Yamanashi

"So darling, darling stand ... by me" Aoiyama is a blue mountain

How many times have we seen a long "leaning festival" with him. His opponent must be thinking "I'll just wear the big bear out!" but he ends up winning most of them. Great stamina and focus when he's healthy.

Sorry, I'm a big wimp. Even when young and thin, I could never do a legit pullup. Distance runner as a youth, all the muscles in my calves.

I agree (in lieu of a "like", which I'm out of today)

Good point. If the Ozeki retires soon after leaving that rank (e.g. Kotooshu, Baruto), obviously there's no chance of a future match. Terunofuji fell so far so fast that he didn't have many matches in Makuuchi before his return.

Outstanding as always! [ Though the placement in this thread is technically ... uh, er ... Mods?] [Also, to hypernitpick, the last stanza was 6-7-5]

I don't know which of the dozens of songs with those lyrics you're referencing, but they are all ... uh ... "classic".

The article mentions the retirement of Hokutofuji in 1992. I think they mean Hokutoumi.

My wife and I used to watch "Monk" every week. Also "House", starring British actor Hugh Laurie. I must say, watching old episodes of "Blackadder" after seeing "House" was quite a shock!

Re: Frank Muir He was responsible for the British TV shows "Till Death Do Us Part" and "Steptoe and Son", copied in the US as "All In the Family" and "Sanford and Son". He also hired two young comedy writers from Cambridge, Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and gave Terry Gilliam his first job in British TV.

I loved Muir and Norden; we got audio of "My Word" on the NPR station back in the day. Frank Muir wrote a book on social history that collected all the negative reviews/opinions about food, art, etc. I steal from that book all the time for lectures and speeches!

What a hilarious word, Nokozuna. Sums it up in a very Japanese way [although in Japanese would it read "of the Ogre's Daughter"?]

No, and he doesn't get the rope either. The usual criterion, as the real pros on the Forum (not me) know, is 33 wins over three basho. The committee starts getting sniffy if one of the basho was in the lower joi (~M4). Imagine if the first basho was in Juryo! Ol' Gangula would have to zensho yusho, then whip the Shimpan crew in an all-against-one, etc. Even then, he'd be denied because he had a fusen win.

Performed by the Yoshida Brothers, of course.

Meanwhile, nudging back toward the mainstream of this thread, good luck and welcome to the Forum!

Yes Kitanowaka. AlsoTochikamiyama; very young at Ms18.

Based on who they look like to me, bottom row: Hakuho (~), Kakuryu (excellent), Asanoyama, Takakeisho; middle row: ?, ?, Endo, Mitakeumi; top row: Enho, ?, Terunofuji, ?

Do you mean Samurai Gourmet? I rewatch that every month or so. It's written by the author of the Kodoku no Gurume TV series. And it stars Naoto Takenaka, one of the best comic actors of all time. Of course, I've gone through all versions of Shinya Shokudo. I've stopped trying to watch new US TV shows for about 5 years now; eventually they just seem too ... puerile?

Curse you, Moderator Man, you beat me to the punch!

You can also occasionally find pics and short vids on the oyakata's Ameba site, e.g. https://ameblo.jp/kotooshu-naruto/entry-12622188936.html

Yeah, that was clearly a Union thing. As evidence, remember that other parable where the guys who showed up at 5 PM still wanted a whole day's pay.

So, there is a quantum state above "ridiculous". Along with your yusho, here's a Nobel Prize, Dr. Sharp!

Several stories say "he has a base in sumo" or "he was a sumo wrestler" but no details at all. I'm not saying that MMA fighters will sometimes say untrue things to pump the match, but MMA fighters will sometimes say untrue things to pump the match. I'm not sure if it's the case here.

They get tested (BP, blood draw, H/W) twice a year, Feb. and Aug. My guess is the weight loss described by Kintamaya occurred from February to August. The database seems to have February height/weight data listed for the March basho. Whether the August data is generally available I don't know.

Does anyone have any background on him? Nihon University; he entered Sumo with Shodai in March 2014 (& beat him in Maezumo). 4 basho to get to Makushita, and he's been there for 34 basho, in the top 10 for 14 basho, but never made it over the hump.