Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) And now that we're on page 2, here's a list of reported Haru recruits sorted by heya: Chiganoura: Teratani Hakkaku: Sakurai Kasugano: Kitani Kataonami: Tamura x2 Matsugane: Arikawa Naruto: Sakabe Nishikido: Uchida, Honda Onomatsu: Suekawa Sadogatake: Watabe Takadagawa: Imaoka Takanohana: Yokoyama Tamanoi: Sakaguchi (more), Mori Tatsunami: Shibata (more) Tokitsukaze: Takahashi To be updated... Edited March 13, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) And another slightly belated recruitment news, this time for Kasugano-beya: Minoru Kitani 木谷稔 is a graduate of (I think) Matsunami Middle School in Noto-cho, Ishikawa prefecture and was picked up by Kasugano-oyakata in his hometown on February 20th for the trip to Tokyo. His parents and various other family members were there to see him off at Noto airport, along with Mr. Yamasaki, head of the local sumo association (who might be this guy, though the first name doesn't match) who expressed his support for the youngster. For his part, Kasugano-oyakata stated that he "wants to form him (into a rikishi) from the ground up", though it would appear that at least one lesson (namely what to say as a promising rikishi) will not be necessary: showing determination, Kitani proclaimed, "I would like to gambarize, all the way to yokozuna!" Kitani and Kasugano at the airport: Edited March 5, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) Another Haru recruit for Nishikido-beya: it's junior high graduate Ryo? Honda 本多諒, announced on the heya blog about two weeks ago with a remarkably uninformative picture. Incidentally, nothing new about their supposed other recruit Uchida since the original announcement back in December on the Mitoizumi blog...I suppose it's always possible with such early announcements that something came up to prevent their joining ozumo. Edit (thanks to ja.wiki and other places): Honda was the national 6th-grade wampaku champion in 2005 and also won the All-Japan elementary 5th-grade competition in 2004. Edited March 6, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,567 Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) Tokitsukaze-beya will be having its first new recruit since the Tokitaizan incident a year and a half ago. Masaru? Takahashi 高橋賢, a third-year student at Miyagi Agricultural High. First inspection today. When asked of his aspirations, he said he wanted to be worthy of inheriting the "Tokitsuumi" shikona eventually. At first, after his sumo club adviser recommended "that Tokitsukaze stable" he was apprehensive, but after meeting the Oyakata he decided to join the heya. "We've had all sorts of recruits, but it seems we have a very enthusiastic one here.. I hope he keeps it up", said Tokitsukaze Oyakata. Edited March 7, 2009 by Kintamayama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,567 Posted March 7, 2009 One of the new recruits is Makuuchi gyoji Kimura Waichirou's eldest son Rintarou (15) who will be joining Takadagawa beya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 7, 2009 Masaru? Takahashi 高橋賢, a third-year student at Miyagi Agricultural High When asked of his aspirations, he said he wanted to be worthy of inheriting the "Tokitsuumi" shikona eventually. New pic: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) And twins again: Kataonami-beya has recruited middle school grads Akira 田村彰 and Akihiro Tamura 田村彰宏, from (I think) Okazaki-shi in Aichi prefecture. Unlike the Taka twins from last basho these two aren't quite identical in size...older brother Akira clocked in at 176 cm / 119 kg at today's examinations, while younger Akihiro was measured at 174 cm / 115 kg. They both prefer straight-up oshi-zumo and that's not the only thing they have in common; asked about their aspirations both immediately exclaimed, "Yokozuna brothers!" Go Go Power Rangers: Incidentally, the very nice homepage of Okazaki's sumo organization has local tournament results - Akira beat Akihiro twice in tourney finals this past year. Let's see if they get to repeat that in a playoff sometime soon. You can also see another pic of them here (second and third among the boys). Edited March 7, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) And after four months also another article about Tatsunami-beya recruit Shibata who did indeed join the stable in February. Not a whole lot of additional details over that old Yomiuri article (this one's from Sponichi), but it looks like he's grown a bit: now 176 cm / 108 kg, and he's turned 15 in the meantime. And now he prefers migi-yotsu, not oshi...umm, get yer story straight, will ya. :-) He's twice represented Hokkaido in the national middle school championships in his age group, and he'll be the first new rikishi from embattled city Yubari since Kitajishi in 1987. The shikona has already been decided on, and the newly-christened 北洋山 (Hokuyozan?) proclaimed that he'd "like to cheer up the people of Yubari by giving them something positive to talk about". Flag gone already: Edited March 7, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,567 Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) One of the new recruits is Makuuchi gyoji Kimura Waichirou's eldest son Rintarou (15) who will be joining Takadagawa beya. 1.73/77 kilos, narrowly made the "normal" tier. "Since I was a kid, all I had was sumo", he explained. Associates are saying it is "perhaps" the first time ever a gyoji's son enters sumo. AFAIK, there is no rule about a gyoji judging his son's bouts. "I have never even dreamed about that.. The important thing is moving on", he answered when asked about that possibility. Edited March 8, 2009 by Kintamayama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orion 431 Posted March 8, 2009 One of the new recruits is Makuuchi gyoji Kimura Waichirou's eldest son Rintarou (15) who will be joining Takadagawa beya. 1.73/77 kilos, narrowly made the "normal" tier. "Since I was a kid, all I had was sumo", he explained. Associates are saying it is "perhaps" the first time ever a gyoji's son enters sumo. AFAIK, there is no rule about a gyoji judging his son's bouts. Unless Rintarou breaks all the records for speedy promotion it is unlikely in the extreme that Waiichiro will referee his son's bouts. Orion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,567 Posted March 8, 2009 Unless Rintarou breaks all the records for speedy promotion it is unlikely in the extreme that Waiichiro will referee his son's bouts. Orion Why Ichiro is only 49, so is it really that unlikely? Isn't the retirement age 65? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orion 431 Posted March 8, 2009 Unless Rintarou breaks all the records for speedy promotion it is unlikely in the extreme that Waiichiro will referee his son's bouts. Orion Why Ichiro is only 49, so is it really that unlikely? Isn't the retirement age 65? Sure. It is remotely possible but I'm looking at likelihood not remote possibility. Waichiro (sorry about the miss-spelling, I still think of him as the 16-year-old Hideki I first knew back in Kuramae days) will arrive at sanyaku-kau long before the son is sekitori, assuming he gets that far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doitsuyama 1,194 Posted March 8, 2009 Unless Rintarou breaks all the records for speedy promotion it is unlikely in the extreme that Waiichiro will referee his son's bouts. Orion Why Ichiro is only 49, so is it really that unlikely? Isn't the retirement age 65? Sure. It is remotely possible but I'm looking at likelihood not remote possibility. Waichiro (sorry about the miss-spelling, I still think of him as the 16-year-old Hideki I first knew back in Kuramae days) will arrive at sanyaku-kau long before the son is sekitori, assuming he gets that far. Well, he still can amble along to fight a sanyaku in about 15 years from now which wouldn't exactly equal breaking speed records as you said in the first post... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Buckton 1 Posted March 9, 2009 One of the new recruits is Makuuchi gyoji Kimura Waichirou's eldest son Rintarou (15) who will be joining Takadagawa beya. 1.73/77 kilos, narrowly made the "normal" tier. "Since I was a kid, all I had was sumo", he explained. Associates are saying it is "perhaps" the first time ever a gyoji's son enters sumo. AFAIK, there is no rule about a gyoji judging his son's bouts. "I have never even dreamed about that.. The important thing is moving on", he answered when asked about that possibility. no, it has happened at least once before that I know of. When I can dig out the details wil post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Buckton 1 Posted March 9, 2009 Unless Rintarou breaks all the records for speedy promotion it is unlikely in the extreme that Waiichiro will referee his son's bouts. Orion Why Ichiro is only 49, so is it really that unlikely? Isn't the retirement age 65? Sure. It is remotely possible but I'm looking at likelihood not remote possibility. Waichiro (sorry about the miss-spelling, I still think of him as the 16-year-old Hideki I first knew back in Kuramae days) will arrive at sanyaku-kau long before the son is sekitori, assuming he gets that far. Likelihood now? You said "unless (he) breaks all records for speedy promotion" (In a state of confusion...) Odd to write this lad off before he has even begun. Hakuho started with a 3-4 in jonokuchi IIRC. Not exactly a stellar beginning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) And one more (from a week ago actually, I just forgot about it) - Chiganoura-beya has recruited 15-year-old Daishi Teratani (or Teraya) 寺谷大志 from Sayo Middle School in Sayo-cho, Hyogo prefecture. He's 174 cm / 115 kg and will be competing as Masukoma 舛耕磨. A large kid all his life, Teratani had attracted the attention of Chiganoura koenkai members from the town a while ago already, and he was sent off to his new life on March 3rd with an encouragement party attended by family, the shisho and about 50 town citizens. "I struggled with whether or not to go to high school, but I felt strong enough mentally and physically, so I decided to go for ozumo", the youngster commented. "I'd like to form him into an upstanding member of society", Chiganoura-oyakata added. Teratani and Chiganoura, with Mr. Ishii from the koenkai on the left: Edited March 13, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) Tatsunami-beya's Kazuhiro Shibata taking part in a keiko session with his old club yesterday, as he's back home briefly for his middle school graduation ceremony. He's looking forward to his first mae-zumo bout in a few days: "It's the first step in my dream of becoming yokozuna. A win is a must!" Edited March 13, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,949 Posted March 15, 2009 And the NSK data is:(Akitomo incomplete) SHIKONA KANJI NAME HEYA HEIGHT WEIGHT DOB BIRTHPLACE Akita 秋田 Takahiro Akita Naruto 183 142 14 - August - 1993 Kagoshima Akitomo 安芸友 Masato Akitomo Unknown Unknown Unknown 13 - September- 1993 Shizuoka Araki 荒木 Yuki Araki Irumagawa 176 84 12 - January - 1994 Saitama Arikawa 有川 Yoshikazu Arikawa Matsugane 170 107 09 - October - 1988 Kagoshima Asai 浅井 Toshihiro Asai Irumagawa 177 167 11 - September- 1987 Ibaraki Hamada 浜田 Yuki Hamada Chiganoura 185 135 30 - October - 1993 Kagoshima Honda 本多 Ryo Honda Nishikido 177 140 08 - April - 1993 Tokyo Honna 本名 Hiroyuki Honna Takadagawa 173 100 10 - October - 1993 Niigata Imaoka 今岡 Rintaro Imaoka Takadagawa 173 77 19 - December - 1993 Tokyo Inoue 井上 Kenta Inoue Tagonoura 179 142 03 - June - 1993 Osaka Kaneyama 金山 Kengo Kaneyama Kitanoumi 177 112 17 - July - 1993 Osaka Kato 加藤 Kohei Kato Shibatayama 187 122 13 - September- 1993 Gunma Kiya 木谷 Minoru Kiya Kasugano 178 117 01 - September- 1993 Ishikawa Kubota 久保田 Yuki Kubota Takasago 186 121 19 - December - 1990 Hyogo Mori 森 Daiki Mori Tamanoi 179 102 01 - November - 1993 Kagoshima Morimoto 森本 Ryuji Morimoto Miyagino 173 100 10 - June - 1993 Hyogo Nakano 中野 Minoru Nakano Dewanoumi 182 151 05 - December - 1986 Tokyo Ohara 大原 Yoshiki Ohara Shikoroyama 169 70 14 - December - 1993 Aichi Okazaki 岡崎 Daiki Okazaki Sadogatake 174 121 18 - August - 1993 Chiba Omura 大村 Ryo Omura Sadogatake 174 99 15 - August - 1993 Fukuoka Pizango ピザンゴ Kazuya Pizango Irumagawa 176 111 15 - October - 1993 Aichi Saito 齋藤 Ryuji Saito Tatsunami 171 110 08 - July - 1993 Ibaraki Sakabe 坂邊 Naoya Sakabe Naruto 176 80 25 - August - 1993 Hyogo Sakaguchi 坂口 Yasuyuki Sakaguchi Tamanoi 186 159 24 - August - 1986 Ishikawa Sakata 坂田 Yuji Sakata Kasugayama 176 124 08 - April - 1993 Kumamoto Sakurai 櫻井 Yoshitomo Sakurai Hakkaku 185 90 30 - August - 1993 Hokkaido Sasaki 佐々木 Shintaro Sasaki Chiganoura 175 121 02 - January - 1994 Aichi Shibata 柴田 Kazuhiro Shibata Tatsunami 176 101 26 - November - 1993 Hokkaido Suekawa 末川 Shuta Suekawa Ounomatsu 177 110 25 - November - 1990 Miyazaki Takahashi 1 高橋 Ryo Takahashi Sadogatake 179 112 07 - April - 1993 Gifu Takahashi 2 高橋 Ken Takahashi Tokitsukaze 180 88 08 - August - 1990 Miyagi Tamura 1 田村 Akihiro Tamura Kataonami 174 115 26 - October - 1993 Aichi Tamura 2 田村 Akira Tamura Kataonami 176 119 26 - October - 1993 Aichi Teranishi 寺西 Shota Teranishi Tagonoura 177 124 26 - March - 1992 Osaka Teratani 寺谷 Daishi Teratani Chiganoura 175 112 09 - August - 1993 Hyogo Tsurubayashi つる林 Masaya Tsurubayashi Kise 174 99 31 - December - 1993 Kumamoto Uchida 内田 Riki Uchida Nishikido 184 136 11 - April - 1990 Ibaraki Watanabe 1 渡部 Riku Watanabe Sadogatake 175 136 10 - December - 1993 Akita Watanabe 2 渡邉 Yasumichi Watanabe Shibatayama 182 127 08 - July - 1993 Kanagawa Yamamoto 山本 Shoma Yamamoto Onoe 174 119 20 - February - 1994 Kumamoto Yokoyama 横山 Kenya Yokoyama Takanohana 173 110 27 - June - 1993 Saitama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) As Katayama, a Senshu U. grad leaves ozumo, another Senshu product takes his place.It has been reported that Giichi Arikawa (有川義一) has dropped out of college and will be taking the secondary shin-deshi test for Haru Basho. And same for Asai at Irumagawa-beya, it seems...he's name-checked a couple of times on Senshu's website in sumo results from 2007. Dewanoumi's recruit Nakano also appears to have a Senshu connection - I've found some information that he was a member of the Senshu University Hokkaido Junior College sumo club back in 2006/07, though I'm not sure if he went on to Senshu University proper after finishing the juco or has done something else in the intervening years. Edited March 15, 2009 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kotoviki 16 Posted March 16, 2009 Hi! I have pictures but as usual we are just getting back & trying to download! We were screwed in Maezumo today my friend Hamazaki-san confirmed we could watch it, even got someone's name they promised we would be able to enter before it. But when we got there lined up at 7am we were allowed in it was 825 and we dashed in quick for the 830 start they promised us as regular bouts started at 845 but they were nearly finished already! Damn Kyokai! (Neener, neener...) (Shaking head...) We try again tomorrow!!!!! Oh & amazingly they said the names so fast & unclear that even my Japanese friends had a hard time knowing who was who! Well try again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,694 Posted March 16, 2009 They're going with the usual Osaka split-schedule maezumo again this year, despite having only a bit more than half the usual number of applicants. The first 20 were active today on Day 2, including the Tamura twins. Older brother Akira (now 玉東陵 Tamatoryo?) had an unexpected loss after being in control of the bout, while younger brother Akihiro (now 玉西陵 Tamaseiryo?) managed to score a win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kotobaru 0 Posted March 16, 2009 Yamamoto 山本 Shoma 山本 Yamamoto 山本 Onoe 山本 174 119 山本 20 - February - 1994 山本 Kumamoto Yamamotoyama shall be accompanied with Yamamoto ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raishu 208 Posted March 16, 2009 Yamamotoyama shall be accompanied with Yamamoto ;-) Nice idea. Unfortunately, there already is a Rikishi fighting under that name (Naruto heya), so he'll probably get a new Shikona or we'll see one of these prefix/suffix adjunctions. Maybe something like this (???): 大山本 (Oyamamoto) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kotobaru 0 Posted March 16, 2009 Yamamotoyama shall be accompanied with Yamamoto :-( Nice idea. Unfortunately, there already is a Rikishi fighting under that name (Naruto heya), so he'll probably get a new Shikona or we'll see one of these prefix/suffix adjunctions. Maybe something like this (???): 大山本 (Oyamamoto) Not big deal, at one point there were two Mori's compeating at the same time. But also Motoyamamoto can be a good friend for Yamamotoyama ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raishu 208 Posted March 16, 2009 Not big deal, at one point there were two Mori's compeating at the same time. True, but they used different kanji. There won't be two 山本 on the banzuke for sure. ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
