Day10 Saw some Maiko doing some shopping, or maybe they were just looking 🤗.

Day10 M4 Wakamotoharu 6-3 (L) Yz Hōshōryū 9-0 (R) Hoss had beat WMH ten straight times until last basho when WMH pulled out a win. Hoss can be the first double digit sekitori this basho. #Akibasho2025

Day10 Yz Ōnosato 8-1 (L) M5 Kotoshōhō 2-7 (R) Let’s not forget KSH beat Ōnosato near the end of last basho to help secure yūshō. #akibasho2025

Day10 Oz Kotozakura 6-3 (L) Sw Kirishima 5-4 (R) A worthy belt battle for these two. #akibasho2025

Day10 Sw Wakatakakage 5-4 (L) M4 Hiradoumi 5-4 (R) Relentless! #akibasho2025

Day10 M2 Hakuōhō 6-3 (L) Km Aonishiki 7-2 (R) Ao can get his KK - these two have met twice and Ao has won both. #akibasho2025

Day10 M1 Tamawashi 3-6 (L) M1 Abi 0-9 (R) Hmm.. #akibasho2025

Day10 M3 Atamifuji 2-7 (L) M2 Ōhō 5-4 (R) Atomic can’t seem to engage his full power this basho, and could go MK here. #akibasho2025

Day10 M9 Midorifuji 3-6 (L) M5 Ichiyamamoto 3-6 (R) Needed this.. #akibasho2025

Day10 M10 Daieishō 3-6 (L) M6 Kusano 5-4 (R) There’s no out-thrusting sumo’s eminent thruster. #akibasho2025

Day10 M7 Takanoshō 7-2 (L) M11 Shōdai 8-1 (R) These two have an exact 10-10 matchup. If Shōdai wins he stays one behind in yūshō race. If Takanoshō wins they even their records. #akibasho2025

Day10 M8 Ura 6-3 (L) M11 Rōga 5-4 (R) And then there is Pink Power. #akibasho2025

Day10 M14 Sadanoumi 3-6 (L) M9 Fujinokawa 3-6 (R) Good ‘un. This is their first ever matchup. #akibasho2025

Day10 M15 Tobizaru 6-3 (L) M16 Nishikigi 1-8 (R) Watch close, it looks like it goes the other way, but aggressor’s foot stepped out first, ISAMIASHI, so gyōji’s call is correct (the way he points his fan). #akibasho2025

Day10 jūryō J6 Tōhakuryū 2-7 (L) J4 Mita 8-1 (R) Looks like an aborted game of leap frog. Mita can stay atop yūshō race, Tōhakuryū faces MK. #akibasho2025

Day10 J8 Hatsuyama 5-4 (L) J13 Asanoyama 7-2 (R) Asa put up with some punishing thrusts from foe Hatsuyama trying to get his KK. #akibasho2025

Day10 J10 Hakuyōzan 4-5 (L) J12 Asasuiryū 5-4 (R) Asasuiryū is just as much fun to watch as his brother Asakōryū. #akibasho2025

Day10 Ms11 Chiyomaru 1-3 (L) Ms6 Fukuzaki 1-3 (R) This is the kind of sumo I remember His Roundness Chiyomaru winning with when he was competing as a sekitori. #Akibasho2025

My first good look at the stretcher they have now for injured rikishi. #Akibasho2025

The basement of the Kokugikan houses a yakitori (grilled skewered chicken) factory. I had some for the first time in a while. 750 yen. A pretty good deal for captive audience food these days. #Akibasho2025

Day10 Got a pic with Ishiura. I told him i was a big fan of his sumo when he was active and he seemed genuinely happy to hear that. 🤗

Day10 Somebody would rather be at home. #Akibasho2025

Day10 Abema cameraperson hard at work. Fwiw it’s pronounced A-bay-ma not A-bee-ma. 🤗

Day10 makushita Hanaoka 2-2 (L) Tanji 2-2 (R) Tanji is the one who slept thru his bout several days ago and took a fusenpai (no show loss). He needs two more wins for a (somewhat) exonerating KK. 🤗 #akibasho2025

Day10 Mid-Sandanme shinpan change. How many can you name? 🤗 #akibasho2025

Day10 sandanme Ienoshima (L) Ōyamada (R) Ōyamada is known for his speed and scrappiness to counteract his size. #Akibasho2025

Day10 Shinpan taking a close look for an imprint in the sand around the dohyō that might show a step out. Nice to see centuries old tech is still relevant. #Akibasho2025

The inimitable Narimasa gyōji is on the dohyō. 🤗 #akibasho2025

Day10 jonidan Hokutoshin (L) Akinishiki (R) Way to stay in it! #Akibasho2025

Day10 jonidan Nishikimaru (L) Bakkoshin (R) Sumo’s underbelly. #Akibasho2025

When tickets fall in your lap. You gotta go. #Akibasho2025

Day9 M4 Hiradoumi 4-4 (L) M6 Ōnokatsu 5-3 (R) Hoping scrappy Hira can bounce back from 3 straight losses. #akibasho2025

Day9 M15 Shōnannoumi 5-3 (L) M11 Rōga 4-4 (R) Nice MAKIOTOSHI. #akibasho2025

Day9 M17 Ryūden 6-2 (L) M13 Tokihayate 3-5 (R) Hilight bout for sure! Way to stay in there! #akibasho2025

Day9 M5 Kotoshōhō 2-6 (L) Yz Hōshōryū 8-0 (R) Hoss can stay one ahead of the pack with a win. Watch for the “almost had him” look at the end. #akibasho2025

Day9 Yz Ōnosato 7-1 (L) M4 Wakamotoharu 6-2 (R) It seems Ōnosato is now past the block where he has trouble winning if he doesn’t have the advantage from the get go. #akibasho2025

Day9 Oz Kotozakura 5-3 (L) M3 Atamifuji 2-6 (R) Forego popcorn. #akibasho2025

Day9 Sw Kirishima 4-4 (L) Sw Wakatakakage 5-3 (R)
 Sekiwake standoff, video starts mid bout. #akibasho2025

Day9 Km Takayasu 2-6 (L) M2 Hakuōhō 5-3 (R) These two have faced off twice, Hakuōhō won both. #akibasho2025

Day9 M1 Abi 0-8 (L) Km Aonishiki 6-2 (R) Wouldn’t it be something if Abi finally got a win, and it was vs Aonishiki? #akibasho2025

Day9 M1 Tamawashi 3-5 (L) M2 Ōhō 4-4 (R) These two have an even 4-4 matchup record. #akibasho2025

Day9 M5 Ichiyamamoto 2-6 (L) M3 Gōnoyama 0-8 (R) Gōnoyama is having easily the worst basho of his career. #akibasho2025

Day9 M8 Kinbōzan 3-5 (L) M6 Kusano 4-4 (R) #akibasho2025

Day9 M7 Takanoshō 7-1 (L) M9 Midorifuji 2-6 (R) Hoped for more of a fight but I guess I shouldn’t complain. Taka can get his KK. #akibasho2025

Day9 M8 Ura 6-2 (L) M10 Daieishō 2-6 (R) Daieishō watches very warily for any signs of pink magic. #akibasho2025

Day9 M11 Shōdai 7-1 (L) M15 Tobizaru 6-2 (R) Shōdai seems back to where we remember and can get his KK - maybe jumping monkey can be enough of a nuisance. #akibasho2025

Day9 M18 Shishi 6-2 (L) M14 Asakōryū 3-5 (R) One of those “think that you’re throwing but you’re thrown” bouts. #akibasho2025

Day9 J6 Kayō 2-6 (L) J1 Ōshōumi 6-2 (R) Watch til end of video. Is this the Sumo Follies? 🤗 #akibasho2025

Day9 J9 Shirokuma 4-4 (L) J13 Kyokukaiyu 3-5 (R) #akibasho2025

Day9 J7 Tamashōhō 3-5 (L) J13 Asanoyama 6-2 (R) Man-kun on left often tries a lot of wild shifts to make up for the weight difference with his foe. Asa ain’t having it. #Akibasho2025