Day 2 results and day 3 pairings

[Doitsuyama 1,173]

Hakuho's win streak stopped at 63 wins, just six wins short of matching the legendary 69 from Futabayama. The honour of stopping the streak deservedly goes to Kisenosato who gave a strong fight from the start, never letting Hakuho doing his own sumo. The win also was his third career kinboshi, and the first time Hakuho allowed a second kinboshi against the same rikishi. This was the fifth kinboshi given up from Hakuho who now is 130-5 against maegashira opponents as a yokozuna. For comparisons sake Asashoryu was 250-26 against maegashira in non-fusen bouts.

Baruto and Kakuryu now are the only undefeated sanyaku as Tochiozan and Kotooshu suffered first losses as well. Baruto escaped Aran with a harimanage win and Kaio slapped Kotoshogiku down with tsukiotoshi, but Harumafuji is in early difficulties at 0-2, losing to Tochinoshin. Several maegashira rikishi are doing surprisingly well with Aminishiki beating the second ozeki already and Tochinonada downing Goeido and Miyabiyama.

Takarafuji is off to a nice start in his second juryo basho, beating Hochiyama for his second win, while Brazilian Kaisei also is 2-0 in his third juryo basho (a 15-15 record moved him up from J12 to J6, not bad). Two of the four shin-deshi also are 2-0 with Takayasu and Akiseyama (former Fukao). 31 years old shin-sekitori Tsurugidake got his first loss at the hands of Daido while the youngest sekitori Masunoyama is down to 0-2. Masatsukasa won the juryo yusho with 13-2 just two basho ago but missed last basho with an injury - he seems to suffer still as he is 0-2 now. Kakizoe is plainly disappointing lately as he had a respectable 6-9 in the joi-jin in Hatsu followed by two 7-8. But the last two basho but were dismal 3-12 scores and now in juryo he is down to 0-2 with a loss to Tosanoumi today.

Day 2

Juryo

Ms1w   Sagatsukasa (1-1)   oshidashi	  J14e   Jumonji (0-2)
J13e   Akiseyama (2-0)	 yorikiri	   J14w   Ryuho (1-1)
J12w   Daido (1-1)		 oshitaoshi	 J13w   Tsurugidake (1-1)
J11e   Takayasu (2-0)	  hatakikomi	 J12e   Chiyohakuho (1-1)
J10w   Tamaasuka (1-1)	 tsukiotoshi	J11w   Masunoyama (0-2)
J9e	Sakaizawa (2-0)	 hikiotoshi	 J10e   Tochinowaka (0-2)
J8w	Tamanoshima (1-1)   oshidashi	  J9w	Sadanoumi (1-1)
J8e	Tosanoumi (1-1)	 oshidashi	  J7e	Kakizoe (0-2)
J7w	Takarafuji (2-0)	yorikiri	   J6w	Hochiyama (1-1)
J6e	Kaisei (2-0)		yorikiri	   J5e	Kyokunankai (0-2)
J4w	Toyohibiki (2-0)	yorikiri	   J5w	Masatsukasa (0-2)
J3e	Hoshikaze (2-0)	 uwatenage	  J4e	Asofuji (1-1)
J3w	Wakatenro (1-1)	 sukuinage	  J2w	Sadanofuji (0-2)
J1e	Wakakoyu (1-1)	  okurihikiotoshiJ2e	Toyozakura (1-1)

Makuuchi

M16e   Shotenro (2-0)	  oshidashi	  J1w	Shironoryu (0-2)
M16w   Okinoumi (2-0)	  yorikiri	   M15w   Kasugao (0-2)
M14e   Goeido (1-1)		yorikiri	   M15e   Koryu (0-2)
M13w   Tochinonada (2-0)   oshidashi	  M14w   Miyabiyama (1-1)
M13e   Sokokurai (1-1)	 yorikiri	   M12e   Takamisakari (1-1)
M11w   Tokitenku (1-1)	 hatakikomi	 M12w   Bushuyama (1-1)
M10e   Gagamaru (1-1)	  oshidashi	  M10w   Tosayutaka (1-1)
M9w	Toyonoshima (2-0)   hikiotoshi	 M11e   Mokonami (0-2)
M9e	Kyokutenho (1-1)	yorikiri	   M8e	Tamawashi (1-1)
M7w	Kimurayama (1-1)	oshidashi	  M8w	Shimotori (1-1)
M6e	Kokkai (1-1)		oshidashi	  M7e	Kotokasuga (0-2)

M6w	Tokusegawa (2-0)	yorikiri	   M5w	Wakanosato (0-2)
M5e	Yoshikaze (2-0)	 yoritaoshi	 M4e	Hakuba (0-2)
M3w	Kitataiki (2-0)	 hikiotoshi	 M4w	Takekaze (1-1)
M3e	Homasho (1-1)	   oshidashi	  S1e	Tochiozan (1-1)
S1w	Kakuryu (2-0)	   yorikiri	   M2w	Asasekiryu (0-2)
M2e	Aminishiki (2-0)	oshidashi	  O1e	Kotooshu (1-1)
O2w	Kaio (1-1)		  tsukiotoshi	M1w	Kotoshogiku (1-1)
K1w	Tochinoshin (1-1)   sukuinage	  O2e	Harumafuji (0-2)
O1w	Baruto (2-0)		harimanage	 K1e	Aran (0-2)
M1e	Kisenosato (1-1)	yorikiri	   Y1e	Hakuho (1-1)

Day 3

Juryo

Ms2e   Aoki (1-0)						 J13w   Tsurugidake (1-1)
J13e   Akiseyama (2-0)					J14e   Jumonji (0-2)
J14w   Ryuho (1-1)						J11w   Masunoyama (0-2)
J11e   Takayasu (2-0)					 J12w   Daido (1-1)
J12e   Chiyohakuho (1-1)				  J10w   Tamaasuka (1-1)
J9e	Sakaizawa (2-0)					J9w	Sadanoumi (1-1)
J10e   Tochinowaka (0-2)				  J8w	Tamanoshima (1-1)
J6e	Kaisei (2-0)					   J8e	Tosanoumi (1-1)
J7w	Takarafuji (2-0)				   J5w	Masatsukasa (0-2)
J5e	Kyokunankai (0-2)				  J6w	Hochiyama (1-1)
J7e	Kakizoe (0-2)					  J4w	Toyohibiki (2-0)
J4e	Asofuji (1-1)					  J2w	Sadanofuji (0-2)
J3w	Wakatenro (1-1)					J1w	Shironoryu (0-2)
J1e	Wakakoyu (1-1)					 J3e	Hoshikaze (2-0)

Makuuchi

J2e	Toyozakura (1-1)				   M15w   Kasugao (0-2)
M15e   Koryu (0-2)						M16w   Okinoumi (2-0)
M14e   Goeido (1-1)					   M16e   Shotenro (2-0)
M13e   Sokokurai (1-1)					M14w   Miyabiyama (1-1)
M13w   Tochinonada (2-0)				  M11w   Tokitenku (1-1)
M11e   Mokonami (0-2)					 M12w   Bushuyama (1-1)
M12e   Takamisakari (1-1)				 M10w   Tosayutaka (1-1)
M9e	Kyokutenho (1-1)				   M9w	Toyonoshima (2-0)
M10e   Gagamaru (1-1)					 M8w	Shimotori (1-1)
M7e	Kotokasuga (0-2)				   M8e	Tamawashi (1-1)
M6e	Kokkai (1-1)					   M7w	Kimurayama (1-1)

M5e	Yoshikaze (2-0)					M5w	Wakanosato (0-2)
M4e	Hakuba (0-2)					   M6w	Tokusegawa (2-0)
M3e	Homasho (1-1)					  M4w	Takekaze (1-1)
K1e	Aran (0-2)						 S1w	Kakuryu (2-0)
S1e	Tochiozan (1-1)					M3w	Kitataiki (2-0)
M2e	Aminishiki (2-0)				   O1w	Baruto (2-0)
O1e	Kotooshu (1-1)					 M2w	Asasekiryu (0-2)
K1w	Tochinoshin (1-1)				  O2w	Kaio (1-1)
O2e	Harumafuji (0-2)				   M1e	Kisenosato (1-1)
Y1e	Hakuho (1-1)					   M1w	Kotoshogiku (1-1)

[Asameshimae 220]

Got home to sit down and watch the sumo I had recorded, and my son, who doesn't even like sumo that much opened his big mouth and said, "you know what happens don't you?" When I gave him an incredulous "no." he tried to cover it up but it was too obvious what must have happened. It was still pretty exciting actually finally seeing it. Baruto's perseverance and actually turning the tables on Aran, someone even near his size, was a great highlight (especially since I already knew who was going to win the next bout...)

[ryafuji 810]

Kids, eh?:-)

Glad the run was ended by a good performance from a quality rikishi and not a cheap henka or anything like that. Congrats to Kisenosato; as Doitsuyama said he never let Hakuho dictate the match and that was the key to his victory. I wonder also if there was just a hint of complacency from Hakuho against an opponent who he'd beaten eleven times in a row.

Edited November 15, 2010 by ryafuji

[Kintamayama 44,639]

Hakuhou looked very tense and robotic and even in a dazed Zombie-like state during his shikiris yesterday and today. If anyone has it recorded, watch how he goes to the salt veeeery slowly- not confident-slowly but apprehensive-slowly. At least, that is what I saw.

[Blue_Wolf 24]

Yes, he lost his game mentally. And he's not yet a wooden rooster. But his father was. He hasn't learn from him good enough.

Edited November 15, 2010 by Blue_Wolf

[Gusoyama 98]

Watching the bout, Kisenosato played it perfectly. He got in on the left quickly, and refused to let Hakuho get his left in. He was tenacious, aggressive, and just did everything perfectly, which is what was needed.