I know he was demoted to Sandanme because he violated the COVID-19 restrictions. Someone said that he could be a Yokozuna by now if it hadn'thappened. Is that true?

As we head into the final days of the basho, the number of undefeated rikishi in Makushita is rapidly decreasing. As we saw on Day 9, Asahifuji, touted as the Strongest Rookie in History, was defeated for the first time in his career at the hands of Nabatame.

Going into Day 11, there are three undefeated men left in Makushita. Nabatame and Mita are Futagoyama stablemates and childhood best friends, and they are both on the path back to Jūryō after falling down due to injuries. They are joined by Fudoho, a 22-year-old who debuted as a Makushita Tsukedashi in March. Nabatame will take on Fudoho, while Mita will face the highest-ranked undefeated Sandanme man. That would happen to be Tenshoyama, the 6'5 Mongolian who debuted alongside Asahifuji.

Day 11 Matches (Including Omori's Day 10 Match):

• Ms26e Omori (3-1) vs. Ms27w Nihonyanagi (3-1) - Omori wins by Yorikiri and advances to 4-1, securing his Kachi-Koshi
• Ms41e Mita (5-0) vs. Sd3e Tenshoyama (5-0) - Tenshoyama wins by Tsukidashi and advances to 6-0
• Ms11e Asahifuji (4-1) vs. Ms5e Tochikodai (4-1) - Asahifuji wins by Oshidashi and advances to 5-1
• Ms3w Nabatame (5-0) vs. Ms30e Fudoho (5-0) - Nabatame wins by Oshidashi and advances to 6-0

Going out of Day 11, we are left with only one undefeated man left in Makushita. Nabatame defeats Fudoho to get a sixth win and remove any doubts about his Jūryō return. On the other hand, stablemate Mita was unable to overcome the massive Tenshoyama, who looks determined to earn the first Yūshō of his career now that he doesn't have Asahifuji to face. If Tenshoyama wins the Sandanme Yūshō, we should expect him and Asahifuji to be ranked near each other in September. Because Mita lost, Nabatame is the only undefeated man left in Makushita. So if he loses to finish 6-1, we could be looking at a multi-man playoff. Also, Omori continues to look impressive, securing his Kachi-Koshi, and he now has enough hair for a slick-back!

Does it make anyone else sad that there's unpopular top level rikishi that never get cheered? I recently learned that Oshoma was given a moment to speak on mic and all he said was "please cheer for me" and a while back Shishi had something similar happen just a short quick statement saying please cheer for me. Especially for us English speakers, we only get second hand information most of the time from poorly translated articles and often (I'm also guilty of this) will judge rikishi and decide who to cheer for and who not to based on this often inaccurate information.

Of course, performance has a big part of popularity and being cheered, but it did make me bummed out to think about rikishi busting their asses just as hard as everyone else to essentially be ignored or even worse, sandwiched between two more popular rikishi during the introduction. Last time I was at the Ryogoku kokugikan that they only sold towels/banners for maybe 70% of the Makuuchi rikishi. Should we make more of an effort to show more support for all of the rikishi if we're attending a live sumo event?

Keep the daily discussion for the Basho in this thread please.

I’m trying to understand the physics of this fabric but having a hard time 🤔

1. Big men, grabbing big men, picking up said big men with this fabric, how does it not come undone?
2. Anyone have a diagram on how the mawashi is tied?

Have you noticed that some rishiki have very poor-quality photos shown on TV before their bouts? For most of them, the photos are professional but very old. In some cases, I can’t remember seeing any other photos of them. For some, such as Onosato or Yoshinofuji, the pictures are more recent but dark and blurry. Worse than 2010s selfies.😂 What do you think could be the reason for this?

yada yada, you know the drill.

MAKUUCHI -> JURYO

demotable: onokatsu

1+ loss: kazuma, mitakeumi,

3+ losses: daiseizan, Asakoryu, chiyoshoma

4+ losses: asahakuryu, abi, tobizaru

Likely to go down: (my personal opinion): onokatsu, mitakeumi, kazuma, chiyoshoma

JURYO->MAKUUCHI

1+ wins: asasuiryu, toshinofuji

2+ wins: tokihayate, dewanoryu

4+ wins: kyokukaiyu, kitanowaka, shirokuma, arashifuji

Likely to go up: (my personal opinion): asasuiryu, toshinofuji

JURYO -> MAKUSHITA

demotable: hakuyozan, oshoumi

1+ loss: tochitaikai

2+ losses: tamashoho

3+ losses: nishikigi, kayo, tohakuryu, hitoshi

4+ losses: meisei, enho, kagayaki, nishinoryu

Likely to go down: (my personal opinion): tochitaikai, hakuyozan, oshoumi

MAKUSHITA -> JURYO

promotable: nabatame, tokifudo (maybe)

+1 win: tanji, tokifudo (definitely)

Likely to go up: (my personal opinion): nabatame, tokifudo

I've been wondering, historically are there styles of sumo that we see more of in Sanyaku ranks? I'm only watching my fourth basho at the moment, but this year it seems like the Sanyaku ranks have been dominated much more by grapplers/mawashi fighters than pusher/thrusters. Has that always been the case?

Not explicitly mentioning anything recently, but I will spoil tag the thread just in case it comes to that.

Lets say the gyoji sees a rikishi break the rules, like kicking above the knee, grabbing the groin of the mawashi, or a closed fist punch. Can they end the fight and declare a winner or are they sworn to wait until the match ends normally?

Wikipedia says that "All wrestlers in the top division below the rank of ōzeki are eligible."

Does it also include wrestlers who have been ozeki but got demoted?

For example, if Aonishiki wins July basho 14 - 1, while defeating both yokozunas, will he be eligible to get Outstanding Performance and Fighting Spirit prizes?

Hi there, fellow sumo fans! Like the title suggests, I'm just curious if there's ever been a tachiai where both rikishi tried to henka, each leaping to the side in anticipation that the other would charge forward. If yes, I'd really love to see a video. Hope everyone is enjoying the current basho! ありがとうございます。

Jikan-Mae = mutually starting the fight when the gunbai is pointed sideways while the gyoji is waiting for the shimpan to officiate the bout. I've only seen it happen in Division 1 matches, but can low divisioners do it too?

Does anyone know anything? Sumodb has always had the habit to be randomly offline for some hours, but I can't reach it since at least the weekend and I'm honestly starting to worry if somethings wrong.

Video is unrelated, of course. Thought, I might share some Ura.

Not about any case in particular but ai was wondering

What would happen if after a mono ii with a reversal it is shown due to say... photographs or a fan video that the reversal is wrong?

or put it in a other way. is there a way to call a judge for a mistake after the rulling has done and thus potentially changing the record?

Alguém sabe onde eu poderia assistir os eventos do ano de 2005 ?