And thus begins Heisei 24 in sumo. Juryo wasn’t a bad watch today, but nothing amazing to report on. Chiyotairyu picked up his first sekitori win, Sotairyu won in a relatively impressive fashion, Russian Amuru also snagged sekitori win #1, Takamisakari squeezed one out too. Most impressive though was Ikoi’s double win over Masunoyama. 1st go round was given to Ikioi then monoii-ed, and round two went again to Ikoi, which seems to be the way with Masunoyama bouts, who with his lung condition is not very effective in torinaoshi situations.
Now for Makuuchi.
Kaisei v Nionoumi – Kaisei had some trouble getting momentum going today, and underdog Nionoumi tried his best to move forward. After a few failed thrusting attempts Keanau realized that guile might work better. So he back pedaled a bit and took the win via tsukiotoshi. Continue reading
Sumo & Stogies 