January 2023 Banzuke fun facts

[Moti Dichne]

605 rikishi on the banzuke, one less than in Kyushu. 44 heyas. Kokonoe beya with the most rikishi for the 6th straight basho with 26, followed by Sadogatake with 25,  Takasago with 24, Kise with 22,  Tamanoi and Hakkaku with 21,  5 heyas tied for 7th place with 19: Sakaigawa, Dewanoumi, Takadagawa, Miyagino and Tatsunami, then Isegahama and Oitekaze with 18. These last two are also tied for the most sekitori (6, both with 4 Makuuchi and 2 Juryo, which means that a third of their rikishi are sekitori..). Tokiwayama beya can also boast that a  third of their rikishi are sekitori, 3 of 9.  Nishikido has 100 % sekitori, as the only rikishi there is Mitoryuu.. Then it's Kasugano, Shikihide and Tokitsukaze with 17 rikishi each, followed by Musashigawa and Nishonoseki with 16, and Naruto with 15. Least rikishi - Nishikido and the newly established Ajigawa with one each, Kataonami with 4, Takekuma and Oshiogawa with 6, 13 heya in all have one-digit sekitori.