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That would have been ultimate chuzpe, because if, he was clearly the culprit. Like the old adage of the parricide who asks for extenuating circumstances because he is an orphan

Thanks, Katooshu. I don´t see any negativity in your response. To me it just shows what a, say, colorful character he was.

...which, ideally, means Hakuho has a bottomlesss budget for his new endeavour. I will watch the further development with a lot of curiosity.

That would surprise me, tbh. Only rikishi sitting ringside can call one. I don´t know if it was Hakuho, but there were a few instances where rikishi unusually "complained" to the shimpan (looks, gestures).

He was also one of the very rare wrestlers to call for a mono-ii sitting ringside.

I will always remember his almost complete invincibility when he had his left uwate grip. Beautiful to watch.

At 1:32 it almost looks like he was checking a ghost runner

They should have built him a mound at Kise. He looked a bit uncomfortable up there

No need to get back to the middle age. Today there are countless organizations/societies that have co-opting as a fundamental part. Start with Rotary, or Lions Club.

This is just sad . Yes Sumo and all, but isn´t it time to follow the rest of the world and abandon "at his Majesty´s pleasure" concerning formal and informal punishment codes ?

You beat me to it. Imagining Hoshoryu taking a knee, or Tatsunami sending in a replacement rikishi made me giggle

Having two young and healthy Yokozuna again is a very fine thing. Hopefully it stays so for a while.

Many thanks for sharing. The above needs a caption, doesn´t it ?

I fondly remember his early days, when he toyed with harite. Even against Asashoryu. Needless to say, the sole Yokozuna did not exactly like it.

Perhaps a Sumo Bosman case is brewing already ?