Do the usual “rules” of Banzuke making apply to the SUPER BANZUKE?
Not really. Since we are not dealing with overall win-loss records to determine who goes where on the SB, but rather derive the ranking from accumulation of all earned points, the Kachi-koshi/Make-koshi promotion and demotion rules do not exist here. Rather, players move up and down the SB depending on their cumulative points totals from one Basho to the next. So it is quite possible for an Ozeki to fall back to Maegashira within just one basho, should their performance be poor enough in some of the games. Likewise, players may make bigger jumps upwards (such as from Maegashira to Ozeki) if they happen to have an overall excellent gaming Basho. So, the usual conventions for Ozeki and Yokozuna promotions/demotions/re-promotions do not really exist either, and of course a SUPER BANZUKE Yokozuna will never be expected to “retire” if he/she happens to be demoted from the rank.
