Overview
- Anseishin claimed his first top-division championship with a 12–3 record, defeating Yokozuna Hoshoryu by okuri-nage in a playoff on the final day in Fukuoka.
- The JSA’s judging department requested an extraordinary board meeting on his promotion, a request accepted by Chairman Hakkaku.
- The promotion is expected to be finalized following the November 26 rank-setting meeting and a subsequent board vote, a process that historically faces no board opposition once advanced.
- The victory makes him the first Ukraine-born top-division champion and positions him to become the first Ukraine-born ozeki pending formal approval.
- The 21-year-old from the Anjigawa stable won his maiden title 14 tournaments after debut, the second-fastest in the six-tournaments-per-year era excluding tsukedashi entrants.