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Day 1 upper division bouts from the January 2024 GRAND SUMO Tournament.
Kicha and thanks for joining us on Grand Sumo highlights and happy New Year it’s day one the opening day of the New Year’s tournament yokun fuj has returned to action for the first time in three tournaments 73rd yoka is gunning for his ninth Championship standing next to him
Is oek kirishima on the left he’s gunning for promotion to the top rank of Yokozuna himself we’re at the kokan the home of sumo so many things to see and so many Rishi to keep her eye on in this year’s New Year’s tournament let’s get things started we begin with Shima Zumi the
Shinu maku top division rookie going up against the the rich KN to the top division aiyama from Bulgaria here is shimazu Umi making his makoi debut after 12 years since his Pro debut ayama man from Bulgaria returning to Mak noi good job ayama establishing a right hand inside position he advances shimi perseveres
Shimi looking very defensive by the he the tables and he rallies and defeats aama the top division rookie prevails with a strong style of sumo a loses but Shima Umi wins an outstanding Sumo by shimu oh almost put Shima Zumi away but Shima Zumi able to show great agility
Remaining in the ring and once he gets set it’s all shimu Umi getting the W my Sumo wasn’t impressive by my body moved really well the atmosphere in the top division is great with so many Spectators I wasn’t really nervous you said your goal is to receive
The technique prize how are you going to fight fight with a strong initial charge to gain my favorite inside position all right right off the bat we have the bout of the day number one it is bushan meeting onos another Shak rookie onos is from ishika prefecture where a massive earthquake struck on
January 1st he says he wants to give energy and hope to people in his home prefecture with a strong performance his opponent the rury to the top division strong Pusher bushan bushan pushes but oh no with a great footwork and hits the slapd down and onos another Shinu maku top division
Rookie prevails here on the opening dayak Victory by the former College standout onos is the 2021 and 2022 amateur Yokozuna highly recruited out of College while competing for 15 days as long so I’m glad I won with a focus on one bout at a time your hometown went
Through so much with the natural disaster from the beginning of the new year all I can do is Cheer those people up with my good performance for the entire 15 days moving on to the next match it is Tomo Kaz meeting takar Fuji tomaz M 15 takar Fuji m 16
Here is the veran Takara Fuji 36 years old he will turn on 37 next month Tomo Kaz hoping to gain a Kik kosi this time after going 788 good charge by Tomo Kaz look at the defense shown by takar Fuji takar Fuji holding his ground Tomo Kaza able
To move takar Fuji back takar Fuji back pedals takar Fuji remains in the ring takar Fuji breaks tomok kaz’s balance goes wi behind tomaz and wins by OK Dashi rear push out good Patience by Takara Fuji he allowed tomok Kazi to do his offensive work and gets the win in the
End rear push out Koto facing off against onoo went 12 and three in in the juo competition in November meeting oh noo right here who went 3 and 12 disaster in November the juo champ in Fukuoka hoping to keep the momentum going here they go face SL by kot Koto
Advances but oh no hits the thrust down and oh noo gets the W because thei gave the match to on but wait a minute we’re going to have a mono close ending who went down or out first very close ending the gji gave the match to onos show after reviewing the
Match On’s body went out first so we will reverse the decision and give the victory to Koto reversal of the decision Sash and oh noo loses and kot Soho in the meantime gets the win oshidashi it’s chomi versus Endo here he is endo he’s also from ishika prefecture so he wants to cheer
Those people up in ishika with his strong performance chiromi is from Okinawa the southern most prefecture in Japan good initial charge by Endo Endo pounding away Endo back now it is chomi turning the tables goes inside with the left and he is able to dispatch Endo his n sen the senior
Shi with another impressive performance he gets off to a good start here on the opening day it’s taka noo meeting m m competing in his 70th makoi contest in November takos set out the final five days with a right knee injury he’s hoping to Rebound with a strong performance this time
Charge by takos m pushes Tako rallies Tako goes inside takano dispatches M no problem oashi wind for Tako sharp initial charge by m but he was takos in the latter half of the match to take the match T versus Oho both men winning Kik Koshi in November here is turugo competing in his
60th career tournament Oho had only two Kachi Koshi in 2023 so he wants to pick up the pace in 2024 face slap by T but it doesn’t fase Oho Oho goes forward good move by turugo but nice reversal by Oho looks like a leftand s Naga beltless arm throw and down goes T
Gish zish had his chance but Oho was able to persevere and gets the win in the end sag tamashi meeting S II both man getting Kik Koshi in fukoka in November here is tamasi he will turn 40 this year in November but he’s still strong and healthy here’s San armi
Competing in his 50th makuchi tournament good charge by sanomi S Omi resisting tamashi pushing hard tamashi going forward oh look at the move by sanomi using his speed and out maneuvering tamawashi [Applause] so the 36y old sanomi defeats 39y old tamashi job well [Applause] done here is mitake II meeting mesay M coming off two consecutive Kachi kosi turned 31 on the CHR Christmas Day mesay 4 and 11 fukoka he’s been relegated seven spots from m 2 to m 9 M me all the way with this frontal charge the gji gave the match to the east side m me but wait a minute we’re
Going to have another mono the conference by the judges did M push Mesi out before he hit the deck that’s the question mes doing everything he can to remain in the ring and hit the thrust down another close ending really hard to tell who won the match the Goji gave the match to
But after our review we came to a conclusion that the two Rish Body Hit the surface at the same time so we will have them fight again in a toi rematch here is the rematch good Char by m but Mami pushes M back M at the edge M goes for the slap
Down Mami advances Mami keeping himself low keeping up the pressure and M goes backwards and M has no answer Mak Umi this time is the clear cut winner mumi on the opening day had to fight twice to get one win but job well done the former oiki prevails it’s H SEO versus H
Umi H Umi with a nice N9 and six record in November here we go spirited Touch goes inside with the right buries his forehead now he needs a left hand grip he gets Ito has the over the toop left outside grip hii does not want to waste any time because
Hulo the big man can wear him out homi needs to attack hul while he has a lot of energy and that’s exactly what he does and homi prevails homi defeats much bigger opponent that’s hokuso and hii off to a strong start Yik Kitt victory [Applause] it’s ich Moto and aano Yama locking
Horns going 11 and4 with the fighting Spirit prize in November here is ayama the former oi at M 7 this time against ichiyama Moto who earned his first special prize in November good charge by ichot icho unable to move asy back asanoyama goes nothing South and he defeats ichiyama
Moto asanoyama is from Toyama prefecture so his homeown prefecture is also affected by the earthquake that happened on January 1st asanoyama with a strong performance moving on to the next match it is Kim ban and Shan noi kiman is perfect against Shan noi 3 and0 so so far can Shan Umi defeat Kim
Ban for the first time good charge by Kim ban Kim ban goes forward and Sh backing hoping to hit the K but Kim ban shuts him down Kim ban stayed tight with Shan noi Shi unable to execute the k ban once again prevails he’s 4 and0 against Shoni now D against Nishikigi here is Liang went 10 and five in November moving up to M five nishik had a losing record seven and eight so he’s hoping to rebound this time good job by dudan getting a deep inside position is Nishi Nishi goes in Nishi kigi pancakes dudan with what appears to be a sque
[Applause] nag Nishi kigi attacked duden with no hesitation once he had that deep Left End inside position and youen went down hard nishikigi wins [Applause] the Battle of two M four combatants Toby zaru and Shai both men with losing records in November here is Toby zaru who calls
Himself the Flying Monkey to straight makoshi now toaru Shai WI six and9 in November so he wants to makes his presence felt it is Toby Z going inside Toby Z attacking Shai looking good now but now it’s Toby going inside Deep by should rallies and
Should die in the end up Toby zaru Toby zaru ends up in the front row a ciso battle a speedy match goes to Shai Shai did a tremendous job of keeping Toby zeru right in front of him shutting down Toby Zer lateral mobility and Shai in the end comes out on
Top Toby zaru really wants to attack Shai from the side but Shai keeping up with toaru speed shoda was in danger right there but she shakes free and he gets his motor going and in the end Shai power overwhelms to zaru now look at the b or the first for
The yok oi Fuji has return to action this time after sitting out three tournaments and kishima G for Yokozuna he is the winner of the previous tournament konoa 11 and4 SEI for promotion to O UDA makes his debut at kusui on the right hand side so here is takayasu who has
Returned to kbi this time after going backto back 10 and five records in September and November and takayasu has looked great in the training sessions leading up to this contest HTO Fuji who’s lost his k rank is his opponent look at the pushing attack advancing attack by takayasu and hokto
Fuji unable to push takayasu at all today takayasu showing his lower body stability lower body strength and takes care of hokto Fuji in strong fashion goes in with both hands out and taka yasu gaining the inside position H Fuji tries to escape but he cannot here’s gyama and d a
Show gyama in his fourth makoi contest three for three so far da show 9 and six in November his oi campaign is back to the drawing board good charge by gyama Dao pushing him back and Dao hits the thrust down and gyama gets buried D show is the winner gyama gave
His best but D show the SE is the winner [Applause] Good Start by gyama but he wasn’t able to go forward at allo setting up for thei from the roof cam look at Daio moving forward pounding away and it’s all Dao from start to finish from this angle
It is kotono Waka who went 11 and four with the fighting Spirit prize in November he meets Abby there’s kotono Waka who’s going for promotion to the second highest rank of OI here’s ABI his boss stable Master shoyama passed away on December 17th so he wants to dedicate this Paso to his
Late stable Master but it is kotaka pushing thrusting and going all the way forward and dispatching Abby no problem [Applause] whatsoever ABI loses looking good a picture of perfect Sumo byona Kono Waka takes the charge Kono Waka up absorbs ab’s thrusting attack and now konaka shows his strength look
At the lower body stability advancing and he wins very convincingly moving on to the next match it is Midori Fuji versus taka show the oi takao is 4 and0 against Midori Fuji taka queso wants to move up to Yokozuna this year as well Midori huji hoping to knock off takao for the very
First time steps to the side but taka with a great anticipation and takao defeats Midori Fuji the tricky move by Midori Fuji did not work against the oiki at all taka show was ready great recognition by takao and he defeats midor Fuji 1 and0 look at takako not overly
Committing himself and that’s why he was able to recover quick and he puts mid Fuji away see mid Fuji passive Sumo it will not work against the oi the second oek to appear is Shu who went 10 and five in November he meets atami Fuji who almost won the
Championship in November the last time they met it was tamy Fuji defeating hu so hu is looking for a payback tamy Fuji hoping to go two and0 against hu they lock up in migu right hand inside strong grip by back pedals he hits the breaks back balance and atami Fuji before he
Recovers he gets taken out of the ring hor sh gets the [Applause] Revenge H show you with a speedy and Powerful Sumo he overwhelms atami Fuji pretty much from start to finish it was allu right hand inside deep right away chest to chest tamy Fuji is able to get the left
Hand solid grip he advances but that’s when hu opens his stance he was ready for this he goes for theate nag he wanted to finish off atami Fuji but atami Fuji remained in the ring so that’s why hu finished him off with a Yi Kitty again getting the right hand
Inside deep position was the key to hu’s Victory look at the body balance and the resiliency by Hu kishima who is the winner of the previous tournament in November is on the doo now he meets wakamoto Haru so Kima this is his very first attempt to make the top rank of
Yokozuna can he get the job done against wakamoto Haru Who’s down to m one this time wakamoto goes forward by kirish Shima look at the move to his left what a timing by kirishima to hit that hii hand pull down wakamoto Haru loses kishima was able to watch Waka Moto haru’s movements and
Kishima remained calm moving to his left and sending W Down and Out wins with a nice hioshi good start all right here is the final bout of the day and the bout of the day number two it’s Tero Fuji the returning Yokozuna against the newly promoted K Ur
Five and one for Tero Fuji Ura has a win over Tero Fuji that was a gold star win for UDA buto Fuji hoping to remain dominant over Ura Cano Fiji scor his first win since the opening day of the July tournament Ura looking for a big upset good charge by UDA going deep
Inside by UDA back penals oh look at the kot strong move by T vui a painful move move and Ura goes out Ura did establish an inside position but tendo Fuji locked up the arm swung Ura around and Ura just could not recover from that position T foodi utilizes power to take UDA
Out look at the Fuji puts on Ur right here oh crunch time and it is really painful for UDA so UDA is able to escape but UDA was already at the edge look at tuno Fuji with the arm lock and he executes The kot Swinging and
Swinging and UDA wants to escape but UDA cannot and the power of T Fuji prevails over Ura so that’s going to do it for day one of the opening day sayonara
