▁former ▁wrest ler ▁W ak an oh ō ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁thrown ▁matches ▁against ▁K oto ō sh ū ▁in ▁return ▁for ▁money , ▁saying ▁" I ▁am ▁sad den ed ▁by ▁this . ▁It ▁is ▁all ▁lies ." ▁W ak an oh ō ▁subsequently ▁ret ract ed ▁his ▁comments . ▁He ▁produced ▁scores ▁of ▁ 1 0 – 5 ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁tournament s ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁best ▁record ▁amongst ▁his ▁fellow ▁ ō ze ki . ▁In ▁the ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁tournament , ▁he ▁finished ▁the ▁tournament ▁with ▁a ▁ 9 – 6 ▁score . ▁However , ▁he ▁ended ▁y ok oz una ▁H ak uh ō ' s ▁ 3 3 - b out ▁winning ▁stre ak ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁day . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁cont ention ▁for ▁the ▁y ū sh ō ▁until ▁the ▁final ▁day ▁and ▁finished ▁runner - up ▁with ▁an ▁impress ive ▁ 1 3 – 2 ▁score . ▁He ▁never ▁won ▁more ▁than ▁ten ▁b outs ▁in ▁a ▁tournament ▁after ▁that . ▁He ▁pulled ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁tournament ▁on ▁Day ▁ 1 1 , ▁cit ing ▁a ▁kne e ▁injury . ▁He ▁returned ▁in ▁July ▁and ▁preserved ▁his ▁rank ▁by ▁se cur ing ▁his ▁e ighth ▁win ▁on ▁Day ▁ 1 0 ▁( the ▁last ▁bout ▁of ▁fellow ▁ ō ze ki ▁K ai ō ' s ▁career ), ▁finishing