Hakuryuho

It felt like no one really wanted to win the Cup. Peculiar basho.

Awesome, my second Game 21 Yusho! Many thanks to Tameiki and Profomisakari, you are doing an outstanding job. See you all in July!

*Mitakeumi but I completely agree

He probably does, must be so annoying for Hoshoryu; getting your KK twice at Komusubi and not attaining promotion to the next tier

Kotonowaka casually winning against all three Ozeki in the first three days. Is it too early to already address him as Kotozakura?

Well this aged like milk

1. Mitakeumi 11-4 2. Abi 8-7 3. Kamito KK 4. Ryuo MK 5. Kitanowaka KK 6. Kiryuko MK 7. Nobehara KK 8. Miyagi KK 9. Wakatakakage 10-5 10. Wakamotoharu KK 11. Kotoshoho KK 12. Nishikigi MK 13. Shimazuumi MK TB 14

Why does the right dude look like he remembered that he left the stove on?

Even longer than that, Kotooshu retired after Haru 2014, Kisenosato retired in January of 2019. Very interesting indeed!

This has been the fifth time in Takayasu's career that he went 12-3. All JY. Not a single yusho to show for it. Yikes

Kotonowaka punching the air rn lmao, he could have been in that playoff

As a shin-san'yaku to get a kachikoshi is quite phenomenal! The guy is getting stronger and stronger, the weight increase certainly helped. Let's see if he will be rewarded with a new highest rank (depending on what Abi does later on).

Sub-par in makunouchi. Not ozumo in general... It's a fact that M10 is not an above average rank in makunouchi and if you go 7-8 that's not an above average score. What are you arguing for here? I really don't get it.

A Maegashira 10 is a sub-par rikishi in makunouchi. 26 rikishi are ranked above M10, whereas only 14 are lower in rank, making M10 rikishi by definition sub-par. Also: There is a possibility they end up with a 7-8 record, which (again) is by definition sub-par. Quite easy to comprehend.

The "7-7 Sekiwake who's finished 24-6 the last 2 basho" is 1-5 in his last 6 bouts, Wakatakakage faces an Ozeki who is 7-1 in his last 8 bouts. Do you really think Shodai will phone it in when he's fighting the musubi no ichiban on senshuraku, especially when there's usually a yokozuna around for that bout? I really don't think it's realistic to assume he's not going to try to get the copious amounts of envelopes the last match on the final day usually provides. Also Takayasu didn't face "really poor" opponents because they were pretty much all ranked in the middle of the banzuke, a place notorious for having even scores on average. Besides Sadanoumi with a 4-10 at M8w he faced Okinoumi who is 5-9 at M7w, , Chiyoshoma 5-9 at M8e. Takarafuji 5-9 at M5e. Shimanoumi 7-7 at M10 (!), same as Aoiyama. Meaning half of his wins have been against subpar opponents with mostly subpar records or close to it. When it came to san'yaku opponents, Takayasu is 3-2 thus far, Wakatakakage is 3-1.