On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:17:20 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
The time has come...his knee injury wasn't healing and he has decided to retire from the ring.
The man with more wins as a yokozuna than anyone else has wins in
makuuchi leaves and the only active yokozuna is now a man tied for 193rd
in makuuchi wins.
Hakuho didn't get his 900th yokozuna win,but he did avoid his 200th
makuuchi loss,29 fewer losses than Onokuni with 667 more wins...less
than half the losses of Mienoumi with more than twice the wins.
The chart:
YOKOZUNA BORN-PROMOTED-RETIRED-DIED MAKUUCHI BOUTS YUSHO
SHIKONA
WON LOST Hakuho 1985-7/2007-9/2021-alive 1093
199 45 Chiyonofuji
1955-7/1981-5/1991-7/2016 807 253 31 Kitanoumi 1953-7/1974-1/1985-11/2015 804 247 24 Taiho
1940-9/1961-5/1971-1/2013
746 144 32 Kisenosato 1986-3/2017-1/2019-alive 714
453 2 Harumafuji
1984-11/2012-11/2017-alive 712 373 9 Musashimaru 1971-7/1999-11/2003-alive 706 267 12 Takanohana
1972-1/1995-1/2003-alive
701 217 22 Kakuryu 1985-3/2014-3/2021-alive
645 394 6 Wajima
1948-5/1973-3/1981-2018 620 213 14 Kashiwado
1938-9/1961-7/1969-1996
599 240 5 Asashoryu 1980-3/2003-2/2010-alive 596
153 25 Kitanofuji
1942-1/1970-7/1974-alive 592 294 10 Akebono
1969-3/1993-1/2001-alive
566 198 11 Kotozakura 1940-1/1973-7/1974-2007 553
345 5 Wakanohana 1
1928-1/1958-5/1962-9/2010 546 235 10 Mienoumi
1948-7/1979-11/1980-alive
543 413 3 Tochinishiki 1925-10/1954-5/1960-1990 513
203 10 Wakanohana 2
1953-5/1978-1/1983-alive 512 234 4 Asahifuji
1960-7/1990-1/1991-alive
487 277 4 Wakanohana 3 1971-7/1998-3/2000-alive 487
249 5 Tamanoumi
1944-1/1970-10/1971(death) 469 221 6 Hokutoumi
1963-5/1987-5/1992-alive
465 206 8 Takanosato 1952-7/1983-1/1986-11/2011 464
313 4 Sadanoyama
1938-1/1965-3/1968-4/2017 435 164 6 Asashio
1929-5/1959-1/1962-1988
431 248 5 Onokuni 1962-9/1987-7/1991-alive
426 228 2 Chiyonoyama
1926-5/1951-1/1959-1977 366 149 6 Kagamisato
1923-1/1953-1/1958-2004
360 163 4 Haguroyama 1914-5/1941-9/1953-1969 321
94 7 Tochinoumi
1938-1/1964-11/1966-2021 315 181 3 Tamanishiki 1903-11/1932-12/1938(death) 308 92 9 Yoshibayama
1920-1/1954-1/1958-1977
304 151 1 Futabayama 1912-5/1937-11/1945-1968
276 68 12 Terukuni
1919-5/1942-1/1953-1977 271 91 2 *Terunofuji
1991-7/2021-active 265++
169++ 5+ Azumafuji 1921-10/1948-9/1954-1973 261 104 6
Minanogawa
1903-1/1936-1/1942-1971 247 136 2 Tsunenohana
1896-2/1924-5/1930-1960
221 58 10 Maedayama 1914-6/1947-10/1949-1971 206
104 1 Futahaguro
1963-7/1986-12/1987-2019 197 87 0 Tachiyama
1877-2/1911-1/1918-1941 195
27 11 Musashiyama 1909-5/1935-5/1939-1969 174
69 1 Umegatani 2
1878-6/1903-5/1915-1927 168 27 3 Tochigiyama
1892-2/1918-5/1925-1959
166 23 9 Onishiki 2 1883-4/1918-1/1922-1943 162
50 6 Hitachiyama
1874-6/1903-5/1914-1922 150 15 8 Okido
1878-12/1912-1/1914-1930 143 20
10 Akinoumi 1914-5/1942-11/1946-1979 142 59 1
Nishinoumi 3
1890-4/1923-10/1928-1933 134 60 1 Nishinoumi 1
1855-3/1890-1/1896-1908
127 37 2 Konishiki (1) 1866-3/1896-1/1901-1914
119 24 7 Onishiki 1
1891-5/1917-1/1923-1941 119 16 5 Umegatani 1
1845-2/1884-5/1885-1928
116 6 9 Otori 1887-2/1915-5/1920-1956 107
49 2 Nishinoumi 2
1880-2/1916-5/1918-1930 106 38 1
Ozutsu 1869-4/1901-1/1908-1918 98 29
2 Miyagiyama 1895-4/1922-1/1931-1943 90 69 2 Wakashima 1876-4/1905-1/1907-1943 82 33 4
The list extends back to Umegatani 1.
Ozeki Kaio had 879 makuuchi wins at retirement in July 2011.The only
other non-yokozuna with more than Akinoshima and Takanonami(tied at 647)
are Kotoshogiku(718),Kyokutenho(697),Takamiyama (II)
(683),Aminishiki(678),
and the ozeki Konishiki (649).
Kyokutenho has the loss record at 773,displacing Terao's 753.
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Here's the top 12 win/loss ratios, based on your data. Hakuho is clearly
on top in the modern era (vs fighters who were born in the late-1800's),
and I've always been a little unsure how to interpret older stats, given
that the sport was a bit more ramshackle then.
If we filter out more-or-less those Yokozuna's who had fewer than 200
wins, that oddly seems to equate to modern sumo/yokozuna. I'm not
sufficiently familiar with the history of sumo - why do old-era yokozunas
seem to have small number of bouts?
But, either way, in the modern era, it's just Hakuho and Taiho would
retired with a greater-than-5.0 win/loss ratio. Impressive!
Yokozuna Active Won Lost Yusho W/L ratio ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Umegatani 1 1884 - 1885 116 6 9 19.333
Hitachiyama 1903 - 1914 150 15 8 10.000
Onishiki 1 1917 - 1923 119 16 5 7.438
Tachiyama 1911 - 1918 195 27 11 7.222
Tochigiyama 1918 - 1925 166 23 9 7.217
Okido 1912 - 1914 143 20 10 7.150
Umegatani 2 1903 - 1915 168 27 3 6.222
Hakuho 2007 - 2021 1093 199 45 5.492
Taiho 1961 - 1971 746 144 32 5.181
Konishiki (1) 1896 - 1901 119 24 7 4.958
Futabayama 1937 - 1945 276 68 12 4.059
Asashoryu 2003 - 2010 596 153 25 3.895
--- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
* Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)