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Day 1:

If they skip five meetings in a row, will they be recommended to retire?

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It's going to be a stormy ride this basho. I moved to where the Internet is slow, so the uploads will be slow. I have a lot going on right now for a change so many days will be late. I'm leaving for Ko Samui (is it cold there?) next Thursday so the last four days will probably not be uploaded unless I really go nuts, which I may.. in any case, I will gambarize and do my best, facing one day at a time, hopefully being able to do my kind of uploading. Thank you.

Final Day Hatsu 2016- it's been a hectic few days - doing this during my holiday was bad enough without dealing with all the small and bitter people who don't really like sumo. We'll get over it-they won't.

Day 1:

Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I've prepared for this day since my first upload. I'm surprised they took this long to shut me down. Bringing sumo to all you wonderful people was a LARGE portion of my life. I loved every minute of it and I regret nothing. If anything, maybe this is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and hopefully the sumo community will rally. What I hope people will get out of my work is the capability of what one person can achieve. I'm just a normal guy who did something no one else tried. Anyways, aloha everyone and take care!

Senshuraku Aki 2015- thanks for watching!!

And finally... Day 15 (results, text-only results) 14-1 Yw Hakuho 13-2 --- 12-3 --- 11-4 K2w Asanoyama, M10w Shodai 10-5 M12w Takanosho, M13w Kagayaki The musubi no ichiban was a lengthy match, but one could be excused for not finding it very interesting anyway, and not only because the yusho was decided already - champion Hakuho collected his 14th win by patiently outwaiting ozeki Takakeisho in a deep belt grip, clearly never at risk of actually losing from there. Takakeisho thus missed out on finishing the basho with the ozeki-expected double-digit wins, but given the severe doubts that he would be able to participate at all after the pectoral injury he suffered two months ago, it's surely been a successful basho for him. Three more rikishi entered the day on 9-5, with Kagayaki and Takanosho both earning their first top division 10+ wins records, while Chiyomaru fell short; it would have been his first time as well. All in all just five makuuchi rikishi reached 10-5 or better this time, the fewest in almost 15 years and only the second time below six since the division was expanded to 42 spots back in 2004. Hakuho's championship by three wins up on the field is the first since Aki 2018, which unsurprisingly was won by him, too. Three sansho were awarded for the final basho of 2019. A well-deserved gino-sho went to Hakuho's closest challenger Asanoyama, who should be at least on an unofficial low-key ozeki run next basho following 21 wins in Aki and Kyushu. This is his first gino-sho, and he's now in the semi-select club of rikishi who have won each of the three special prizes at least once. Shodai was nominated for a kanto-sho on the condition of defeating Asanoyama on senshuraku, and he duly did so to earn the prize (and a share of the jun-yusho, of course). I was a bit surprised by that, given that 11 wins by a low-ranked rikishi who's normally a joi-in mainstay aren't usually getting much sansho attention, and I didn't feel his involvement in the yusho race was all that noteworthy either. (While he started the basho off with 4 wins, he was down to just 5-3 on nakabi and didn't get back to a share of the second-best record until Day 12, when things were nearly decided already.) In any case, this is Shodai's third kanto-sho, the only sansho type he has been decorated with so far. And lastly a shukun-sho for defeating yusho winner Hakuho was awarded to this year's surprise package Daieisho, who has collected his first-ever prize with that. He was also senshuraku's one big winner in the race for the sanyaku spots, even though he himself didn't actually win - rather, Daieisho was flung down by Enho and got stuck at 8 wins after all, but the other results of the day played into his hands. His Oitekaze stablemate Endo surprisingly lost a 7-7 decider to resurgent Kotoyuki and joined Hokutofuji in 7-8 makekoshi territory, and one bout later sekiwake Mitakeumi fell to 6-9 in a close loss to komusubi Abi. Consequently there are now just four "proper" candidates for the Hatsu basho sanyaku slots: Asanoyama, Takayasu, Abi and Daieisho. As was already mentioned in other comments above, it would be exceedingly unusual for Mitakeumi to not get dropped to a maegashira position on his 6-9 record, and retaining 7-8 komusubi (one or both) without a pressing need would be nearly as odd. The above-mentioned Jiji Press claim notwithstanding, I don't really buy the idea that Abi moving up to sekiwake is an obviously done deal. There's no pressing need to do that, either, even if getting stuck at komusubi again would be rather unlucky for him. (But then that's happened to others even with 10 wins before, and even with his back-to-back 9-6's Abi wouldn't be the first.) I guess we'll see if the press outlets keep insinuating such a decision after Wednesday's banzuke-making conference. The one possible reason to create a fifth sanyaku rikishi would be to avoid having to cut the titled ranks by three slots in one go, which otherwise would obviously introduce significant (but not insurmountable, IMHO) distortions in the maegashira ranks. There have only ever been three banzuke whose sanyaku differed in size that much from the preceding one: It went from 13 to 10 following Hatsu 1958 (involving a double yokozuna retirement), from 14 to 11 after Natsu 1962, and conversely from 9 to 12 after Nagoya 1960. Needless to say, some of those slot counts alone should indicate that that was a very different banzuke-making era. Nevertheless, an 8-man sanyaku would be quite unusual even for the current era of very restrictive sanyaku assignments - however, it's difficult to discern any possible intent when there's been a lack of opportunity to begin with: The most recent such ranking was the one for Kyushu 2005, but there's only been one basho with just 4 Y/O since then, Aki 2011, and that banzuke had inherited three kachikoshi sekiwake from the previous basho, so an 8-sanyaku lineup was not an option. In other words, we're entering mostly uncharted territory here. In any case, if there are 9 sanyaku on the Hatsu banzuke, I'd be very surprised if the beneficiary is somebody other than Myogiryu, who clinched his kachikoshi against Onosho on the final day, having won five of his last six matches. (Incidentally, what a pushout festival in 7-7 matchups that was on Sunday...) 0-1-14 Kakuryu Y Hakuho 14-1 0-2-13 Goeido O1 Takayasu 3-5-7 (x) 9-6 Takakeisho O2 (x) 6-9 Mitakeumi S Tochinoshin 2-3-10(x) 9-6 Abi K1 Endo 7-8 (x) (x) 7-8 Hokutofuji K2 Asanoyama 11-4 (o) 8-7 Daieisho M1 (?) 8-7 Myogiryu M2 M3 8-7 Tamawashi M4 Kotoyuki 8-7 ... M10 Shodai 11-4 The promotion race in juryo finished with another day of strong results, and consequently we now have six very qualified candidates, most importantly top-ranked Tokushoryu who completed a four-day quest to achieve his kachikoshi from 4-7. J5's Kaisei and Kiribayama both moved up to 11-4 records. We did already know that 5 top division slots would be available for sure, so the question now is: Will they let poor Tomokaze survive? It could well have significant implications for how far he's going to fall until he's ready to come back to action. (However, they could conceivably also demote him to J1 this time and then go easy on him next time and put him at the bottom of juryo rather than straight into makushita.) Anyway, four promotions are clear, those of Azumaryu and Tochiozan (both back up after one juryo tournament), Kaisei (after two), and Ikioi (after four). The remaining two slots will have to be decided between Tomokaze, Tokushoryu and Kiribayama. The committee tends to go very much by the numbers these days, so I'm inclined to believe that Kiribayama's +3 wins will trump any possible extra credit Tokushoryu might receive for being J1. If so, the lanky Mongolian would be set to make his makuuchi debut at the young age of 23. I do have the feeling that he could use a little more seasoning, but then again who really saw Wakatakakage starting off with four straight wins this basho after he'd never even scored a 10-5 in juryo? As for the last spot, your guess is as good as mine. I think I'll be expecting Tokushoryu to get stuck in juryo, but that's not a firm opinion at all. M3 Tomokaze 0-3-12(?) ... (x) kyujo Ichinojo M12 M13 M14 Nishikigi 4-11 (x) (x) 5-10 Daishomaru M15 Daishoho 3-12 (x) (x)4-1-10 Wakatakakage M16 --- (o) 11-4 Azumaryu J1 Tokushoryu 8-7 (?) (o) 10-5 Tochiozan J2 (o) 11-4 Ikioi J3 Chiyoshoma 8-7 8-7 Hidenoumi J4 (o) 11-4 Kaisei J5 Kiribayama 11-4 (?) J6 J7 Kotonowaka 10-5 A quick look at the likely composition of the next juryo shows a sizable hole below J2w after ranking the one guy who's not going to be in makuuchi, Chiyoshoma, Hidenoumi and Kotonowaka, so the rikishi coming down from the maegashira ranks could be getting some very lucky small-sized demotions. Even Ichinojo might, I've provisionally pencilled him in at J6w which would only be a 10-rank drop rather than the more customary 12 or 13. The race for the bottom juryo spots played out towards relatively straight-forward results. Bottom-ranked Irodori finished kachikoshi at the last opportunity, quickly overwhelming veteran Sokokurai, while rookie Hoshoryu went into close combat with makushita visitor Sakigake and soon threw him to the ground for his safety-clinching 7th win. Both J11's Kaisho and Wakamotoharu managed to dress up their records with another win, but still only ended their Kyushu campaign with matching 5-10 scores. By ordinary standards this should be a straight-forward exchange of five eminently demotable juryo rikishi against four makushita guys with strong records and another with a perfectly acceptable one. However, the decisions in there have not exactly been "normal" of late, so I suppose it's possible that Sakigake's senshuraku loss will see him passed over for promotion. The only option to benefit from that would be Kaisho. I'm rather struggling to see that as a realistic scenario, though, as it would not only be unusual to let such a bad score survive when a perfectly cromulent promotion candidate exists, but it would also feel rather weird to treat the two same-score J11's so differently when it's not dictated by unavoidable circumstances. J6 Ichiyamamoto 0-2-13(x) ... (?) 5-10 Kaisho J11 Wakamotoharu 5-10 (x) J12 Gagamaru 1-12-2(x) J13 Hoshoryu 7-8 (o) (x) 5-10 Akiseyama J14 Irodori 8-7 (o) (o) 4-3 Churanoumi Ms1 Chiyootori 4-3 (o) (o) 5-2 Asagyokusei Ms2 (?) 4-3 Sakigake Ms3 Ms4 Ms5 ... Ms10 Terunofuji 7-0 (o) And lastly a quick summary of the remaining yusho decisions. Juryo ended up with a four-way tie for the lead, the first since Aki 2017. Kaisei defeated Kotonowaka in the one solitary head-to-head match among the leaders, followed on the torikumi by victories for Kiribayama, Ikioi and Azumaryu, while Tochiozan fell out of contention. The ensuing two-round playoff saw easy victories for Azumaryu over Ikioi who had suffered a head wound in his regular bout, as well as for Kaisei over Kiribayama. The final was very nearly decided in quick fashion in Kaisei's favour, but Azumaryu managed to circle around the tawara, secured a strong left-hand outside grip in the process and soon got the victory by uwatenage. It's the 32-year-old veteran's first championship in any division. In jonidan, rookie Hokutenkai surprised by not only holding his own against Murata who'd nearly made it to juryo before, but actually taking charge of the bout and winning by yorikiri in quite decisive fashion. And down in jonokuchi the three-way playoff played out in largely expected fashion with Otsuji repeating first his Day 5 win over Yutakanami and then his Day 9 defeat against Tosamidori, before the latter also easily dispatched Yutakanami to complete the tomoe-sen. So, victory for the favourite here. All in all, four divisional yusho were won by foreign-shusshin rikishi this basho, the first time that has happened since Hatsu 2013. I think that's all from here, thanks for reading if you've actually made it all the way to the end of this post.

Visited Musashigawa beya today as Konishiki's guest. Excellent asageiko, very serious even though it's mid basho. Not all out, but the boys were serious anyway. We even had some chanko and other stuff. Musashimaru is a totally relaxed and good humored person. Most of the time I couldn't believe I was there, talking sumo with these guys. It was another experience.

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Day 15 (results, text-only results): 2-3-10 Hakuho Y1 Kakuryu 10-5 10-5 Harumafuji Y2 Kisenosato 13-2 1-5-9 Goeido O Terunofuji 13-2 Astounding scenes on senshuraku. After opening up the regulation bout with a half-henka that seemed less designed to gain a favourable position and more just to avoid having Terunofuji plow into his injured shoulder the way Kakuryu's tachiai had done, Kisenosato not only somehow won that bout by forcing down the yusho-leading ozeki, he went one better and flung him down in the ensuing playoff as well. Congrats to the first Japanese-born back-to-back yusho winner since 1998! It remains to be seen if he'll be up there in May to defend the title again or if he'll take a (well-deserved) kyujo to get things back in top shape. The musubi no ichiban in between the two yusho deciders turned out to be a protracted battle that was eventually won by Kakuryu when he nearly bowled over the gyoji with his fellow yokozuna, leaving both him and Harumafuji with mediocre-but-acceptable 10-5 records. Terunofuji reportedly won't be considered for tsunatori in May despite his 13 wins (we've seen them change tack on other promotion matters before...), but he'll at least be the top-ranked ozeki for the first time in a year and a half. Goeido, meanwhile, will keep the kadoban carousel occupied for the 6th straight basho, now the longest streak since a 9-basho run from Kyushu 2004 to Haru 2006. Takayasu put an exclamation mark on his upcoming ozeki run, beating fellow sekiwake Tamawashi for his 12th win to give himself 23 across the last two basho. 10 more in Natsu would bring him to the standard target of 33, and while I'd normally say that a mere 10-5 finish to an ozeki run isn't all that desirable, it would be his 5th double-digit record in 6 tournaments. Not to mention that the ozeki rank has been going through quite some turmoil of late (and the yokozuna have been shaky as well), so they might well welcome some fresh blood. Kotoshogiku and Mitakeumi both closed their campaigns with another win to finish 9-6, and Shodai ended a forgettable basho with just 4 wins after losing to Takanoiwa. Looking at the likely next banzuke, the elevator might not be stopping before M7 for Shodai, so it's going to take some work for him to get back into sanyaku contention. The race for the slot vacated by him comes down to Yoshikaze (who lost) and Chiyonokuni (who won) - as mentioned in the Day 14 write-up, I'm inclined to give the nod to Yoshikaze here due to him having faced nearly the entire uninjured sanyaku population, unlike Chiyonokuni. 8-7 Tamawashi S1 Takayasu 12-3 9-6 Kotoshogiku S2 9-6 Mitakeumi K Shodai 4-11 (x) M1 M2 M3 (?) 8-7 Yoshikaze M4 M5 (?) 9-6 Chiyonokuni M6 M7 Chiyoshoma 9-6 The remaining demotion candidates turned in a trio of losses on senshuraku, so Sadanoumi is now definitely toast and both Kaisei and Myogiryu are at the mercy of the banzuke committee. Sadanoumi's demise is just as well, as we do have a decent 4th promotee with Oyanagi, despite him losing and missing out on the juryo yusho playoff. Said playoff was eventually contested by Toyohibiki, Osunaarashi and rookie Asanoyama, and duly won by Toyohibiki in quick and decisive fashion. (?) 3-7-5 Kaisei M8 M9 M10 M11 (x) 4-11 Sadanoumi M12 M13 (?) 6-9 Myogiryu M14 Kyokushuho 5-10 (x) (x) 3-8-4 Chiyoo M15 (x) 5-10 Nishikigi M16 --- J1 Chiyotairyu 8-7 (o) J2 Onosho 9-6 (o) J3 Toyohibiki 10-5 (o) (?) 8-7 Chiyomaru J4 Oyanagi 9-6 (o) J5 J6 (?) 10-5 Osunaarashi J7 No doubts about the obvious 4 ups and downs, but after that it gets a little murky. It should be safe to say that Osunaarashi has the next-best claim, ahead of Chiyomaru, but it's Osunaarashi we're talking about here, so who knows. Deciding whether to send down Myogiryu or Kaisei first is similarly difficult, so the two most likely outcomes are probably that either both get to stay, or both have to go. Considering they sent down Chiyootori from Myogiryu's position last time, for a juryo rikishi who was only slightly better placed than Osunaarashi is, I'm inclined to predict six promotions here. It's very much up in the air though. In any case, we're going to have two top division rookies in Onosho and Oyanagi, marking the 12th straight tournament with at least one newcomer. The final news bits of the basho in lower juryo / upper makushita were provided by Kizenryu who won the joi KK playoff against Wakanoshima, and Iwasaki who likewise clinched kachikoshi, but up in juryo against Asahisho (sending the veteran to 7-8). With no juryo space to put them, it looks like they'll have to be content with the Natsu Ms1 slots. J11 Kitaharima 4-11 (x) J12 J13 J14 Fujiazuma 6-9 (x) Ms1 Takagenji 4-3 (o) Ms2 Kizenryu 4-3 4-3 Iwasaki Ms3 Meisei 5-2 (o) Ms4 (x) 3-4 Wakanoshima Ms5 And finally, the unsalaried ranks also saw a playoff bout, in which favoured Wakayama took the jonidan yusho against Tsunekawa, although it was somewhat harder work than the two contenders' respective pedigrees indicated. Incidentally, this was the first basho since Aki 2015 with playoffs in at least three divisions, and the first since Kyushu 2010 with playoffs for both sekitori championships. I think that's it, thanks as always for reading!

Just returned from Mongolia, had to shorten my trip on the countryside cause we got an invitation to Hakuho's event, a little Naadam (pictures later) and met Asashoryu by accident, very funny, very friendly. He even ordered a kiss ... well in this case it was a pleasure ;)

Final day- thanks for watching but all this retirement stuff and major changes in my life are making me rethink my priorities in life.. Anyhow, I thoroughly enjoyed doing this basho although material is not lying around any more -the challenge made it all the more fun. I added some stuff today that I don't usually add, like full frontal nudity of myself eating chanko and chanting words of encouragement to the universe.

－After performing the Meiji Shrine dohyo-iri today： Terunofuji: "It's been a long time since I last did the dohyo-iri before the day before yesterday at Hakuhou's danpatsushiki.and I'm honored to be able to do the dedication dohyo-iri at Meiji Jingu Shrine." -The condition of both knees that have caused you to miss 3 consecutive bashos? Terunofuji: "Fine." －Training? Terunofuji: "Fine" - You performed the dohyo-iri at Miyagino Oyakata's danpatsushiki.. Terunofuji: "He's a dai- Yokozuna who holds a lot of records. I did my best because I thought that I had to participate, being the opponent who faced him in his last active match." －What did Hakuhou's presence mean to you?? Terunofuji: "Until my first match with him, for me he was a god-like existence... At the age of 22, I faced him for the first time (I lost to him by yorikiri), and I realized that I had to beat the top guy in order to become a Yokozuna, so I worked hard in order to win. He is also a senior who gave me the motivation to enter Sumo” -Did you watch the January Basho on TV? Terunofuji: "Of course. There were my juniors from our heya participating. In order to return early to active duty, I tried not to move away from sumo as much as possible." -Thoughts on your return? Terunofuji: "When I fell to the bottom (Jonidan), I was told it was 'impossible' to come back. But I'm one who challenges myself. I think there are many people who say that it's 'impossible' for me to return this time as well. These words only encourage me and it's important to make an effort, even though you may fail in the end. －Future training sessions? Terunofuji: "I'll start with building my body. The basho has just finished (22nd). I can't do sumo alone. I want to do my best from tomorrow.. I've been wearing the mawashi all the time." . －Some exhibition Sumo will be held on the 4th and 5th, but will you participate? Terunofuji: "I will decide after consulting with my Oyakata." -Ozeki Takakeishou won the Hatsu basho., but what is your impression? Terunofuji: "I think he's fulfilled his responsibilities while I was kyujo..The Ozeki continues to put out the best he can as is fitting for his rank. He vied for the yusho in November and January, And I thought to myself- 'He's really strong" -This year's goals? Terunofuji 　"I set a goal once a year. I want to do what I couldn't do last year, this year. I want to do my best to get double digit wins." -Are you aiming to return for Haru Basho? Terunofuji: "I don't know when I will be back. I will consult with my body. I will also consult with my Oyakata. I want to be back as soon as possible. I just want to gambarize. At this stage, I can't say when I'll be back." -Is there a difference in pain and ease of movement after your surgery? Terunofuji: "Since I've had surgery and to some extent, the parts that seemed to "get stiff" are much smoother now, but I'll have to insert an artificial joint at some point. The pain is the same as usual. I think I'll be in a position to do some sumo pretty soon, though.." - What do you think about the need to work extra hard as the sole Yokozuna? Terunofuji: "No matter how many Yokozuna there are, you have to gambarize (laughs). Whether there are three or four, whether there is one or none. When I am gone, the next person will appear. I think that's how it goes- things will continue. If I leave,, the Sumo Association wouldn't be in trouble." －When you think about your knee, do you have any concerns about your future daily life? Terunofuji: "If I think about my future, I would want to quit now.." －Are you continuing because you have to maintain your responsibility as a yokozuna? Terunofuji: "No. It's because I want to do it ." -Because you like sumo? Terunofuji: "It's not like that. I have a goal that I set once. If I don't achieve it, I won't feel satisfied." -The goal is double-digit wins, you mentioned earlier.. Terunofuji: "First of all, yes." - What is your next goal after that? Terunofuji: "Well, I'll think about it when the time comes..."

Day 11:

Fun day at the kkan. Even met a forum member. My seat was so up high in the bleachers my eyes went home before me. Atmosphere was fantastic as far as I could tell without much oxygen up there in the mountains. Tochinoshin, Enhou, Aoyama, Takakeishou and Abi made me shout out loud. Yumitorishiki was awesome. The udon near the stadium was in the soup. Good weather.

Kisenosato interview- very interesting.. Q: What was your mental state when you retired? A: As Kisenosato, I had no regrets. As Hagiwara (his real name) I have a lot of regrets. Because I love sumo, the fact that I can't do it anymore is sad. I wanted to continue till I was 40. Q: Please reflect on your 17 years of sumo. A: If you look at the last part the results were pathetic so I had to retire, but I joined the very strict Naruto beya and made it to Juryo very quickly. Looking at the whole of my career, I had a good sumo life and am very happy about it. Q: Your thoughts on your Yokozuna promotion? A: The moment I first put on the tsuna rope, I was so happy that all my emotions exploded at once..I felt an indescribable burden. As a Japanese, it was the ultimate feeling. I was constantly in a dream state-the dohyo iri, everything- I was truly happy. I guess the fact I managed to become a Yokozuna is why I have no regrets.. Q: The injury you got in your first basho as a Yokozuna-the left pectoral muscle- that was serious.. A: In my bout against Harumafuji on day 13 I heard a snapping sound. I was aiming for a left tsukiotoshi -I will never forget that sound. It felt like my left arm got detached from my body. The pain was great accordingly, and there was a detachment.. Q: Your entry two bashos after your injury backfired. A: Up to that point, I missed only one day of sumo my entire career, so I couldn't grasp the idea of sitting out. If I would have known that I'd sit out 4 more bashos and decide Hatsu was the decisive basho.. If I could turn back time, I'd like to go back two years to April. I would then think carefully about undergoing surgery or not. Q: What was your state of mind when you decided that January would be the make or break basho? A: I usually fall asleep two seconds after I get into my futon.. I could hardly sleep before the basho. I used to dream I bought a suit (a sign of retirement..) and wake up sweating. "Not true, not true!! Not good , not good!", I would tell myself. Q: Still, before the basho you said you were in good shape. A: I had to sound optimistic, and I guess I was running away from the truth. There were nights when the thought that I would not be able to continue doing sumo I love so much scared me so that I would sigh heavily. Q: You were Yokozuna for two years. A: It took me 15 years to become Yokozuna, but these last two years seemed longer..Being a Yokozuna is something special. It was a different world.. Q: What do you want your rikishi to be like? A: Like the image of rikishi in the past. I don't want them going on TV and on the internet making fools of themselves. I'd like them to quietly go about their sumo lives and become famous, like the rikishi form the Showa era. Q: What is your image of yourself as an Oyakata? A: As opposed to when I was active, I will be voicing my opinions and thoughts, because if I don't, I will be letting down the parents who sent their kids to the heya into our custody. It's important to voice my opinion. I shall gambarize for the sake of the Kyokai and for the sake of the active rikishi. It's important to learn, so i'm buying a lot of books on philosophy, novels and education.

Day 1:

Day15: Hakuhou, on Kisenosato's staying till the end: "I was deeply moved by it. The new Yokozuna was pulling the other three Yokozuna after him.He showed us some good stuff and that has really spiked my fighting spirit.. I think he stayed in because he told himself he had come this far, so.. I think he knows it was unreasonable.." As for his own injury: "The pain is not going away.." He will miss the first part of the Spring jungyo, which will be held in April. Kintamayama, on losing most of his sources this basho: "I didn't train enough before the basho. I haven't recovered from last basho's losses, and this basho brought with it more losses. I can only continue doing my own forward moving video, I'll take it a day at a time and concentrate. I shall gambarize!!" His Oyakata, Debeso: "We'll discuss this in the morning and decide."

Final Day. Glorious HD. The best digest I have ever made. I can now retire in peace*. *Again??

Day 2- late, lousy quality, I'm thrilled.