Day 6: Tamawashi Tumbles Off the Dohyo Onto the Waiting Gyoji After Losing to Kitanowaka
In a Day 6 makuuchi bout between two Maegashira 15s, Kitanowaka (Hakkaku) beat Tamawashi (Kataonami) by oshidashi for his second win. After a first tachi-ai that didn't match, they collided head-on; Kitanowaka moved slightly to his left, slipped under Tamawashi's right arm, took a left uwate and drove forward without stopping, pushing the off-balance veteran out. Tamawashi fell head-first off the dohyo near the east hanamichi and landed on the waiting gyoji Kimura Asanosuke, who ended up underneath him. Spectators leaned forward in alarm, but Tamawashi slowly got up and Asanosuke straightened his eboshi and sat back down, drawing shouts of 'Are you OK?' and relieved applause. Viewers wrote 'Waiting gyoji hit' and 'The gyoji is fine' (ABEMA TIMES).