New Juryo Asahifuji Beats Wakanosho for a Third Straight Win but Says 'It Was No Good'
New juryo Asahifuji, 24 (Isegahama), East Juryo 12 and holder of the 63rd yokozuna's shikona, beat West Juryo 10 Wakanosho, 23 (Minatogawa), by yorikiri on Day 4 to go 3-1 after an opening loss, Nikkan Sports and Sports Hochi report. Wakanosho kept him at a distance with tsuppari, but Asahifuji went for the mawashi, got both arms inside and drove him out with his head down. 'It was no good at all. My feet weren't moving forward,' he said.
He reached juryo in six basho, tying the fastest since 1958 for a non-tsukedashi entrant (Sports Hochi). Of his first 15-day basho he said, 'Nothing special changes. I think of it as one bout a day,' and of the cheering, 'There's a lot. I'm grateful.'
Sources: Yahoo! Japan Sports (Nikkan Sports) · Yahoo! Japan Sports (Sports Hochi)