Basho Report ・ 場所レポート
Torikumi for this day →Ikioi, Kisenosato share the lead at 7 wins
March (Haru) 2016 has completed day 7. Ikioi, Kisenosato share the lead at 7-0.
Championship Race
Ichinojo, Goeido, Kotoshogiku, Kakuryu, Hakuho trail by one. 8 days remain.
- Maegashira 4 Ikioi7-0 ・ W7
- Ozeki Kisenosato7-0 ・ W7
- Maegashira 11 Ichinojo6-1
- Ozeki Goeido6-1
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku6-1
- Yokozuna Kakuryu6-1 ・ W6
- Yokozuna Hakuho6-1 ・ W6
Ozeki Watch
Ozeki Kotoshogiku, bidding for yokozuna, stands at 6-1 — 7 wins short of the 13-win benchmark.
Kadoban ozeki Goeido stands at 6-1 — 2 more wins needed with 8 days left.
Kadoban ozeki Terunofuji stands at 5-2 — 3 more wins needed with 8 days left.
解説 ・ InsightKotoshogiku's last two basho: 8 wins, then 14 (champion) — 22 in total. Against the "back-to-back championship-level" standard, another title-class run is required here.
His rating of 2736 is at career-peak level (2736) — the rating says he is knocking on the door.
This is kadoban No. 3 — he has survived all 2 previous ones.
His pre-basho rating of 2463 sits 270 points below his peak of 2733 — the decline shows in the numbers.
This is Terunofuji's first kadoban.
His pre-basho rating of 2614 sits 219 points below his peak of 2833 — the decline shows in the numbers.
- Ozeki Kotoshogiku6-1 ・ yokozuna bid
- Ozeki Goeido6-1 ・ kadoban #3
- Ozeki Terunofuji5-2 ・ kadoban #1
Tomorrow’s Bouts to Watch
- Yoshikaze (Sekiwake, 2-5) vs Hakuho (Yokozuna, 6-1) →head-to-head: Hakuho leads 15-3; the rating model gives Yoshikaze 21%
- Kakuryu (Yokozuna, 6-1) vs Aoiyama (Maegashira 3, 3-4) →head-to-head: Kakuryu leads 20-1; the rating model gives Kakuryu 75%
- Ikioi (Maegashira 4, 7-0) vs Kisenosato (Ozeki, 7-0) →head-to-head: Kisenosato leads 16-1; the rating model gives Ikioi 23%