Kyushu Basho: Last 2 Days

[osumo3@native.usc.edu (Luigi Manna)]

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|Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 11:52:30 JST
|From: Riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp
|Subject: Kyushu Basho: Last 2 Days
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|Winners:                Losers:                 Technique:
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|Oginishiki              Kitakachidoki           yorikiri
|Minatofuji              Oginohana               oshidashi
|Kaio                    Musoyama                yorikiri
|Tokitsunada             Kiraiho                 kotenage
|Tamakairiki             Kyokudozan              yorikiri
|Terao                   Toyonoumi               ashitori
|Kenko                   Daizen                  hatakikomi
|Kotoinazuma             Kirishima               oshidashi
|Wakashoyo               Daishoho                default
|Takamisugi              Kasugafuji              tsukiotoshi
|Misugisato              Daishoyama              yorikiri
|Tomonohana              Mainoumi                okuridashi
|Takatoriki              Higonoumi               hatakikomi
|Kotonowaka              Kushimaumi              yorikiri
|Akinoshima              Kotobeppu               yorikiri
|Musashimaru             Takanonami              tsukidashi
|Kotonishiki             Tochinowaka             oshidashi
|Konishiki               Takanohana              yoritaoshi
|Wakanohana              Akebono                 hatakikomi
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|FINAL DAY:
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|Winners:                Losers:                 Technique:
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|Aogiyama        (J)     Kaio            (10-5)  oshidashi
|Kitakachidoki   (9-6)   Toyonoumi       (8-7)   oshidashi
|Tamakairiki     (8-7)   Kiraiho         (8-7)   kotenage
|Kotoinazuma     (6-9)   Oginohana       (4-11)  shitatehineri
|Oginishiki      (11-4)  Kyokudozan      (6-9)   yorikiri
|Daizen          (10-5)  Terao           (7-8)   uwatenage
|Wakashoyo       (8-7)   Daishoyama      (6-9)   yorikiri
|Kasugafuji      (6-9)   Kirishima       (3-12)  oshidashi
|Minatofuji      (6-9)   Takamisugi      (4-11)  yorikiri
|Tomonohana      (8-7)   Kotobeppu       (8-7)   uchimuso
|Misugisato      (6-9)   Higonoumi       (5-10)  yorikiri
|Kushimaumi      (5-10)  Tokitsunada     (6-9)   tottari
|Kenko           (7-8)   Takatoriki      (5-10)  hatakikomi
|Mainoumi        (6-9)   Akinoshima      (6-9)   kirikaeshi
|Musoyama        (9-6)   Kotonowaka      (7-8)   yorikiri
|Musashimaru     (13-2)  Tochinowaka     (8-7)   okuridashi
|Takanonami      (12-3)  Kotonishiki     (9-6)   hatakikomi
|Wakanohana      (12-3)  Konishiki       (6-9)   okuridashi
|Akebono         (13-2)  Takanohana      (7-8)   hatakikomi
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|In the tie-breaker, it was Akebono over Musashimaru by hikiotoshi.
| 
|The Yokozuna gets his third straight yusho, and sixth overall.
| 
|Awards:
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|Kanto-sho (Fighting Spirit):  Oginishiki
|Gino-sho (Technique):  Tomonohana (2nd time)
|Shukun-sho (Outstanding Performance):  Musashimaru
| 
|The best records ended up at the top and bottom, as the higher maegashira
|and even komusubi had a rough time this basho.  Tomonohana is a big
|surprise, as he was not expected to do well against the san-yaku, yet he
|gets kachikoshi and the Gino-sho again.
| 
|Oginishiki came back from the depths of juryo and showed everyone that he
|wants to stay in makuuchi this time.  Looks like the others could learn
|from his fighting spirit.
| 
|Musashimaru was a vastly improved rikishi this basho, and could make it to
|ozeki if he keeps this up.  Personally, I don't think he can live forever
|with just one technique (he doesn't seem to want to learn new ones), but
|he can sure shove like hell!
| 
|Koshishiki will be sekiwake and Takanohana will be kadoban in January.
|Takanohana might've done well to heed his doctor's advice and not fight
|in this basho, but he's young and should be able to come back.  Konishiki,
|though, is finished, IMO.  He's 30 now, and _way_ too heavy.  There's
|just no controlling himself anymore, and the others just have to get to
|one side and it's all over.
| 
|Akebono faltered a bit the last few days, but still has a good deal of
|technique and stamina to work with that he didn't have 2 years ago.  I
|see him being in charge for quite a while.  He announced his girlfriend
|the other day: a Noriko Usui.  She's 23 and quite a cutey.  He says he
|hopes to marry her soon.  Well, he just won another 5 million yen from
|the basho, so that should be a decent down payment on the wedding!
| 
|See you in January.
|
|Mata nee....
|
|David
|riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp
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