Kurowashi

Enho J6e

True, that was a good one. But still as a connaisseur of spirited bouts, his brand of sumo is just to monotone and boring tbh… On the other hand, from his perspective, it‘s totally eligible to use his weapons and advantages over his opponents.

Yeah, but the difference is, watching Ali fight is spectacular, while watching Hokuseiho not so much

Kyokutaisei J14w

His intai was obviously in the near future, but it is a bit surprising, that he retires in the middle of a basho. Nevertheless it is still sad news. I was in the Kokugikan Natsu 2018 on day 12 when he beat Hakuho. It was the day i fell in love with sumo and Tochinoshin was right away my favorite rikishi. I thank him for all the memories and wish him all the best and hope his future is bright.

Endo vs Hoshoryu was exciting, also the small stare down before the bout Juryo had also some nice bouts. In general the last couple bashos, Juryo is in my opinion a lot more interesting than Makuuchi.

I change my pick to Hokuozan (former Hagiwara) Ms 55e.

Nice Shitatehineri by Enho ! Juryo is in my opinion, so much more exciting than Makuuchi, this basho.

Indeed. When i saw his last bout, my first thought was, that his career might be over. If i remember correctly, he had to be wheeled out of the arena..

Thanks for the insight ! Well as a optimistic person, i take it for a good sign, that he is able to workout and hope that he doesn‘t have to go down the last opportunity route..

Is there any information about Hokuouzan‘s (Hagiwara) injury and the estimated time of healing ?

Is that the Benkei, who kept fighting even though he got hit by loads of arrows, until he died standing ?

This is also my assumption.

But that‘s also very suboptimal, at least for those who were out early to mid basho… For example if the basho have had ended on day 5, reverse Mitakeumi aka Shodai, would have had a mk, but now he has a kk…

Ah ok, thank you ! I confused his grandfather with his oyakata…