Basho Report ・ 場所レポート
Torikumi for this day →July (Nagoya) 1993 ・ Day 9 ・ Jul 12
Wakanohana, Akebono share the lead at 9 wins
July (Nagoya) 1993 has completed day 9. Wakanohana, Akebono share the lead at 9-0.
Championship Race
Takanohana trail by one. 6 days remain.
- Sekiwake Wakanohana9-0 ・ W9
- Yokozuna Akebono9-0 ・ W9
- Ozeki Takanohana8-1 ・ W6
Ozeki Watch
Ozeki Takanohana, bidding for yokozuna, stands at 8-1 — 5 wins short of the 13-win benchmark.
Kadoban ozeki Konishiki stands at 6-3 — 2 more wins needed with 6 days left.
解説 ・ InsightTakanohana's last two basho: 11 wins, then 14 (champion) — 25 in total. Against the "back-to-back championship-level" standard, another title-class run is required here.
This is kadoban No. 6 — he has survived all 5 previous ones.
His pre-basho rating of 2174 sits 210 points below his peak of 2384 — the decline shows in the numbers.
- Ozeki Takanohana8-1 ・ yokozuna bid
- Ozeki Konishiki6-3 ・ kadoban #6
Records Decided Today
4 rikishi had their winning or losing records decided today.
- Maegashira 10 Oginishikimake-koshi (1-8)
- Maegashira 5 Daishohomake-koshi (1-8)
- Maegashira 1 Kirishimamake-koshi (1-8)
- Ozeki Takanohanakachi-koshi (8-1)
Tomorrow’s Bouts to Watch
- Akebono (Yokozuna, 9-0) vs Musashimaru (Sekiwake, 7-2) →head-to-head: Akebono leads 24-17; the rating model gives Akebono 70%; Forward Pusher vs Forward Pusher — style matchup is even
- Oginohana (Maegashira 3, 2-7) vs Konishiki (Ozeki, 6-3) →head-to-head: Konishiki leads 5-1; the rating model gives Oginohana 32%
- Wakanohana (Sekiwake, 9-0) vs Kotonishiki (Maegashira 1, 7-2) →head-to-head: Wakanohana leads 25-16; the rating model gives Wakanohana 64%; Pulling Pusher vs Belt Grinder — style matchup is even