Day 6: Tomokaze Falls to 1-5 but Says 'I Think I'm Really Doing Well'
East Juryo 11 Tomokaze (Nakamura) was pushed out by West Juryo 12 Tamashoho (Kataonami) on Day 6 and is 1-5. Wary of a sidestep, he stood up with both hands out and thrust, and his trademark hatakikomi sent Tamashoho stumbling, but he pulled again and was pushed out. Back in the dressing room, stablemaster Nakamura (ex-sekiwake Yoshikaze) told him, 'It starts from here,' and Tomokaze nodded with a smile. He badly injured his right knee on Day 2 of the 2019 Kyushu basho and returned after four operations and a long hospital stay, but still cannot move his right ankle, and he holds a grade 5 disability certificate for lower-limb function. 'I think I'm really doing well,' he said (Sports Hochi).