60-kg Urutora Wins in Jonokuchi: 'If I Face the 58-kg Shindo, I Won't Lose'
Sports Hochi reports that jonokuchi #4 east Urutora (Shikihide), 60 kg, beat Yamada (Nishonoseki) on Day 2, dodging pressure from the start and sending him out with a left-side sidestep at the edge. 'I wanted a belt grip but he was desperate too. I'm glad I won,' he said.
He went 2-5 at jonidan #95 west last basho and is back at jonokuchi for the first time since the 2023 Kyushu basho. Since Shindo (Takadagawa), at 58 kg, has replaced him as the lightest active rikishi and is also in jonokuchi, a match is possible. 'It would make my heart race, but I won't lose,' he said.