Texas sumotori Wakaichiro was defeated in his day 14, final match, against Asamorimoto. Wakaichiro finishes the Kyushu basho with a disappointing 1-6 record, and we will likely see him return to the Jonidan ranks for the January tournament. His fans and followers wish Wakaichiro a vigorous recovery, and a renewed fighting spirit in the Hatsu basho, and look forward to his push to return to higher ranks in 2018.
My hope is that Wakaichiro takes these bouts and their lessons and applies them to his training. This sort of situation is expected in sumo, so it’s now up to him to apply himself and improve.
https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsI’ll miss watching him, now that the easy source of lower ranked match videos is going away for 2018. 😦
Here’s the match for Kyushu, with value-added slap happy hilarity at the beginning.
https://youtu.be/q0p3nho1jAM