Just four days off now, the March 12th to 26th Haru Basho looks like being the make or break tournament for Tochiazuma of Tamanoi Beya in Tokyo's Adachi-ku.
Ozeki Tochiazuma goes up against visiting Iwakiyama of Sakaigawa Beya during an early morning practice session at Tamanoi Beya in this file photo from December.
As the sport's only Japanese ozeki with a real chance of now making yokozuna or even of seeing out 2006 in style, this is it -- crunch time!
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