Basho Report ・ 場所レポート
Torikumi for this day →Takanonami, Musashimaru, Akebono share the lead at 5 wins
March (Haru) 1997 has completed day 5. Takanonami, Musashimaru, Akebono share the lead at 5-0.
Championship Race
Minatofuji, Dejima, Aogiyama, Takatoriki, Kaio, Takanohana trail by one. 10 days remain.
- Ozeki Takanonami5-0 ・ W5
- Ozeki Musashimaru5-0 ・ W5
- Yokozuna Akebono5-0 ・ W5
- Maegashira 14 Minatofuji4-1
- Maegashira 13 Dejima4-1
- Maegashira 11 Aogiyama4-1
- Sekiwake Takatoriki4-1
- Maegashira 1 Kaio4-1
Ozeki Watch
Ozeki Wakanohana, bidding for yokozuna, stands at 3-1-1 — 10 wins short of the 13-win benchmark.
Kadoban ozeki Takanonami stands at 5-0 — 3 more wins needed with 10 days left.
解説 ・ InsightWakanohana'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.
His rating of 2435 is at career-peak level (2458) — the rating says he is knocking on the door.
This is kadoban No. 2 — he survived his only previous one.
His pre-basho rating of 2241 sits 239 points below his peak of 2480 — the decline shows in the numbers.
- Ozeki Wakanohana3-1-1 ・ yokozuna bid―
- Ozeki Takanonami5-0 ・ kadoban #2
Tomorrow’s Bouts to Watch
- Akinoshima (Maegashira 2, 3-2) vs Akebono (Yokozuna, 5-0) →head-to-head: Akebono leads 30-8; the rating model gives Akinoshima 17%
- Takanohana (Yokozuna, 4-1) vs Asanosho (Maegashira 2, 1-4) →head-to-head: Takanohana leads 6-0; the rating model gives Takanohana 96%; Pulling Pusher vs Forward Pusher — style matchup is even
- Takanonami (Ozeki, 5-0) vs Kotoryu (Maegashira 4, 1-4) →head-to-head: Takanonami leads 10-2; the rating model gives Takanonami 65%; Thrower vs Thrower — style matchup is even