May 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament, Day 14 (Saturday 21 May)

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Note: Today is another late start! 10:55am - convert that to your local timezone..

Breaking news! Ura is kyujo

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 14 program in Japanese. Historical results for today on SumoDB.

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?

Tournament leaders and champions

Congratulations to the following yusho winners!

Sekitori championships are still undecided.

Division leaders and chasers are both highlighted for lower divisions. Playoffs in these divisions happen prior to the makuuchi dohyoiri

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.)

Today, the fourth shimpan in the list is on the mic for the pre-sekitori shifts. That said, the Tatekawa group hasn't being following their listed order since Hatachiyama began subbing for Futagoyama - they've got him sitting in the "facing" spot for all his slots - so the first we'll know for sure is when they sit down.

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.

Note: From Day 13, Fujishima is taking over for Sadogatake who's out with a torn calf muscle.

Yobidashi info

As always, predicted appearances for yobidashi are in italics.

There's 122 matches scheduled for today.

From Day 13 on, schedulers will even omit certain yobidashi from the day's schedule entirely. Since this is complete and utter anarchy compared to full length days, yobidashi guessing games are over for another basho.

Yobidashi who did not appear on Day 14: Tsurutaro (sandanme rank) and Teruya (makushita rank).

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

(10:55am) Day 14 begins late!

Convert to your timezone here..

Jonokuchi 序ノ口 (Division 6)

NSK official fixtures and results for jonokuchi

Shimpan are Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga, timekeeper), Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana, facing), Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari, west side), Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka, on mic), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe, east side)

Yobidashi is Jin; Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokimi

Note: No yobidashi predictions until sandanme due to day 13-15 scheduling shenanigans.

Gyoji is Shikimori Komei

Jonidan 序二段 (Division 5)

NSK official fixtures and results for jonidan

Yobidashi is Takeru

Gyoji is Kimura Shunta

Yobidashi is Shintaro

Gyoji is Kimura Ryunosuke

Azumazeki ended up with both wrestlers in his lap.

Gyoji is Kimura Keitaro

Yobidashi is Yuma

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Asakayama (ozeki Kaio, timekeeper), Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada, facing), Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama, west side), Sendagawa (komusubi Toki, on mic) Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato, east side)

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomotaro

Edagawa got squashed hard and looked to be in a bit of pain!

Yobidashi is Kenta

Gyoji is Kimura Narimasa

Gyoji is Shikimori Kainosuke

Yobidashi is Hiroshi

Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke

Sendagawa's turn to get bowled..

Yobidashi is Yuji

Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke

Yobidashi is Hiromasa

Sandanme 三段目 (Division 4)

NSK official fixtures and results for sandanme

Gyoji is Kimura Sakuranosuke

Shimpan shift change

Note: They seem to be keeping Hatachiyama in the facing position on the other side of the timekeeper and circulating the other shimpan around him.

Shimpan are Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi, east side), Hanaregoma (sekiwake Tamanoshima, timekeeper), Hatachiyama (komusubi Tochinohana, facing), Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho, west side), Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu, on mic)

Yobidashi is Shigejiro

Gyoji is Shikimori Seiichiro

Yobidashi is Shin

Yobidashi is Naoki

Gyoji is Kimura Kintaro

Yobidashi is Setsuo (predicted)

Gyoji is Kimura Kazuma

Yobidashi is Yuto (predicted)

Gyoji is Shikimori Shiho

Yobidashi is Kohei

Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke

Yobidashi is Shunsuke

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokazu

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Onaruto (ozeki Dejima, timekeeper), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima, facing), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki, west side), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki, on mic), Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu, east side)

Yobidashi is Mamoru

Gyoji is Kimura Ennosuke

(from here, yobidashi are listed on the program)

Yobidashi is Soichi; Gyoji is Kimura Satoshi

Yobidashi is Yohei

Makushita 幕下 (Division 3)

NSK official fixtures and results for makushita

Gyoji is Shikimori Kazuki

Yobidashi is Keisuke

Yobidashi is Fujio; Gyoji is Kimura Hideaki

Yobidashi is Shigetaro

Gyoji is Kimura Ryosuke

Yobidashi is Tasuke

Yobidashi is Satoru; Gyoji is Kimura Zennosuke

Yobidashi is Masao; Gyoji is Kimura Chishu

(2:15pm) Juryo entrance ceremony and intermission

Makushita joi 幕下上位 (Upper division 3)

Note: Sadogatake is kyujo with a torn calf muscle. Fujishima is subbing in for him.

Shimpan are Fujishima (ozeki Musoyama, on mic), Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada), Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama), Sendagawa (komusubi Toki) Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato)

Yobidashi is Rokuro; Gyoji is Kimura KANKURO

Yobidashi is Hiroyuki; Gyoji is Kimura Kichijiro

Juryo 十両 (Division 2)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

Yobidashi is Matsuo; Gyoji is Shikimori Shinnosuke

Yobidashi is Kunio; Gyoji is Kimura Yukihiro

Yobidashi is Mitsuaki; Gyoji is Kimura Mitsunosuke

Yobidashi is Rikinojo; Gyoji is Kimura Takao

Here, Shintaro on bucket duty makes a face at Rikinojo which says what we're all thinking..

Yobidashi is Koji; Gyoji is Kimura Asanosuke

Yobidashi is Teruki; Gyoji is Shikimori Kiichiro

Yobidashi is Daikichi; Gyoji is Kimura Yonosuke

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

Optional ceremony: Kaobure (reading of the next day's matches)

Makuuchi 幕内 (Division 1)

NSK official fixtures and results for juryo

Shimpan are Isegahama (yokozuna Asahifuji, on mic), Hanaregoma (sekiwake Tamanoshima), Hatachiyama (komusubi Tochinohana, probably facing), Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho), Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu)

Yobidashi is Kotoyoshi; Gyoji is Kimura Ginjiro

Yobidashi is Kotozo; Gyoji is Shikimori Kindayu

Yobidashi is Ryuji; Gyoji is Kimura Akijiro

Yobidashi is Akira; Gyoji is Kimura Motoki

Yobidashi is Kokichi; Gyoji is Shikimori Kandayu

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Kumegawa (komusubi Kotoinazuma, on mic), Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki)

Yobidashi is Goro; Gyoji is Kimura Hisanosuke

Yobidashi is Shigeo; Gyoji is Kimura Konosuke

Yobidashi is Shiro; Gyoji is Kimura Shotaro

The crowd all started clapping in time before the match. Love to hear it!

Yobidashi is Katsuyuki; Gyoji is Kimura Yodo

Yobidashi is Jiro; Gyoji is Shikimori Inosuke

Bow-twirling: Satonofuji