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[Please skip if you find facetious remarks offensive] Will being kyujo for three basho interrupt his ozeki run?

You are not the only one! Not that I hate the poor guy, but I am really rooting for him to "achieve" a 0-15 record, just because I have never seen it happen ever since I started watching sumo. Twice, I almost saw it happen: 1) Daido in the 2013 July basho; he lost the first 14 matches before winning on the last day to end with 1-14. (Damn you Daido!) 2) Shohozan in the 2015 haru basho; his only win was on the 14th day and he ended the basho with 1-14. Hoping for "better" luck this time! Hey wait a minute! I just remembered... Daido is now Onomatsu oyakata, Onosho's oyakata.

What are the odds of two maegashira 17 yusho in one calendar year?

Lady's and gentlemen, in today's news: a pig was seen flying, and Kotoshogiku survived a henka attempt.

Kotoshogiku's non-knee-bending crouch: I have seen some forum members saying that he is doing so to protect his knees; well, that posture can't be doing his back any good. I cringe and wince every time I see him doing this.

"Please, I beg you while grabbing your leg!!!" In South Asian culture, going down and grabbing somebody's leg is the extreme form of abasement, like prostration in some cultures. It is not done anymore, and the closest thing that can be commonly seen nowadays is touching an elder's feet with your fingers in India to show respect. "Grabbing somebody's leg" only exists as a relic in the language (or in some melodramatic scenes in Indian/Pakistani films). People use it when they are asking for something they need real bad. The western version would be "I am on my knees and begging you!". The only reason I mention this here is that Enho did a perfect demonstration of the an over-the-top leg-grab. I have never seen anyone go down like that on the dohyo. Love seeing that little fella trying all kinds of unorthodox stuff, and it is entertaining, regardless of whether his tricks work or not.

And with that, Hakuho just got himself a new record that will stand for a long, long time: The longest run up the hanamichi after jumping off the dohyo before returning.

Kakuryu should study some Tokitenku tapes before he attempts his next susoharai.

Commenting on Kaisei's weak sumo, Wakanohana jokingly addressed Kaisei's wife (they got married last month): 奥さん、叱ってあげてください。(Madame, please scold/reprimand him)

Seeing Terunofuji on the dohyo as a maegashira again after all these years ...

Great news! Thanks.

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.