[sumo] [spoiler] Kotomitsuki

[Mike Charlton]

Kotomitsuki is one of my favorite rikishi.  He has great technical
ability and moves really well.  He seems to hit the glass ceiling
around here, though.  Maybe he gets nervous, I don't know.

I'm really pulling for him to make Ozeki, but I doubt he'll get to
yokozuna.  IIRC, he's already 31 years old, so he doesn't really
have much time left at the peak of his physical ability.

It would be great to have Kotomitsuki get up to that level.  Another
of my favorites (who fights very similarly) is Kotoshogiku.  I hope
that success by Kotomitsuki will also spur on Kotoshogiku  :-)

        MikeC
        Koishi

On 7/13/07, Scott Kahn <smk1 at columbia.edu> wrote:
> Kotomitsuki is a perfect 6-0 this tournament, with a winnable match
> against Takamisakari today, an opponent he's defeated 7 out of 10
> times.  Out of his remaining 9 bouts, I would assume Kotomitsuki needs
> another 5 or 6 wins to nail down his ozeki promotion.  Of those four
> anticipated matches against opponents ranked above him, Kotomitsuki
> could afford losses to both yokozuna and either Kaio or Chiyotaikai, and
> still achieve this record.  And, of those possible remaining lower
> ranked opponents, I think a match against Dejima would be telling, the
> physical power of Dejima's tachi-ai would challenge Kotomitsuki the
> most.  Ozeki promotion for Kotomitsuki would be a well deserved
> accomplishment, considering his acceptable performance in the sanyaku
> ranks (I'd be interested to compare his record to performances of the
> current Ozeki over the last few years).  It would be great if he could
> compete for the yusho this tournament and not go into his second week
> disappearing act.  If he could demonstrate an ability to routinely
> handle the more physical, larger wrestlers and the two yokozuna,
> Kotomitsuki might even join Asashoryu and Hakuho at the top within the
> next couple of years.
>
> Sukubidubidu
>
>
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