Category: Top 100 Rikishi Countdown
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #1 Hakuho
Well, here we are; it’s time at long last for the 20th and final installment in this series. First, I want to thank all of those who have sent kind…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #2 Chiyonofuji
Hard to believe we’re finally at the point where just two more entries remain in this series (full rankings to be released in tomorrow’s writeup!). Yesterday, I prefaced Taiho’s profile…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #3 Taiho
Welcome back! For those of you opening today’s post incredulously after reading the title, a few notes before you head to the comment section: With that out of the way,…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #4 Kitanoumi
Another day closer to the Aki basho, which means we’re another day closer to the culmination of this series and the release of the full all-time rankings! Before we get…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #5 Takanohana II
Greetings once again! We’re well and truly in the homestretch of this series now, as we’ll be looking today at the first top 5 wrestler of the Modern Era (at…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #6 Asashoryu
Welcome back all! Yesterday, we restarted this series by looking at the wrestlers ranked #9-7 on the All-Time Banzuke, which means we are at last ready to turn to those…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #9-7
Hey all, long time no see! Some of you may recognize this series/my username from a few years ago when I first completed this project and was regularly releasing installments counting…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #12-10
Welcome back everyone, very pleased to share the latest installment of my Top 100 Rikishi of the Modern Era countdown series. 12. 52nd Yokozuna Kitanofuji (1964-1974, 1,325 points in 64 basho, 10x…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #15-13
Welcome back everyone! At this point, if you’ve been following along with the series, you know the drill, and if not, it’s not too late to catch up! As a…
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Top 100 Rikishi Countdown: #20-16
Hey all, we’re getting closer and closer to the business end of this list, and I’m very excited to continue to detail some of the very best careers ozumo has…