The team reached the quarter-finals in three successive tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008).

They have not missed three successive tournaments since they missed four in a row from 1963 through 1966.

Having won two successive tournaments, Harumafuji met the criteria for promotion to yokozuna.

Since 1977, successive tournaments have mainly been held on a three and then a two-year cycle.

This was the second successive tournament to feature an ōzeki promotion, following Kotoshōgiku.

However, in 1993 he missed four successive tournaments, which saw him drop all the way down to the rank of jonidan 52.

There, they finished in 3rd place, with the Dublin Rebels winning their second successive tournament.

The three successive tournaments had earned him $546,225.

His performance stagnated from mid-2001 to mid-2005 due to losing small amounts of rating points in successive tournaments during that period.

Blatter's remarks seemed to be entirely based, at the time, on a lack of positive drug tests at successive major tournaments.