Sandanme's Tenshoma Wins From the Edge for a 3-0 Start, Learning From Wakatakakage as His Tsukebito
West Sandanme 3 Tenshoma (Arashio) beat Sandanme 9 Yabugasaki (Yamahibiki) on Day 5 to go 3-0, his first 3-0 start since last year's Aki basho. Pressed to the edge from the tachi-ai, he braced against the straw and pushed back; Yabugasaki lost his balance and Tenshoma won by oshidashi as the crowd roared. 'I panicked and pulled for a moment, but it was good that I held on,' he said. He traveled on the fall tour as Wakamotoharu's tsukebito and now serves Wakatakakage, back in juryo: 'I want to copy a sekitori's attitude and steal his technique too.' Kachi-koshi could put him back in makushita, but 'first I want to win the next one' (Sports Hochi).