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Goody! Welcome aboard.

It was really sad reading about his end in the last link. About the video: The links to the video appear to be dead. Is it still available somewhere?

Dude, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a million. I am reading Akebono's biography in French right now (that's right, I'm learning French at the moment), but I'll go back to my Japanese studies in a couple of months. Since I have already developed my proficiency to somewhere around B2 level in Japanese, I want to challenge myself by reading books by/about yokozuna. That would be my personal George Costanza moment; he says to Jerry Seinfeld after his latest romantic encounter during which he ate while engaging in "romantic activities" (I am trying to avoid the use of certain words): "Food and women are my two obsessions. It was about time that I was going to find a way to combine them." I would say: Language learning and sumo are my two obsessions. It was about time that I would find a way to combine them. As a matter of fact, sumo has always been a major part of my language learning activities. This will be the biggest challenge that I will be giving myself, though.

Is there a list of biographies/autobiographies written in Japanese of yokozuna (plural)? I recently found out about Onokuni's book and I was wondering which other yokozuna have biographies/autobiographies in Japanese.

What a stressful situation, dude. Hang in there. I wish you the best of luck and I hope things work out.

You will find your farm in the mail. As for the mango sorbet, you'll get it after Kyokutaisei starts wearing a yellow mawashi again (that was what got you running to your freezer in the first place, haha).

Best wishes for Randomitsuki-zeki!

Ok Moti-zeki, I am down. I'll see your farm and raise you a mango sorbet [and you won't even have to run to your freezer for it! ((reference to a post you made in 2015))] that the May basho will take place.

What a guy! Always loved his matches. Wishing him the best in the future. My favorite Toyonoshima match: His victory against Terunofuji after being in a disadvantageous position a couple of times during the bout.

Agree with the others. That was an awesome interview. I wish I had the time to translate it, but have to rush to work.

Interesting exchange earlier between Wakanohana and Shigeki Kiyono (the blow-by-blow commentator on Abema TV). While talking about Kotoshogiku's 700th win, Wakanohana said that the other day, his daughter told him about his record and that he didn't know about his own win-loss record until then. In fact (he added), he didn't even keep track of his overall win/loss record while he was active because he didn't care about it. At that point, Shigeki Kiyono said: "If it had been Hakuho, he would really have cared about it, right?". Is it because Hakuho talks a lot about records? I have heard him talk about records, yes, but that was usually in response to questions put to him by reporters about his future goals etc.

Wow, Enho! That should be an ashitori plus (ashitori+tsuridashi).

Thanks a bunch!

You, sir, are an encyclopedia. Thank you very much. I finally managed to attach a pic of Goeido's kesho mawashi. Anything on this one?

Huh? I can't upload a pic even though it is only 6 kbs? I better read the pic posting thread, but some other day. Goeido's kesho mawashi pic will have to wait, haha.