Ex-Wrestling Champion Oyamada Wins With a Rare Kirikaeshi After the Gunbai Is Reversed
ABEMA TIMES reports that Makushita 31 Oyamada (Naruto), 27, a former Asian wrestling champion, beat Makushita 33 Toseiryu (Tamanoi), also 27, with a kirikaeshi on Day 3. Oyamada stands 182.1 cm and 102 kg, about 41 kg lighter than the 184.5-cm, 143.6-kg Fukuoka native.
Toseiryu thrust back his low charge, used a slap-down to shut off his attack and wrapped him up, lifting him off his feet. With his left arm locked, Oyamada hooked a leg from the left and turned Toseiryu over. The gyoji pointed to Toseiryu, but after a monoii the decision was reversed in Oyamada's favor. The JSA site ranks kirikaeshi 27th among kimarite at 0.2 percent of bouts.
Toseiryu hit the back of his head on the dohyo with an audible thud and could not get up for a while, but rose on his own and walked off. It was Oyamada's first win of the basho; Toseiryu has two losses. Fans wrote 'Muscles don't betray you,' along with worried posts such as 'Is he OK?'