Yokozuna Musashimaru lost to ozeki Kaio in the final bout of the Kyushu Basho, but it made no difference to the outcome of the tournament, as he had already clinched his ninth championship on the 14th by defeating Tochiazuma. Musashimaru looked clumsy and overly laid-back in his final bout.
The yokozuna got off to a shaky start, with a poor tachiai (initial charge) until the final days of the tournament, when he finally began to look more like his real self.
Maru suffered a shocking upset at the hands of 36-year-old No. 6 maegashira Daizen, the oldest rikishi in the Makunouchi, on the 10th day.