Tamakasuga takes a gold star off yokozuna Musashimaru

Asashoryu trail by one. 6 days remain.

• Maegashira 2 Kotomitsuki8-1 ・ W6
• Maegashira 1 Asashoryu7-2

Tamakasuga (Maegashira 3) defeated yokozuna Musashimaru by Oshidashi for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 7.

• Maegashira 3 Tamakasuga2-7

Kaiho (Maegashira 4) beat Miyabiyama (Ozeki) by Hikiotoshi — pre-basho ratings gave just a 29% chance. He had trailed their head-to-head 4-9, which makes it count double.

• Maegashira 4 Kaiho6-3

Ozeki Kaio's yokozuna bid is over at 0-4-5 — the 13-win benchmark is out of reach.

Kadoban ozeki Miyabiyama stands at 3-6 — 5 more wins needed with 6 days left.

• Ozeki Kaio0-4-5 ・ yokozuna bid―――――
• Ozeki Miyabiyama3-6 ・ kadoban #3

2 rikishi had their winning or losing records decided today.

• Maegashira 15 Wakatsutomumake-koshi (1-8)
• Maegashira 2 Kotomitsukikachi-koshi (8-1)

• Musashimaru (Yokozuna, 5-4) vs Takanonami (Maegashira 5, 4-5) →head-to-head: Musashimaru leads 39-21; the rating model gives Musashimaru 90%
• Tochinonada (Maegashira 5, 4-5) vs Miyabiyama (Ozeki, 3-6) →head-to-head: Miyabiyama leads 24-12; the rating model gives Tochinonada 43%
• Kotomitsuki (Maegashira 2, 8-1) vs Daizen (Maegashira 8, 6-3) →head-to-head: Kotomitsuki leads 4-0; the rating model gives Kotomitsuki 78%; Belt Grinder vs Belt Grinder — style matchup is even