Yubinhaad

Sorry so late, it's been one of those days. As mentioned in the soon-to-be basho discussion thread, there are two sekitori who will be absent from this basho, at least at the start: M15e Chiyoshoma J2e Takerufuji Ms16e Yago Ms54w Oshoryu Sd3w Chiyodaigo - another setback for this injury-prone rikishi, after three consecutive 6-1 results. Sd17w Daikisho Sd20w Arauma - retired after Natsu but not on the official list at the time. Sd40e Hokutoiwa Sd50e Fujinowaka Sd61e Kaorufuji Sd74w Reonmaru Sd77w Kototora Sd78w Kenyu Sd79w Asabenkei Jd13e Teraoumi - retired after Natsu but not on the official list at the time - danpatsu-shiki took place a few weeks ago. Jd14e Kototaiga Jd40w Tsuru Jd41e Senshoho Jd42e Arise - still recovering from the knee injury suffered during the Haru basho. Jd46e Komanokuni Jd48e Raiho Jd49w Kotomunakata Jd71w Satotanaka Jd73w Kokiryu Jd76w Takabaho Jd78w Togyokuko Jd84e Oyamazakura Jd85e Chiyorozan Jd91w Gonoumi Jd92e Michihaya Jd99e Fujihara Jk8e Seiseigo Jk10e Sadanojo Jk12e Minorufuji

Harunishiki evens the score after last year's controversial mono-ii decision. Guess who was in the head shimpan seat again for this bout? Yup, Naruto. This time things went without incident. This bout also caught my eye. These heavyweight veterans were stablemates for almost two decades as deshi of 59th Yokozuna Takanosato, so it must have been a little strange for them to finally fight one another. The result was kachi-koshi for Adachi (one of my favourite hall announcements, Adachi-no-kachi), make-koshi for Terunosato.

Musubiyama was accompanied to the hospital by Matsugane-oyakata (former Maegashira Tamarikido), as the shisho was serving as a shimpan at the time. Happily, CT and MRI scans revealed nothing worse than a concussion, so he will rest until he recovers and is already back at the heya.

On that note, I'm happy to sashichigae my too-quick-judgement that he wouldn't stick around for long, Yunosuke looks to be growing into the role. Generally gets the decision right and is much more audible.

For the final round of lower division action, all three of the Jonokuchi absentees join the fray, so nobody will drop off the banzuke for the Aki basho. Jk8e Seiseigo Jk10e Sadanojo - 7th consecutive basho in this situation for him, I wonder if that's a record. Jk12e Minorufuji All are in action on Day 13. Minorufuji fights his first bout of 2024 against Wakasasaki who is seeking the first win of his short career. Seiseigo and Sadanojo meet each other. A pulled biceps femoris in the right thigh (右大腿二頭筋肉離れ), four weeks to recover.

Ahead of Day 11, Kazekeno can still secure a return to Juryo so he's back after resting for a few days. Two other rikishi have to withdraw. Returning: Ms1e Kazekeno (fusenpai Day 7, withdrew Day 9) Withdrawing: Ms60TD Kazuma - as reported by Katooshu, a right knee injury in his last bout. Jd55w Kotohanashiro (fusenpai Day 9) - had a hard fall face-down from the dohyo in his last bout, another one for the wheelchair.

As mentioned variously above, four rikishi have to withdraw from the basho ahead of Day 9: Ms1e Kazekeno (fusenpai Day 7) Ms13w Fujitoshi (fusenpai Day 7) Ms20w Ryusei (fusenpai Day 8) - Isenoumi-beya report a pulled right thigh muscle. Sd1e Daishoki (fusenpai Day 7) Ms47w Dewanojo, who was also mentioned after his fusenpai on Day 7, has not withdrawn from the basho at this time.

This Hochi article that I missed until now makes an interesting claim - Ryuo originally intended to change his shikona to Namahage (生剥), after the masked, straw-clad ogres from Akita prefecture folklore. But when this was submitted to the banzuke committee, someone suggested that a different shikona might be better, and so he changed to Kanpuzan instead. I wonder why Namahage drew that response, considering novelty shikona like Shotaimu and Urutora are acceptable.

Some good news ahead of Day 7, as one rikishi returns to the basho and four others start: Ms53e Kaishin (fusenpai Day 2, withdrew Day 3) Sd50e Fujinowaka Jd14e Kototaiga Jd41e Senshoho Jd78w Togyokuko And now for the bad news, Otake-beya has reported that Kotetsu suffered an ACL injury, so likely another long-term recovery there.

Nikkan and other press report the unsurprising news of Asanoyama's kyujo - torn ACL in the left knee. Surgery in due course and more than six months out of action.

In the lower divisions ahead of Day 5, one rikishi begins his basho but two more have to withdraw. Entering: Jd49w Kotomunakata Withdrawing: Sd9e Kotetsu - left knee buckled with an audible crack in his last bout, and he left in the wheelchair. Jd77w Nishikio (fusenpai Day 4) Arthritis in the right ankle, and worsening of an old PCL injury in the right knee. Surgery is planned, although none of the articles I've seen seem to specify for which injury (or maybe it's two-birds-with-one-scalpel?).

Today was Satonofuji's 637th honbasho performance of the yumitori-shiki, equalling the record set by Edonohana. All being well, tomorrow he will begin a new record.

Joining Takayasu on the sidelines at this early stage of the basho are three lower division rikishi: Ms53e Kaishin (fusenpai Day 2) Sd6e Chiyotenfu Sd21e Kobayashi

Two long-term banzuke-gai rikishi are set to return to the dohyo in maezumo. Musashigawa-beya reports that Nakashima will return after a year-and-a-half out of action. And the Nishikido-beya okamisan says Fujiizumi will also participate after almost three years out. Takekuma-beya shindeshi Harada will take the shikona Kumanishiki (隈錦), it seems.

No medical certificate yet but Kokonoe-oyakata (former Ozeki Chiyotaikai) says Chiyoshoma had a second hernia operation. His recovery has been going well and he is already doing light work in a mawashi, so we might see him in the basho later on.

Ms29e Hananoumi for this one, please.

I guess there's no more rank freeze for rikishi with a COVID-kyujo who weren't already make-koshi. Sonoshun's fourth loss in May was a fusenpai after testing positive, which as far as I recall used to see the rank retained on the next banzuke.

Consoling myself with the two points for getting Takakeisho right

If you had a bad result, take comfort in the fact that there was at least one moron who not only forgot to demote Kirishima, but even promoted him past Takakeisho. Kind regards, .

Four shikona changes on the new banzuke, two from the new Nakamura-beya and two from Sakaigawa-beya. Ryuo's new shikona Kanpuzan is taken from a mountain located on the Oga Peninsula in Akita prefecture, close to his hometown of Igawa. Sponichi adds that it was also used as the shikona of a rikishi in an early-90s NHK drama called Hirari which was set in a sumo beya. Also, he has changed a kanji in the given name so it now matches his real given name. Stablemate Wakenosato simply exchanges the last kanji of his shikona to reflect his change of shisho. Sakaigawa-beya's two newest recruits take hometown-based shikona for their banzuke debut. Miyazaki is now Shimizuumi, following the example of older brother Tosashimizu. And Igarashi is now Yonezawaryu. Sd1w Ryuo Ryota > Kanpuzan Ryota (寒風山　涼太, かんぷうざん　りょうた) Sd35w Wakenosato > Wakenokaze (和気乃風, わけのかぜ) Jk14e Igarashi > Yonezawaryu (米沢龍, よねざわりゅう) Jk14w Miyazaki > Shimizuumi (清水海, しみずうみ) Three rikishi change the given names to their shikona: J7e Tomokaze Yuta > Sodai (想大, そうだい) Sd6w Tokitenran Sora > Nobuo (信男, のぶお) Jd19w Yurikisho Ikki > Taishi (太志, たいし) Nikkan also reports a rare change of name for a tokoyama as well, although it's not actually updated on the Kyokai site which seems to be struggling to load at the moment. Tokokasumi > Tokoake (床朱, とこあけ)

I wonder if Paraguay-born Kanazawa's eclectic heritage qualifies him as celeb, at least for his Makushita debut next basho? His father is half-Japanese, half-Paraguayan. His mother Sonia is half-Italian, half-Paraguayan. He's hoping for kachi-koshi in his home basho and then a shikona containing 豊, to honour Toyohashi in Aichi prefecture, where he grew up from the age of 1 until graduating high school. https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/911841?rct=generalsports

Some pictures from Teraoumi's danpatsu-shiki at Shikoroyama-beya.

Hi all, here are the kimarite statistics for this basho, which saw a new record set for the fewest kimarite used in a basho in the current kimarite era. The 42 used here is one fewer than the previous record low, which was set in 2021 Natsu. Ushiromotare made its first appearance since January 2023, with Daishoheki managing to back out Chiyooume moments before falling down himself. A mono-ii confirmed that Kimura Shunta made the correct decision. Only one rank below his career-high, Oyamada had an excellent basho to finish with six wins. He clinched his kachi-koshi with a komatasukui (and a little help from kirikaeshi) win over Makushita-debutant Hamanoumi. Eventual Sandanme champion Kyokukaiyu remained unbeaten with an okurinage win against Ikazuchido, who tried in vain to save himself with some sort of mid-air uchigake. I'm a bit surprised that was called okurinage really, I thought uwatenage would suffice. Kimarite from kettei-sen bouts are not included in the statistics. Kimarite Makuuchi Juryo Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi Total Percentage Abisetaoshi 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 0.27% Amiuchi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.04% Ashitori 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.09% Chongake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Fumidashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Fusen (default) 6 3 5 11 3 1 29 1.29% Gasshohineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Hansoku (foul) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Harimanage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Hatakikomi 16 20 32 58 54 8 188 8.38% Hikiotoshi 9 3 10 10 24 4 60 2.67% Hikkake 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.18% Ipponzeoi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Isamiashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Izori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kainahineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kakenage 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.18% Kakezori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Katasukashi 5 2 4 10 5 0 26 1.16% Kawazugake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kekaeshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Ketaguri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kimedashi 0 0 1 1 9 0 11 0.49% Kimetaoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kirikaeshi 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.09% Komatasukui 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Koshikudake 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.09% Koshinage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kotehineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kotenage 7 3 7 14 3 1 35 1.56% Kozumatori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kubihineri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Kubinage 0 1 1 3 3 0 8 0.36% Makiotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Mitokorozeme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Nichonage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Nimaigeri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okuridashi 7 10 10 17 29 3 76 3.39% Okurigake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okurihikiotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okurinage 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.04% Okuritaoshi 0 3 3 3 2 0 11 0.49% Okuritsuridashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Okuritsuriotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Omata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Osakate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Oshidashi 80 50 107 148 172 30 587 26.16% Oshitaoshi 15 2 8 20 28 4 77 3.43% Sabaori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sakatottari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Shitatedashinage 2 0 4 1 3 0 10 0.45% Shitatehineri 0 0 2 2 1 1 6 0.27% Shitatenage 4 2 14 13 25 3 61 2.72% Shumokuzori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sokubiotoshi 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.09% Sotogake 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.09% Sotokomata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sotomuso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sototasukizori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Sukuinage 5 3 6 14 17 1 46 2.05% Susoharai 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.09% Susotori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tasukizori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tokkurinage 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.04% Tottari 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.04% Tsukaminage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsukidashi 8 6 6 15 15 0 50 2.23% Tsukihiza 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 0.22% Tsukiotoshi 19 14 29 41 31 4 138 6.15% Tsukitaoshi 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.31% Tsukite 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.04% Tsumatori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsuridashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsuriotoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Tsutaezori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Uchigake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Uchimuso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Ushiromotare 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.04% Utchari 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0.18% Uwatedashinage 7 8 7 8 4 2 36 1.60% Uwatehineri 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 0.22% Uwatenage 16 10 12 30 26 4 98 4.37% Waridashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Watashikomi 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0.18% Yaguranage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Yobimodoshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Yorikiri 63 60 95 135 161 25 539 24.02% Yoritaoshi 8 5 19 28 27 6 93 4.14% Zubuneri 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.04%

Makuuchi hatsu-yusho won in two (or more) consecutive basho. Eight occurrences in the six-basho-per-year era. 1917.01 - 1917.05 Onishiki, Tochigiyama 1921.05 - 1922.01 Tsunenohana, Tsurugahama 1926.05 - 1927.01 Orochiyama, Miyagiyama 1928.01 - 1928.03 Hitachiiwa, Noshirogata 1929.01 - 1929.03 Tamanishiki, Toyokuni 1931.05 - 1932.03 (4) Musashiyama, Ayazakura, Shimizugawa, Okitsuumi 1944.11 - 1945.06 Maedayama, Bishuyama 1948.05 - 1948.10 Azumafuji, Masuiyama 1952.09 - 1953.01 Tochinishiki, Kagamisato 1954.01 - 1954.03 Yoshibayama, Mitsuneyama 1956.03 - 1956.05 Asashio, Wakanohana --- 1960.11 - 1961.01 Taiho, Kashiwado 1968.03 - 1968.07 (3) Wakanami, Tamanoshima, Kotozakura 1972.01 - 1972.07 (4) Tochiazuma, Hasegawa, Wajima, Takamiyama 1991.07 - 1991.09 Kotofuji, Kotonishiki 1992.05 - 1992.07 Akebono, Mitoizumi 2000.01 - 2000.05 (3) Musoyama, Takatoriki, Kaio 2018.11 - 2019.01 Takakeisho, Tamawashi 2024.03 - 2024.05 Takerufuji, Onosato Kotozakura II to emulate his grandfather with the third in a row this time?

None at all for Asahiyama, according to the master list maintained by Momijibasi. On their old blog-style website, Takasago-beya had a notice at the top for years asking for tokoyama applicants, without success. I don't know who will help out there after Tokoyumi's early retirement; maybe Tokonaka who is surely not overworked at Nishikido-beya.