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Day 11 standings
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Natsu
Banzuke
Andreas
Kungl
Natsu Day 11 Comments
May 16, 2012
- Reading Matt's Day 10 report fresh from the press, I find myself a
little bereft of what I intended to present in my own intro right here.
But that's a good sign, isn't it, as it means that either the individual
analyses of the various ST contributors do converge pretty well
in these tumultuous days of Japan's reemergence as Fatherland of
Champions, or that Mike finally managed to upgrade the firmware of the
chips he made us have implanted out of beta stage. In any case, I say
"Well done Matt, you took the words right out of my dirty, food stained
keyboard." So I take another sip of my late evening Paraguay...
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Kenji
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Andreas
Kungl
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Simon
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Yokozuna
Hakuho continues to work his way into the history books
The
wild and crazy Haru basho largely lived up to its reputation as Sekiwake
Kakuryu came out of nowhere to establish a yusho run that took him into
senshuraku only needing a win against Goeido to seal an improbable
yusho; however, a loss to Goeido coupled with a Hakuho win over a
fizzling Baruto resulted in a playoff for the yusho where Hakuho
dominated his fellow countryman to seal the come-from-behind yusho. All
was not lost, however, for Kakuryu whose performance left him with 34
wins over the previous three basho from the Sekiwake rank, marks good
enough to earn him promotion to Ozeki. As for Hakuho, he picked up his
career 22nd yusho which ties him with Takanohana for fifth place
all-time. The Yokozuna looks to surpass Takanohana once and for all at
the Natsu basho where a record-setting six Ozeki are ranked on the
banzuke leaving few talking points beyond that this tournament, which
runs from May 6th to May 20th.