May 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament, Day 5

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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 5 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?

Gyoji Kimura Tamajiro is unwell!

Kimura Tamajiro didn't appear during Day 4 and isn't listed to appear on Day 5. He normally referees the third and fourth last bouts of the day.

According to this report from Yahoo! Japan, he's herniated one of the discs in his lumbar spine. Wishing him all the best!

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.)

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 Onaruto group, Tokitsukaze, Sendagawa and Oshima.

Yobidashi info

As always, predicted appearances for yobidashi are in italics.

There's 166 matches on day 5; 112 of those have no yobidashi listed. 32 matches usually go to the 8 makushita yobidashi Shin, Naoki, Setsuo, Yuto, Kohei, Shunsuke, Mamoru and Teruya (four matches each), and 15 matches go to the three sandanme yobidashi Hiromasa, Tsurutaro & Shigejiro (5 matches each), leaving 65 matches for the six jonidan/jonokuchi yobis to cover.

Newbie Jin is getting more matches over the course of the basho. Going off Day 4: Jin gets 5 matches; Takeru, Shintaro and Yuma get 12 matches each; Kenta gets 10 matches; and Hiroshi & Yuji get 7 matches each.

Since they may change things up again, I'm listing the yobidashi on separate lines from the gyoji now just in case. :)

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 5 begins

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

Maezumo?

Maezumo involves bouts between rikishi without a rank, either because they're new or they fell off the rankings board due to absence. It takes place in the first week prior to Jonokuchi if it's happening at all.

Maezumo competitors are not listed on the official schedule, so the first we know about their match-ups is as the yobidashi are calling them.

This tournament's maezumo cohort appears to be Machi, Yamadaumi, Izakuchido, Oyamada, Suyama, Wakaonehara, Takahashi, Imazeki, Kazuto and Aji

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

Shimpan shift change

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

Gyoji is Kimura Keitaro

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomotaro

Yobidashi is Kenta

Gyoji is Kimura Narimasa

Yobidashi is Hiroshi

Gyoji is Shikimori Kainosuke

Yobidashi is Yuji

Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke

Sandanme 三段目 (Division 4)

NSK official fixtures and results for sandanme

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

Yobidashi is Hiromasa

Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke

Yobidashi is Tsurutaro

Gyoji is Kimura Sakuranosuke

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

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

Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke

Yobidashi is Kohei

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokazu

Yobidashi is Shunsuke

Makushita 幕下 (Division 3)

NSK official fixtures and results for makushita

Gyoji is Kimura Ennosuke

Yobidashi is Mamoru

Gyoji is Kimura Satoshi

Yobidashi is Teruya

Gyoji is Shikimori Kazuki; Yobidashi is Soichi

Yobidashi is Yohei

Gyoji is Kimura Hideaki; Yobidashi is Keisuke

Yobidashi is Fujio

Gyoji is Kimura Ryosuke; Yobidashi is Shigetaro

Yobidashi is Tasuke

Gyoji is Kimura Zennosuke; Yobidashi is Satoru

Gyoji is Kimura Chishu; Yobidashi is Masao

(2:15pm) Juryo entrance ceremony and intermission

Makushita joi 幕下上位 (Upper division 3)

Shimpan are Sadogatake (sekiwake Kotonowaka I), Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga), Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana), Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe)

Gyoji is Kimura KANKURO; Yobidashi is Rokuro

Gyoji is Kimura Kichijiro; Yobidashi is Hiroyuki

Juryo 十両 (Division 2)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

Gyoji is Shikimori Shinnosuke; Yobidashi is Matsuo

Gyoji is Kimura Yukihiro; Yobidashi is Kunio

Gyoji is Kimura Mitsunosuke; Yobidashi is Mitsuaki

Gyoji is Kimura Takao; Yobidashi is Rikinojo

Gyoji is Kimura Asanosuke; Yobidashi is Koji

Gyoji is Shikimori Kiichiro; Yobidashi is Teruki

Gyoji is Kimura Yonosuke; Yobidashi is Daikichi

(3:45pm) Makuuchi and yokozuna ring entrance ceremonies

Makuuchi 幕内 (Division 1)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

Shimpan are Isegahama (yokozuna Asahifuji), Asakayama (ozeki Kaio), Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada), Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama), Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato)

Gyoji is Kimura Ginjiro; Yobidashi is Kotoyoshi

Gyoji is Shikimori Kindayu; Yobidashi is Kotozo

Gyoji is Kimura Akijiro; Yobidashi is Ryuji

Gyoji is Kimura Motoki; Yobidashi is Akira

Gyoji is Shikimori Kandayu; Yobidashi is Kokichi

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Kumegawa (komusubi Kotoinazuma), Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi), Hanaregoma (sekiwake Tamanoshima), Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama), Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu)

Gyoji is Kimura Hisanosuke; Yobidashi is Goro

Gyoji is Kimura Konosuke; Yobidashi is Shigeo

Gyoji is Kimura Shotaro; Yobidashi is Shiro

Gyoji is Kimura Yodo; Yobidashi is Katsuyuki

Gyoji is Shikimori Inosuke; Yobidashi is Jiro

Bow twirling: Satonofuji