That said, I did see that others -also- didn't last all the way through the first tournament after being promoted to Yokozuna, because I went through all the records, and had to skip a few to get a full tournament to count kinboshi.
Some of the ones I saw above performed pretty poorly (for a Yokozuna) and stayed in all 15 days... I'm going to need to follow up, because I may as well.
When I did the numbers above, I skipped over the ones who dropped out early. I should go back over those, because I know one skipped more than one basho before he showed up for his first full tournament post-promotion (but I didn't write it down... so now I need to go through the records again)
Thank you. It was fascinating looking back through history to see a comparison for perspective.
....and now I see Hoshoryu dropped out.
That said, I did see that others -also- didn't last all the way through the first tournament after being promoted to Yokozuna, because I went through all the records, and had to skip a few to get a full tournament to count kinboshi.
Is it common for newly promoted Yokokunza to drop out if performing poorly?
Some of the ones I saw above performed pretty poorly (for a Yokozuna) and stayed in all 15 days... I'm going to need to follow up, because I may as well.
When I did the numbers above, I skipped over the ones who dropped out early. I should go back over those, because I know one skipped more than one basho before he showed up for his first full tournament post-promotion (but I didn't write it down... so now I need to go through the records again)