Hinataryu Goes 2-0 With a Shitatenage as Stable Leader Tokunomusashi Sits Out After Surgery
Daily Sports reports that East Makushita 46 Hinataryu (Musashigawa), 27, beat Kaiseijo (Asakayama) with a shitatenage on Day 3 to stay unbeaten at 2-0, stopping his opponent at the charge and rolling him over in the center of the ring; Kaiseijo is 1-1. The Miyazaki native drew big cheers at the regional basho. 'I'm trying not to lose focus. I'm not thinking about two in a row. It's one day, one bout,' he said.
Before the basho, the stable's top man, makushita Tokunomusashi, had emergency surgery for a lumbar disc herniation and is sitting out the whole basho. 'We're close, so I have my feelings about it, but I don't want to overthink it. I want to focus on the bout in front of me,' Hinataryu said.