September 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament, Day 5 (Thursday 15 September 2022)

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Compiled from: NSK's postings for makuuchi, juryo, makushita, sandanme, jonidan and jonokuchi; NSK's absence list, NSK's tournament leader list and NSK's Day 5 program in Japanese.

There are 164 bouts listed on the schedule today. It's an odd-numbered day which means the east side is first on the schedule and first to get called.

Special note

This moderator-flavoured version of the schedule contains yobidashi who are not listed on the official schedule. Any yobidashi on the schedule prior to Soichi might not show up at all, or they might show up earlier or later..

Absences

Yobidashi: Yuma (appears to have retired?); Soichi (kyujo on day 2).

9:15am start

Jonokuchi 序ノ口 (Division 6)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonokuchi

Shimpan are Asakayama (ozeki Kaio) left of dohyo, Takenawa (sekiwake Tochinonada) facing us left, Edagawa (maegashira 1 Aogiyama) facing us right, Sendagawa (komusubi Toki) right of dohyo, Nishonoseki (yokozuna Kisenosato) facing away on mic

Yobidashi is Jin (in white)

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokimi

Jonidan 序二段 (Division 5)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for jonidan

Gyoji is Shikimori Komei

Yobidashi is Takeru (in white)

Gyoji is Kimura Shunta

Gyoji is Kimura Ryunosuke

Yobidashi is Kenta (in green)

Gyoji is Kimura Keitaro

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Tatekawa (sekiwake Tosanoumi) left of dohyo, Hanaregoma (sekiwake Tamanoshima) facing us left, Futagoyama (ozeki Miyabiyama) facing us right, Oshima (sekiwake Kyokutenho) right of dohyo, Takasago (ozeki Asasekiryu) facing away on mic

Yobidashi is Hiroshi (in white)

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomotaro

Gyoji is Kimura Narimasa

Yobidashi is Yuji (in white)

Gyoji is Shikimori Kainosuke

Yobidashi is Hiromasa (in yellow)

Gyoji is Shikimori Tatsunosuke

Sandanme 三段目 (Division 4)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for sandanme

Yobidashi is Tsurutaro (in white)

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Onaruto (ozeki Dejima) left of dohyo, Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima) facing us left, Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki) facing us right, Tanigawa (sekiwake Hokutoriki) right of dohyo, Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu) facing away on mic

Gyoji is Shikimori Seisuke

Yobidashi is Shigejiro (in green)

Gyoji is Kimura Sakuranosuke

Note: Yobidashi from here are unlisted but their schedule is relatively stable.

Yobidashi is Shin (in white)

Gyoji is Shikimori Seiichiro

Yobidashi is Naoki

Gyoji is Kimura Kintaro

Yobidashi is Setsuo

Gyoji is Kimura Kazuma

Yobidashi is Yuto

Gyoji is Shikimori Shiho

Yobidashi is Kohei

Gyoji is Shikimori Kinosuke

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga) left of dohyo, Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana) facing us left, Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari) facing us right, Tokitsukaze (maegashira 1 Tosayutaka) right of dohyo, Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe) facing away on mic

Gyoji is Shikimori Tomokazu

Yobidashi is Shunsuke

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

Gyoji is Shikimori Kazuki

Note: Yobidashi schedule from now on is sourced from the program itself.

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

2:15pm Juryo dohyo-iri

Makushita Joi 幕下上位 (Division 3)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for makushita

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

Yobidashi is Masao

Gyoji is Kimura KANKURO

Yobidashi is Rokuro

Gyoji is Kimura Kichijiro

Yobidashi is Hiroyuki

Gyoji is Shikimori Shinnosuke

Juryo 十両 (Division 2)

Official NSK fixtures, results and winning techniques for juryo

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

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 Sadogatake (sekiwake Kotonowaka I) facing away on mic, Onaruto (ozeki Dejima), Urakaze (maegashira 1 Shikishima), Asahiyama (sekiwake Kotonishiki), Naruto (ozeki Kotooshu)

Yobidashi is Daikichi

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

Gyoji is Kimura Hisanosuke

Shimpan shift change

Shimpan are Isegahama (yokozuna Asahifuji) facing away on mic, Kataonami (sekiwake Tamakasuga), Tamagaki (komusubi Tomonohana), Azumazeki (komusubi Takamisakari), Ikazuchi (komusubi Kakizoe)

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 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.

Sumo Prime Time is a great new English language YouTube channel from the NSK. Pre-bout rituals explained.

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

Same shimpan as July 2022!

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

If shimpan start to drop out like last basho, expect to see one or more of these folks: Hatachiyama (komusubi Tochinohana), Minato (maegashira 2 Minatofuji), Shiranui (komusubi Wakakoyu), Takadagawa (sekiwake Akinoshima) and senior Fujishima (ozeki Musoyama)

Who's that yobidashi?

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