Hakuho has tied Taiho. He defeated Kakuryu pretty quickly to win his 32nd yusho.

The Outstanding Performance prize was awarded to Takayasu, who finished with an excellent 10-5 record and, most notably, two gold stars by defeating Harumafuji and Hakuho. It was that victory that really added a lot of drama to the latter half of the tournament as Kakuryu took the lead.

Fighting Spirit prizes went to Kyokutenho and Tochinoshin for garnering 10 and 11 wins, respectively. Tochinoshin’s 11-4 record makes for a very impressive return to makuuchi off injury. Hopefully he’ll find himself back as komusubi next tournament.

Endo picked up his 10th win pretty quietly. I don’t think he got an award because he lost so many times the first week. Ikioi lost to Kaisei and will surely drop to a maegashira 3 or 4 in January. He’ll be back, though. His first week schedule was a pretty rough one.

I look forward to January when Hakuho will likely move ahead of Taiho and become the undisputed greatest ever. I’m also hoping Homasho will be healthy enough to return, probably to lower Juryo rank.