Akōgyokuseki

Hello and welcome to the forum Shio-kago

Congratulations Mitakeumi! The lad gave a lovely interview too, very emotional. 3 cheers for Mita!

Well done Mitakeumi! He held his nerve excellently, and produced a great win in the end. Nice one!

Hello there Dainakama Enjoy your stay here, nice to meet you!

Hi there Uniseann This forum is an oasis in a desert, as I call it. There a lots of knowledgeable people on this forum (I however, am not one of them ) So don't be afraid to ask questions and please, enjoy your stay here!

Indeed! And i was most surprised that they did not. There have been many difficult decisions this Basho as well as many false starts...i felt as if I'd watched the same matches many times over

Mitakeumi falls!...(well both Takayasu and him did) I can't take much more of this Basho... What a ride!

Oh crap, I forgot (very absent minded of me ) Take the 'kinboshi' out of my comment and replace it with 'win'... In other words, I hope kakuryū wins

Let's hope Kakuryū doesn't give away another kinboshi to Shōhōzan

Hi Mogami! Welcome to the forum! Love your avatar as well Musashimaru was an awesome Yokozuna

Hi Tim Welcome to the forum!

My apologies this should read "took place in a communal bath"... autocorrect is such a pain. I can't edit my posts. I'm sorry to add a pointless message to this thread.

Aw, thanks for your awesome comments lads and lassies, its great to hear from some fellow NE sumo fans... autotroph, your so right, this forum is like an oasis... Pandaazuma, I was watching some videos of that era just last night. Aye they were good days.... Thanks all!

I used to be an avid gamer back in the day, my favourite games were beat-em-up's and apart from E.Honda (who figurine Akinomaki has posted) I can remember two other characters who were rikishi. http://tekken.wikia.com/wiki/Ganryu http://virtuafighter.wikia.com/wiki/Taka-Arashi E.Honda was one of my favourite characters in SF, he would shout 'Dosukoi!" during his victory pose and his bouts took part in a communal bath, he also wore red kumodori (隈取) make-up. Capcom(street fighter's developers) were eager to capitalise on sumo's international interest and created the character for foreigners to ignite interest in Japan as a whole (hence the kumodori, blending two very Japanese things together, Kabuki and Sumo) Great thread...

...or the red handbag Great pics of Tochinoshin lifting Shohozan like a toddler...good match that one.