2-day tournament on 15-16th

[Guest Kaikitsune]

This upcoming weekend there is a 2-day summer tournament which gives some perspective to who has been training well and who has motivation. Naturally Tochiazuma and Musoyama are absent due to their injuries. Kotomitsuki is hardly in good enough shape yet so he probably stays side-lined for now. Takanohana performs the dohyo-iri at least but it is unclear whether he actually participate in the tournament.

Chiyotaikai is ready for the tournament and has only one goal: to win on both days. He still has round face and mean tsuppari.

[Guest Kaikitsune]

The first day of the tournament at Kokugikan was good when it comes to participation. 36 makuuchi rikishi were fighting including Tochiazuma whose shoulder/biceps injury has turned out to be less severe than feared. Absent rikishi were Musoyama who dislocated his shoulder in Natsu, Kotoryu who hurt his foot on senshuraku, Kotomitsuki who is training pretty hard but isn`t yet ready for tournaments and Takanohana who only performed dohyo-iri.

Day 1 results and comments:

1st round:

Dejima yorikiri Tamanoshima

Kyokushuzan >some weird technique< Jumonji

Takamisakari yorikiri Tochinohana

Shimotori hikiotoshi Wakanoyama

Chiyotenzan yorikiri Daizen

Buyuzan oshidashi Tamakasuga

Kotonowaka yorikiri Oikari

Kyokutenho utchari Tokitsuumi

Kaiho uwatenage Tochisakae

Otsukasa hatakikomi Asanowaka

Hokutoriki tsukidashi Takanowaka

Akinoshima yorikiri Hamanishiki

On first round Shuzan beat Jumonji with some not common technique whose kanji I can`t now interprete. Tokitsuumi who injured his inner ligaments of his right knee and evidently suffered also some bone damage has returned to competitive sumo. It is a clear indication that he has been training already as his loss came by utchari so forward momentum is there.

2nd round:

Dejima oshidashi Toki

Kyokushuzan yorikiri Takamisakari

Chiyotenzan okuridashi Shimotori

Buyuzan hikiotoshi Tosanoumi

Kotonowaka uwatenage Miyabiyama

Kyokutenho okurinage Kaiho

Otsukasa okuridashi Hokutoriki

Akinoshima uwatedashinage Takanonami

On second round the first inter-heya bout was seen when Akinoshima beat Takanonami by uwatedashinage.

3rd round:

Musashimaru oshidashi Dejima

Asashoryu shitatenage Kyokushuzan

Chiyotenzan uwatenage Tochinonada

Chiyotaikai yorikiri Buyuzan

Tochiazuma yorikiri Kotonowaka

Kyokutenho utchari Aminishiki

Wakanosato yorikiri Otsukasa

Kaio yorikiri Akinoshima

Musashigawa-battle between Musashimaru and Dejima started the 3rd round. Kyokutenho managed to escape from brink of defeat by capitalizing his second utchari of the day!

4th round:

Musashimaru yorikiri Asashoryu

Chiyotaikai oshidashi Chiyotenzan

Tochiazuma yorikiri Kyokutenho

Wakanosato yorikiri Kaio

Kokonoe-duo had a very familiar opponent. They probably have had thousands of training bouts against each other during their careers. Today Taikai pushed his laid back stablemate out. Wakanosato is somewhat a nemesis for Kaio nowadays.

Semifinals:

Musashimaru yorikiri Chiyotaikai

Wakanosato yorikiri Tochiazuma

Final:

Wakanosato oshidashi Musashimaru

So Wakanosato won day 1 and so has at least two bouts tomorrow. Iwakiyama won Juryo.

[Guest Kaikitsune]

On day two Kaio was absent due to arm injury suffered on day 1. MRI-images were taken today on Monday to make the diagnosis. So far the degree of severity of the injury is unknown. When it is public I will announce it to the world using all means available.

Results:

1st round:

Kyokushuzan yorikiri Tochinohana

Oikari tsukidashi Hamanishiki

Wakanoyama yorikiri Tochisakae

Shimotori yorikiri Takamisakari

Tokitsuumi uwatenage Daizen

Dejima yorikiri Akinoshima

Kotonowaka fusensho Jumonji

Kyokutenho tsuridashi Tamanoshima

Hokutoriki tsukidashi Otsukasa

Kaiho yorikiri Asanowaka

Takanowaka hikiotoshi Buyuzan

Chiyotenzan yorikiri Tamakasuga

2nd round:

Kyokushuzan yorikiri Toki

Wakanoyama oshidashi Oikari

Tokitsuumi yorikiri Shimotori

Dejima yorikiri Takanonami

Kotonowaka hikiotoshi ??

Hokutoriki tsukidashi Kyokutenho

Takanowaka yorikiri Kaiho

Chiyotenzan tsukiotoshi Tosanoumi

3rd round:

Musashimaru yorikiri Kyokushuzan

Tochiazuma yorikiri Wakanoyama

Asashoryu kakenage (perhaps??? it does have "ke"-hiragana in proper place..) Tokitsuumi

Dejima yorikiri Wakanosato

Chiyotaikai oshidashi Kotonowaka

Hokutoriki oshitaoshi Aminishiki

Tochinonada oshidashi Takanowaka

Chiyotenzan fusensho Kaio

4th round:

Musashimaru yorikiri Tochiazuma

Asashoryu yorikiri Dejima

Chiyotaikai yorikiri Tochinonada

Tochinonada yorikiri Chiyotenzan

Semifinals:

Asashoryu shitatenage Musashimaru

Chiyotaikai yorikiri Tochinonada

Final:

Chiyotaikai tsukidashi Asashoryu

3 million yen to Taikai.

Hayateumi beat Hokutoiwa in juryo final.