Kishinoyama

Usually an utchari results in both rikishi crashing to the ground but Kinbozan managed to stay on the dohyo and upright. That doesn’t happen very often and impressed me the most.

I look for an update in this thread every morning. I appreciate the effort that you put into keeping track of the “celebrity” sumotori.

@Kintamayama I think your fingers got carried away with Wakatakakage’s score.

I just wanted everyone to know that I tried to have a discussion with Hokuseiho about his match with Midorifuji. He said something about being on a water break and that he would get back to me later. I am still waiting for a response. Disclaimer: Not a chance that this actually happened.

Excerpt from the shimpan meeting with Hoshoryu: Shimpan department: You know that you are being called into this meeting to discuss the stare down with Gonoyama. Hoshoryu: It was just a stare down. Shimpan department: Stare downs are allowed but that was lasted far longer than a normal stare down. Hoshoryu: I was just having some fun with my buddy Gonoyama. Shimpan department: None of that matters. No more stare downs long enough for the people watching to make a sandwich. Hoshoryu: Okay, okay…. What is my punishment? Shimpan department: You will lose tomorrow. Hoshoryu: Lose tomorrow? Shimpan department: That is correct. Hoshoryu: That is too severe. Shimpan department: Normally we would agree but after reading some comments on the sumo forum, we felt we had no choice. Disclaimer #1: None of the conversation above actually happened. Disclaimer #2: Happy Friday if it is still Friday where you live.

I would like to thank Hoshoryu for the staring contest today. I think he finally won at the end, also the match but it sure did get the comments here in this thread. I call that “winning”.

I liked the sound of his voice on the dohyo. My favorite gyoji even though he had some bad calls.

I am not a fan of Endo but the kirikaeshi against Kotoshoho was just so natural in the flow of the match.

Check out the above post from 2014 made by Akinomaki regarding Kisenosato and that day 15 kyujo.

Hokuseiho doing Maegashira sumo. If he keeps doing sumo like this he will be in Juryo soon.

Can a moderator move the discussion of ethnicity to a separate thread? Please?

He knows Asanoyama’s toes better than Asanoyama….

When he develops a proper tachi-ai and starts using both arms then the jokes might stop. I say this as someone who wants to see him succeed.

He is directly blood related to his father and grandfather. That is three generations in a genealogy tree.

I agree with this comment. I hope that they can enjoy some “humble pie” for a change. They should have focused more on playing and less on other distractions.