Basho Report ・ 場所レポート
Torikumi for this day →Musashimaru wins the championship at 15-0
July (Nagoya) 1994 has completed final day. Musashimaru (Ozeki) takes the championship at 15-0.
Championship Race
- Ozeki Musashimaru15-0 ・ W15
- Ozeki Wakanohana14-1
Ozeki Watch
Ozeki Takanohana's yokozuna bid is over at 11-4 — the 13-win benchmark is out of reach.
Kadoban ozeki Wakanohana reached 14-1 to clear kadoban status.
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. 2 — he survived 0 of 1, and fell 1 time.
His pre-basho rating of 2222 sits 236 points below his peak of 2458 — the decline shows in the numbers.
- Ozeki Takanohana11-4 ・ yokozuna bid
- Ozeki Wakanohana14-1 ・ kadoban #2
Records Decided Today
5 rikishi had their winning or losing records decided today.
解説 ・ InsightOginohana came into the final day at 7-7 and lost the bout that mattered most.
- Maegashira 15 Kushimaumikachi-koshi (8-7)
- Maegashira 14 Akinoshimakachi-koshi (8-7)
- Maegashira 14 Oginohanamake-koshi (7-8)
- Maegashira 13 Tokitsunadakachi-koshi (8-7)
- Maegashira 11 Kotobeppukachi-koshi (8-7)
Special Prizes
Outstanding Performance: Hamanoshima; Fighting Spirit: Takatoriki; Technique: Mainoumi.
- Maegashira 2 HamanoshimaOutstanding Performance・8-7
- Komusubi TakatorikiFighting Spirit・10-5
- Maegashira 4 MainoumiTechnique・9-6