Basho Report ・ 場所レポート

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September (Aki) 2001Day 1 ・ Sep 9

Daishi, Hamanishiki, Kitazakura, Akinoshima, Oginishiki, Otsukasa, Higonoumi, Kyokutenho, Toki, Tochinonada, Tokitsuumi, Kaiho, Tosanoumi, Takanowaka, Kotomitsuki, Musoyama, Chiyotaikai, Wakanosato, Musashimaru share the lead at 1 wins

September (Aki) 2001 has completed day 1. Daishi, Hamanishiki, Kitazakura, Akinoshima, Oginishiki, Otsukasa, Higonoumi, Kyokutenho, Toki, Tochinonada, Tokitsuumi, Kaiho, Tosanoumi, Takanowaka, Kotomitsuki, Musoyama, Chiyotaikai, Wakanosato, Musashimaru share the lead at 1-0.

Ozeki Watch

Ozeki Kaio, bidding for yokozuna, stands at 0-1 — 13 wins short of the 13-win benchmark.

Kadoban ozeki Miyabiyama stands at 0-1 — 8 more wins needed with 14 days left.

解説 ・ InsightKaio's last two basho: 4 wins, then 13 (champion) — 17 in total. Against the "back-to-back championship-level" standard, another title-class run is required here.

This is kadoban No. 3 — he has survived all 2 previous ones.

His pre-basho rating of 2324 sits 315 points below his peak of 2639 — the decline shows in the numbers.

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