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20 - You know there's that old saying, "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it" I believe it goes. For years we at Sumotalk have been bitching, moaning and groaning about how the top rankers and the best rikishi in the game don't live up to their expectations and drop a few bouts early. Well, with the top 6 guys boasting a powerful 37-5 combined record, it's safe to say that's definitely not the case anymore. And yet, something seems to be missing. Is it Asashoryu's aura of doom? Is it the fact that the Japanese youngsters aren't exactly rocking the boat? Could it be that the joijin below Komusubi are sucking collective arse?
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Asashoryu surpasses Kitanoumi with yusho #25
Yokozuna Asashoryu surpassed expectations for the second straight year at the Hatsu basho by securing his 25th career yusho, a mark that puts him alone in third place on the all-time yusho list (Taiho 32, Chiyonofuji 31).
Asashoryu took control of the basho after Hakuho suffered fluke losses to Harumafuji and Kaio in week two allowing the older Yokozuna to clinch the yusho in anticlimactic fashion on day 14. Sekiwake Baruto contributed another outstanding performance notching 12 wins for the second time in three basho that included his first ever victory over a Yokozuna when he defeated
Hakuho earning him the Shukunsho. The Estonian is now a prime candidate for promotion to the Ozeki rank pending his
performance in March. Aminishiki and Toyohibiki also picked up special
prizes while former Ozeki Chiyotaikai retired from active sumo after an
ugly 0-3 start.