Chiyotenzan takes a gold star off yokozuna Musashimaru

Kotomitsuki, Dejima, Chiyotaikai, Kaio, Akebono, Musashimaru trail by one. 8 days remain.

• Ozeki Miyabiyama7-0 ・ W7
• Yokozuna Takanohana7-0 ・ W7
• Maegashira 9 Kotomitsuki6-1 ・ W5
• Ozeki Dejima6-1
• Ozeki Chiyotaikai6-1 ・ W4
• Ozeki Kaio6-1 ・ W6
• Yokozuna Akebono6-1 ・ W4
• Yokozuna Musashimaru6-1

Chiyotenzan (Maegashira 3) defeated yokozuna Musashimaru by Uwatenage for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 2.

• Maegashira 3 Chiyotenzan4-3

• Musoyama (Ozeki, 4-3) vs Akebono (Yokozuna, 6-1) →head-to-head: Akebono leads 22-6; the rating model gives Musoyama 18%
• Takanohana (Yokozuna, 7-0) vs Dejima (Ozeki, 6-1) →head-to-head: Takanohana leads 13-4; the rating model gives Takanohana 63%
• Toki (Maegashira 5, 4-3) vs Miyabiyama (Ozeki, 7-0) →head-to-head: Toki leads 7-5; the rating model gives Toki 34%