Jemuzu

Chris Gould’s video suggests one of the reasons Tamajiro had had it was that he was going to be evaluated alongside three other gyoji for the next promotion. So does that mean it’s not a shoe in that Yodo will be the next tate gyoji, and he’s up against Shotaro and Konosuke?

Wakamotoharu - Mitakeumi should have been a monoii too I think

Sad to see, my favourite rikishi since I got into sumo in 2016. His ozeki promotion run was sensational, I remember his bout vs Hakuho where Hakuho said 'I'll beat you at your own game', and lost. Really he did well to keep going for as long as he did, he hasn't been able to do 'his brand of sumo' pretty much since he got promoted to Ozeki and has been increasingly reliant on non-yotsu techniques (including the odd henka).

Kimura Yodo did the last one I think

Great call by Konosuke!

I think seeing the henka vs Takayasu made Takakeisho very tentative at the tachai

What they could do that I think would make sense is have Nagoya, Fukuoka and one other (presumably Sapporo) on rotation so that each got 2 basho every 3 years

Inosuke gets in the way again, possibly costing Takayasu the bout

I reckon they’d want the 33 given the 9 wins wasn’t at sanyaku

Even bringing back the Ozeki era pre match grunt didn’t work

How come Inosuke isn’t the gyoji?

A play off would have been the last thing he needed

Ishiura thoroughly deserves the technique prize

Absolutely. And while I agree with the decision to match up the yusho contenders in the final days, they could easily have foreseen this and had Shodai face Terunofuji earlier. In a way it would be a rebuke for Shodai - you’re not putting in an Ozeki performance so you don’t get to fight on senshuraku

Good news but will it be a serious event or more like a jungyo where some of the bouts are about as real as WWE?