Aki

Aki 2025: Juryo Promotions Announced

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“Shhhh…Aki Basho? Andy, what the hell. Nagoya just ended, hangovers aren’t even cured and you’re on about Aki? Just pass the pickles and turn out the lights, man.“

As is customary, the Banzuke Committee met and the ranking sheet for Aki has been drawn up — though it won’t be released in full for several weeks. But, we do learn about promotions to Juryo. This time, there are five and Takasago-beya has the Triple-promotion that Leonid discussed yesterday. And, as predicted, Ishizaki changed his shikona to something more appropriate for Takasago beya: Asasuiryu (朝翠龍). Of course the kanji has to be ridiculous, typing Asa-midori-ryu to get this nonsense to show up properly.

So, from Takasago-beya we have Asanoyama, Asasuiryu, and Asahakuryu coming up in the first triple promotion since Aki 1979. Joining them, we have Kyokukaiyu from Oshima-beya and Nishinoryu of Sakaigawa, in a bit of a surprise. We won’t know for certain who was demoted yet, but that might be bad news for the Daiamami fans out there.

In honor of 1979 and the Sadogatake triple promotion for Kotonoryu, Kotochitose, and Kototateyama enjoy this by the Koto-Smashing Pumpkins.

Jonokuchi Report: Match Day 2

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Aki is a firecracker. The sumodb statistics list him as 165cm and 68kg. For us Imperialists, that translates to 5′ 5″, the minimum height required to be a sumo wrestler, and 150 lbs. That’s about two inches shorter than Enho and ~60 pounds lighter. His opponent tonight was Higohikari whom, at 173cm and 119kg, fits near the average height and weight for the division. He’s a lifer, with a 2003 debut at the tender age of 15. Aki, on the other hand, is a youngster from Ibaraki who started his career in the summer of last year at 16. He was quick off the line with a solid tachiai, and then a final blast near the tawara.

Andy Walks Along Kochi’s Shimantogawa

After match day two Tosamidori, from beautiful, verdant Kochi prefecture, is the largest and oldest of the undefeated as the winners’ bracket has shifted quite early in this tournament to the young and relatively compact.

Of the heaviest 22 wrestlers in the division, comprising the rightmost six of the twelve bins in the weight histogram below, only four remain undefeated. Tosamidori is the only one in the top 10.

Senho won his second match, as did Akinishiki, Sawada, and Numano. I wonder if Numano is a Seinfeld fan? I updated the colors in the chart to make more sense. Green is good, this time, 2 wins and 0 losses. They’re clustered firmly on the right side of the graph with Chida being the tallest undefeated wrestler, followed by Sekizukayama and Senho.