Talk:Terunofuji Haruo

May tournament
Not sure if this is correct, but if he gets 9 wins in May I think he would be eligible for ozeki promotion.  Tigerboy1966  09:06, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No, that would only give him 30 wins over three tournaments - normally 33 is the minimum. He would need at least 12-3 I think ,and probably have to be in contention for the yusho again.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:06, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clearing that up. I had an idea minimum was 30 wins, but I'm certainly no expert (just a fan).  Tigerboy1966  22:25, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Kinboshi?
I'm not sure about the gold star for the March tournament. Aren't they only for maegashira?  Tigerboy1966  09:00, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I don't know how that slipped in there but you are correct, Sanyaku don't get kinboshi. It's out now. ;) FourTildes (talk) 11:47, 24 May 2015 (UTC) I looked back and someone slipped it in a few days ago again, on the 23rd, even after you'd taken it out once.  I appreciate people meaning well but... FourTildes (talk) 11:51, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * When I something reverted in a sumo article, I like to get it checked out by an expert. I have updated the article with a report on the May basho. Please check it out for any errors.  Tigerboy1966  12:43, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Champion in eighth tournament
I'm wondering how rare winning a major so quicky actually is. Looking back through the records of yokozuna on WP, I haven't found a quicker rise to the top since Sadanoyama Shinmatsu in 1961.  Tigerboy1966  11:59, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

The TV was saying Asashoryu and Takanohana II had beat Terunofuji by one tournament (25 to his 26 tournaments) to take a makuuchi yusho. However, they said nothing about lowest number of tournaments in makuuchi itself, which now that you mention it is a more interesting statistic. FourTildes (talk) 12:25, 25 May 2015 (UTC). This guy is someone to look at for early makuuchi yusho by a newbie. I love his pic, too. Ryōgoku Kajinosuke II FourTildes (talk) 12:35, 25 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Ichinojo could surpass Asashoryu and Takanohana II if he wins in a tournament in the next three years which seems a realistic possibility.  Tigerboy1966  20:54, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Although of course he was permitted to enter sumo in the third highest makushita division because of his amateur achievements so he isn't really comparable to Asa and Taka who had to start at the very bottom. Makushita tsukedashi entrants are normally excluded from "fastest to" records.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:56, 28 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Another little point which could go in if a source mentions it: I think he's a rare example of an ōzeki who never competed at komusubi. As above his predecessor seems to be Sadanoyama, but you may know of a more recent example.  Tigerboy1966  08:24, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Date of professional debut
Should we treat his professional career as beginning in January 2011 or May 2011? He has a maezumo entry for January but Sumo Reference shows he did not fight any matches. Then we have the cancelled March 2011 tournament, and then he has a second maezumo listing in May, and actually gets on the dohyo and has two wins. I believe this is a rule that foreign recruits now have to delay their debuts by one basho. But isn't this effectively the beginning of his career? It wouldn't matter too much except that it affects his "fastest from pro debut to makuuchi yusho" stat. In the intro it says that it took him 24 tournaments, but that appears to be counting from his debut in jonokuchi, which is incorrect. It should be 25 or 26, depending on whether one or both maezumo are included (as mentioned in the previous section of this talk page.)--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:16, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Not the first disqualification since 2016
Although the claim is referenced by the Japan Times, they appear to have forgotten they also covered Tochinoshin's 2019 disqualfication for the same rules infraction. FDW777 (talk) 20:44, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Indeed. According to Sumo Reference there was another in 2019 and one in 2018 too . Pawnkingthree (talk) 02:34, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Yokozuna career
Does it look like this section is getting long? Should it be split into headers for each year? JRHorse (talk) 00:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Agreed, this seems to be the standard method of presentation on other yokozuna articles - OtharLuin (talk) 10:33, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've sectioned things off. JRHorse (talk) 23:07, 17 March 2024 (UTC)