May 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament, Day 8

(Looking for a different day? Try the master list!)

Who-oa, we're halfway the-ere.. Apologies for leaving some of the gyoji and yobidashi off yesterday's program translation, by the way!

Compiled from: NSK's postings for makuuchi, juryo, makushita, sandanme, jonidan and jonokuchi; NSK's absence list, NSK's tournament leaders list and NSK's Day 8 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?

Today's special event: the maezumo kids get presented to the audience during Sandanme.

Tournament leaders

In lower divisions, Day 7 will see our first kachi-koshi matches in jonidan, sandanme and makushita, with many 3 win rikishi pitted against one another to thin out the NSK's tournament leaders list. Scroll down and you'll see those matches in bold.

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.

Shimpan single shifters

Single appearances ringside today from the entire Tatekawa group, Onaruto, Kataonami and Asakayama.

Yobidashi info

As always, predicted appearances for yobidashi are in italics.

There's 164 matches on day 8, just like day 7, so I'm copying what I noted from day 7 and crossing my fingers...

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 8 begins

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

Note: 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.

Jonokuchi 序ノ口 (Division 6)

NSK official fixtures and results for jonokuchi

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokimi; Yobidashi is Jin

Yobidashi is Takeru (if not now then around now)

Gyoji is Shikimori Komei

Jonidan 序二段 (Division 5)

NSK official fixtures and results for jonidan

Gyoji is Kimura Shunta

Yobidashi is Shintaro (if not now then around now)

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

Yobidashi is Yuji

Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke

Sandanme 三段目 (Division 4)

NSK official fixtures and results for sandanme

Yobidashi is Hiromasa

Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke

Shimpan shift change

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

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

Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke

Yobidashi is Kohei

New rikishi presentation ceremony

New starters from maezumo get introduced in a group by a gyoji so the crowd can wish them well for their future in sumo.

Inductees are Suyama, Kazutom, Imazeki, Takahashi, Oyamada and Yamadaumi.

Shimpan shift change

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

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

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)

Sadogatake (sekiwake Kotonowaka I), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki), Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu)

Gyoji is Kimura KANKURO; Yobidashi is Rokuro

Gyoji is Kimura Kichijiro; Yobidashi is Hiroyuki

Gyoji is Shikimori Shinnosuke; Yobidashi is Matsuo

Juryo 十両 (Division 2)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

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

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

Makuuchi 幕内 (Division 1)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

Shimpan are Isegahama (yokozuna Asahifuji), Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana), Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari), Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe)

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

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