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The SEKITORI-TOTO Prize Medals!

As an acknowledgement of their achievements, the Yusho and Special Prizes Winners of each Sekitori-Toto Hon-Basho are granted the special privilege to display the following "Trophy Images" on their respective personal web pages.  The STK will issue new images each month which will bear the respective Basho designation.  These Medals were especially designed for this purpose by the STK. 

Patrons who win any of these Medals may henceforth carry the designation "Member of the Order of the Emperor", or as applicable.  Multiple winners may be referred to as "Two-Time Member of the Order of ...", etc.

Champions who chose to display won Medals on their web sites are asked to link them back to the Sekitori-Toto web site!

PREVIOUS MEDALS AND AWARDS:


HARU 2002 NATSU 2002 NAGOYA 2002 AKI 2002 KYUSHU 2002
HATSU 2002






HARU 2003 YUSHO CHAMPION:


HOKURO, M.O.E.,M.O.C.
12-3


RUSSIA

The Order of the Emperor
This Medal is awarded exclusively to the Yusho Champion of each Hon-Basho in the Sekitori-Toto Game.  The Order of the Emperor image represents a Medal made of Gold and Platinum, with inlaid Ivory and Jade elements.


HARU 2003 SHUKUN-SHO:


HIGASHIHITO, M.O.T.: 0.80 PTS.


UNITED STATES
Interview:

"This is the Sekitori-Toto rookie Higashihito. I am very happy to receive the Shukun-sho for this basho. I was happy to be able to use my style of picking sumo matches, and I hope to do my best in the next basho as well. I hope you'll all be rooting for me."

The Order of the Tiger
This Medal is awarded exclusively to the Shukun-Sho (Special Prize for Outstanding Performance) Winners of each Hon-Basho.
The Order of the Tiger image represents a Medal made from Gold
and Silver, with Amethyst accents.


HARU 2003 GINO-SHO


HOKURO, M.O.E.,M.O.C.
262 POINTS


RUSSIA

The Order of the Crane
This Medal is awarded exclusively to the Gino-Sho (Special Prize for Technique) Winners of each Hon-Basho.  The Order of the Crane image represents a Medal made from Gold and Silver, with Blue Topaz accents.


HARU 2002 KANTO-SHO:

 
KONOSATO, M.O.D.
104.0004 RISK FACTOR


SWITZERLAND

The Order of the Dragon
This Medal is awarded exclusively to the Kanto-Sho (Special Prize for Fighting Spirit) Winners of each Hon-Basho.  The Order of the Dragon image represents a Medal made from White Gold and Silver, with Garnet and Black Enamel accents.



Additional Awards Given:

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"SHUKUN-SHO OF THE PAST" - The Prize That Once Was:
According to the "old" Shukun-sho formula, this Patron would have won the Shukun-sho (usually the same winner as the Gino-sho, and that's exactly why we changed the formula!! :) )

Haru 2003 Winner: NOT AWARDED!

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KASHIN-SHO (The Order of the Monkey) - Lucky Day Prize:
Given to the Patron who achieved Kachi-koshi
with the LOWEST number of points per day scored!

Haru 2003 Winner: Chiisabuke (India): 8-7 with 14.86667 points per day!

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YAKUBI-SHO (The Order of the Black Cat) - Unlucky Day Prize:
Opposite of the Kashin-sho: to the Patron who gets Make-koshi
with the HIGHEST number of points per day scored!

Haru 2003 Winner: Rannohana (Canada):  7-8 with 16.9333 points per day!

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SHUDO-SHO (The Order of the Phoenix) - Leadership Prize:
Given to the Patron who scores the most Daily High Scores
(min. 2, else not awarded)!

Haru 2003 Winner: Tzutziyama (Romania), with 2 Daily High Scores! (Days 5 & 12) (Kaenkamiko also had 2 daily high scores, but Tzutziyama
also was the outright daily winner on both days, giving him the edge)

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YOSA-SHO (The Order of the Serpent) - Merit Prize:
Given to the Patron who has the best correct guess to wrong guess ratio
while using ZERO "X" picks!

Haru 2003 Winner: Hokuro (Russia), with 1.408602 correct picks 
for every wrong pick made!

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JOSAI-SHO (The Order of the Falcon) - Smart Prize:
Given to the Patron who has the best correct guess to wrong guess ratio,
not counting "X" picks!

Haru 2003 Winner: Sengyoumi (Japan), with 1.70000 correct picks 
for every wrong pick made!

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"Mr.X" AWARD:
Given to the Patron who uses the average highest number of "X" picks per day!

Haru 2003 Winner: Sengyoumi (JPN) - used 259 "X" picks in 15 days = 17.26667
per day!!! (Sengyoumi wins Mr. X for the second time in a row)

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KAMIKAZE AWARD:
Given to the Patron who scores the highest risk factor per correct guess!

Haru 2003 Winner: Kachikachiyama (JPN): 83.39376 risk factor 
with 191 correct guesses = 0.436617 Kamikaze Factor!
(Kachikachiyama wins the Kamikaze Award for the second time in a row!)

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ROOKIE OF THE BASHO AWARD:
Given to the best new Patron making their dabut!

Haru 2003 Winner: Hokuro (Russia), of course, with the 12-3 YUSHO!

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KINBOSHI AND GINBOSHI:
Given to any Patron who is the ONLY one to correctly predict the winner of a daily bout (Kinboshi given if Patron manages to win their match that day, Ginboshi given if they lose that day)!

Haru 2003 Kinboshi: Herritaro (European Union): only one to predict
Kotonowaka's win over Asashoryu on Day 9!

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THE NATIONS' CUP WINNERS:

YUSHO:


TEAM GERMANY 35-10
Andoreasu 12-3
Haraiboshi 12-3
Flohru 11-4

SHUKUN-SHO:


TEAM USA 2.2752
Higashihito 0.8000
Kaenkamiko 0.7419
Sherlockiama 0.7333

GINO-SHO:


TEAM GERMANY 773
Flohru 261

Andoreasu 260
Ulsimitsuki 252

KANTO-SHO:


TEAM GERMANY 263.50
Andoreasu 96.48733
Heruwejima 86.5702
Ulishimaru 80.4463