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Torikumi for this day →Osunaarashi takes a gold star off yokozuna Kakuryu
July (Nagoya) 2014 has completed day 5. Osunaarashi (Maegashira 3) defeated yokozuna Kakuryu by Sukuinage for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 1. Chiyomaru, Takayasu, Kotoshogiku, Hakuho share the lead at 5-0.
Championship Race
10 days remain in the race.
- Maegashira 16 Chiyomaru5-0 ・ W5
- Maegashira 11 Takayasu5-0 ・ W5
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku5-0 ・ W5
- Yokozuna Hakuho5-0 ・ W5
- Maegashira 10 Toyonoshima4-1 ・ W4
- Maegashira 6 Myogiryu4-1
- Maegashira 4 Takekaze4-1 ・ W4
- Sekiwake Goeido4-1 ・ W4
Today's Kinboshi
Osunaarashi (Maegashira 3) defeated yokozuna Kakuryu by Sukuinage for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 1.
Ozeki Watch
Ozeki Kisenosato, bidding for yokozuna, stands at 4-1 — 9 wins short of the 13-win benchmark.
Kadoban ozeki Kotoshogiku stands at 5-0 — 3 more wins needed with 10 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 Kisenosato4-1 ・ yokozuna bid
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku5-0 ・ kadoban #3
Tomorrow’s Bouts to Watch
- Kakuryu (Yokozuna, 4-1) vs Homasho (Maegashira 2, 1-4) →head-to-head: Kakuryu leads 13-9; the rating model gives Kakuryu 89%
- Hakuho (Yokozuna, 5-0) vs Kaisei (Maegashira 3, 0-5) →head-to-head: Hakuho leads 13-0; the rating model gives Hakuho 96%; Thrower vs Belt Grinder — style matchup slightly favors Hakuho
- Aminishiki (Komusubi, 1-4) vs Kotoshogiku (Ozeki, 5-0) →head-to-head: Kotoshogiku leads 32-19; the rating model gives Aminishiki 50%