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

#AkiBasho2026 looked like it might be kinda routine, but back to back losses by Yokozuna Onosato mean we'll have an exciting last day! Aonishiki has hopped on one leg all the way to a tie, and they'll face off in a winner takes all match!

Repeating as champion gives Aonishiki a shot at Yokozuna!

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