Hatsu Basho 2023 Honour Tanka Day Two: ONOSHO (2-0)

[day two is done and it's still an unsettled storm of characters] 

Onosho is one 
of many young rikishi 
aiming for the top 

top can be quite literal 
in terms of banzuke scroll 

dwindling in top half 
of maegashira for years, 
with great potential 

first two days of this basho, 
he has straight dominated 

bulldozer style - head 
first into opponent, with 
full force bodying 

Takanosho had no hope 
at achieving victory 

irresistable 
force made receiving object 
easily moved back 

undefeated after two 
days, Onosho swaggers off 

Aki Basho 2017 Honour Tanka Day 11: ONOSHO (7-4)

(Onosho rag-dolled for third straight L)

Onosho - after 

eleven days - stood at door 

of strong arrival 

no one since Hakuho went 

kachikoshi first three times 

(a fellow sumo 

enthusiast informed me 

of this on twitter) 

Aki basho seemed like it 

could belong to Onosho 

but eight wins appeared 

more difficult a psychic 

hurdle than he thought 

losses day nine and ten left 

Onosho looking shaken 

Tochiozan was 

his opponent this day - what 

should be easy win 

but Onosho never got 

off the mark, smacked back, stifled 

no forward progress 

after his initial launch, 

young Onosho lost 

pushed out by Tochiozan 

into dohyo-side front row 

Onosho looked back, 

flustered melancholy look - 

psychic weight heavy 

“how to turn this energy 

back to something positive?” 

big boy momentum 

moves in metaphysical 

ways as well as “real” 

Onosho stood in that door, 
but was not ready to cross yet 

Natsu Basho 2017 Honour Tanka Day 11: ONOSHO (7-4)

Onosho the 

young buck making his debut 

in makuuchi 

his basho started strong, but 

then the pressure got at him 

born on the fourth of 

July, only 21, 

he has tightened up 

sure his bouts come earlier 

in day’s opening session 

one must remember 

he’s only just now made his 

top level debut 

on makuuchi’s other 

end from Kisenosato 

Onosho quickly 

shot up bottom six rungs of 

sumo pyramid 

after eliminating 

Ishiura - seven wins 

Onosho now poised 

for his first kachi-koshi 

in makuuchi 

congratulations, young stud - 

may your career last decades