Endo takes a gold star off yokozuna Kakuryu

11 days remain in the race.

• Maegashira 13 Kitataiki4-0 ・ W4
• Maegashira 12 Jokoryu4-0 ・ W4
• Maegashira 8 Takayasu4-0 ・ W4
• Maegashira 3 Aminishiki4-0 ・ W4
• Yokozuna Hakuho4-0 ・ W4
• Maegashira 15 Sokokurai3-1
• Maegashira 15 Kyokushuho3-1
• Maegashira 6 Kaisei3-1

Endo (Maegashira 4) defeated yokozuna Kakuryu by Yoritaoshi for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 1.

• Maegashira 4 Endo3-1

Aminishiki (Maegashira 3) beat Kotoshogiku (Ozeki) by Tsukiotoshi — pre-basho ratings gave just a 22% chance. He had trailed their head-to-head 19-32, which makes it count double.

Aoiyama (Maegashira 1) beat Kisenosato (Ozeki) by Oshidashi — pre-basho ratings gave just a 24% chance. He had trailed their head-to-head 6-13, which makes it count double.

• Maegashira 3 Aminishiki4-0
• Maegashira 1 Aoiyama1-3

• Chiyotairyu (Maegashira 2, 1-3) vs Harumafuji (Yokozuna, 3-1) →head-to-head: Harumafuji leads 4-2; the rating model gives Chiyotairyu 10%
• Kakuryu (Yokozuna, 3-1) vs Takekaze (Maegashira 1, 1-3) →head-to-head: Kakuryu leads 20-0; the rating model gives Kakuryu 93%
• Hakuho (Yokozuna, 4-0) vs Takarafuji (Maegashira 2, 0-4) →head-to-head: Hakuho leads 16-2; the rating model gives Hakuho 96%; Thrower vs Belt Grinder — style matchup slightly favors Hakuho