Roga: 3–6 after Day 9, then six straight wins on the way to Maegashira 5
Six white circles at the end of July’s result…
Oshoma: 190 cm, and a knack for redirecting the contest
His listed strengths include pushing and inas…
Wakamotoharu: he names the left-hand-inside grip as his best quality
Yorikiri makes up 33% of his recent wins. I w…
Kotoeiho: nine wins, ten wins, eleven wins, then Maegashira 1
His March, May and July records rise one win …
Takayasu: eleven days absent in May, eleven wins in July—and the bout beyond the numbers
May’s 2–2–11 and July’s 11–4 give the same nu…
Yoshinofuji: 6–9 on his komusubi debut, and a record worth reading to the end
His first tournament at komusubi ended 6–9, b…
Gonoyama: 73% of his wins by push-out—following the numbers straight ahead
Oshidashi accounts for 73% of his winning fin…
Tamawashi at 41: the hands that make a doormat also do the pushing
His official questionnaire mentions making sm…
Ura: before waiting for an unusual technique, look at the push-outs
Ura’s most common winning technique in the si…
Enho: 167 cm, and push-outs lead his winning-technique list
His left-hand-inside grip and underarm throw …