Injured yokozuna Harumafuji will likely make a decision on Thursday about whether or not he will wrestle at the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, his stable elder Isegahama suggested Sunday.
"We'll have to give an answer by around Thursday," said Isegahama of Harumafuji, who sustained a fracture around his right eye at the Autumn basho in September and missed 10 days of the meet.
"He is working toward competing. But right now, he isn't okay. We won't know until right before."
Thursday is the day prior to the meeting to decide the scheduled bouts for the first two days of the Nov. 9-23 tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center.
"My vision isn't blurry anymore," said Harumafuji, who went through the motions to check his tachiai with makuuchi returnee Homarefuji on Sunday.
"If I were afraid I wouldn't be fighting anymore. I have to break through my own anxieties."