Meanwhile, the rikishi are..

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Yokozuna Hakuhou went to Ooshima beya today again, faced the likes of Juryo Kyokunankai. and was 22-1. He is abiding by the government's wishes to save on electricity. "I am not using any heating at all. Many are suffering so I can't go on like before," he said. He has been going to bed lately at 8-9 in the evening and awaking at around 4-5 am. "I've been doing a lot of shiko in the early morning with the young guys lately, and this experience makes me feel like I have gone back to the basics.." he added.

The Kyokai has decided to hold a fundraiser in three different places with the participation of the rikishi on the 24th-25th. The rikishi will be headed by the Sanyaku guys. Each group will have five Makuuchi rikishi. On the 24th, there will be two sessions- one starting at 13:00 in Shibuya for two hours, and another one from 15:00 for three hours at the Kinshicho train station south and north entrances. On the 25th, it will be held on the roof of the Ueno Matsuzakaya store between 15:00 and 18:00. "We want the heyas to go out and do some fundraising," said PR manager Nishonoseki Oyakata. Regarding the denying so far of foreign rikishi's wishes to go home- "If things deteriorate we may have to review our decision," said Nish. Kokkai, who was adamant in his wish to return to Georgia, has changed his mind for now.

Baruto has donated 500,000 yen to the relief fund. "I would like the smiles to return to Tohoku like it was before, with everyone's cooperation. Japan is a strong country. I am trying to help out as much as I can from the bottom of my heart.." he said. In the meantime. the Estonian Embassy has asked him to leave for home to get away from the possible nuclear dangers, but the Kyokai is forbidding the rikishi to leave their heyas. "I'm saying in Tokyo for now," he said.

Edited March 22, 2011 by Kintamayama

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The Kyokai has decided to hold a fundraiser in three different places with the participation of the rikishi on the 24th-25th. The rikishi will be headed by the Sanyaku guys. Each group will have five Makuuchi rikishi. On the 24th, there will be two sessions- one starting at 13:00 in Shibuya for two hours, and another one from 15:00 for three hours at the Kinshicho train station south and north entrances. On the 25th, it will be held on the roof of the Ueno Matsuzakaya store between 15:00 and 18:00. "We want the heyas to go out and do some fundraising," said PR manager Nishonoseki Oyakata.

Participants:

Tomorrow;

Shibuya station south entrance 13:00- 15:00-Baruto, Harumafuji, Toyonoshima, Houmashou, Aminishiki, Okinoumi

Kinshicho station northern entrance- 15:00-18:00- KaioU, Kotooushuu, Kotoshougiku, Goueidou, Tochiouzan

Kinshicho station southern entrance - 15:00-18:00 - Hakuhou, Kisenosato, Kakuryuu, Tokusegawa, Kitataiki

25th:

Ueno Matsuzakaya store northern entrance between 15:00 and 18:00- Hakuhou, KaioU, Wakanosato, Takamisakari, Miyabiyama

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Georgian Tochinoshin is busy calming his relatives down. "People in Georgia are telling me Japan will be sinking in 48 hours and that we are all going to die here from radiiation and other scary stuff. It's all I can do to call them down.. I just tell them I feel safe, but the media there is really hyping up the dangers," he explained. His mother called him, weeping and begging him to return home. The Georgian embassy asked him to go south for a while, but he is staying in Tokyo and doing keiko like everyone else.

Edited March 24, 2011 by Kintamayama