May 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament, Day 4

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Compiled from: NSK's postings for makuuchi, juryo, makushita, sandanme, jonidan and jonokuchi; NSK's absence list and NSK's Day 4 program in Japanese.

SumoDB for today including H2H.

General knowledge: Full list of winning techniques like oshidashi, yorikiri, etc; Pre-bout rituals explained; What do the gyoji say?

Who's that shimpan (ringside judge)?

Thanks to the maintainer of this page for providing these images! Click the name of the shimpan to see what they look like. (You may need to middle-click it to open the link in a new window.)

Shimpan groups

Each group below has at least one shift every day. The starter group gets the rest of the day off, while the other groups do two shifts each: the first one has everyone listed below, and the second with one of their number substituted for one of the senior group. (There's a whole rota system.) Listed in order of appearance...

Members of this senior group also appear once a day. They substitute for a member of other shimpan groups to act as head shimpan for their repeat shifts.

Today's single appearance shimpan

Single shifters today besides the senior group are the whole Tatekawa group, Asahiyama, Azumazeki and Edagawa.

Yobidashi info

As always, predicted appearances for yobidashi are in italics.

There's 166 matches on day 2; 112 of those have no yobidashi listed. 32 matches usually go to the 8 makushita yobidashi (four matches each), and 15 matches go to the three sandanme yobidashi (5 matches each), leaving 65 matches for the six jonidan/jonokuchi yobis to cover. Since 166 is the exact same number of matches as previous days, I followed the same pattern as Day 1.. then they switched things up!

Newbie Jin got 5 matches; Takeru, Shintaro and Yuma got 12 matches each; Kenta got 10 matches, leaving Hiroshi and Yuji got 7 matches each.

Edit: They changed the schedule up to give Jin more matches. Yobi predictions up to Hiromasa are likely to be off.

Yobidashi images and bios

The official program only lists yobidashi from Soichi onwards. Here's links to screencaps of each yobi, including onscreen bios in Japanese: new starter Jin, Takeru, Shintaro, Yuma, Kenta, Hiroshi, Yuji, Hiromasa, Tsurutaro, Shigejiro, Shin, Naoki, Setsuo, Yuto, Kohei, Shunsuke, Mamoru, Teruya.

Program of events

(9:05am) Day 4 begins

Shimpan are Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi), Hanaregoma (sekiwake Tamanoshima), Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama), Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho), Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu)

Maezumo

Maezumo (bouts between unranked rikishi) is not listed on the official schedule, but it happens here prior to Jonokuchi if it's happening at all.

Yobidashi is Shintaro (opening)

Jonokuchi 序ノ口 (Division 6)

NSK official fixtures and results for jonokuchi

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokimi; Yobidashi is Jin

Yobidashi is Takeru

Gyoji is Shikimori Komei

Jonidan 序二段 (Division 5)

NSK official fixtures and results for jonidan

Gyoji is Kimura Shunta

Yobidashi is Shintaro

Gyoji is Kimura Ryunosuke

Yobidashi is Yuma

Gyoji is Kimura Keitaro

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki), Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu)

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomotaro

Yobidashi is Kenta

Gyoji is Kimura Narimasa

Yobidashi is Hiroshi

Gyoji is Shikimori Kainosuke

Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke; Yobidashi is Yuji

Sandanme 三段目 (Division 4)

NSK official fixtures and results for sandanme

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga), Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana), Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari), Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe)

Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke

Yobidashi is Hiromasa

Gyoji is Kimura Sakuranosuke; Yobidashi is Tsurutaro

Yobidashi is Shigejiro

Gyoji is Shikimori Seiichiro

Yobidashi is Shin

Gyoji is Kimura Kintaro

Yobidashi is Naoki

Gyoji is Kimura Kazuma

Yobidashi is Setsuo

Gyoji is Shikimori Shiho

Yobidashi is Yuto

Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Asakayama (ozeki Kaio), Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada), Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama), Sendagawa (komusubi Toki) Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato)

Yobidashi is Kohei

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokazu

Yobidashi is Shunsuke

Gyoji is Kimura Ennosuke

Yobidashi is Mamoru

Makushita 幕下 (Division 3)

NSK official fixtures and results for makushita

Gyoji is Kimura Satoshi

Yobidashi is Teruya

Gyoji is Shikimori Kazuki

Yobidashi is Soichi

Gyoji is Kimura Hideaki; Yobidashi is Yohei

Yobidashi is Keisuke

Gyoji is Kimura Ryosuke; Yobidashi is Fujio

Yobidashi is Shigetaro

Gyoji is Kimura Zennosuke; Yobidashi is Tasuke

Gyoji is Kimura Chishu; Yobidashi is Satoru

Yobidashi is Masao

(NSK's program said Kimura Kankuro would be up for this match but he did not get up to ref this match, instead Kimura Chishu went for four matches)

(2:15pm) Juryo entrance ceremony and intermission

Makushita joi 幕下上位 (Upper division 3)

Shimpan are Kumegawa (komusubi Kotoinazuma), Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki), Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu)

Gyoji is Kimura KANKURO; Yobidashi is Rokuro

Scheduled gyoji was Kimura Kichijiro

Gyoji is Shikimori Shinnosuke; Yobidashi is Hiroyuki

Juryo 十両 (Division 2)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

Gyoji is Kimura Yukihiro; Yobidashi is Matsuo

Gyoji is Kimura Mitsunosuke; Yobidashi is Kunio

Gyoji is Kimura Takao; Yobidashi is Mitsuaki

Gyoji is Kimura Asanosuke; Yobidashi is Rikinojo

Gyoji is Shikimori Kiichiro; Yobidashi is Koji

Gyoji is Kimura Yonosuke; Yobidashi is Teruki

Gyoji is Kimura Ginjiro; Yobidashi is Daikichi

(3:45pm) Makuuchi and yokozuna entrance ceremonies

Makuuchi 幕内 (Division 1)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

Shimpan are Sadogatake (sekiwake Kotonowaka I), Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga), Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana), Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe)

Gyoji is Shikimori Kindayu; Yobidashi is Kotoyoshi

Gyoji is Kimura Akijiro; Yobidashi is Kotozo

Gyoji is Kimura Motoki; Yobidashi is Ryuji

Gyoji is Shikimori Kandayu; Yobidashi is Akira

Gyoji is Kimura Hisanosuke; Yobidashi is Kokichi

Shimpan are Isegahama (yokozuna Asahifuji), Asakayama (ozeki Kaio), Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada), Sendagawa (komusubi Toki) Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato)

Gyoji is Kimura Konosuke; Yobidashi is Goro

Gyoji is Kimura Shotaro; Yobidashi is Shigeo

Gyoji is Kimura Yodo; Yobidashi is Shiro

Gyoji is Kimura Tamajiro; Yobidashi is Katsuyuki

Gyoji is Shikimori Inosuke; Yobidashi is Jiro

Bow twirling: Satonofuji