Fan Favorite Omori Suffers First Loss to Haruyama's Sotogake, Ending His Zensho Juryo Chance
East Makushita 11 Omori (Oitekaze), 23, whose good looks have drawn attention, lost to West Makushita 12 Haruyama (Onoe), 26, by sotogake on Day 3 and is 1-1, Nikkan Sports and Daily Sports report. Haruyama got his right arm inside at the tachi-ai, pressed his body against Omori, and hooked Omori's right leg from the outside with his left, dropping him on his back as the crowd's cheers turned to shrieks.
'My armpits were loose. My plan failed. I went in with my right side locked so he couldn't get in, but he got in,' Omori said. A 7-0 record would likely have earned him promotion to juryo. In the September basho he also lost his second bout but finished 5-2. 'I'll do my best,' he said of his remaining five bouts.
Sources: Yahoo! Japan Sports (Nikkan Sports) · Yahoo! Japan Sports (Daily Sports)