Fay 1,677 Posted August 11, 2008 The 5th and the 6th day of the jungyo took place in Aomori. They had good practise and Kotoshogiku presents us another regional dish (I think some scallops) which is delicious, he says ... is there anything he doesn't like to eat :-P Toyonoshima tries another job as hairdresser Sadogatake beya got a big cake donation, good to have cake after practise think Kotomisen, the sugar let them recover quickly ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted August 12, 2008 The tour went to Hanamaki in Iwata prefecture. A city which is famous for being the birthplace of Keiji Miyazawa tells us Shoki. Miyazawa is a poet and writer of children's stories, he is also known as a social activist. Shoki in the forest close to the gym: openhearted ... and now he turns around ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . well not really Because Shoki's stomach ist still empty, although breathing the good forest air, he decides to have lunch. A lot of heya line up at the entrance of the hall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted August 25, 2008 A festival was held in Ibaraki. Although it was raining a lot of people came to watch. The festival included a flea market and of course sumo wrestling performances and wrestling with the kids. Warm up lectures were shown, matawari and future yokozuna came to wrestle and show their strength. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted September 4, 2008 The banzuke is out and Kotoshogiku is listed as Maegashira 1. He is fired up now for the Aki Basho and will do his best. He thanks for all support in advance. The heya received cakes from Kotokashiwadani's parent with little sumo wrestlers on it. No need to mention that it was delicious. :-) The new sumo magazine is out. Shoki was happy about people supporting him also in Mongolia. he will work hard and aims a good result in september. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted September 6, 2008 At the statue of Genghis Khan in Mongolia. Kotoshogiku, Toyonoshima, Toyohibiku and Chiyohakuho. Kotoshogiku was a bit concerned because of the mongolian food but he had no problems. A little paper about sumo techniques is on sale for 600 Yen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) On the king seat together with Kyokutenho. Cheese of sheep which tastes like mozarella in Shoki's opinion sheep with vegetable of the season ... and it's delicious Because Shoki felt sorry for the horse he stopped his try to ride it ( or maybe he just couldn't climb it (In a state of confusion...) ) some more souvenir pics mongolian sumo wrestler Toyonoshima, Miyabiyama, Kyokutenho and Kotoshogiku take a deep breath of the good mongolian air Edited September 8, 2008 by Fay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted September 14, 2008 Kotoshogiku started with a win, good sumo by him. He could do his own sumo, he said ... as always (Sign of disapproval...) Tomorrow he has to fight against Asashoryu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted September 15, 2008 A loss against Asashoryu, Shoki couldn't do his own sumo. Tomorrow the next Yokozuna is waiting for him. Shoki asks for support ... and no win, no pic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Buckton 1 Posted September 15, 2008 good effort today but largely schooled. Strength is beginning to show against the yokozuna but technique........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) Kotoshogiku had to fight against Yokozuna Hakuho today ... and lost. But he keeps his confidence and gets a lot of support. Tomorrow he will win against Tochinonada. And a special surprise for Shoki ... a german paper for kids got some of my pics and made an article about sumo. Of course I gave them some Shoki pics and one of Kakuryu which is on another site. B-) Edited September 16, 2008 by Fay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilovesumo 12 Posted September 16, 2008 Hehe, we are on the education trip B-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted September 17, 2008 Always very fast our Shoki when he wins his bout, so there is already en entry in his blog. He could show good sumo today against Tochinonada and asks for support tomorrow. He will have Chiyotaikai tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted October 28, 2008 No time for the Shoki blog for a long time, but here we go again. Kotoshogiku new ranking is Maegashira 3 east (nothing to be very proud of ...) Finally they are in Kyushu now. Because it's the last basho of the year, Shoki wants to concentrate and do his very best. In his home province Yanagawa he had an encouragement party. And Shoki shows us some local cooking of the Yanagawa province: eel with bamboo shoots Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UncleMoustache 41 Posted October 31, 2017 Sorry for digging up a 9-year-old thread! Is Kotoshogiku still doing a blog or have some kind of online presence? The original blog is no longer active (and I don't read/speak japanese). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,858 Posted November 18, 2017 Nope. the only active bloggers are Aminishiki, Hakuho, Toyonoshima (more like instagrams crossposting onto his blog). you should have more luck following the twitter feed for Shohozan, Ryuden, Tsurusgisho, chiyo-brothers, Terutsuyoshi, onosho, takakeisho, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
