[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Gyoji switch and reason for the monoii

[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
Gaijingai
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier


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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Gyoji switch and reason for the monoii
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In the playoff match, a monoii was called after Oonosato yoritaoshi'd
Houshouryuu. Former Ozeki Kotokaze who served as commentator for the NHK
broadcast, expressed his understanding, saying, "It's a good idea to call a
monoii when it's this close. It's an important match, so it's a difficult
call for the shinpan." After the shimpans' deliberation, Kokonoe, head of
the judging department (former ozeki Chiyotaikai), announced, "I will
explain the current discussion. The referee's decision was in favor of
Oonosato, but there was a monoii that suggested Oonosato's foot might have
turned. After deliberation, it was determined that Oonosato's foot had not
turned. The decision is in line with the decision of the gyoji, and
Oonosato is declared the winner." After the bout, Kokonoe commented on the
circumstances at the time. "I could see it, but one of the
shimpans commented that 'his foot may have turned back'. They checked his
hands and feet in the video room and there was no mistake. We checked
everything." The announcement in the arena explained about his foot, but it
was also revealed that they had checked to see if his left hand had touched
down first..

Yokozuna Oonosato won his fifth championship in two basho. He lost to
Yokozuna Houshouryuu in the main bout, but won the playoff match. The
second bout was adjudicated by the 39th Kimura Shounosuke (63, Kokonoe) in
the main bout, and the 43rd Shikimori Inosuke (62, Kasugano) in the playoff
bout. Usually, Shounosuke  only officiates the last bout, while Inosuke
officiates the last two bouts before the musubi no ichiban. Why did the two
gyoji switch positions for the main bout and the playoff bout this time?
Inosuke explained, "It's because of order. I officiated the deciding bout
(the playoff bout) in January. The playoff bout ended with the second bout,
but if there had been a third bout, I would have handed it over to
Shounosuke (it was a three way playoff). Shounosuke officiated the playoff
bout in March. There were no playoff bouts in May and July, so it was my
turn in September." There was a monoii during the playoff bout, but
Oonosato won as per the gyoji's original decision.  Regarding the decision,
Inosuke reflected, "I wondered why they called that monoii. I had no
hesitation (in deciding on the decision).

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