00:00Oseki is the second highest rank in sumo wrestling, behind Yokozuna and ahead of Sekiwake.
00:05Shiyo Taikai and Kaio are the wrestlers who have been Oseki for the longest time, 65 tournaments.
00:10History
00:10The Oseki rank, literally "great barrier," has existed since at least the 1750s; at that time, it was the highest.
00:17rank in sumo.
00:18The title of Yokozuna, previously honorary, became the highest rank in sumo in the early 1900s.
00:24Specificity
00:25Unlike the Yokozuna rank, there must be at least two Oseki in the Banzuke ranking.
00:31If, due to the end of a career, there is only one Oseki wrestler left, then a Yokozuna
00:35is designated Yokozuna Oseki.
00:37This happened for the first time in 30 years in March 2020 with Goeido's retirement, Kakuryu having
00:43was then designated Yokozuna Oseki.
00:45Just like the Yokozuna, the Oseki are entitled to first-class seats on airplanes when they travel to
00:50abroad, and by Shinkansen, green car.
00:52They also gain the right to enter the Ryogoku or Kokugi-kan via an underground parking lot and are not
00:57no longer obliged to walk back in through the main entrance in front of the spectators.
01:01Promotion
01:02The promotion of a wrestler, Rikishi, to the rank of Oseki takes place over several tournaments, onba show.
01:07It starts when the Rikishi is in Sekiwake or Komusubi.
01:10From there, the Rikishi must win approximately 33 fights or more in 3 consecutive onba shows.
01:17Generally, a minimum score of 11 wins to 4 losses in the tournament immediately preceding promotion is required.
01:23The quality of the sumo performed by the wrestler is also taken into account when deciding on his promotion.
01:28A wrestler who dodges at the beginning of a fight in order to deceive his opponent can be considered unworthy of
01:33'a top-ranked wrestler.
01:34Promotions are decided by a committee of directors of the Japanese Sumo Association.
01:39During his first promotion, a wrestler must give a speech in which he promises to do his best.
01:44due to the dignity of the rank acquired.
01:46Demotion
01:47As with a wrestler of other Sanyaku ranks, except for the Yokozuna rank, an Oseki can be demoted.
01:53For an Oseki, a demotion takes place in two stages.
01:56First, the Oseki must lose more matches than they have won; this is called Make
02:01Koshi.
02:01At this stage the Oseki then has the status of Kadoban.
02:04If he wins a majority of his fights in the following tournament, he will revert to being an Oseki, as he was before.
02:09to be Kadoban.
02:10But if he were to lose a majority of his fights, he would then be demoted to the rank of Sekiwake.
02:15If, in the tournament immediately following his demotion, the former Oseki achieves a minimum score of 10 wins for
02:215 defeats,
02:22He will then immediately regain his Oseki rank.
02:25However, if he fails, he will be treated like any other wrestler in his future attempts to regain the title.
02:31Oseki's status.
02:32This rule was introduced at the Nagoya tournament in 1969.
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