Churaumi

And me.

And someone also started as the highest ranked rikishi in the heya. Can’t have hurt.

I wonder if Turbold had any trouble like this.

“Haven’t” “we” “all?”

The last time Kisenosato did well was when Hakuho showed up to keiko and lit a fire under him. Maybe Hakuho needs to drag Kisenosato kicking and screaming through his yokozuna reign. But kicking and screaming is a sign of life...

A better question for the poll is how many snips at his danpatsu shiki next year. I predict a lot of people passing scissors back an forth with few actual cuts made.

If he trains with sekitori other than Takayasu, he may be in it to win it. Otherwise...meh.

It’s better career-wise for a yokozuna to not try if failure is likely, since failure (makekoshi) means retirement. It’s good they gave Kisenosato partial credit for at least trying last time. But, if a yokozuna were to sit out 14 days then swoop in on the last day just to win one to be on the top of the banzuke...more power to him. That’s how the system works and he gets his fairly trivial prize. Surely it’s amazing to see your name in the best place on the banzuke, but I bet it feels more amazing lifting all those trophies.

If they outlawed rikishi from saying gambarimasu, what would they ever talk about?

He might be the most educated rikishi ever. At least he knows very well what school is like and can bring that to his project. So amazing this is happening so quickly. Hopefully it works well, and he can put a statue on that pedestal some day.

Hakuho 1, Kakuryu 2, 2 by ozeki, and one sanyaku. Maybe a second win by Takakeisho or Mitakeumi. That’s all I’m willing to say.

If they can force people to retire, they can at least informally influence shikona. They may not be able to actually reject one, and we’ll probably never know if any riji tried to stop it. However, it’s just..bad timing for a name like that.

The picture won’t load for me, but for once I’m okay with that...

Wasn’t Takanohana trying to be a reformer? Did he just have an epiphany fairly recently or is it a case of “do as I say not as I do?”

Another jungyo in Okinawa, another round of pictures tweeted of blue skies, more wrestlers stating how warm it is there, and another intense round of jealousy from me.