He mainly just needs to heal. People are so hung up on the January basho - in the basho before, he lost to only one maegashira - Abi - and that was a matta the gyoji failed to call.
He looked great this basho in the first few fights until his arm got too bad.

yeah, poor Takayasu

In Hoshoryu's case: he's had cellulitis in his arm since before the basho that has gotten worse. They found loose cartilage floating in his elbow. After the fight with Takayasu, the elbow was locked, Hoshoryu couldn't bend it at all.
No one can fight in that state ...

They can't just drop out because they're just not feeling like it. This is their job. They need a doctor's note about what prevents them from participating (and estimates about how long recovery time may be).

I agree, his defaulting to pull-sumo is a huge weakness that he needs to overcome.
Not sure if he could have saved this bout, but it sure didn't help ...

sure, you always have to be prepared for Chiyoshoma to henka. I just didn't think he'd do it against the yokozuna. Neither did the yokozuna 😂

Yes! Tenrosei's uncle! I knew you would have heard about him!

I read up on him a bit, he's actually from the same stable as Yokozuna Asashoryu!

Anyway: he looks like he's lost quite a bit of weight. I hope he's ok ...

The thing about Hiradoumi's speedy tachi-ai is that he is often too speedy, but the matta doesn't get called, and while I love Hiradoumi, that is something that annoys me ...

Excellent pun! Bravo!