Evaluating My Nagoya Basho Predictions

Replied to Nagoya Basho Predictions by Nicholas A. Ferrell (The Emu Café Social) In the spirit of putting my picks on record, I will pick the eight wrestlers who I think will reach double-digit wins [in the Nagoya Basho]. On July 11, I made my pre-Nagoya Basho predictions for the fourth grand sumo tournament of 2026. To be precise, I picked eight wrestlers to hit double digit wins. Now that the Nagoya Basho has been completed, let us see how I did… First, let us look at the records of the eight wrestlers I predicted to reach 10 wins: Y1w Onosato (9-6) Y1e Hoshoryu (7-7-1) O1e Kirishima (12-3) (PO 0-2) K1e Yoshinofuji (6-9) M3w Hakunofuji (9-6) M7w Takayasu (11-4) M13w Takerufuji (10-5) M16w Asakoryu (9-6) Alas, only three of my eight picks reached 10 wins, although I will note with some satisfaction that an additional three finished one short at 9-6. Onosato and Asakoryu started slow, but finished strong, to notch matching 9-6 records from opposite ends of the ranking scale.…