Day 11 Lead Sheet

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Official standings through Day 11 with each wrestler's Day 11 closing opponent. The order is wins, losses, then banzuke position, with East ahead of West at the same numbered rank.

Leaders 9-2 Chasers 8-3 Currently out

#	Rikishi	Record	Final	Rank
1	Kirishima	9-2	Wakatakakage	Ozeki E
2	Kotoeiho	9-2	Oshoma	Maegashira #13 E
3	Tobizaru	9-2	Asanoyama	Maegashira #15 E
4	Wakatakakage	8-3	Kirishima	Komusubi E
5	Yoshinofuji	8-3	Hiradoumi	Maegashira #2 E
6	Gonoyama	8-3	Ichiyamamoto	Maegashira #4 W
7	Hakunofuji	8-3	Fujiryoga	Maegashira #10 W
8	Ura	8-3	Wakanosho	Maegashira #11 E
9	Fujiryoga	8-3	Hakunofuji	Maegashira #17 E
10	Kotoshoho	7-4	Fujiseiun	Sekiwake W
11	Churanoumi	7-4	Atamifuji	Maegashira #6 E
12	Asanoyama	7-4	Tobizaru	Maegashira #10 E
13	Mitakeumi	6-5	Hatsuyama	Maegashira #14 E
14	Roga	6-5	Abi	Maegashira #14 W
15	Wakanosho	6-5	Ura	Maegashira #16 E
16	Atamifuji	5-6	Churanoumi	Sekiwake E
17	Fujinokawa	5-6	Oho	Maegashira #1 E
18	Ichiyamamoto	5-6	Gonoyama	Maegashira #2 W
19	Oho	5-6	Fujinokawa	Maegashira #3 W
20	Daieisho	5-6	Takanosho	Maegashira #4 E
21	Shodai	5-6	Kotozakura	Maegashira #5 W
22	Fujiseiun	5-6	Kotoshoho	Maegashira #6 W
23	Oshoma	5-6	Kotoeiho	Maegashira #8 E
24	Kinbozan	5-6	Tamawashi	Maegashira #11 W
25	Takanosho	4-7	Daieisho	Maegashira #1 W
26	Hiradoumi	4-7	Yoshinofuji	Maegashira #3 E
27	Chiyoshoma	4-7	Wakamotoharu	Maegashira #7 E
28	Abi	4-7	Roga	Maegashira #9 E
29	Tokihayate	4-7	Asahakuryu	Maegashira #12 W
30	Ryuden	4-7	Nishikifuji	Maegashira #16 W
31	Asakoryu	3-4 (4 kyujo)	—	Maegashira #7 W
32	Kotozakura	3-8	Shodai	Ozeki E
33	Wakamotoharu	3-8	Chiyoshoma	Maegashira #5 E
34	Asahakuryu	3-8	Tokihayate	Maegashira #8 W
35	Nishikifuji	3-8	Ryuden	Maegashira #9 W
36	Shishi	3-8	Oshoumi	Maegashira #12 E
37	Oshoumi	3-8	Shishi	Maegashira #15 W
38	Takayasu	2-2 (7 kyujo)	—	Komusubi W
39	Tamawashi	2-9	Kinbozan	Maegashira #13 W
40	Onosato	0-0 (11 kyujo)	—	Yokozuna W
41	Aonishiki	0-0 (11 kyujo)	—	Ozeki W
42	Hoshoryu	0-2 (9 kyujo)	—	Yokozuna E

Key bouts

These Day 11 results did the most to sort the leaders without clearing the traffic behind them.

Top-rank hinge

Kirishima vs Wakatakakage

Kirishima's yorikiri win over the other 8-2 sanyaku contender kept the active ozeki in front of the race and dropped Wakatakakage back into the wider chase.

Lower-board lead holds

Kotoeiho vs Oshoma

Kotoeiho moved to 9-2 and refused to give the race back to rank logic. A Maegashira 13 leader this late in the basho is no longer a curiosity line.

Spoiler stopped

Tobizaru vs Asanoyama

Tobizaru's hikiotoshi win preserved his 9-2 share of first and denied Asanoyama the jump from 7-3 into the center of the yusho picture.

Kadoban confirmed

Shodai vs Kotozakura

Shodai pushed Kotozakura to 3-8, which turns the ozeki's bad basho into a fixed July problem. The yusho race and the upper-rank damage now have separate headlines.

Three leaders is cleaner than six, but the race is still wide open

Day 11 mattered because it finally forced the race to choose a narrower top line. Kirishima handled the direct meeting with Wakatakakage, and the two lower-maegashira co-leaders did not blink. That gives the board a clearer headline than it had after Day 10, but not a secure one.

Kotoeiho and Tobizaru are the reason the page still feels unstable. Kirishima is the highest-ranked active contender and the most conventional favorite on the sheet, yet he is sharing first with a Maegashira 13 and a Maegashira 15 who both survived another day without dropping back into the crowd.

The 8-3 line is still large enough to punish any slip. Wakatakakage, Yoshinofuji, Gonoyama, Hakunofuji, Ura, and Fujiryoga all remain one win away from first. Away from the title picture, Kotozakura's 3-8 make-koshi is now the cleanest upper-rank side story because it sets up a kadoban July regardless of what happens in the yusho race.

Field bulletin

Onosato remains 0-0 with eleven days kyujo.
Aonishiki remains 0-0 with eleven days kyujo.
Hoshoryu is 0-2 with nine days kyujo.
Takayasu is 2-2 with seven days kyujo.
Asakoryu is 3-4 with four days kyujo.

Names worth your eye

Kotoeiho

He is 9-2 from Maegashira 13 East and still has not been pushed out of the lead group. That is now a promotion-pressure story as much as a yusho story.

Tobizaru

The 34-year-old kept his place at 9-2 by turning back Asanoyama. He is old enough and low-ranked enough that every remaining win changes the tone of the tournament.

Hakunofuji

He beat Fujiryoga to stay at 8-3 and may be the quietest dangerous record on the board because he is taking wins directly out of the chase line.

Pressure map

Six records that shape what the page carries into Day 12.

Kirishima 9-2

He reasserted the rank line by beating Wakatakakage, and he is still the only active ozeki carrying the top of the board. If the race sorts itself by pedigree from here, it probably runs through him.

Day 11 Wakatakakage Rank Ozeki East

Kotoeiho 9-2

He has held the lead from Maegashira 13 East long enough that the record now demands to be treated as real title pressure, not a schedule quirk.

Day 11 Oshoma Rank Maegashira #13 East

Tobizaru 9-2

He turned away Asanoyama and kept the lead from Maegashira 15 East. The more he stays at the top, the more the second week becomes his best top-division argument in years.

Day 11 Asanoyama Rank Maegashira #15 East

Wakatakakage 8-3

The loss to Kirishima hurt because it was the cleanest route for a sanyaku wrestler to take command. He is still the highest-ranked chaser and still close enough to punish any slip.

Day 11 Kirishima Rank Komusubi East

Fujiryoga 8-3

The first Makuuchi kachi-koshi is already in hand, but Day 11 showed how thin the margin is when a fellow chaser can take the win away. He is still live, just less insulated.

Day 11 Hakunofuji Rank Maegashira #17 East

Kotozakura 3-8

The race has moved past him, but the rank story has not. Make-koshi on Day 11 means the ozeki now carries kadoban pressure into Nagoya even before the basho is finished.

Day 11 Shodai Rank Ozeki East