Koorifuu

This was how I found out there is a Shiratama Oyakata.

The one who's by far the oldest out of the three is the one who looks the youngest by far.

Tamawashi has indeed never gone MK in juryo so the former checks out. The latter, however, I'd probably have to count those manually.

These two faced each other on Day 14 for the first time on the banzuke. As sekitori, no less. The winner was the same as in maezumo.

Imgur is not available in the UK anymore - they blocked themselves out of the country instead of going through the hassle of complying with implementing the newly mandatory Online ID checks. I get the same and it's screwed me out of some things I followed. Sadly it doesn't seem like VPNs work, either. Not to me, at least.

Yeah, I'm merely stating the obvious here but he absolutely shouldn't be competing. There was a very real chance the kyokai would end up with an on-dohyo fatality. I hope he gets something figured out ASAP.

I think Akua's on the same boat as Enho. He's two basho off, and he did seem more outwardly emotional than usual when he narrowly missed out on a promotion a few months ago.

My 2p is that there's no more wall for them to hit. They've cleared all of them. Well done.

It's not that unlikely. All it takes is Aonishiki making yokozuna, then scoring more wins than Onosato at any tournament at all. That'd bump him over Onosato on the next banzuke. (I wouldn't consider an ozeki going kadoban as hitting the wall, personally. They'd still be ozeki at least once more. If they get demoted, then sure.)

It really helps when you're affixed to a certain part of the banzuke - likewise with a few others. Going up and down makuuchi will lead to a wide variety of opponents.

Kazuma is now 31-1 on bouts where his knee didn't implode halfway through. Tatsuosho prevented him from claiming all the unsalaried div yusho along the way to juryo.

Second time in a row for Fujiseiun. Feeling bad for him.

Is there a justification to his unique shout i.e. regional slang?

Hoshoryu in the last 5 basho he's completed: 1 yusho, 2 doten, 2 jun-yusho. Underrated.

Probably a good thing for Inami that the basho is ending. He should probably rest and avoid blows to the head after Kyokukaiyu's spectacular back body drop. Took AGES to stand up.

Personally, I'm stoked that Dewanoryu finally made it. He's had it coming for a long time but kept falling short.

Fujinoyama looked uninterested in trying hard all basho. The end of the line might be near, disillusioned at struggling to break through to juryo.

Oh, I will tell you that. According to your theorem, Akua should've been sent straight to mid juryo after scoring 6 wins from ms6 this March. Obviously, he wasn't even promoted. Regular sekitori movement rules apply to prospective sekitori from the top 5 blocks in makushita. Ms6 are clearly excluded, since Mudoho was promoted with a 4-3 from ms3, which was lower than Akua on both metrics. They've actually been very consistent with the rules, it just took people a while to figure them out.

Spectacular collapse at the top of makushita today indeed. Some people are bound to be very lucky, either side of the border.

I did notice his right arm was tugged very hard near the end, and thought it was a shoulder problem. Neck makes sense as well.

Gurney alert: sd64w Shoran was carried off after an apparent arm injury that caused visible distress.

Well, looks like Toshunryu's combative fighting style caught up to him. That looked and sounded awful.

Seems like this thread missed Kazenosuke's unexpected retirement.

Most memorable moment for me: his smirk after beating Hakuho back at Hatsu 2020. He was well past his best by then, and that was a flash of old magic that felt a bit personal.

^ I guess that is why Hiro mispronounces Kazakhstan - the original pronunciation probably goes for that IPA 'x' sound (akin to a very hard h in English). That reminds me of former makushita Kazafuzan. It's that disconnect between the English way to say it, the kana, and the original pronunciation that made me need years to understand that shikona was just Kazakhstan in Japanese.