Saturday, March 23, 2019

Go Ichinojo!!!


Tomorrow is the final day of the current Spring Basho tournament, and I'm so excited for Ichinojo who has a chance to win his first tournament. 

Having had poor showings in the last few tournaments he had been severely demoted in rankings.

From Day 1 of this spring tournament, I noticed a change in the normally mild and unaggressive Ichinojo. A fire seems to have been lit.

Day 14 shows Ichinojo with 13 wins and 1 loss. Standing in Ichinojo's way, however, is the amazing Yokozuna Hakuho who has already won a record-breaking 41 championships. 

Hakuho is undefeated in this tournament, but faces fellow yokozuna Kakuryu tomorrow. If Hakuho should lose and Ichinojo wins his match, there will be a playoff.

Go Ichinojo!

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

We've also been watching this past week in suspense! Can't wait to see what happens!! -L

Susan said...

I actually watched a few rounds of sumo some time ago and saw a match with Ichinojo. He won too! Go Ichinojo!!!

Craig S said...

I will be watching the live broadcast on NHK World Spectrum 1682 tonight. 9:30 to 11:00

jalna said...

L, so exciting, yah!

Susan, LOL!

Craig, I gonna try catch it live on my computer since Wendell is the boss of the TV and totally not into watching sumo.