Anonymous
7/17/2025, 6:43:52 AM
No.149819873
7/17/2025, 6:43:52 AM
No.149819873
>>149819801
Yokozuna is supposed to be a sacred rank. Once you make it to yokozuna you are never NOT a yokozuna. You have to retire once you can't perform, but you're taken care of for life.
That being the case, the standards for promotion must be absolutely solid and boolean.
In Hoshoryu's case, the JSA was so piss scared of having a banzuke without a yokozuna on it, they threw the rank at anyone who was close enough. (even though Sumo effectively didn't have a yokozuna for years while Terunofuji milked them dry in salary and only showing up to work for about 50% of the matches expected of him per year).
It was shameful for them to be so panicked at the notion of having no yokozuna one the banzuke that they promoted hoshoryu to yok, even though everyone knew he wasn't ready.
Now they are simply reaping what they had sewn.
Yokozuna is supposed to be a sacred rank. Once you make it to yokozuna you are never NOT a yokozuna. You have to retire once you can't perform, but you're taken care of for life.
That being the case, the standards for promotion must be absolutely solid and boolean.
In Hoshoryu's case, the JSA was so piss scared of having a banzuke without a yokozuna on it, they threw the rank at anyone who was close enough. (even though Sumo effectively didn't have a yokozuna for years while Terunofuji milked them dry in salary and only showing up to work for about 50% of the matches expected of him per year).
It was shameful for them to be so panicked at the notion of having no yokozuna one the banzuke that they promoted hoshoryu to yok, even though everyone knew he wasn't ready.
Now they are simply reaping what they had sewn.