New Juryo Asahifuji Overpowers Meisei for His Second Straight Win
New juryo Asahifuji (Isegahama), 24, who carries the shikona of the 63rd yokozuna, beat East Juryo 13 Meisei (Tatsunami), 31, a former sekiwake, by oshidashi on Day 3 to go 2-1, Sports Hochi and Nikkan Sports report. He missed the left front grip at the tachi-ai but got his left arm inside, kept coming forward and did not let Meisei escape when he tried to pull away.
He followed his first sekitori win on Day 2, a push-out of Hatsuyama, with another forward-moving win. He reached juryo six basho after his January debut, tying Enho and others for the fastest ever excluding tsukedashi entrants. Before the basho he said he wanted to 'move forward and do sumo the fans enjoy.'
Sources: Yahoo! Japan Sports (Sports Hochi) · Yahoo! Japan Sports (Nikkan Sports)