-0,  1995 and after: 1-3)
>Wakanohana	3-0
>Takanonami	1-0
>Takatoriki	1-0
>Dejima		0-1
>
>The details:
>
>Basho		Standings		Scheduled Match	Playoff
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>1) 92 Natsu	Akebono	12-2	Beat Wakahanada
>		Wakahanada	11-3
>
>2) 92 Kyushu	Akebono	13-1	Beat Musashimaru
>		Kotonishiki	13-2
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>3) 93 Hatsu	Akebono	12-2	Beat Takahanada
>		Daishoyama	12-3
>
>4) 93 Natsu	Akebono	13-1	Lost Takanohana
>		Takanohana	13-1
>
>5) 93 Nagoya	Akebono  	13-1	Lost Takanohana    Beat Wakanohana
>		Wakanohana  	13-2			     Beat Takanohana
>		Takanohana	12-2
>
>6) 93 Kyushu	Musashimaru	13-2	Beat Takanohana    Beat Musashimaru
>		Akebono	12-2
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>7) 94 Haru	Takanonami	12-3	Beat Takanohana    Beat Takanonami
>		Takatoriki	12-3			     Beat Takatoriki
>		Akebono	11-3
>		Takanohana	11-3
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>8) Hatsu 95	Musashimaru	13-2	Lost Takanohana
>		Akebono	12-2
>		Takanohana	12-2
>
>9) Haru 95	Akebono	13-1	Beat Takanohana
>		Takanohana	13-1
>
>10) Natsu 95	Akebono	13-1	Lost Takanohana
>		Takanohana	13-1
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>11) Nagoya 96	Akebono	12-2	Lost Takanohana
>		Takanohana	12-2
>
>12) Kyushu 96	Wakanohana	11-3	Beat Wakanohana    Lost Musashimaru
>		Musashimaru	11-4
>		Kaio		11-4
>		Takanonami	11-4
>		Akebono	10-4
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>13) Haru 97	Akebono	12-2	Lost Takanohana    Beat Musashimaru
>		Musashimaru	12-3			     Lost Takanohana
>		Kaio		12-3
>		Takanohana	11-3
>
>14) Natsu 97	Takanohana	13-1	Beat Takanohana     Beat Takanohana
>		Akebono	12-2
>
>15) Nagoya 97	Akebono	12-2	Lost Takanohana
>		Takanohana	12-2
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>16) Natsu 99	Musashimaru	12-2	Lost Musashimaru
>		Kaio		12-3
>		Akebono	11-3
>
>17) Nagoya 99	Akebono	13-1	Lost Musashimaru	Lost Dejima
>		Dejima		13-2
>
>
>Altogether, Akebono won the Emporer's Cup in 8 of his 17 senshuraku
>showdown bashos.
>
>
>G. Jay Walker
>
>
>
>


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