2024 Aki Basho: Day 5 results and analysis

Spoilers within.

We have crossed the third-way point of the basho and we’re starting to get an interesting picture form over who might be competing for the cup on our final day. There are still a lot of bouts to go, of course, but there’s a couple of faces I’m expecting to keep up this good form. There are a few others who seem destined to miss out of a shot at glory, t…