Aki 2023 discussion (results)

[Tigerboy1966 1,374]

4 minutes ago, Kaninoyama said:

A mono-ii was warranted there. 

I think the judge on the North side was too concerned about the bodies hurtling in his direction to pay much attention to the elevation of Shonanoumi's arm.

[Bunbukuchagama 675]

40 minutes ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

Kotoeko got robbed.

...and I lost a BS match because of it. 

[rhyen 1,799]

Did Takayasu always double salt the dohyo every time?

If anyone notices he throws a bit of salt inside the dohyo in front of him, then a big handful towards the chief shimpan before he enters. 

[Eskbibs 72]

Nishikigi, man...he's a danger for anyone who thinks highly of their yotsu-zumo. He came out blasting today.

Shodai did good in exploiting what Takakeisho has shown so far this basho - he doesn't seem to have the power he once did to just shove people out directly, so he aggravates his aite (in this case with some thunderous harite) and tries to get them to come in to him as he goes for a tottari or something of that kind. Shodai read him like a book, you could see him being careful the whole way through. I generally don't like Shodai because he doesn't seem to try very hard considering what he is capable of - but he really came prepared today, which was a treat to see.

[Akinomaki 39,529]

It's time, Dr. Takayasu

[Djihi 33]

Takayasu is the clear favorite for the Jun Yusho.

[Hankegami 412]

Interesting day. Although the Yusho race is still up on air, some things are coming up already. Takakeisho, for instance, seemed just half tank full against Shodai. He couldn't push him hard enough and got pushed out as a result. It's actually very understandable - he was kyujo last basho - but without his usual power I'm not sure whether he can give a try to the yusho. On the other hand, there are no clear front-runners. Or better, Takayasu seems in top form, but he has been the same many other time without getting that damn Cup. Atamifuji is doing good, but he shows some uncertainties sometimes and anyway he's literally M15. Him suddenly collapsing as soon as he gets paired against the joy is a concrete possibility. Other people are playing catch up and it's up to the others to drop bouts to give them the edge. I'd name Kirishima and Wakamotoharu in particular. Both of them had a rough start but are now looking increasingly solid. Kirishima is, of course, a more serious perspective since he's an Ozeki with a Yusho under his belt. However, I wouldn't underestimate Wakamotoharu's newly-found momentum. He has a recent history of good scores for Aki and Kyushu (10-5 2022.09 & 2022.11, 11-4 in Juryo 2021.11), so I'd wait for him to lose a few too many bouts before putting him out of my watch.

On a last note, Hoshoryu is doing discretely bad. He can still get his KK easily, but he's not going to have a flashy shin-Ozeki basho at this point.

Edited September 16, 2023 by Hankegami

[Akinomaki 39,529]

Tomorrow Tobizaru has another last bout appearance, against all 3 ozeki this basho the kw gets to meet them in the musubi no ichiban. Day 8 has a real big kensho pack as well, Tobizaru missed out on the other huge one on day 1 - I'm sure he'll jump on the chance this time.

[junsan 167]

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[MrGrumpyGills 114]

52 minutes ago, junsan said:

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[dingo 1,117]

Pretty interesting day today. 

Kiribayama is increasingly starting to look like he could go all the way. He looks quite confident after the wobbles he had in the first days. However, I'm sure Hoshoryuu, Takakeisho and Takayasu would beg to differ. 

Despite his troubles, Shodai is still able to play spoiler for all the top rankers. In fact it seems that more often than not he's able to pull an upset. Too bad he's not been able to maintain stability. 

Kotoekou, like everyone said, got totally screwed today. That was his win, but even no monoii is pretty embarrassing for the Kyokai. 

[Yamanashi 3,683]

54 minutes ago, dingo said:

Kotoekou, like everyone said, got totally screwed today. That was his win, but even no monoii is pretty embarrassing for the Kyokai. 

On sight, it was clearly not a slam dunk for Shonannoumi, so there should have been a mono-ii.  Were they pressed for time? [Probably not, that early in the proceedings]

[Akinomaki 39,529]

15 minutes ago, Yamanashi said:

On sight, it was clearly not a slam dunk for Shonannoumi, so there should have been a mono-ii.  Were they pressed for time? [Probably not, that early in the proceedings]

I guess the present shimpan are not only bad at making the banzuke but also bad shimpan

[Yubinhaad 11,501]

Today saw a bout between rikishi out of national universities, with Shoji (Saitama University) defeating Suyama (University of Tokyo).

 

The last such bout was 16 years ago, Ichinoya (Ryukyu) defeating Masumeidai (Nagoya).

 

Ichinoya vs. Yuminosato was the first all-kokuritsu bout, although unlike the other four Yuminosato had no sumo involvement while at Kochi University.

Edited September 16, 2023 by Yubinhaad

[Katooshu 3,079]

Onosato cruises to 8-0 and the first sekitori KK of the basho. Shows that getting a 4-3 in high makushita, in your 2nd tournament, isnt the end of the world or cause for panic.

Edited September 17, 2023 by Katooshu

[dingo 1,117]

9 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

I guess the present shimpan are not only bad at making the banzuke but also bad shimpan

They got quite a few decisions right in Makuuchi this basho so I don't think they're that horrible. That makes the Kotoekou bout failure stand out even more. Perhaps like others have said the closest judge was distracted by the falling rikishi. But let's not forget that this failure started with the gyoji who made the wrong decision, and then the shimpan. So it was a double failure at least. 

[Tigerboy1966 1,374]

Tamashoho should have gone kyujo by now. He picked up or aggravated an injury last week (ribs?) and can't offer much in the ring. As J1 his sekitori status is secure so there really is no point continuing.

Edited September 17, 2023 by Tigerboy1966
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[Bunbukuchagama 675]

Was it a matta? Kotonowaka thought so.

[Benihana 1,900]

Can we really call a henka, what The BigSlow did today? I've seen glaciers moving quicker, but hey, it worked...

This is now officially Tamawashi's worst start into a basho. He went 0-7 twice (2018.09 K1e, 2014.03 M1w) before. I hope he stops it there, i want him to get that record.

Wow, i can see uncle throwing the remote at his TV right now. Well done Ura, very well done.

YES! That's how you beat Takakeisho. Another well done to Tobizaru.

Edited September 17, 2023 by Benihana

[Bunbukuchagama 675]

How did sanyaku become so mediocre again?

[Katooshu 3,079]

Ozeki massacred 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Katooshu

[Eskbibs 72]

Takakeisho...landed face first into the knee of that spectator? I almost can't believe what they showed on the replay, but it explains why he was blinking the one side of his face afterward.

Spectators accidentally injuring rikishi, who knew it could happen.

[Akinomaki 39,529]

1 hour ago, Tigerboy1966 said:

Tamashoho should have gone kyujo by now. He picked up or aggravated an injury last week (ribs?) and can't offer much in the ring. As J1 his sekitori status is secure so there really is no point continuing.

I thought he'd go kyujo on day 6, but he's toughing it out

On 14/09/2023 at 16:19, Akinomaki said:

Tamashoho was in an excellent position to advance to makuuchi next basho, but after today's limping it looks like he won't complete the basho, let alone get kachikoshi

he needed help to get off the dohyo on day 5, there was talk about the knee getting injured in the Mitoryu bout

[Kaninoyama 1,660]

I have no idea who's going to win this basho. 

[Katooshu 3,079]

Please no one tell Takayasu he's tied for the lead 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Katooshu