Kaikitsune Makoto 209 Posted May 27, 2005 (edited) It is early but early birds have success with moist warms. Nagoya basho will present quite a bunch of very potential future makuuchi rikishi at high makushita ranks. Masatsukasa suffered a 3-4 make-koshi at Ms1 so will stay high. Young fellow with good sumo sense. Shiraishi was denied promotion but will be the top makushita I suppose. His stablemate Baruto will be in top10 too. Big, strong, promising Dewaotori will also make his debut in top 15 makushita as will Homasho who went 6-1 at ms24. Hakiai's second kachi koshi since Ms15T debut will take him into top10 and Asahimaru will stay there with 3-4 at ms4 with a lot of good sumo. Masatsukasa, Asahimaru, Baruto, Dewaotori, Homasho, Hakiai, Shiraishi is definitely a bunch that will make makushita very interesting. KaidoU stays at high makushita too and is a tough foe for each of them. Also Dairaido with his 4-3 at Ms8 looked really awesome with his all-out oshi attacks in his winning bouts. Definitely a test for any makushita guy when he gets his oshi-flow into the groove. Surprisingly genki sumo on many days. Ichinotani, Toyonokuni, Hamanishiki, Gokenzan all go down now. Ichinotani and Gokenzan looked to be in very poor shape and Ichinotani's shoulder lump keeps growing. Edited May 27, 2005 by Kaikitsune Makoto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itachi 395 Posted May 28, 2005 Aha! so that's where Miyabiyama's butsukaridako went! I haven't seen any lower division action this tournament. Does Ichinotani have a Miyabiyama-ish lump or one more like the little thumb shaped one that Oginishiki used to have towards the end of his career? This topic inspires me to call for a Makushita game for next tournament! If I keep mentioning it maybe someone with the will and the time will set one up for us. Any exepected retirees from this division? There are a few ex-sekitori fossils lurking around there. Itachi Ichinotani, Toyonokuni, Hamanishiki, Gokenzan all go down now. Ichinotani and Gokenzan looked to be in very poor shape and Ichinotani's shoulder lump keeps growing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoshidango 0 Posted May 28, 2005 I sometimes have this hang up about tall & well-built type of wrestlers; are those hopefuls you are listing tall like Yoshiazuma or Baruto(don't look it from the video)? Or anyone with that kind of statue coming up in Makushita? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaikitsune Makoto 209 Posted May 28, 2005 I haven't seen any lower division action this tournament. Does Ichinotani have a Miyabiyama-ish lump or one more like the little thumb shaped one that Oginishiki used to have towards the end of his career? At worst it has looked very pathologic. Size is/was 2-4 times bigger than Miyabiyama's. The worst ever in sumo I bet? I sometimes have this hang up about tall & well-built type of wrestlers; are those hopefuls you are listing tall like Yoshiazuma or Baruto(don't look it from the video)? Or anyone with that kind of statue coming up in Makushita? Futeno's tsukebito Dewaotori has his share of fat tissue too but he is very big and strong 19-year old. Around 185cm and 160kg I think. Masatsukasa is athletic. Homasho looks like an athletic but quite big rikishi. Any exepected retirees from this division? There are a few ex-sekitori fossils lurking around there. Gokenzan is a good candidate. When Futagoyama-oyakata dies I wonder if Gokenzan retires immediately. He seemed to indicate that he is fighting for his oyakata's sake and oyakata is dying. In any case Gokenzan's knees are so bad and his juryo return is extremely unlikely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sasanishiki 57 Posted May 29, 2005 Any idea on how high Takanoyama might climb? He was looking good but only ended with 4-3. Is his rise really regulated by the movements above him and how they fared? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_the_mind_ 0 Posted May 29, 2005 is Baruto the kid from Estonia? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sasanishiki 57 Posted May 29, 2005 Yes, use the search function on the forum to find threads that discuss information that you don't know. Often the answer is right there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_the_mind_ 0 Posted May 29, 2005 my fault i was only asking because i saw some of his fights on banzuke.com and he looks much more slim then a picture i saw of him in an interview. i dont know how old the pic was but he looked huge like akebono type fat. but when i saw his matches he looked very slim. so i wasnt sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoshidango 0 Posted June 1, 2005 Any idea on how high Takanoyama might climb? He was looking good but only ended with 4-3. Is his rise really regulated by the movements above him and how they fared? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> May be lower maegashira without gaining much more weight. May be Juryo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
