60-kg Urutora Flips 168.7-kg Kokubo With an Ashitori, Then Somersaults Himself
Jonokuchi 4 Urutora (Shikihide), 37, 165.3 cm and 60.4 kg, beat Jonokuchi 5 Kokubo (Asakayama), a 16-year-old from Aichi at 178 cm and 168.7 kg, on Day 4 to go 2-0, ABEMA TIMES and THE ANSWER report. After Kokubo jumped the first tachi-ai, Urutora ducked inside on the second, wrapped up Kokubo's right leg with both arms and toppled him with an ashitori, then rolled forward head over heels and landed on his own back. The hall roared.
ABEMA notes ashitori is his specialty; in March all five of his wins came by ashitori. Fans played on his shikona with 'Ultra C' and 'Ultra-style Ultra sumo,' along with 'Ashitori craftsman,' 'Acrobatics' and 'What just happened?!'
Sources: Yahoo! Japan Sports (ABEMA TIMES) · Yahoo! Japan Sports (THE ANSWER)