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Day15 Yūshō bout! Yz Ōnosato 11-3 (L) Oz Aonishiki 11-3 (R) This is it! Can Ao take two yūshō in a row? May depend on which Ōnosato shows up today, can he bounce back from his loss yesterday and take his first yūshō in a year? #akibasho202

The Nov / Kyushu banzuke rankings are out! Enjoy! sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoBa...

😭 #akibasho2026

Day15 Ōnosato's stablemaster, former Kisenosato, was 1st Japanese yokozuna in many a year. His ascendancy was cut short by serious injury soon after - he must be proud to see his protege achieving success. Always been one to mask his feelings, he didn't crack a smile until out of sight of audience

Day15 Fujinokawa cracked a sheepish smile when asked if he was nervous up there doing the sanyaku soroibumi for first time. Answer was obviously “yes” 🤗

Day15 Ōnosato said in his interview in front of everyone at Kokugikan that he had wondered if he’d ever get another yūshō 😭 #akibasho2026

Day15 Ōnosato receiving his 6th Emperor’s Cup (well it’s the same cup but..) #akibasho2026

Day15 SPOILER I admit it, I was rooting for Ao, but then I saw Ōnosato overcome with emotion during Kimi Ga Yo, Japan's national anthem, and I realized what a relief it is for him and for sumo to have a yokozuna who can deliver. Does sumo deliver?! Everbody say "hai!" 🤗

Day15 Oz Kirishima 7-7 (L) Oz Kotozakura 9-5 (R) These two have their struggles but both deserve the ōzeki mantle! Kinda got root for Kiri cuz he needs that KK to avoid kadoban (so many things that start with K are important in this bout 🤗) #akibasho2026

Day15 Sw Atamifuji 8-6 (L) Sw Fujinokawa 10-4 (R) Sekiwake battle! One of the biggest men in makuuchi vs the man who doesn’t know his own size! #akibasho2026

Day15 The Sanyaku Soroibumi to mark the last three bouts - first rikishi who face-off from East, the West #akibasho2026

Day15 Km Hakunofuji 4-10 (L) M5 Rōga 6-8 (R) Hakunofuji will drop from sanyaku next basho but a 5-10 will keep him from dropping too far #akibasho2026

Day15 M3 Churanoumi 9-5 (L) Km Daieishō 5-9 (R) After losing first straight six bouts to Chura, Daieishō has won their last three straight bouts. Chura can get a Fighting Spirit award with a win here #akibasho2026

Day15 M2 Takayasu 7-7 (L) M4 Fujiryōga 7-7 (R) KK make or break battle between both behemoths! (See that alliteration? 🤗) Yasu loves that kachiage eh? Fwiw Yasu gets a Fighting Spirit prize with a win here IF Ōnosato takes the yūshō later today #akibasho2026

Day15 M6 Asanoyama 10-4 (L) M2 Yoshinofuji 8-6 (R) Asanoyama has proven he’s got the goods for this level - he can get a Fighting Spirit award with a win here. Yoshi is a new up n comer who already had a sanyaku appearance last basho after only four basho in makuuchi #akibasho2026

Day15 M3 Gōnoyama 5-9 (L) M11 Wakamotoharu 10-4 (R) Forego popcorn on this one #akibasho2026

Day15 M7 Fujiseiun 8-6 (L) M13 Asakōryū 9-5 (R) That, ok ok, let’s get this over with moment 🤗 #akibasho2026

Day15 M13 Abi 7-7 (L) M7 Nishikifuji 7-7 (R) KK make or break for both. Watch close there is no mono’ii #akibasho2026

Day15 M8 Takerufuji 8-6 (L) M12 Asahakuryū 8-6 (R) Someone sure seemed to want this one more #akibasho2026

Day15 M16 Toshinofuji 9-5 (L) M8 Hiradoumi 8-6 (R) Toshinofuji gets Fighting Spirit award with a win here, but has to get through Hilight Hira first #akibasho2026

Day15 M9 Ura 9-4 (L) M14 Tobizaru 4-10 (R) Yes, the two wiliest men in makuuchi try to wile each other out! #akibasho2026

Day15 M15 Asasuiryū 7-7 (L) M9 Shishi 7-7 (R) KK make or break battle for both. How’d he make it look so easy? #akibasho2026

Day15 M10 Ōhō 6-8 (L) M15 Tokihayate 8-6 (R) For Ōhō, a 7-8 is a lot better than a 6-9 for next banzuke - sometimes you’ll even get the same rank if the banzuke math works out in your favor #akibasho2026

Sanshō announced OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE Takayasu (his 5th) *If Yasu wins AND Ōnosato takes yūshō FIGHTING SPIRIT Fujinokawa (2nd) Churanoumi (2nd)* Asanoyama (4th)* Toshinofuji (1st)* *If they win today TECHNIQUE No awardees

Day15 J9 Enhō 7-7 (L) J1 Kyōkukaiyū 7-7 (R) KK make or break for both #akibasho2026

Day15 SPOILER Playoff round 2 J6 Kitanowaka 11-4 (L) J12 Kayō 10-4 (R) Kitanowaka beat Kagayaki in regular bout, then in playoff first bout. If he beats Kayō he takes yūshō, if Kayō wins Kayō faces Kaga again. Look on face of winner is best part of this rather ho-hum playoff #akibasho2026

Day15 SPOILER Playoff round 1 J6 Kitanowaka 11-4 (L) J11 Kagayaki 11-4 (R) Kita beat Kaga earlier to set this up. Lot was taken, these two face off first. Winner of this one goes on to face Kayō #akibasho2026

Day15 J2 Daiseizan 8-6 (L) J9 Tōhakuryū 7-7 (R) Expert feinter needs his KK here, it’s worth seeing the double dive #akibasho2026

Day15 J3 Tamawashi 10-4 (L) J12 Kayō 10-4 (R) SPOILER - this bout is important now that Kagayaki lost the earlier bout - the winner here goes on to face Kaga and Kitanowaka in a 3 man playoff (tomoe-sen) #akibasho2026

Day15 J10 Nabatame 8-6 (L) J3 Ōnokatsu 8-6 (R) Hard fought battle, winner drops to knees but not before foe is out #akibasho2026

Day15 J4 Kazeken’ō 8-6 (L) J7 Midorifuji 6-8 (R) Big bullies didn’t give Midori much trouble in school I bet 🤗. I like Kazeken’ō but Midori will do better ending on a 7-8 #akibasho2026

Day15 J10 Tanji 9-5 (L) J5 Arashifuji 9-5 (R) Two of my faves go at it for a double digit basho! #akibasho2026

Day15 J6 Kitanowaka 10-4 (L) J11 Kagayaki 11-3 (R) Can Kaga do it? With a win here, he takes jūryō yūshō - if Kitanowaka wins we get a 3 man playoff between Kaga, Kita and whoever wins the later Tamawashi Kayō bout #akibasho2026

Day15 preview Ono made math easy Final bout of day (musubi no ichiban), whoever wins the Ōnosato vs Aonishiki bout takes yūshō. In jūryō if Kagayaki beats Kitanowaka, Kaga takes yūshō, if he loses we get a 3 man playoff (tomoe-sen) between Kaga, Kita and whoever wins Tamawashi and Kayo's later bout

Day14 Yz Ōnosato 11-2 (L) Oz Kotozakura 8-5 (R) Allright, if Ōnosato wins here he goes into the final day with a one win lead, SPOILER if he loses he goes even with Aonishiki who he is SURE to face-off with in the final bout tomorrow #akibasho2026

Day14 Oz Kirishima 7-6 (L) Oz Aonishiki 10-3 (R) Ōzeki battle - it’s up to Ao to force Ōnosato to win his own bout to stay one ahead. But Kiri really needs that KK to avoid kadoban next basho #akibasho2026

Day14 M6 Asanoyama 10-3 (L) Sw Fujinokawa 9-4 (R) With a win here Asa stays in shooting distance of yūshō - he handled Fujinokawa’s scrappiness well last basho and beat him when they faced off #akibasho2026

Day14 Sw Atamifuji 8-5 (L) M5 Rōga 5-8 (R) Atami has dropped three straight - ōzeki promotion consideration will have to wait #akibasho2026

Day14 M5 Ōshōma 6-7 (L) Km Daieishō 4-9 (R) Winner finishes off foe so smoothly he doesn’t even look in a hurry to do it 🤗 #akibasho2026

Day14 Km Hakunofuji 4-9 (L) M6 Ichiyamamoto 2-11 (R) Ichiyama has been looking more like himself the last bout or two, despite losing them #akibasho2026

Day14 M7 Nishikifuji 6-7 (L) M1 Kotoeihō 4-9 (R) An 11-4 at M7 last basho got Kotoeihō a bit too high in the ranks than he was ready for, but no doubt he’ll be a regular at this level before long #akibasho2026

Day14 M4 Fujiryōga 7-6 (L) M2 Yoshinofuji 7-6 (R) Worthy fight for KK from some of the newer blood in the top flight of sumo #akibasho2026

Day14 M2 Takayasu 6-7 (L) M3 Churanoumi 9-4 (R) Yasu somehow stays perennially competitive, few have bounced in and out of sanyaku more. Chura could get double digit wins for first time since Aki 2024 #akibasho2026

Day14 M3 Gōnoyama 4-9 (L) M11 Shōdai 3-10 (R) These two have a 5-3 matchup record favoring Shōdai #akibasho2026

Day14 M15 Tokihayate 8-5 (L) M8 Hiradoumi 7-6 (R) Good brawl, Hira can get his KK - and it’s been 4 basho since he’s accomplished that #akibasho2026

Day14 M8 Takerufuji 8-5 (L) M11 Wakamotoharu 9-4 (R) It’s been since Kyūshū 2024 since Motoharu last got double digits wins, but he could do it here #akibasho2026

Day14 M13 Abi 7-6 (L) M9 Shishi 6-7 (R) How can you not be endeared to that bumbling “which way did he go” looking sumo that still gets Shishi KK most basho? 🤗 #akibasho2026

Day14 M9 Ura 9-4 (L) M13 Asakōryū 8-5 (R) How could this matchup not be good? Ura likely ain’t going in low for this one, but the magic is there! Watch the feet at the end #akibasho2026

Day14 M10 Ōhō 5-8 (L) M14 Chiyoshōma 4-9 (R) There used to be a slew of Chiyo’s (Kokonoe-beya) in the two upper divisions but it’s been only late bloomer Chiyoshōma for some time now #akibasho2026

Day14 J2 Daiseizan 8-5 (L) M15 Asasuiryū 6-7 (R) Another long standoff, video starts midbout. Watch right at end how winner appears to lose grip/balance and then recovers for the win #akibasho2026