Basho Report ・ 場所レポート
Torikumi for this day →Yoshikaze takes a gold star off yokozuna Harumafuji
July (Nagoya) 2014 has completed day 4. Yoshikaze (Maegashira 2) defeated yokozuna Harumafuji by Katasukashi for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 1. Chiyomaru, Takayasu, Kotoshogiku, Kakuryu, Hakuho share the lead at 4-0.
Championship Race
11 days remain in the race.
- Maegashira 16 Chiyomaru4-0 ・ W4
- Maegashira 11 Takayasu4-0 ・ W4
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku4-0 ・ W4
- Yokozuna Kakuryu4-0 ・ W4
- Yokozuna Hakuho4-0 ・ W4
- Maegashira 13 Sokokurai3-1
- Maegashira 10 Toyonoshima3-1
- Maegashira 6 Myogiryu3-1
Today's Kinboshi
Yoshikaze (Maegashira 2) defeated yokozuna Harumafuji by Katasukashi for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 1.
Ozeki Watch
Ozeki Kisenosato, bidding for yokozuna, stands at 3-1 — 10 wins short of the 13-win benchmark.
Kadoban ozeki Kotoshogiku stands at 4-0 — 4 more wins needed with 11 days left.
解説 ・ InsightKisenosato's last two basho: 9 wins, then 13 — 22 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 2487 sits 249 points below his peak of 2736 — the decline shows in the numbers.
- Ozeki Kisenosato3-1 ・ yokozuna bid
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku4-0 ・ kadoban #3
Tomorrow’s Bouts to Watch
- Homasho (Maegashira 2, 1-3) vs Harumafuji (Yokozuna, 3-1) →head-to-head: Harumafuji leads 15-3; the rating model gives Homasho 9%
- Kakuryu (Yokozuna, 4-0) vs Osunaarashi (Maegashira 3, 2-2) →head-to-head: Kakuryu leads 2-1; the rating model gives Kakuryu 89%
- Hakuho (Yokozuna, 4-0) vs Yoshikaze (Maegashira 2, 3-1) →head-to-head: Hakuho leads 15-3; the rating model gives Hakuho 94%