Tochinonada takes a gold star off yokozuna Wakanohana

Kotonowaka, Dejima, Akebono trail by one. 8 days remain.

• Ozeki Musashimaru7-0 ・ W7
• Yokozuna Takanohana7-0 ・ W7
• Maegashira 9 Kotonowaka6-1 ・ W6
• Maegashira 4 Dejima6-1 ・ W4
• Yokozuna Akebono6-1 ・ W5

Tochinonada (Maegashira 2) defeated yokozuna Wakanohana by Yoritaoshi for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 3.

• Maegashira 2 Tochinonada1-6

Shikishima (Maegashira 3) beat Takanonami (Ozeki) by Shitatenage — pre-basho ratings gave just a 21% chance. He had trailed their head-to-head 1-4, which makes it count double.

• Maegashira 3 Shikishima3-4

• Dejima (Maegashira 4, 6-1) vs Takanohana (Yokozuna, 7-0) →head-to-head: Takanohana leads 13-4; the rating model gives Dejima 39%
• Wakanohana (Yokozuna, 5-2) vs Tochinowaka (Maegashira 4, 0-7) →head-to-head: Wakanohana leads 21-8; the rating model gives Wakanohana 89%
• Chiyotaikai (Sekiwake, 5-2) vs Musashimaru (Ozeki, 7-0) →head-to-head: Musashimaru leads 11-9; the rating model gives Chiyotaikai 34%; Forward Pusher vs Forward Pusher — style matchup is even