I covered the round of sixteen yesterday; the quarterfinals were held today. Here was the bracket:
Everyone on the East side won. Enho was in control in his bout with Gonoumi, patiently working to acquire a belt grip and then immediately finishing off his opponent with a nifty underarm throw. His heya-mate Toshinofuji held off Tochimaru’s initial tsuppari attack, but fell for the first hand pulldown attempt. So we’ll have a straightforward 4-man elimination race to the yusho, with Nobehara vs. Fukai on the undercard and Enho vs. Tochimaru in the headline bout. They split their two prior meetings, which took place in Juryo back in 2022.
Here are the updated standings in the promotion zone. As usual, all the relevant round 6 action is being saved for Day 11, so come back then to see where things stand.
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It would be nice to see Shimazuumi take his way up again, finally! What do you think about his possibilities? Too early?
He’s looked pretty good so far, especially today after he took umbrage at Inami’s henka attempt. He’s probably got Toshinofuji next. If he wins out, he should be up. If he finishes 5-2, I’d say it’s 50/50.
Interesting results in Makushita already! I’m definitely curious to see how everything plays out. Thank you for your coverage!
Down in sandanme, Hananofuji(Kawazoe) and Nabatame are in contention for the yusho.
It would be a good match too.