2024 Hatsu basho: Day 5 results and analysis

Read a different blog if you want spoilers.

Day 5 is in the books. It’s still early, but a leading pack of challengers is beginning to take shape. And most of them feel like they have the calibre to hang in until the business end of this basho.

More great bouts this day. I especially enjoyed Gonoyama vs. Hoshoryu (because of the backstory and what happened last time they faced).

We also had Teruno…