Flyric

I think the official doctor's report was: “Damage to right-side patellar tendon, suspicion of avulsion fracture of the right tibial tuberosity. Requires two weeks of rest” No idea on how accurate "two weeks of rest" is.

Those 9-6 records make things tricky. I think it Baruto who famously was passed for an ozeki promotion due to a 9-6 right in the middle of it. A Yusho is very impressive, but with so many of the high ranks kyujo, there's going to be an asterisk in everyone's mind. If Mitakeumi brings another stellar performance in Aki, he's got it, but if he only gets the 33 wins with no wins against the ozeki+ ranks... it'd be a tough call imo.

Nagoya Basho - Day 10 Tochinoshin gives up on a return to the basho J3w Takanoiwa vs J4w Aminishiki J5w Hidenoumi vs J1e Takekaze Makuuchi Time Tochiozan vs Ishiura Hokutofuji vs Asanoyama Kyokutaisei vs Onosho Yutakayama vs Takarafuji Chiyonokuni vs Endo Ikioi vs Shodai Tamawashi vs Kotoshogiku Ichinojo vs Yoshikaze Mitakeumi vs Kagayaki Starstruck Mitakeumi with Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Kyoto Sanga FC) Goeido vs Shohozan Kaisei vs Takayasu "This is going to hurt…" Kaisei with Tulio

Nagoya Basho - Day 9 Sd47e Kototebakari vs Sd50w Naya Takanoiwa vs Tsurugisho Kotoyuki vs Aminishiki Makuuchi Time Asanoyama vs Ishiura Tochiozan vs Meisei Sadanoumi vs Kotoeko Hokutofuji vs Onosho Yutakayama vs Endo Chiyonokuni vs Abi Shohozan vs Shodai Mitakeumi vs Daishomaru Kaisei vs Ichinojo Takayasu vs Tamawashi Goeido vs Kagayaki

From this article, it looks like he's still hopeful to return.

Makuuchi starts around 2am my time, so the plan is to load up on irish coffee and power through.

aaah, my mistake. Carry on!

I'm pretty sure Kisenosato still gets paid, right? Bumping someone up to makuuchi would mean bumping someone up from Makushita to fill Juryo --- so paying an extra sekitori's salary. An extra cost for not much gain, imo

what kind of money is she making? My google-fu is coming up short in finding details.

Natsu Basho - Day 9 . Jd42w Hoshoryu vs Jd30e Mitsumune Jd11e Naya "So when do these bouts start getting hard?" Naya vs Sd99w Hidano Ms7w Gokushindo vs Ms14e Toyonoshima Ms1w Chiyonoumi vs Ms5e Ichiyamamoto Wakatakakage vs Hakuyozan Takanoiwa vs Homarefuji Yago vs Shimanoumi Onosho vs Aminishiki "I'm the best.... AROOOUUUND!" Nishikigi vs Ishiura Asanoyama vs Kyokutaisei Chiyonokuni vs Takekaze Okinoumi vs Ryuden Takarafuji vs Hokutofuji Ikioi vs Chiyotairyu Abi vs Kaisei Tamawashi vs Shohozan Mitakeumi vs Yutakayama Tochinoshin humming Death Metal to himself before his match Tochinoshin vs Daieisho "Just pretend it's Ishiura" Goeido Kyujo Kotoshogiku vs Hakuho Kakuryu vs Shodai Happy Tochinoshin

Fair enough, I guess those weren't the best examples. I would say staying crouched only covers the really obvious early-tachiais. For the ones that are really close (and still gives one side an advantage), it's a lot tougher to (not) react in time, because you just realize it mid-charge. This all said, I don't think Giku was robbed. Just making a comment that Rikishi sometimes have no choice but to rely on the Gyoji noticing.

I remember Harumafuji and Hakuho losing matches by trying to not accept a tachiai. Their best bet is to go for it and hope for a matta.

None here either --- I actually really enjoyed the short video-introduction you did at the beginning.

the Yoshida Clan's history in sumo.

Any word on what kind of medical treatment Kisenosato's using?