SFM’s historian, JK, wraps his two-part article on the greatest of the tsuna wearers
What exactly is it and furthermore, what does it do? The ISF explain themselves and their purpose in existing
Man or myth? Sumo's first yokozuna comes under the spotlight
Tokitsukaze-beya and its famous find themselves the target of Barbara's peek into life inside the heya
Featuring interviews with amateur sumo's European Sumo Union General Secretary and the President of the newly founded Irish Sumo Federation
Would chanko exist without sumo? What is chanko anyway? Find out in Sumo 101
Basho through the eyes of the fans in the seats as SFM gives the mantle of photographer(s) for this basho to Barbara & Gerald Patten. And don't miss our all-Mongolian Bonanza supplied by our Editor, Barbara Ann Klein
Lon gives us his Haru Basho summary, along with the henka sightings results
Mikko Mattila covers the lower division goings on like nobody else around
Mark Buckton glances back to look forward in his ones to look out for come May
Our man Mikko takes us on a tour of his chosen kimarite
Our gaming thread takes a break for April so we can look at the Spanish language book on the sport not long since released
Todd’s bimonthly focus on 3 of the WWW's best sumo sites today
April's man VS monkey debate covers the issue of reducing the number of honbasho
Sit back and enjoy the offerings
made you a sumo fan? Thierry Perran lets us in on his reasons for loving this sport
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Sumo Quiz
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may possibly come out of the pack to threaten the top 20.
Below is a list of the top ten all time elevator rikishi at this point in the study, as well as the current top ten active ones. The active list includes all rikishi with at least 15 basho in their string – remember, it takes 30 to be fully qualified.
An additional column has been added to the Ranking list for the retired rikishi. This column contains the year in which the mid-point of the rikishi's qualifying string was reached. This is to make it easier to pinpoint an era in which elevator activity was possibly rampant or dormant. Notably, 15 of the top 20 retired elevator men came from the 1984-1994 period, so something unique was going on then for certain.
The top 20 all-time list is found on the Elevator Rules and Ranking page. Recapping the terms used below:
MOQ (Move On Quotient): Average number of banzuke spots moved per basho
AFQ (About Face Quotient): Percentage of time rikishi changed direction on the banzuke
EI (Elevator Index) – MOQ x
AFQ: Actual measure of rikishi's elevator factor
Note: EI was formerly called CEI (Combined Elevator Index)
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ALL-TIME
| RIKISHI | MOQ | AFQ | EI | MID YEAR |
1 | Takanofuji | 11.00 | 0.9355 | 10.29 | 1989 |
2 | Itai | 11.58 | 0.8039 | 9.31 | 1987 |
3 | Sadanoumi | 10.61 | 0.7674 | 8.15 | 1984 |
4 | Daitetsu | 10.13 | 0.7586 | 7.69 | 1986 |
5 | Jingaku | 9.47 | 0.7955 | 7.53 | 1988 |
6 | Daijuyama | 9.91 | 0.7460 | 7.39 | 1986 |
7 | Kirinji | 10.23 | 0.6867 | 7.02 | 1982 |
8 | Higonoumi | 10.06 | 0.6863 | 6.90 | 1997 |
9 | Mainoumi | 9.21 | 0.7368 | 6.78 | 1995 |
10 | Kasugafuji | 8.88 | 0.7619 | 6.77 | 1993 |
ACTIVE
| RIKISHI | MOQ | AFQ | EI |
1 | Hokutoriki | 8.74 | 0.8182 | 7.15 |
2 | Kyokushuzan * | 9.47 | 0.6607 | 6.26 |
3 | Asasekiryu | 8.28 | 0.5882 | 4.87 |
4 | Tokitsuumi * | 6.53 | 0.6364 | 4.16 |
5 | Takekaze | 5.93 | 0.6923 | 4.10 |
6 | Takamisakari | 6.21 | 0.6522 | 4.05 |
7 | Roho | 8.00 | 0.5000 | 4.00 |
8 | Jumonji | 6.25 | 0.5789 | 3.62 |
9 | Buyuzan | 6.85 | 0.5200 | 3.56 |
10 | Kakizoe | 5.60 | 0.5714 | 3.20 |
* | Fully Qualified With 30 Basho String |
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