Ichoinojo undefeated at 6-0 in Juryo. His sumo is looking very good this basho.
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This has become an intriguing contest.
Midorifuji is 9-0, but still has to face the top ranks (absent Terunofujinabd Takakeisho, who are both out injured).
Daiesho is 8-1; Kotonowaka, Endo and Takayasu are all 7-2 and there are a host of rikishi at 6-3
Six days remain
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So I just spent three days at the basho (days 5, 6and 9)
The concessions in Osaka are shit (basically - bring your own food in) but generally speaking you are much closer to the action that you are at the Kokugikan at any sensible price level. I recommend the two person box seats on the north side for top value.
The top end of Juryo is much more fun than most of makuuchi. Enho is fighting well, as is Ichinojo, and Asanoyama is crushing it. I can easily imagine him back in the Ozeki ranks by January, there's just nothing stopping him putting up double-digit wins all the way to the top.
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Also, Osaka is so cramped that there is no way to allow fans in certain parts of the arena to get to concession/wahsrooms, etc. without mixing with the rikishi who are waiting their turn in the hallways. I was *inches* away from Ichonojo, Kagayaki and Kotoeko. In real life, just as monstrously large as you think they are.
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Originally posted by Anton Gramscescu View Post
The top end of Juryo is much more fun than most of makuuchi. Enho is fighting well, as is Ichinojo, and Asanoyama is crushing it. I can easily imagine him back in the Ozeki ranks by January, there's just nothing stopping him putting up double-digit wins all the way to the top.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostGramsci and I have been wondering that for a couple of years, but the end is now more clearly nigh.
The gulf between the top two tiers has clearly narrowed considerably for a variety of reasons
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Other thing to note, from the Makushita division.
Shishi, a Ukrainian rikishi, is tearing it up. He looks really good, capabale of making the jump to the top table. Kawazoe, yet abother wonderkid from the Miyagino (i.e. Hakuho) stable also looks ready to make a move up.
Both have alread lost one macth so no chance of them winning the yusho, but one more win probably brings Kwazoe (who I believe is ranked Makushita 2) into juryo next tournament. Shishi is I think Makushita 11 and so won;t make it out this time, but could be well placed to gain promotion in May.
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Originally posted by Anton Gramscescu View PostOther thing to note, from the Makushita division.
Shishi, a Ukrainian rikishi, is tearing it up. He looks really good, capabale of making the jump to the top table. Kawazoe, yet abother wonderkid from the Miyagino (i.e. Hakuho) stable also looks ready to make a move up.
Both have alread lost one macth so no chance of them winning the yusho, but one more win probably brings Kwazoe (who I believe is ranked Makushita 2) into juryo next tournament. Shishi is I think Makushita 11 and so won;t make it out this time, but could be well placed to gain promotion in May.
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Just had a chanko dinner with The Sumo Soul, who it turns out is from Iowa (but has lived here for nearly thirty years).
Daiesho obvs the favourite going into the last day, but it seems to me close to even money that there will be a playoff. Fingers crossed for kiribayama!
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There are a variety of highly entertaining bouts on the cards for tomorrow, but Ichinojo v, Enho in juryo seems like the one to watch.
I believe they have matched up once or twice before, and if memory serves, it wasn't pretty (tl;dr Enho has a shtick that works against big opponents - however it ceases to work once the opponent passes from being big to REALLY big)Last edited by Anton Gramscescu; 24-03-2023, 12:27.
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Originally posted by Anton Gramscescu View PostThere are a variety of highly entertaining bouts on the cards for tomorrow, but Ichinojo v, Enho in juryo seems like the one to watch.
I believe they have matched up once or twice before, and if memory serves, it wasn't pretty (tl;dr Enho has a shtick that works against big opponents - however it ceases to work once the opponent passes from being big to REALLY big)
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Wakatakakage apparently underwent ACL surgery after the basho. Out until either January or March, by which time he will be in lower Makushita or upper Sandanme (respectively). Minimum two years before he is anywhere near the named ranks again (and that's assuming he can pull off an Asanoyama-like march back to the top)
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Sad, though completely understandable, news
https://twitter.com/sumofollower/status/1653864401017905157?s=61&t=xvOireV8JOIS_CpbTtDBow
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