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Day 7- end of broadcast this basho..

Day 6:

Nishikigi has competed in his 1200th consecutive match and holds a record of 600-600 now https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202409140001667.html

Day 5: Backup: https://rumble.com/v5en56l-aki-basho-2024-day-5.html

Back on Day 4 down in sandanme, Kisenoumi and Ryuji managed to get called back to the dohyo for not just one, but two torinaoshi. If you're so inclined, feel free to watch the full 13 minutes in glorious and excruciating detail (I suggest comparing the shots of both rikishi after the first and second match in particular). Chapter timestamps have been added for the slightly impatient.

The right ankle he had surgery on is suffering from osteoarthritis and tarsal sinus syndrome (右足根洞症候群), also right knee pain due to an old PCL injury. Return is possible depending on how the treatment goes. Elsewhere, ahead of Day 7 one rikishi begins his basho but three others have to withdraw: Entering: Sd29e Ryutsukasa Withdrawing: Ms18w Tokunomusashi (fusenpai Day 5) - Musashigawa-beya reports a ligament injury in the right leg, it looked to me like his right ankle got trapped at a painful angle when he was thrown by Kazuto on Day 2. Ms46w Hayatefuji (fusenpai Day 5) Jd16e Chikuba (fusenpai Day 5)

Don't forget he went kyujo last basho while still in yusho contention and was kyujo till into the jungyo and didn't train much - he started at the soken and soon only did the basics again

Day 4: https://rumble.com/v5ejjox-day-4-aki-basho-2024.html

Just remember how long Ichinojo's bouts lasted.

Okay, this Onosato kid is good. I had (wrongly) thought that his early rise was because of 'new-guy luck' while everyone is figuring out who the new guy is, and his 9-6 last tournament was an expected regression towards the mean. But dang. Watching him win is fun.

Two precedents actually: first is Futabayama and second is Terunofuji. Neither of them got promoted following back-to-back yushos when first of them was at Sekiwake.

Well, Onosato was focused today, and he dispatched Hiradoumi with ease, to be even now 2-2 in their matchup. We haven't arrived Nakabi yet, but he's showing overwhelming but also calculated strength this time. Wakamotoharu did great effort today, and bested Kotozakura in a great yotsu battle. Hoshoryu finally decided to stop losing, and jumped like a jaguar over Shodai, who was just a piece of ballast today. At the bottom of Makuuchi, I'm glad the brown bear Takayasu is leaving (momentarily, I'm afraid) his back problems behind and picking wins, and I hope the white bear Shirokuma restarts winning fast. Today Sadanoumi denied him several times the left outside grip and that resulted key in the final outcome.

Terunofuji https://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?r=11927 He won the Yusho as Sekiwake, got promoted to Ozeki, and then won the next basho. He still had to wait until the following basho (where he went 14-1 losing to Hakuho) to get the rope. I don't deny the reality of the feel though - hard to believe now that Takerufuji was (is?) even better than this guy.

The answer might be like that famous relationship status: "It's complicated". You may try other answers like: - GOAT - Oyakata - "Surely not the head of his own heya" - "A disgrace that we, as the NSK, don't want to dismiss really, he's great for the bizness, but very bad as a sisho. Kasugano? He's fine though" - Miyagino XIII (if I can understand the db)

Nice euphemism for for spoiled brat attitude.

Oh man, Onosato blew Shodai away like he was a ball of fluff! I guess he's finally recovered from his hatsu yusho celebrations. I'm cautiously optimistic that Kirishima may also have recovered from whatever it was that cost him his rank. Looking pretty good so far. Given their head-to-head, Oho beating Hoshoryu again wasn't unexpected, but the ozeki forgetting to bow certainly was. Didn't look deliberate to me; rather it was an unintentional oversight brought about as a result being utterly discombobulated by the loss. All a bit embarrassing really. Will he get an additional bollockiing/fine for that?

o Here comes the man in black o (highlight the pic to see in flight the crow, painted black)

Day 3: https://rumble.com/v5ed8eq-day-3-aki-basho-2024.html

Day 1: https://rumble.com/v5e42tx-aki-basho-2024-day-1.html

I used to do these fake interviews a lot back in the day. It is fake, of course..

I would not have been upset if they'd called a tori-naoshi on Kirishima vs Kotoshoho, but maybe I'm biased because of my admiration for utchari attempts. Looked very close to me. If Oho could mentally convince himself that all his opponents were sanyaku, he'd be unstoppable. This Hoshoryu I can admire. No buggering about suits him very well. Kotozakura's loss to Wakamotoharu seemed to cause some consternation in the audience, but didn't feel that big of an upset to me. I'm not so invested in seeing the next Japanese yokozuna obviously, but even though he's still a rank away from having a shot, Onosato feels closer to it, atm.

I think he just forgot to bow. Probably was inside his own head upset with the loss and just walked out without thinking of it. Been there. Not a great look, but it seemed unintentional enough that it's not a big deal to me. The refusal to put a hand down vs Gonoyama was more annoying.

In the Endo-Sadanoumi affair, Sadanoumi didn't bother to even approach the sand with his left fist at the tachi-ai in clear view of Zatoichi-oyakata, head shinpan today. The fight was half-assed, but no call was made. I wasn't the most egregious ever as far as altering the result of the bout, but one might miss the "Era of the matta" that Musahigawa-rijicho brought with his appointment around 2010, maybe earlier (I cannot be bothered to look the precise date)

It feels like he hasn't been nearly as good as he was just a year ago. Looks like this is the first time in 2 years that he's had a losing record on Day 6/7, and his most recent MK was in Kyushu '21, almost three years ago.

And the winner is ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkGtW-fQ3s