Eastern Japan University Championships

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The Eastern Japan University Championships were held today somewhere nice. The individuals was won by Daidou Hisashi??( 大道久司, 1.79/135) 2nd year student at Toyodai. This is the first time anyone from Toyodai wins the yusho. He is half Filipino from his mother's side and is thinking of joining the pros."If I win the all-Japan yusho in two years I'll think about it.." he said. He beat 4th year schoolmate Tanabe? (田辺) in the semis. "It's great to be the first to win a yusho from my school, and I'm happy that it's me.." he said. He showed strong forward moving oshizumo. In the finals, he beat Nichidai 4th year Etou Masahiro (遠藤聖) by oshidashi.

The team event was won by Nittaidai (5-0) against Nichidai, third straight time and 4th overall yusho.

Edited June 3, 2012 by Kintamayama

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Nittaidai (5-0) against Nichidai

Whoah!

FWIW, I had the winner's name as Hisashi Omichi in previous posts, but I have no idea if that was just a guess or based on a source.

Edit: Here's a page that confirms Omichi as the reading. Looks like he was just awarded as one of the (Nagano) Prefectural Sports Rookies of the Year recently.

Edited June 3, 2012 by Asashosakari

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After Takayasu and Masunoyama, another strong prospect who is half Filipino...

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A rugby club member helping out the Waseda team Yasue, Jun

From Asashi Shimbun

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The rugby club member helping out harks back to the early years of university amateur sumo tournaments, around a century ago. Schools often had members of the baseball drafted in to make up numbers.

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It was two rugby club members, even. "For their first time, they went into it with a lot of effort," the sumo club coach commended them. (Both lost their bouts.) Usually it's members of the judo club who get drafted into helping out the Waseda sumo team, the article says.

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Final rounds of the individual event:

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Final rounds of the team event:

Part 1

Part 2