Asojima

I have just over 100 small spreadsheets that I was using to do periodic updates to the Heya listings. I am no longer doing updates. If anyone is interested in continuing this effort, contact me via PM and I will attempt to forward copies of the spreadsheets to you.

Did anyone notice that there is not a bandage or knee brace in sight. Playground pseudo sumo.

I recently switched to BitDefender for my antivirus protection. It complained about the forum's security certificate and refused to connect until I told it to ignore the problem.

I load Open Office with my Excel spreadsheets. I then copy the spreadsheet ( or part of it) and paste it into the forum editor. It works very well except if I use Firefox browser. If I use Chrome or Edge to work the forum when I am pasting, all is well. Spreadsheets opened in Excel do not copy/paste well on the forum. It is a problem with Excel. Copying and pasting from most other spreadsheet programs works well.

A BOT appears to be beating the hell out of this topic! The topic has been relatively stable for over a year, but there were at least 9000 16,000 viewer hits on it during 2024 (and 2025).

626 rikishi have used the full kanji (龍), and 237 have used the simplified one (竜).

If I remember correctly, the carry must include a certain number of steps. A lift at the edge with a step out will not cut it.

FWIW. As an M7, he lost the day 15 Nagoya 72 match with yusho winner M4 Takamiyama.

FWIW, they are brothers, and the Ho ending their shikona is the same kanji meaning mountain peak.

They both started in Kitanoumi heya and then shifted to Kise. The date is correct.

He competed in 30, but he only completed 20 of them.

Just found it. Tokitsuumi. I was looking for a Ex-rikishi, not an Ex-oyakata.

And the over aged Juryos who will make one more pre-intai trip to Makuuchi to fill his open slot.

Umi means sea, but it is very commonly added to the end of shikona that begin with a placename or personal name, probably as a euphonic additive. It usually does not carry along its intrinsic meaning.

During the last decade or so, the oyakata have concentrated their training for Japanese rikishi on forward moving, pushme-pullyou techniques. For the most part, yotsu training has gone by the wayside. (Are the oyakata taking the easy way out?) The Mongolians learn some of the grappling techniques through their early experience with bokh, and that is one of the reasons that they have dominated the Ozumo scene.

Even before his intai, Kitazakura was very active in his efforts to help troubled kids. His heya has evolved as a place to harbor and assist these kids. Some of the kids eventually become rikishi

67 years ago, my English teacher assigned us to recite a poem. I memorized and recited Casey at the Bat. Most of it is still stuck in my memory.

Shikona : Shi-Ko-Na 四股名 Four Thighs Name (The shiko leg exercise) Shiko-Na 醜名 Shameful Name (Pseudonym?) Go Find Em: The Sekitori (Updated thru 5/2022) The Notes The Heya (Effective Aki 2025) Ajigawa Arashio Asahiyama Asakayama Dewanoumi Fujishima Futagoyama Hakkaku Hanaregoma Hidenoyama Ikazuchi Isegahama Isenoumi Kasugano Kataonami Kise Kokonoe Michinoku Minato Miyagino Musashigawa Nakamura Naruto Nishiiwa Nishikido Nishonoseki Oitekaze Onoe Onomatsu Oshima Oshiogawa Otake Otowayama Sadagotake Sakaigawa Shibatayama Shikihide Shikoroyama Taganoura Takadagawa Takasago Takekuma Tamanoi Tatsunami Tokitsukaze Tokiwayama Yamahibiki Legend (魁) - Heya Flag kanji from Shisho/Heya Name 新^- Kanji from Real/Given Name 馬* - Kanji from a placename (Translation) - Meaning of one of the above Kanji. Often omitted for Heya flags and real names. The Marus The Yobidashi The Myoseki

How well does Gonoyama respond to a full henka?

Strange. The NSK DB is listing the heya as "otowayama". It is the only heya which is not capitalized. It appears that way in several places.

Today, the Professor completes his 85th solar orbit. He is REALLY old!!

I will accept good stuff for the next 5 years.

A lot of you.

The origins of most of the kabu (and gyoji) names are buried deep in antiquity. I suspect that a lot of them are derived from all or part of the family names of the original holders. I read somewhere that Kise came from parts of the family names of the two gyoji who founded the heya. It is likely that research into most of these names would require access to some very old and very obscure sumo documentation.