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And now that I've said that, he's done a small dame-oshi today.

That surprises me to hear. From all I ever see of him, he's one of those guys who takes care of his opponents once the match is decided. Like Kaisei does.

If that matta by Endo was deliberate, that was brave as hell, because I'm fairly sure that's what set Hakuho off last time.

He was wrestling with back problems so obvious and severe it hurt to watch.

Bariki, thank God.

I wonder if he'll nickname the torch 'Enho'.

He's already touched on Moriurura and Hattorizakura. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/03/22/sumo/sumo-101-consistent-losers/

When your deshi gets double digit wins in makuuchi for the first time

So we have two sets of heya-mates in the lead for the makushita yusho. We could be in for an interesting play-off.

There was a Gagamaru-Enho bout in juryo ages ago that was a lot like the Enho-Yutakayama bout today. Gagamaru kept refusing to charge blindly into a henka, but the gyoji kept calling matta (something like 3 times) until he did.

I doubt he's finished. He was still a yusho contender as recently as May, and he has a young family to provide for.

Wajima's looked like he just reviewed the steps the night before. It was probably a very early in his yokozuna career.

I think heya tend to hang onto a few for mae-zumo purposes and such. Not sure though.

I guess he wanted someone else at eye level.

Butsukari's also meant to be pretty hard on the rikishi receiving, though. And it's right where his injury was. I know it's his home crowd and all, but it makes me wince.