Posting daily results was too much for me to keep up with, apologies for nothing after the first 2 days, but the May Grand Sumo Tournament is now complete. Here are the final results:
Emperor’s Cup Winner/Makuuchi Champion-Terunofuji (Yokozuna), 12-3. 7th Career Makuuchi Championship. 10th Overall Career Championship.
Juryo Champion-Nishikifuji (Juryo 6), 11-4. 4th Career Championship. 1st Juryo Championship. Won playoff for championship
Makushita Champion-Oshoma (Makushita 8), 7-0. 1st Career Championship.
Sandanme Champion-Kamitani (Sandanme 29, 7-0). 1st Career Championship
Jonidan Champion-Kototebakani (Jonidan 21, 7-0). 2nd Career Championship. 1st Jonidan Championship
Jonokuchi Champion-Kazekeno (Jonokuchi 22, 6-1). 1st Career Championship. Won in Debut Tournament
Special Prices (Makuuchi):
Outstanding Performance (Most wins against Yokozuna & Ozeki by non-Ozaki or Yokozuna rank)-Daieisho, Takanosho
Fighting Spirit-Sadanoumi
Technique (most different winning techniques)-None
Side notes: There were 4 wrestlers with a chance at the title in the final day. Ura (9-4-2) was also in it until Day 14 when he was forced to withdraw due to an ankle injury.
2 of the 3 Ozaki-Shodai and Mitakeumi-will be in Kadoban status in July, meaning if they do not have a winning record, they will be demoted. Takakeisho was only saved from Kadoban today with a win over Shodai, finishing 8-7. This is the first time since November 2020 Mitakeumi finishes a tournament with a losing record., he went 6-9 in his second tournament as an Ozaki.
With 1 championship and 21 wins in his last 2 tournaments, Sekiwake Wakatakagake will have a chance for promotion to Ozaki in the next tournament if he can either win the tournament or finish with at least 10 wins.
Abi will be demoted from Sekiwake due to finishing with a 7-8 record. Daieisho should be promoted back to Sekiwake. Hoshoryu should remain at Komosubi thanks to an 8-7 record. This is the first losing tournament for Abi since he returned from a 3-tournament suspension in March 2021.
It was an excellent tournament for Isegahama Beya as they took the top two championships.
Former Ozeki Asanoyama should be eligible to return in July as he has finished a 1 year (6 tournament) suspension for violating coronavirus safety protocols and dishonesty in subsequent investigations. He will probably fall down to the Sandanme in the July Banzuke as he was Makushita 42 this tournament. The last Ozeki to fall this far down? Terunofuji, and he fell all the way down to Jonidan for one tournament and has had just one losing record since (March, when he had to withdraw after Day 5 due to injury). And now he is Yokozuna.
The next tournament is the July tournament from 7/10-7/24 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya.
