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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 2003
HARU 2003
NATSU 2003
NAGOYA 2003
AKI 2003
KYUSHU 2003

HATSU 2004 YUSHO CHAMPION:


NORIZO, M.O.E.
12-3


JAPAN

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.


HATSU 2004 SHUKUN-SHO:


HARAIBOSHI, M.O.T.:
0.8235 POINTS


GERMANY

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.


HATSU 2004 GINO-SHO


NORIZO, M.O.E.
310 POINTS


JAPAN

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.


HATSU 2004 KANTO-SHO:


YOSOUOU, M.O.D.
110.6796 RISK FACTOR


JAPAN

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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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)!

HATSU 2004 Winners:   Asashosakari (GER), who scored the day's highest
score on no less than THREE occasions, and that in a row (days 9-11)!

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"GINO-SHO OF THE PAST" - The Prize That Once Was:
According to the "old" rules, this Patron would have won the Gino-sho.  
But the Gino-sho formula was changed to the old Shukun-sho formula,
and the Shukun-sho got a new formula.  This prize honors the unlucky Patron
who would have won the Gino-sho according to the old rules.  
(Only awarded if the winner is different from the current Gino-sho winner.)

HATSU 2004 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!

HATSU 2004 Winner: Roki (RUS) 8-7 with 18.133 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!

HATSU 2004 Winner:   Yajikita (FRA):  7-8 with 19.667 points per day!

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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!

HATSU 2004 Winner:   Norizo (JPN), with 1.676 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!

HATSU 2004 Winner: Haraiboshi), with 1.843 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!

HATSU 2004 Winner: Ginkgo (GER) - used 213 "X" picks
in 13 days = 16.385
per day!!! 

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

HATSU 2004 Winner:   Nishinoshima (IRL), with an outstanding 12-3 Jun-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)!

HATSU 2004: none awarded!

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THE NATIONS' CUP WINNERS:

YUSHO:


TEAM USA 35-10
Benihaha 12-3
Gaijingai 12-3
Godaikonoryu 11-4

SHUKUN-SHO:


TEAM GERMANY 2.413
Haraiboshi 0.824
Toschima 0.824
Ulishimaru 0.765

GINO-SHO:


TEAM USA 911.5
Benihaha 307.0
Gaijingai 307.0
Godakonoryu 297.5

KANTO-SHO:


TEAM JAPAN 305.265
Yosouou 110.677
Kachikachiyama 106+
Susanoo 88.392