Basho Report ・ 場所レポート
Torikumi for this day →Osunaarashi takes a gold star off yokozuna Harumafuji
July (Nagoya) 2014 has completed day 6. Osunaarashi (Maegashira 3) defeated yokozuna Harumafuji by Hikiotoshi for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 2. Takayasu, Kotoshogiku, Hakuho share the lead at 6-0.
Championship Race
Chiyomaru, Takekaze, Kisenosato, Kakuryu trail by one. 9 days remain.
- Maegashira 11 Takayasu6-0 ・ W6
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku6-0 ・ W6
- Yokozuna Hakuho6-0 ・ W6
- Maegashira 16 Chiyomaru5-1
- Maegashira 4 Takekaze5-1 ・ W5
- Ozeki Kisenosato5-1 ・ W4
- Yokozuna Kakuryu5-1
Today's Kinboshi
Osunaarashi (Maegashira 3) defeated yokozuna Harumafuji by Hikiotoshi for a kinboshi gold star. It is career kinboshi No. 2.
Ozeki Watch
Ozeki Kisenosato, bidding for yokozuna, stands at 5-1 — 8 wins short of the 13-win benchmark.
Kadoban ozeki Kotoshogiku stands at 6-0 — 2 more wins needed with 9 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 Kisenosato5-1 ・ yokozuna bid
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku6-0 ・ kadoban #3
Tomorrow’s Bouts to Watch
- Hakuho (Yokozuna, 6-0) vs Aoiyama (Komusubi, 1-5) →head-to-head: Hakuho leads 23-1; the rating model gives Hakuho 92%; Thrower vs Pulling Pusher — style matchup slightly favors Hakuho
- Kaisei (Maegashira 3, 0-6) vs Harumafuji (Yokozuna, 4-2) →head-to-head: Harumafuji leads 16-0; the rating model gives Kaisei 9%
- Shohozan (Maegashira 1, 2-4) vs Kotoshogiku (Ozeki, 6-0) →head-to-head: Kotoshogiku leads 17-10; the rating model gives Shohozan 40%; Forward Pusher vs Belt Grinder — style matchup is even