Nagoya Basho: Day 11 (finally!!)

[Riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp]

Now that we're up to date on prior happenings, here are the results
from Wednesday:

Winners:             Losers:               Kimarite:
--------             -------               ---------
 
Tokitsunada     6-5  Naminohana       (J)  yorikiri
Takamisugi      7-4  Konishiki        6-5  yorikiri
Kotogaume       4-7  Daishi           6-5  tsukiotoshi
Kotobeppu       5-6  Kushimaumi       6-5  yorikiri
Mitoizumi       7-4  Kenko            6-5  yorikiri
Kotoinazuma     7-4  Akinoshima       5-6  tsukiotoshi
Oginohana       5-6  Minatofuji       3-8  uwatenage
Kitakachidoki   5-6  Kiraiho          5-6  yorikiri
Kirishima       5-6  Daishoho         4-7  isamiashi
Misugisato      6-5  Asanowaka        3-8  tsukiotoshi
Daizen          4-7  Kyokudozan       4-7  oshidashi
Higonoumi       7-4  Tomonohana       4-7  oshitaoshi
Hamanoshima     6-5  Kotonowaka       7-4  yorikiri
Takatoriki      8-3  Terao            3-8  oshidashi
Musoyama        6-5  Oginishiki       3-8  yoritaoshi
Kaio            3-8  Kotonishiki      3-8  yorikiri
Musashimaru    11-0  Tochinowaka      3-8  yorikiri
Takanohana      8-3  Kotofuji         2-9  yorikiri
Wakanohana     11-0  Kasugafuji       4-7  oshidashi
Takanonami      9-2  Mainoumi         7-4  uwatenage
 
Mainoumi loses by a hair, literally.  He and Takanonami
went down at the same time, but Mainoumi's hair touched
the dohyo first, as the Shimpan announced after the 
mono-ii.  The san-yaku ranks are thinning out now, as
Terao and Kotonishiki join Kaio with make-koshi.  Waka
and Musashimaru cruise; the crowd gave both a lot of
applause, smelling a possible zensho yusho playoff on
Sunday.
 
   Torikumi for Day 12:
   --------------------
 
East:                West:
-----                -----
 
Naminohana     -  -  Kushimaumi
Mitoizumi      0  1  Tokitsunada
Takamisugi     7  4  Kotogaume
Minatofuji     0  0  Akinoshima
Konishiki      0  1  Higonoumi
Kitakachidoki  3  2  Kotobeppu
Daishi         0  0  Kiraiho
Kotonowaka     2  2  Kenko
Oginohana      1  4  Daishoho
Kirishima      4  5  Kotoinazuma
Misugisato     8 10  Kyokudozan
Hamanoshima    1  1  Mainoumi
Asanowaka      1  0  Tomonohana
Tochinowaka   14  9  Terao
Kotonishiki    5  1  Daizen
Takatoriki     1  0  Musoyama
Takanonami     4  4  Kotofuji
Oginishiki     0  2  Musashimaru
Takanohana     3  2  Kasugafuji
Kaio           1  1  Wakanohana

For some reason, my host was busy last evening.  I was all sent
to send this, but couldn't log in.  :-(

("Yeah, sure, I buy that," says everyone, "along with this 
waterfront property in Georgia.")  No offense intended to all/any
of you in Georgia or who have family/friends there!!

Mata nee....
 
David
riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp