We may (and we should) all applause Kotoshogiku for his incredible longevity, as well as we can praise Okinoumi for being around since November 2010, and Takayasu for having not being demoted a single time to juryo, since his first makuuchi appearance in July 2011! Present since 2010: Okinoumi Ayumi Let’s finally point out Ikioi, who began a makuuchi career in March 2012.Ĭontinuously fighting in makuuchi on the long run is no easy task, as we shall see. Under brackets, their age and numbers of jun yusho: Kaisei (33 y.o./2 jun yusho), Takayasu (30/4), Takarafuji (33/1), Aoiyama (33/1), Shohozan (36/1) and Myogiryu (33/0).Īll of them have reached san’yaku: Takayasu got promoted to ozeki, Shohozan had a career best as komosubi, all the others went as high as sekiwake. Let’s pay tribute to these brave fighters. However, the main core of the old guard belongs to the “2011 promotion”. His career highlight? Three runner up performances, and no less than four gold stars (three wins against Harumafuji, one win against Kakuryu). Okinoumi got promoted to makuuchi in March 2010, and after a short period back to juryo, has fought in makuuchi with no exception since the end of that year. His career highlight? A nice run at sekiwake, which saw him clinching the January 2019 tournament. January 2019’s surprise winner: Tamawashi Ichiro (right) He took the lift down to juryo five times – never for more than one basho – from 2008 to 2013, before establishing himself for good. The year 2008 also saw the first appearance of Tamawashi. His career highlight? His promotion to ozeki after, notably, clinching the January 2018 yusho. What is less known is that he already had five years in makuuchi behind him, his debut being back in May 2008. Tochinoshin is known for his famous comeback from makushita to makuuchi in 2013-2014, after having sustained a serious knee injury.
His career highlight? The nervous playoff he lost to Kyokutenho, in May 2012.
An impressive twelve year stint in makuuchi: Tochiozan Yuichiro Several names come to mind but it’s no surprise one of the “seven samurai”, Tochiozan, holds the oldest appearance, back in March 2007! He stayed in makuuchi the whole time since his unfortunate demotion by the end of 2019, which makes an impressive 12 years stint. 36 and kicking : Kotoshogiku Kazuhiro (left) Three names spring to mind: both yokozuna, obviously, and former ozeki Kotoshogiku, now 36, who has stayed in makuuchi after his demotion.īoth yokozuna have stayed in makuuchi right from their first appearance (May 2004 for Hakuho, November 2016), whereas Kotoshogiku made one last stint in juryo before establishing himself in makuuchi on the long run (first appearance in January 2005, continuously in makuuchi since May of the same year). Who has the longest uninterrupted makuuchi appearance from today?įirst of all, let’s spoil things a bit, as the podium can already be determined. Who made the oldest makuuchi appearance?Ģ. Let’s divide this topic into two questions:ġ. If it’s not too hard remembering when our youngsters made their makuuchi debuts (guessing the correct year, at least), who, exactly, constitutes the “old guard”? Thirteen’s day musubi no ichiban, which saw Hakuho facing Asanoyama, could have been subtitled as: “Who is going to take the lead of this basho? Young talent Asanoyama, or old guard leader, dai yokozuna Hakuho?” However, some recurring themes went on appearing among them, the continuous rise – and, on several occasions, disappointment brought by the new generation of rikishi.
It certainly has been a pretty unusual basho, with no spectators admitted. So, the 2020 Haru basho went through all coronavirus fears, and, fortunately, could go all the way and without incident.
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