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Haru Henka Summary
by Lon Howard
| Roho Jumonji Toyozakura Hokutoriki Hakurozan Kotooshu Aminishiki Kotomitsuki Kyokutenho Tokitsuumi |
9.55 6.8 6.6 6.06 5.45 5.45 4.85 4.24 3.64 3.53 |
The most irregular statistic to come out of the Haru basho was the henka win rate. Sixteen of the 18 henka perpetrators won their henka bouts. That’s the
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Since the detailed henka report is presented every other issue, this
one for the Haru basho is the condensed version. Except for the
two well-chronicled henka at the very end of the basho, nothing really
special happened. There were 18 henka – the same as for Hatsu – which
is about average, but they were spread out a little more, as only four
rikishi had more than one: Jumonji, Kyokutenho, Aminishiki and
Roho, all with two each. All four of those men are in the new top
ten list so there are no real surprises.It’s worth noting one name that did sneak up me: Jumonji! He had zero henka in the first four basho of our study, beginning in Nagoya 2005, but since then has refined the craft steadily, but almost invisibly. At number two overall now, he won’t be invisible anymore, but he’ll fade from the top ten list sooner or later if he
doesn’t get back to makuuchi, and maintain a representative number
of total bouts. That would take a while though. What I mean
by that is: Shunketsu, Wakatoba and Takanowaka used to appear in
the top ten list but they have been gone for some time as their total
number of bouts, as compared to most everyone else, is very small now.
The henka to nomination rate was a little higher than the normal 50 % average, as there were only 29 nominations, to the 18 henka, but that wasn’t the only anomaly this time. Of the 18 henka nominations approved by the voters, seven received a unanimous ‘yes’ vote, headed by Asashoryu’s slip around Chiyotaikai on senshuraku, by a 26-0 vote. Kyokutenho’s side step of Kotooshu on day 4 was close behind at 19-0. In case you were wondering, Hakuho’s
The henka to nomination rate was a little higher than the normal 50 % average, as there were only 29 nominations, to the 18 henka, but that wasn’t the only anomaly this time. Of the 18 henka nominations approved by the voters, seven received a unanimous ‘yes’ vote, headed by Asashoryu’s slip around Chiyotaikai on senshuraku, by a 26-0 vote. Kyokutenho’s side step of Kotooshu on day 4 was close behind at 19-0. In case you were wondering, Hakuho’s