Hakuho cup 2013

[Akinomaki 41,864]

Hakuho (honorary president) and Demon-kakka (tournament executive
committee top) with the kids. 347 primary 1-6 and middle school students
took part, 8 from Mongolia. First time in Tokyo, before it was in Sakai.



with Toyonoshima (wants to learn for his cup ?)

At the 3rd Hakuho-cup opening ceremony: the 2nd son of Taiho's 3rd
daughter: Takamori Naya, 3rd year middle school - made it to the best 16.

the 3rd son Kounosuke (middle 1st year) and 4th son Kousei (primary 5th
year) lost in their first bout, Kousei in the 2nd round. All have 幸 on
top of their first names (with different readings), like the
grandfather.
All 3 want to become rikishi.

Hakuho with Kounosuke, Kousei, Takamori

(maybe a thread for ama-zumo ?)

[Yubinhaad 11,986]

Flyer for the Hakuho Cup:

Scenes from inside the arena:

Hakuho with Taiho's grandsons:

And with Demon Kakka and Toyonoshima:

The medals awarded to the top three, from left: Sekiwake/Bronze, Ozeki/Silver and Yokozuna/Gold:

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Hakuho with Taiho's grandsons











Hakuho especially is fond of Kousei, who got his first win in the
team event - after Hakuho called him to give him some encouraging words.
He wants him to rise up in ozumo to meet him and win, and that to be
Hakuho's reason for intai. "I'll wait for this.", to be in his mid/late
30s, preferably after getting 32 yusho like Taiho. At the moment Kousei
is 160cm and 80 kg.

The indivudual title for primary 4 was won by the 1st son of
Tokitsukaze-oyakata (Tokitsuumi), Hirokazu/-ichi 博一 Sakamoto, the 2nd
son Shoshin/Masanao/... 正真 won the 1st grade title. (As always I have no
idea how to correctly read the first names, when the papers don't write
the kana)

M. 3rd grade Masakatsu (different Kanji but like his grandfather
Kotozakura's shikona first name) Kamatani was joint 3rd, first son of
Sadogatake-oyakata (Kotonowaka).

No idea which grade this is:

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the 3 with grandfather Taiho's pic




Hakuho with the kids from Mongolia

Edited February 18, 2013 by Akinomaki

[yorikiried by fate 2,038]

I just realized that Hakuho increasingly looks like my brother-in-law, which is irritating as my sister is in the process of moving out. Thus, Kotoshogiku would be more appropriate.

Thanks for letting me share.

[Yubinhaad 11,986]

I've managed to piece together the podium places (well, surnames only for the most part, and my best guess at some of them) from a number of blogs; only a photo of the 6th grade podium is missing.

1st Grade

Yusho - Sakamoto (Saitama)

Jun-yusho - Nakayama (Fukuoka)

3rd place - Kiba (Tokyo) and Ishiwatari (Saitama)

2nd Grade

Yusho - Uchida Kyota (Shizuoka)

Jun-yusho - Kumagai (Tokyo)

3rd place - Kondo (Ibaraki) and Komiyama (Tokyo)

3rd Grade

Yusho - Hanafusa (Tokyo)

Jun-yusho - Inome (Saitama)

3rd place - Hasegawa (Aomori) and Fujita (Kanagawa)

4th Grade

Yusho - Sakamoto Hirokazu (Saitama)

Jun-yusho - Kojima (Tottori)

3rd place - Kitano (Tokyo) and Ezure (Ibaraki)

5th Grade

Yusho - Sarukawa (Aomori)

Jun-yusho - Kamei (Chiba)

3rd place - Matsunaga (Saitama) and Okita (Tokyo)

6th Grade

Yusho - Toma (Okinawa)

Jun-yusho - Arai (Tokyo)

3rd place - Osanai (Iwate) and Kawabuchi (Osaka)

Middle School

Yusho - Kato Shota (Tokyo)

Jun-yusho - Matsuzaki (Tottori)

3rd place - Katsuro (Saitama) and Kamatani (Saitama)

And finally, video of the competition - semi-finals and yusho bouts for each grade in the individual competition, and then there's some team competition footage I haven't had time to watch properly yet.

[Mark.Buckton 68]

German journo headed to Komatsuryu this weekend I think. Great guy.