He’s out because he did something to his upper arm in the final match of the March tournament.
Sad to see poor old 魁聖 going 休場 with an injured arm though. 
Source (in Japanese)
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Not to de-thread such a cool thread (damn no PM) but I checked out Kwook! and I really liked it. You may enjoy my friend’s page when you have a chance which is modular synth stuff but quite different
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I was so happy that 栃ノ心 won! I really like 逸ノ城, but 栃ノ心 is my favorite that I root for. I was worried about 栃ノ心 beating 逸ノ城 however, because 逸ノ城 is a wild loose cannon. You can never predict what happens when 230k slams into you! Plus, 逸ノ城 is capable of fighting really well some time. A very dangerous man, not to be dismissed!
I missed that entirely, but I went to work right after the bouts today. Very sad. I like 魁聖 a lot. Seems like a decent fellow.
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Thanks! This is fun stuff! 
Time for some 決まり手 - winning techniques!
These are all the winning techniques from the Kimarite Wikipedia page. The names of the winning techniques are all hyperlinked to their source words. Where possible I’ve linked to vocabulary in WK, but I’ve linked to Jisho if WK doesn’t cover the kanji or specific vocab. ^ indicates that one or more of the elements of the word link to Jisho.
Quick grammar point: kimarite are all nouns, so almost all of the verbs are in their nominal 連用形 (れんようけい) form - so we’re doing a 倒し (たおし) instead of 倒すing (たおす). I have heard sumo commentators turn them back into verbs sometimes, e.g. “寄り切りました!”
I’ve included kana transcriptions with a dot separating one word from another but put them behind a spoiler tag. See how much of the reading you can guess!
基本技 き.ほん.わざ - fundamental techniques
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[1](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)倒し あびせ.たおし - backward force-down, “pour on-knockdown”
WK teaches 浴 - 押し出し おし.だし - front push out, “push-putout”
- 押し倒し おし.たおし - front push down, “push-knockdown”
- 突き出し つき.だし - frontal thrust down, “thrust-putout”
- 突き倒し つき.たおし - thrusting knock-down, “thrust-knockdown”
- 寄り切り より.きり - frontal force out, “approach-cut”
- 寄り倒し より.たおし - frontal crush out, “approach-knockdown”
投げ手 なげ.て - throwing techniques
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[2](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 一)本背負い いっ.ぽん.ぜ.おい - one-armed shoulder throw “single-hon-carry”
WK teaches 一, 本 and 負 - 掛け投げ かけ.なげ - hooking inner thigh throw, “hang-throw”
- 腰投げ こし.なげ - hip throw, “waist-throw”
- 小手投げ こ.て.なげ (小 is kun’yomi) - armlock throw, “small-hand-throw”, “ouch my elbow”
- 首投げ くび.なげ - headlock throw, “neck-throw”
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[3](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 二)丁投げ に.ちょう.なげ - body drop throw, “two-chou-throw”
WK teaches 丁 but not as a counter - 下手出し投げ した.て.だし.なげ - pulling underarm throw, “below-hand-pushout-throw”
- 下手投げ した.て.なげ - underarm throw, “below-hand-throw”
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[4](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)投げ すくい.なげ - beltless arm throw, “scoop-throw”
WK doesn’t teach 掬 - [5](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)投げ つかみ.なげ - lifting throw, “grip-throw”
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[6](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)手出し投げ うわ.て.だし.なげ - pulling overarm throw, “above-hand-pushout-throw”
WK teaches 上 but not that exact reading - [7](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)手投げ うわ.て.なげ - overarm throw, “above-hand-throw”
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[8](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)投げ やぐら.なげ - inner thigh throw, “watchtower throw”
WK doesn’t teach 櫓
掛け手 かけ.て - tripping techniques
- 足取り あし.とり - leg pick, “leg-take”
- ちょん掛け ちょん.がけ - pulling heel hook
- 河津掛け かわ.づ.がけ - hooking backward counter throw, “river-haven-hang”
- [9](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)返し け.かえし - minor inner foot sweep, “kick-return”
- [10](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)手繰り け.た.ぐり - pulling inside ankle sweep, “kick-pull in”; WK has 繰る
- 切り返し きり.かえし - twisting backward knee trip, “cut-return”
- [11](WaniKani / Kanji / 小)股掬い こ.また.すくい (小 is kun’yomi) - over thigh scooping body drop, “small-crotch-scoop”
- [12](WaniKani / Kanji / 小)褄取り こ.づま.とり - ankle pick, “small-skirt-take”
- 三所攻め み.ところ.ぜめ (三 is kun’yomi) - triple attack force out, “three-place-attack”
- [13](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 二)枚蹴り にまいげり - ankle kicking twist down “two-sheet-kick”
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[14](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 大きい)股 おお.また - thigh scooping body drop “big-crotch”
WK doesn’t teach 股 - 外掛け そと.がけ (rendaku) - outside leg trip, “outside-hang”
- [15](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 外)小股 そと.こ.また - over thigh scooping body drop, “outside-small-crotch”
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[16](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)払い すそ.はらい - rear foot sweep, “bottom edge-payment”
WK doesn’t teach 裾 - [17](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)取り すそ.とり - ankle pick, “bottom edge-take”
- [18](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)取り つま.とり - rear toe pick, “skirt-pick”
- 内掛け うち.がけ (more rendaku!) - inside leg trip, “inside-hang”
- 渡し込み わたし.こみ - thigh grabbing push down, “hand (over)-pack in”; see Tofugu’s article about 込む
捻り手 ひねり.て - twisting techniques
- 網打ち あみ.うち - the fisherman’s throw, “net-hit”
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[19](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)捻り がっ.しょう.ひねり - clasped hand twist down, “prayer hands-twist”
WK teaches 合 and 掌, but does not teach 捻 -
[20](WaniKani / Kanji / 波)離間投げ は.り.ま.なげ - backward belt throw, “wave-estrangement-throw”
WK teaches 離 and 間 -
[21](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)捻り かいな.ひねり - two-handed arm twist down, “upper arm-twist”
WK teaches 腕 with a different reading - [22](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 肩)透かし かた.すかし - under-shoulder swing down, “shoulder-look through”
- [23](WaniKani / Kanji / 小)手捻り こ.て.ひねり - arm lock twist down, “small-hand-twist”
- [24](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 首)捻り くび.ひねり - head twisting throw, “neck-twist”
- 巻き落とし まき.おとし - twist down, “roll-drop”
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[25](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 大きい)逆手 おお.さか.て - backward twisting overarm throw, “big-reverse-hand”
WK teaches 逆 but not with the さか reading -
[26](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)折り さば.おり - forward force down, “mackerel-fold”
WK does not teach 鯖 - [27](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)とったり さかとったり - arm bar throw counter, “reverse-tottari”; see above for 逆
- [28](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 下)手捻り した.て.ひねり - twisting underarm throw, “below-hand-twist”
- 外無双 そと.む.そう - outer thigh propping twist down, “outside-no-pair”
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[29](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)投げ とっく.り.なげ? - two handed head twist down, “sake bottle-throw”
WK teaches 徳 and 利 but not the specific word 徳利 (とっくり) - とったり - arm bar throw (no kanji aaaaaahhhh)
- 突き落とし つき.おとし - thrust down, “thrust-drop”
- 内無双 うち.む.そう - inner thigh propping twist down, “inside-no-pair”
- [30](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)手捻り うわ.て.ひねり - twisting overarm throw, “above-hand-twist”
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[31](WaniKani / Kanji / 頭)捻り ず.ぶねり - head pivot throw, “head-wrench”
WK mentions the on’yomi for 頭 as ず in 頭痛, the ぶね reading for 捻 is apparently unique to this word
[32](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)手 そりて - backwards body drop techniques
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[33](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)反り い.ぞり - backwards body drop, “sitting-backwards bend”
WK teaches 居 with the い reading (e.g. 居る) but not any 反 kun’yomi vocab like 反る - [34](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 掛ける)反り かけ.ぞり - hooking backwards body drop, “hang-backwards bend”
- [35](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)反り しゅ.もく.ぞり - bell hammer drop, “bell hammer-backwards bend”
- [36](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 外)たすき反り そと.たすき.ぞり - outer reverse backwards body drop, “outer-kimono cord-backwards bend”
- [37](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)反り たすき.ぞり - kimono-string drop, “kimono cord-backwards bend”
- [38](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 伝える)反り つたえ.ぞり - underarm forward body drop, “pass along-backward bend”
特殊技 とくしゅわざ - special techniques (especially special techniques!)
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[39](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)込み はたき.こみ - slap down, “slap-pack”
WK does not teach 叩 - 引き落とし ひき.おとし - hand pull down, “pull-drop”
- 引っ掛け ひっ.かけ - arm grabbing force out, “pull-twist”
- 極め出し きめ.だし - arm barring force out, “extreme-put out”
- 極め倒し きめ.たおし - arm barring force down, “extreme-knockdown”
- 送り出し おくり.だし - rear push out, “send-put out”
- 送り掛け おくり.がけ - rear leg trip, “send-hang”
- 送り引き落とし おくり.ひき.おとし - rear pull down, “send-pull-drop”
- 送り投げ おくり.なげ - rear throw down, “send-throw”
- 送り倒し おくり.たおし - rear push down, “send-knockdown”
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[40](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 送る)吊り出し おくり.つり.だし - rear lift out, “send-suspend-put out”
WK does not teach 吊 but 常 has a mouth-towel mnemonic - [41](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 送る)吊り落とし おくり.つり.おとし - rear lifting body slam, “send-suspend-drop”
- 素首落とし そ.くび.おとし - head chop down, “element-neck-drop”
- [42](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)出し つり.だし - lift out, “suspend-put out”
- [43](Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary)落とし つり.おとし - lifting body slam, “suspend-drop”
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[44](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 後ろ)もたれ うしろ.もたれ - backward lean out, “backward recline”
WK doesn’t teach the kanji in もたれる not that it gets used anyway - 打っちゃり うっちゃり - backward pivot throw, “hit-???”
- 割り出し わり.だし - upper-arm force out, “divide-put out”
- 呼び戻し よび.もどし - pulling body slam, “summon-return”
非技 ひわざ - non-techniques/forfeits
- 踏み出し ふみ.だし - rear step out “tread on-put out”
- 勇み足 いさみ.あし - forward step out, “excited foot”
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[45](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 腰)砕け こし.くだけ - inadvertent collapse, “waist-collapse”
WK has 砕く but not 砕ける - [46](WaniKani / Vocabulary / 突く)膝 つき.ひざ - knee touch down, “thrust-knee”
- 突き手 つき.て - hand touch down, “thrust-hand”
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Thank you for these! I have been intending to do this, but been overwhelmed with other projects.
This 場所 is turning out to be very interesting. I was happy to 逸ノ城 return today, and win. But disappointed to see 栃ノ心 lose again. Yesterday, 阿炎 was brilliant against 栃ノ心, I have to admit.
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No worries!
The last few days of any sumo tournament are really emotionally exhausting! This time it’s not only waiting for 大関脇 栃ノ心 to get his ten to get back to 大関, but also mentally screaming「お勝ち越しなさい！」every day I see another 黒星 appear for 炎鵬 on the sumo app. Really don’t want to see him bounce back into 十両 again, that would be too sad!
I suspect 横塚 鶴竜 has this 場所 sewn up though. He’s not unassailable but he’s 元気 enough!
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炎鵬 is pretty exciting to watch. I swear that sometimes people have a smile on their face when they lose to him. They don’t know what just happened! Kind of like being attacked by a small, smart, rabid animal! I hope that he manages to stay in the upper division.
In other news Donald Trump will watch the tournament in the Kokugikan on Sunday. And not from that small terrace where the emperor may sit but somewhere in “a box in front” as NHK puts it. I can’t even image what kind of security they will roll for this, probably the lower area will be full with people in black suits and sunglasses.
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I have been following this.
I am so happy that they are not letting him use the emperor’s seat or entrance. I don’t think that there was ever much risk of that, but I can just imagine how it would go to his head.
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I’m very interested how it will turn out, it means that PM Abe is also there, so the Prime Minister’s Cup will be presented by Abe, then there is that 30 minute ceremony where foreign dignitaries present ugly oversized dust catchers to the winner, so Trump can step in for the USA.
Maybe the imperial couple will be there as well, if new emperor goes “full public” he can also sit downstairs and present the Emperor’s Cup himself for a change.
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It was hard to watch that judgement against 大関脇 栃ノ心 today. I don’t think that his heel went out.
Two more days to win! Please 炎鵬, get your eighth win too!
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Yeah that was a very weird decision. A super long 物言い then that? The crowd definitely didn’t think his heel went out either.
Hope he picks up his 10 tomorrow or on 千秋楽.
Saddest moment for me today though was seeing 炎鵬 injured and being denied a 取り直し for what clearly seemed like a 同体… and not getting his 8 for a 勝ち越し either. Sincerely hope that injury was much less severe than it looked. 
Edit: 炎鵬 isn’t 休場 as of the morning, yay! He faces 志摩ノ海 who already has his 勝ち越し.
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残念ながらトランプ"大統領"のS.P.に囲まれて、すぐ後ろの一般の観客は何も見えないでしょう。お相撲・両国国技館に冒涜したトランプ。相変わらず自己中心！
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Abema was so preoccupied with showing crappy illustrations of the Presidential entourage that they didn’t show Ichinojo’s match as it happened.
Oh well, at least we got to see the new giant teacup prize as well as a golden macaroon.
Sad for 炎鵬 but he really tried his guts out for that last match. Some amazing sumo there.
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Speaking of kanji though… there’s a surprise on level 22 for sumo fans - an actual rikishi name, even! It’s none other than “singer and Hakuho impersonator” 勢!
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If you wanna get a bunch of vocab in one go, you can search for “#words #sumo” on Jisho. Jisho has sumo terms tagged 
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Thank you @jprspereira 先輩. As much as I use Jisho, I have virtually never used advanced search features on it.
Have a wonderful day!
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Has anyone else seen the 七月 rankings? Everyone is in. 10 力士 in the 三役. I am so excited. Let us hope that everyone is healthy.