July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament, Day 10 (Tuesday 19 July 2022)

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Compiled from: NSK's postings for makuuchi, juryo, makushita, sandanme, jonidan and jonokuchi; NSK's absence list, NSK's leader list and NSK's Day 10 program in Japanese.

There are 149 bouts listed on the schedule today. It's an even-numbered day which means the west side is first on the schedule and first to get called.

Special kyujo notices

There's a covid outbreak in progress in Grand Sumo! Entire heya, gyoji, shimpan and yobidashi are all going kyujo due to covid at the rate of at least one a day. This schedule and even the official schedule are a best-case-scenario guide only.

Entire stables of rikishi are being progressively withdrawn from competition due to positive covid results, with some shimpan, gyoji and yobidashi going kyujo along with them. Stables currently affected:

For absent rikishi, see NSK's absence list. It is a long list.

Absent gyoji: Kimura Shomei (jonokuchi/jonidan), Kimura Chishu (makushita); Kimura Shiho; Shikimori Shinnosuke (juryo). Kimura Keitaro (jonidan) may be absent tomorrow.

Absent yobidashi: Kenta (in jonidan); Satoru (makushita); Kotozo (makuuchi).

Absent shimpan: Naruto, with Shiranui (komusubi Wakakoyu) taking his spot; Hanaregoma, with Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji) returning to shimpan duty in his place.

Tournament leaders and tiebreaker matches

Check NSK's tournament leader list for details.

There's no tiebreaker matches on the schedule today. Nobody has made their kk in juryo or makuuchi yet, and makuuchi has many more co-leaders than juryo. (It's really meant to be the other way around...)

Division leaders are highlighted in bold.

9:35am Start

Jonokuchi 序ノ口 (Division 6)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonokuchi

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

Yobidashi is Jin (in white, 12 bouts); Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokimi

Wakayamanaka is kyujo; Noguchi gets the fusensho

Jonidan 序二段 (Division 5)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonidan

Gyoji is Kimura Shunta

Yobidashi is Takeru (in yellow, 6 bouts)

Gyoji is Kimura Ryunosuke

Wakaikki is kyujo; Gaia gets the fusensho

Yobidashi is Yuma (in yellow, 16 bouts!!)

Gyoji is Kimura Keitaro

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi) left of screen, Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji) appears to be MIA, Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama) as lonely timekeeper, Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho) right of screen, Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu) as head shimp

There's only four shimpan on duty for this shift! The chaos basho continues..

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomotaro

Yobidashi is Hiroshi (in white, 9 bouts)

Gyoji is Kimura Narimasa

Yobidashi is Yuji (in blue, 7 bouts)

Gyoji is Shikimori Kainosuke

Yobidashi is Hiromasa (in white, 6 bouts); Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke

Sandanme 三段目 (Division 4)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for sandanme

Yobidashi is Tsurutaro (in white); Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki), Shiranui (komusubi Wakakoyu)

Yobidashi is Shigejiro (in white); Gyoji is Kimura Sakuranosuke

Yobidashi is Shin (in yellow); Gyoji is Shikimori Seiichiro

Yobidashi is Naoki (in white)

Gyoji is Kimura Kintaro

Yobidashi is Setsuo (in yellow)

Gyoji is Kimura Kazuma

Yobidashi is Yuto (in yellow)

Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke

Yobidashi is Kohei (in yellow)

Shimpan shift change

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

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokazu

Yobidashi is Shunsuke (in blue)

Makushita 幕下 (Division 3)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita

Gyoji is Kimura Ennosuke

Yobidashi is Mamoru

Gyoji is Kimura Satoshi

Yobidashi is Teruya (in yellow)

Gyoji is Shikimori Kazuki

Yobidashi is Soichi

Yobidashi is Yohei; Gyoji is Kimura Hideaki

Yobidashi is Keisuke

Yobidashi is Fujio (in white); Gyoji is Kimura Ryosuke

Yobidashi is Shigetaro

Yobidashi is Tasuke (in white); Gyoji is Kimura Zennosuke

2:15pm Juryo dohyo-iri

Makushita Joi 幕下上位 (Division 3)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita

Shimpan are Sadogatake (sekiwake Kotonowaka I) as head shimpan, Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi), Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji), Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho), Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu)

Someone found Minato for his second shift.

Yobidashi is Masao; Gyoji is Kimura Kankuro

Yobidashi is Rokuro; Gyoji is Kimura Kichijiro

Yobidashi is Hiroyuki; Gyoji is Kimura Yukihiro

Juryo 十両 (Division 2)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for juryo

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

3:45pm Intermission: Makuuchi dohyo-iri and yokozuna dohyo-iri

Makuuchi 幕内 (Division 1)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makuuchi

Shimpan are Isegahama (yokozuna Asahifuji) as head shimpan, Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki), Shiranui (komusubi Wakakoyu)

Yobidashi is Daikichi; Gyoji is Shikimori Kindayu

Yobidashi is Kotoyoshi; Gyoji is Kimura Akijiro

Yobidashi is Ryuji; Gyoji is Kimura Motoki

Yobidashi is Akira; Gyoji is Shikimori Kandayu

Yobidashi is Kokichi; Gyoji is Kimura Hisanosuke

Yobidashi is Goro; Gyoji is Kimura Konosuke

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Kumegawa (komusubi Kotoinazuma) as head shimpan, Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga), Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari), Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe)

Yobidashi is Shigeo; Gyoji is Kimura Shotaro

Yobidashi is Shiro; Gyoji is Kimura Yodo

Yobidashi is Katsuyuki; Gyoji is Kimura Tamajiro

Yobidashi is Jiro; Gyoji is Shikimori Inosuke

Bow-twirling with Satonofuji

Appendices

General knowledge

Wikipedia has a list of winning techniques like oshidashi, yorikiri, etc and a sumo glossary, the heaviest grand sumo competitors ever, and an English-language page for just about every sekitori there is or was.

SumoDB has the entire banzuke in both Japanese and English. SumoDB also contains information about historical results and head to head matchups.

Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association) links: current rankings Japanese/English; yobidashi (ushers & attendants) Japanese/English; gyoji (referees) Japanese/English; oyakata (coaches) Japanese/English; heya (training stables) Japanese/English. NSK homepage in English.

News sources and blogs: Tachi-Ai sumo blog (in English); Japan Times sumo coverage (in English); Nikkan Sports sumo articles (in Japanese); Sponichi sumo articles (in Japanese); Chunichi sumo articles (in Japanese). Hochi.news sumo articles (in Japanese). Useful Japanese terms to search in the highlights page for: 休場 (kyujo, absence); コロナ (korona, COVID).

Japanese language resources: DeepL for translating entire articles; Jisho for looking up specific words and kanji; the 10ten extension for Firefox lets you mouse over particular Japanese text of interest on websites.

Videos

Miscellaneous

A comprehensive gallery featuring head shots and bios of rikishi, oyakata, gyoji, yobidashi and more (correct to the beginning of 2022). 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

We have the same shimpan as May 2022!

Members of this senior group join up with other shimpan groups to act as head shimpan after the juryo ring entrance ceremony & intermission.

Who's that yobidashi? (And how's their singing?)

Yobidashi prior to the juryo-ranked yobidashi (Soichi) aren't listed on the daily program.

I record non-sekitori yobidashi after Jin on the program as the day goes on, then I update this file with predictions once the schedule locks in.

Fan favourite Shintaro did not appear during the first four days of the tournament!

Images and bios for off-schedule yobidashi

The official program only lists sekitori yobidashi from Soichi onwards. Even after their match-calling shifts, these youngsters work throughout the day as attendants.

There's a gallery of yobidashi headshots with bios at Heyaaz - it's missing Jin because he debuted during 2022.

To help spot them, here's links to screencaps of the non-sekitori yobidashi, including onscreen bios in Japanese:

On-schedule yobidashi

These yobidashi are listed on the Japanese schedule due to being ranked as juryo, makuuchi or sanyaku yobidashi.