Overview
- On Day 14 in Fukuoka, Ōnosato lost by yorikiri to ōzeki Kotozakura and Toyoshōryū fell by oshidashi to sekiwake Ansei-kin.
- The defeats left Ōnosato, Toyoshōryū, and Ansei-kin level on three losses heading into the final day.
- Final-day matchups are set with Ansei-kin facing Kotozakura and the two yokozuna meeting in the tournament’s closing bout.
- If Ansei-kin wins, he will face the winner of the yokozuna showdown in a playoff; if he loses, the yokozuna victor takes the yūshō.
- Officials had declined to call a mono-ii on Ōnosato’s close Day 13 win, and veteran Tamawashi reached 701 top-division victories to tie Takanohana for 10th all-time.