The threat of COVID-19 looms over the world of sumo, but at least one thing is certain—today is Banzuke day! That’s Sunday in the US, and early Monday for much the the rest of the world. In spite of the doubts about when the next basho will start, join Team Tachiai as we celebrate the Natsu ranking sheet!
Tachiai will bring you the details as soon as the banzuke hits the NSK web site, or you can join us in manically clicking refresh on this page: Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke
Of course our master prognosticator, lksumo, published his predictions some time ago; you can find them here:
Terunofuji is back!! That made me smile. Stay safe everyone.
And he will likely fight Kotoshogiku, that’s a rematch I can’t wait for.
Wouldn’t it be fun if Kotoshogiku returned the flavour and pulled a henka on Terunofuji?
For context, this is what happened in Osaka 2017 when Seiwake Kotoshogiku took on Ozeki Terunofuji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6v69R8Zv0E
It was even more bitter for Kotoshogiku because that effectively ended his chance to regain his Ozeki rank.