Our fine friends over at GSB have posted their second annual Rikishi Popularity Poll. I swear, it’s the most difficult poll ever. Not quite a Sophie’s Choice but shoot…just picking a Favorite Ozeki puts me in a serious bind, much less a favorite rikishi. But ignore me, I’m the nut who militantly refuses to choose a side in just about anything but the Carolina/Duke game.
It is time for our 2nd Annual Rikishi Popularity Poll. Please check out the link below and fill out the survey about your favorite rikishi. We got over 600 responses last year and hope to blow that out of the water this year.https://t.co/MYA5jEnGh8
— Grand Sumo Breakdown (@GSumoBreakdown) November 26, 2020
Done. On the hopes that this may get to NHK, I think everbody who posts here should respond so they see that they have have a growing audience outside of Japan and give us more coverage!
Voted. A bit more detailed than I expected.
great little survey – will be interesting to see the results
It says I can’t vote as I’ve already filled the survey out once – that would have been last year, as I’ve certainly not done it recently
I will let them know! Thank you!
I just voted…and it is a bit different from last year. But I like this, though! It is kind of interesting see how many people voted and for WHOM! Andy, you already know I’m a Carolina boys all the way! Go ‘Heels! …lol!…
Voted yesterday – liked this survey compared to last year.
I can’t wait to read the results!
I too would like these results to go to the NSK!
I’ll be astonished if Ura doesn’t get the “favourite in juryo” prize; I voted for him although I think that Azumaryu is a fantastic technician when he’s on form. I wonder who will take the “least favourite in maku’uchi” award. I went for Takakeisho: I have great respect for the guy’s attitude and commitment but I just can’t stand his style of sumo.
Wish I could do a third, fourth and fifth favorite rikishi. My top two, even, are both different than last year. I could use a few extra favorite slots for Juryo, too. There are close to 10 in the top division who I always hope do well, and nary a one I hope ill against (unless Hakuho is pulling his same crap from the last few years). And a lot of the Juryo crowd will be in top division come this time next year, so my results might shift yet again.
Honestly, Strangely enough I had little issue answering their poll… I found it weird that the answers came to me as quickly as they did.. I could of sworn I would of struggled with some of them.
This must be the first time since I resumed by interest in sumo in 2014 that would have not had Tochinoshin in my top two favourites. I still want him to win every match but now it’s more a case of ” hang in there son” with occasional bursts of “you still got it”.
I’m a Takakeisho fan and have been since a few months after his first tournament in the top division, but I had to say my favorite basho this year wasn’t Takakeisho’s yusho but rather Terunofuji’s — an amazing story made all the more incredible by the fact that it clearly wasn’t a fluke like Tokushoryu’s.