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an 8-7; but you know, it was his first juryo basho
and it was better than the 17/26 juryo sekitori who were make-koshi. As
for Tochiozan, he ranked 4th, winning 5 of his last 7 bouts. Hakuba – Coming up to juryo will be Hakuba, the Mongolian from Michinoku beya. He’s had a fairly torrid time on his way up the banzuke, hampered by injury and taking 7 years to reach juryo. He seemed set to remain in makushita but has seen a resurgence in the last few basho, culminating in his yusho in Kyushu. Michinoku-beya clinched both the juryo (Jumonji) and makushita yusho and will now have two sekitori in makunouchi and two in juryo. The blossoming of young Hakuba will be an added boost as the other Michinoku |
sekitori are all around 30 years old and unlikely to reach the realm of sanyaku. Kazafuzan – Since making his debut in Kyushu 2003, Kazafuzan has earned himself a record of 75-50-1 and has been in makushita since March 2006, reaching mid-level before Kyushu. Despite the odd bump in the road he’s making steady progress and the reason I want to include him is because he’s just so convincing: confident, strong and committed on the dohyo. Having no real competition at Nishikido forces him to go out on degeiko and gives an opportunity to train with higher-ranked rikishi, which will only help his progress. Unless he gets injured, there’s no limit to what he could achieve. |
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