While the dust was flying during the should they/shouldn't they (make Hakuho yokozuna and Miyabiyama ozeki) promotion debate that blew up following the Nagoya Basho, the sumo powers that be did what they so often do best and ignored the fuss.
New WBA light flyweight world champion Koki Kameda is lifted by yokozuna Asashoryu after defeating Venezuelan Juan Landaeta in a split decision at Yokohama Arena on August 2.
KYODO PHOTOA few days later as the rainy season petered out, Dewanoumi Ichimon said its final farewell to recently deceased ozeki Hokutenyu in a service attended by several hundred officials and fans and those returning from brief vacations following the basho found that the heat and humidity of summer had finally arrived in the capital.