2023 Aki basho: Day 9 results and analysis

Spoilers forbidden.

Day 9 is in the books and the leaders are putting a little distance between themselves and their chasers. With match-making shifting to record based bouts, we could see that change dramatically in the next few days, though.

Something I’ve enjoyed this basho is seeing a couple of wrestlers who had torrid times in previous tournaments this year showing a l…