C’est avec une treizième victoire aujourd’hui que le sekiwake Mitakeumi achève son tournoi de Nagoya et remporte la coupe de l’Empereur, le yushô ! Il laisse ses deux poursuivants Asanoyama et Yutakayama à deux victoires derrière lui, handicap impossible à remonter puisqu’il ne reste qu’un jour de combats.
Il a déclaré à la sortie du combat: “Je suis content. J’étais très nerveux ces dernier jours, mais en attendant les encouragements du public, j’ai senti que je devais gagner. Je n’ai jamais senti avant que je devais remporter ce tournoi. Après ma dixième victoire, j’ai commencé à y penser. Battre un ôzeki a été un grand tournant.”
Mitakeumi rencontrait le maegashira 13 Tochiozan, auteur d’un bon tournoi avec 9 victoires. Dès le départ, le sekiwake a contenu la charge du maegashira. La prise du mawashi de son adversaire lui assurant la maîtrise du combat, Mitakeumi n’a plus eu qu’à pousser fortement Tochiozan vers l’extérieur du dohyo sans que celui-ci puisse opposer la moindre résistance.
Pour leur avant-dernière journée, les deux ôzeki ont tous les deux perdu, Takayasu contre le brillant Yutakayama (11 victoires aujourd’hui) et Goeido contre le golgoth mongol Ichonojo. Lors de ce combat, Goeido avait réussi à expulser le mongol à l’extérieur du cercle sacré, mais en tombant lui-même à terre. Le gunbai (arbitre du dohyo) lui avait donné la victoire, mais un mono-ii fut demandé par les juges autour du cercle, et après visualisation du ralenti, la décision fut inversée et la victoire attribuée à Ichinojo. Pour le dernier combat de la journée, Yutakayama n’a laissé aucune chance à Takayasu, lui appliquant une charge de face qui s’est terminée à l’extérieur du cercle sacré.
Bien que les deux champions ôzeki soient au-dessus du kachikoshi, et qu’ils ont donc assuré leur place au prochain tournoi, aucun d’entre eux n’a su bénéficier du retrait de tous les yokozuna pour atteindre le yusho, et c’est quand même une déception qu’ils se soient fait doubler par Mitakeumi et deux maegashiras.
Dans les profondeurs du classement; Yoshikaze réussit in extremis sa première victoire en 13 combats en battant le maegashira 16 Meisei !
Pour le dernier jour, Mitakeumi rencontrera Yutakayama et les deux ôzeki se disputeront la victoire du dernier combat du tournoi.
Les lutteurs kachi koshi du jour sont :
Jûryô : Chiyonoo, Wakatakakage, Daishoho, Chiyonoumi
Les lutteurs make koshi du jour sont :
Sekiwake Mitakeumi secured his first top division title after beating Tochiozan and maintaining his two-win lead on Saturday, the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Mitakeumi, who made his makuuchi division debut in November 2015, clinched the championship by beating No. 13 maegashira Tochiozan (9-5), a former sekiwake who had won just one of their previous six career meetings.
As both wrestlers scrambled for a hold, it was Mitakeumi who first got a solid grip on Tochiozan’s belt. When Tochiozan attempted to maneuver, the sekiwake quickly got under his opponent’s left shoulder and drove him out.
“I’m happy. I was so nervous during the last few days, but hearing people cheer, I felt like I had to win,” Mitakeumi said.
“I never imagined I would win this tournament,” he also said. “After I got to 10 wins, I started thinking I might win. Beating an ozeki was a big turning point.”
Mitakeumi’s undefeated run was broken by ozeki Takayasu on Day 12 of the 15-day event at Dolphins Arena. But Mitakeumi bounced back by defeating ozeki Goeido on Friday.
His path to the championship was made easier by the withdrawal from the tournament of all three yokozuna — Hakuho, Kakuryu and Kisenosato — as well as new ozeki Tochinoshin and former ozeki Kotoshogiku, all due to injuries.
Mitakeumi said he didn’t feel any pressure with all three yokozuna out of the tournament.
“I didn’t really think much about it,” Mitakeumi said. “My goal was to get a winning record, win in double digits and win a championship. And somehow I managed it.”
The win marks 22 victories for Mitakeumi during the last two tournaments, making promotion to ozeki a possibility depending on his performance at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September.
The 25-year-old will become the first Japanese wrestler born in the Heisei era and the first Dewanoumi stable wrestler in 38 years to win a makuuchi title. He fights No. 9 Yutakayama on the final day.
In other bouts, Yutakayama (11-3) quickly defeated ozeki Takayasu (9-5), while ozeki Goeido (9-5) succumbed to sekiwake Ichinojo (7-7).
Both komusubi also suffered losses on Day 14 as No. 6 Chiyotairyu (9-5) charged out Tamawashi (8-6) and No. 4 Kagayaki (6-8) beat Shohozan (3-11), who will likely forfeit his rank for September’s meet after failing to secure a winning record.
In the first half of bouts, Asanoyama earned an 11th win and his best-ever top division record since his makuuchi debut last September after beating No. 6 Endo (8-6).
The No. 13 maegashira got his right shoulder under his popular opponent during the initial charge and quickly forced out Endo, who has won just one bout in his last six.
Asanoyama, who along with Yutakayama was two wins off the pace going into Saturday’s bouts, needed Mitakeumi to lose in order to remain in contention.
Among other lower-ranked wrestlers, No. 5 Yoshikaze finally earned his first win by defeating No. 16 Meisei. The former sekiwake, who had lost 13 straight bouts, powered his opponent to the edge and then deposited him over the straw.
Written by Kyodo
Rikishis | Score | Kimarites | Score | Rikishis |
Sadanoumi 佐田の海 (Maegashira 12) | | | | | Ryuden 竜電 (Maegashira 15) | |
Okinoumi 隠岐の海 (Maegashira 14) | | | | | Arawashi 荒鷲 (Maegashira 12) | |
Chiyomaru 千代丸 (Maegashira 10) | | | | | | |
Chiyoshoma 千代翔馬 (Maegashira 8) | | | | | Nishikigi 錦木 (Maegashira 10) | |
Aoiyama 碧山 (Maegashira 11) | | | | | Kyokutaisei 旭大星 (Maegashira 8) | |
Takarafuji 宝富士 (Maegashira 7) | | | | | Onosho 阿武咲 (Maegashira 11) | |
Ishiura 石浦 (Maegashira 15) | | | | | Daieisho 大栄翔 (Maegashira 7) | |
Endo 遠藤 (Maegashira 6) | | | | | Asanoyama 朝乃山 (Maegashira 13) | |
Daishomaru 大翔丸 (Maegashira 5) | | | | | Kotoeko 琴恵光 (Maegashira 14) | |
Meisei 明生 (Maegashira 16) | | | | | Yoshikaze 嘉風 (Maegashira 5) | |
Kaisei 魁聖 (Maegashira 4) | | | | | Myogiryu 妙義龍 (Maegashira 9) | |
Ikioi 勢 (Maegashira 2) | | | | | | |
Shodai 正代 (Maegashira 1) | | | | | Abi 阿炎 (Maegashira 3) | |
Tamawashi 玉鷲 (Komusubi) | | | | | | |
Kagayaki 輝 (Maegashira 4) | | | | | Shôhôzan 松鳳山 (Komusubi) | |
Tochiôzan 栃煌山 (Maegashira 13) | | | | | | |
Gôeidô 豪栄道 (Ozeki) | | | | | Ichinojo 逸ノ城 (Sekiwake) | |
Yutakayama 豊山 (Maegashira 9) | | | | | Takayasu 高安 (Ozeki) |
Rikishis | Score | Kimarites | Score | Rikishis |
Kiribayama (Makushita 3) | | | | | Chiyonoumi 千代の海 (Juryo 12) | |
Homarefuji 誉富士 (Juryo 14) | | | | | Yago 矢後 (Juryo 8) | |
Gagamaru 臥牙丸 (Juryo 9) | | | | | Azumaryu 東龍 (Juryo 7) | |
Seiro 青狼 (Juryo 6) | | | | | Kizenryu 希善龍 (Juryo 13) | |
Daishoho 大翔鵬 (Juryo 5) | | | | | Tokushoryu 徳勝龍 (Juryo 9) | |
Wakatakakage 若隆景 (Juryo 12) | | | | | Hidenoumi 英乃海 (Juryo 5) | |
Takanosho 隆の勝 (Juryo 4) | | | | | Shimanaoumi 志摩ノ海 (Juryo 8) | |
Kyokushuho 旭秀鵬 (Juryo 6) | | | | | Aminishiki 安美錦 (Juryo 4) | |
Kotoyuki 琴勇輝 (Juryo 3) | | | | | Tobizaru 翔猿 (Juryo 13) | |
Mitoryu 水戸龍 (Juryo 11) | | | | | Takanoiwa 貴ノ岩 (Juryo 3) | |
Daiamami 大奄美 (Juryo 2) | | | | | Chiyonoo 千代ノ皇 (Juryo 11) | |
Terutsuyoshi 照強 (Juryo 10) | | | | | Takagenji 貴源治 (Juryo 2) | |
Takekaze 豪風 (Juryo 1) | | | | | Churanoumi 美ノ海 (Juryo 14) | |
Tsurugisho 剣翔 (Juryo 7) | | | | | Akiseyama 明瀬山 (Juryo 1) |
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C'est bien vers Ichinojo que le gyoji avait pointé son gunbai, ce que le mono-ii a confirmé. C'était quand même dur à voir à vitesse réelle, chapeau au gyoji!
pour moi Ichinojo a attrapé les cheveux de Goeido...