So it's finalized -- Kotomitsuki and Otake are getting the boot from sumo. Expulsion is the chosen punishment, not the more harsh excommunication (which has never been utilized before). Kotomitsuki will still get severence pay, but it will be drastically reduced. Tokitsukaze and Onomatsu were both demoted to the lowest status within the NSK for oyakata -- 5 years for Toki and 10 years for Ono.
As for the others, the following rikishi and oyakata are on house arrest for Nagoya:
Makuuchi: Goeido, Toyonoshima, Miyabiyama, Toyohibiki, Wakakoyu, and Okinoumi
Juryo: Daido, Kiyoseumi, Chiyohakuho, Kasuganishiki (and former juryo Futeno)
Oyakata: Musashigawa (rijicho), Kokonoe (riji) (former Chiyonofuji), Michinoku (riji), Dewanoumi (riji), Sadogatake, Miyagino (Hakuho's stablemaster), Sakaigawa, Onomatsu, Hakkaku, Kise, and Kasugano
Additionally, the names of non-baseball gamblers have been released, and among them include six makuuchi, including Hakuho, Kisenosato, Kotoshogiku, Kakuryu, Asasekiryu and Kakizoe.
So, now we can see how this will impact the matches if we look at the new banzuke which was released today. For the full makuuchi and juryo banzuke, check the link: http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/hon_basho/banzuke/index.html
Less than a week before the start of Nagoya!
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