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Flying Monkey Trouble - Tobizaru Accused of Bullying
Kaninoyama replied to Kaninoyama's topic in Ozumo Discussions
Hope it all turns out to be a big nothingburger. Tobizaru the rikishi is highly entertaining and his presence is needed--the kind that can wreak havoc at a moment's notice and is not afraid to go toe-to-toe with the Ozeki and Yokozuna and occasionally deliver an upset and shake up the yusho race. -
Flying Monkey Trouble - Tobizaru Accused of Bullying
Kaninoyama replied to Kaninoyama's topic in Ozumo Discussions
Salvaging Tobizaru's career is what they are trying to achieve. -
Flying Monkey Trouble - Tobizaru Accused of Bullying
Kaninoyama replied to Kaninoyama's topic in Ozumo Discussions
This made me laugh. I know you didn't mean it this way but almost makes it sound like theft and burning people--that's the line that must not be crossed. -
Our favorite Flying Monkey appears to be in hot water over accusations of bullying younger heya rikishi. Excessive butsugari-geiko, kicking his deshi in the face, yelling at them for various trivialities they weren't responsible for, making them cook his meals at home and buy feminine products when in the company of a female companion. His current tsukebito, Satsumasho, is said to be so traumatized that his hair is falling out. Four of his other previous tsukebito have also quit as his understudy due to various forms of physical, verbal, and psychological power harassment. Where were Endo and Daieisho, not to mention the Oyakata, when all this was going on?
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Ex-Ichinojo to make his Hollywood Debut. His stage name is now Ichi, and the movie, set in the early 1900s, will be about sumo wrestlers who take a trip to the US, and is set to be released some time this summer.
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Kakuryu joining the shimpan ranks means another good color commentator will no longer be available on the NHK broadcasts. Hopefully they'll give Takakeisho multiple days in his place.
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Has there ever been an otherwise fully qualified rikishi denied promotion on the grounds of insufficient hinkaku?
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It appears that the nuance we are looking for is "Not all of the Mongolian Yokozuna up to now had the proper hinkaku." Meaning some did and some didn't (but not saying who--though we all know who).
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What some of us are concerned about is that left to his own devices he's going to do that just fine all by himself (especially, as Akinomaki alluded to, with no current sempai-Yokozuna to guide him and his uncle of all people as his confidant and role model (though there are rumblings that the two don't get along anymore--it was telling that during Hatsu Asashoryu was vocal in his support for Kinbozan, and not so much his nephew)). As for none of the Mongolians having proper hinkaku, what the hell was wrong with Kakuryu? Or Terunofuji for that matter?
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It's official. Committee vote was unanimous. Hoshoryu is our newest Yokozuna. Congrats to Hoshoryu. May you have a fruitful career at sumo's highest rank with plenty of yusho, minimal kyujo, and an outpouring of hinkaku.
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He's been confirmed. And we can now only hope you're right.
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NHK reporting that the promotion is a done deal.
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If I remember the call and shimpan explanation correctly, on the video replay Tokushoryu (doing commentary) and the announcer were focused on the turned over foot as the only plausible reason for the mono-ii, but the explanation given by the shimpan was that both were out at the same time, thus the torinaoshi.
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More recently, perhaps, and as I said, he also had his supporters. But early on after he reached Makuuchi, there were also quite a few detractors even while his performances told a different story. In any case, never been a big fan, but you can't deny his ability. Whether it comes now or later, he'll get there eventually and will likely be a strong and deserving Yokozuna. I just hope he follows the model of Kakuryu and Terunofuji rather than that of his uncle and Hakuho.
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I remember many of the members several years ago laughing at the prospect of Hoshoryu becoming a yokozuna. While some of us saw it coming from miles away.