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Day Fifteen. And what a way to end this basho! Terunofuji showed out in style, but had to beat a more than capable Kotonowaka. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-fifteen

Day Fourteen. Kirishima-Kotonowaka was the highlight on paper and on the dohyo, and the result got us some specific Day Fifteen scenarios. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-fourteen

Day Thirteen. Although Hoshoryu fell off the pace, he's not out of it. Terunofuji, Kirishima, and Kotonowaka are in favorable positions, but it gets complicated. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-thirteen

Day Twelve. We've narrowed the yusho race to four men, Terunofuji, Kirishima, Hoshoryu, and Kotonowaka. And now they will all face each other after fighting quite well. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-twelve

Day Eleven. This basho is becoming a model sumo tournament. And that's a good thing. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-eleven

Day Ten brings us the closing kick. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-ten

Day Nine had more kyujo, but also a bunch of exciting sumo from the leaders. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-nine

Day Eight seemed to provide the right results across the Banzuke to make the yusho race extremely interesting. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-eight

Day Seven was wild. Onosato keeps demolishing people, Asanoyama can't lose, and a Gyoji lost his footing as well as articles of clothing. Then we had another kinboshi. We break it all down here: https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-seven

Day Six. Tobizaru tried a weird strategy that backfired against Terunofuji. Asanoyama is sitting atop the mountain, but there are plenty of rikishi right below him. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-six

Day Five brought us a wealth of great sumo. This is going to be a hard-won basho. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-five

Day Four felt fast. Like everyone was going a step too quick, sometimes to a wrestler's detriment. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-four

On Day Three, the significant losses began to show up. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-three

Day Two. Yay! A Kinboshi. Boo! The Yokozuna is in trouble... https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-two

Once again, I am putting these in one spot for anyone who wants to follow through. Day One was an excellent day of sumo, and let's hope the next fourteen follow suit. https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/hatsu-2024-day-one