Akinomaki 41,842 Posted December 27, 2018 21 hours ago, Akinomaki said: Shikihide-beya today received food donations from their locals in Ryugasaki - they get it 2 times per year. This time 150 Ryugasaki croquettes, 60kg of rice, some vegetables of the season, 18kg of meet, pork and chicken On 09/09/2016 at 19:33, Akinomaki said: Shikihide-beya needs all the support it can get. Ryugasaki, Ibaraki, as sashi-ire sends local food to the heya in their city, 2 times a year before Hatsu and Aki since 2012 for encouragement. The heya has 19 members, 7 new this year - with plenty of appetite. They use about 15kg of rice a day - and the 60 kg they got thus only last 4 days. They also got 5kg each of pork and chicken meat and 40 special local croquettes. The city feels obliged to increase the sashi-ire next time. On 08/09/2018 at 19:44, Akinomaki said: Shikihide-beya in Ryugasaki on the 6th got donations of local food from the locals - vegetables, 7 brands of rice, total of 70kg, 10kg of meat, chicken and pork, and 60 Ryugasaki croquettes 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) Today Hakuho had the party to celebrate 1000 makuuchi wins, with about 750 guests, the other 2 yokozuna among them. Also Demon-kakka, ex-prime minister Mori, kabuki actor Nakamura Shido etc. Sadaharu Ou, the baseball legend to praise the sumo legend o o and a short speech by Hakuho's mother aided by her daughter in law o after that feat at the Aki basho he needed to recover - practice in Kyushu was not keiko but takigyou滝行 under a waterfall o Edited January 6, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted January 6, 2019 17 hours ago, Akinomaki said: Today Hakuho had the party to celebrate 1000 makuuchi wins, with about 750 guests, the other 2 yokozuna among them. Also Demon-kakka, ex-prime minister Mori, Mori is the head of the Olympic/plc. organizing committee and hopes that Hakuho will do what he always talks about: "I want you to take on some role at the Olympics." with Ou, hyogi-in kai top Ebisawa and Mori o o o the oyakata in the back 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted January 10, 2019 On 16/10/2018 at 16:30, Akinomaki said: Kagayaki yesterday on the free day of the jungyo did PR for local Ishikawa 石川 pref. new rice brand: hyakuman(1million)goku(穀grain, -goku 石 is the counter for rice harvest, to indicate the fief of a feudal lord - Kanazawa was the hyakumangoku domain). This rice is used in the bento newly sold in the hokuriku-shinkansen, with "Kagayaki" as the fastest and shikona origin for Kagayaki His local Ishikawa and the national JA on the 7th gave Kagayaki 105kg of the new local hyakumangoku rice as a present. The other local Endo gets 105kg as well later. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/ishikawa/20190108/CK2019010802000043.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) Tamawashi on the 10th had a party at a hotel in Tokyo to celebrate the yusho, with about 200 supporters. with the oyakata and the coach of the Chuo univ. sumo club oo Takayasu on the 4th had a pep rally home in Tsuchiura, with about 500 locals o o Wakamotoharu had a party on the 2nd in the Royal Park hotel Tokyo to celebrate juryo promotion with his brothers Edited February 12, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 6,042 Posted February 13, 2019 16 hours ago, Akinomaki said: ... Wakamotoharu had a party on the 2nd in the Royal Park hotel Tokyo to celebrate juryo promotion Wakatakamoto looking a bit pensive. Perhaps having his two younger brothers in juryo will give him a final push to make the transition to juryo himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Asanoyama on the 17th had a pep rally in the building of his old high school in Takaoka-city with about 200 supporters of the Toyama Asanoyama koenkai. http://www.hokkoku.co.jp/subpage/TH20190218411.htm with parents http://webun.jp/item/7541001 On 18/02/2019 at 11:56, Akinomaki said: Nishikigi yesterday at the support party (about 300 guests) of the Iwate Nishikigi koenkai received a new kesho-mawashi: with a fighting pheasant, the symbol bird of Iwate pref. Nishikigi at the party o Edited March 6, 2019 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) Endo had a pep rally home in Anamizu town on the 21st, with about 150 supporters of his local koenkai. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/ishikawa/news/20190221-OYTNT50129/ o FNN local Ishikawa TV vid: https://www.fnn.jp/posts/1248ITC - in a local NNN video already gone, Shikimori Kiichiro showed his gorgeous new gunbai - download was without sound, I guess he mainly said thanks On 26/12/2018 at 21:42, Yubinhaad said: Shikimori Kiichiro will receive a spectacular new gunbai to mark his Makuuchi promotion on the latest banzuke, a Wajima-nuri lacquer with a golden dragon on one side, and a depiction of Akafuji (when Mount Fuji appears red in early morning sunlight) on the other. The gunbai is a gift from Endo's hometown koenkai (both are in Oitekaze-beya) Today Myogiryu had one in Himeji, in his home pref. Hyogo, by his local koenkai. http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sports/201902/0012091658.shtml flowers from his niece Edited March 2, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Chiganoura-beya today had a pep rally in Toyonaka, Osaka, with about 250 supporters. Takakeisho at karaoke, with the Southern Allstars song "Man of glory" o o o Edited March 1, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) Asanoyama on the 27th gave the address at the yearly cheer-up meeting for rikishi with university background, held by the West Japan student sumo federation, as the representative of the about 40 rikishi (on his right the heya manager ex-Ichinoya, who wrote something about Einstein for graduation from Ryukyu university and was about to become a high school teacher of physics - YT). http://www.sankei.com/sports/news/190301/spo1903010018-n1.html o oo o o o o Edited March 2, 2019 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 3, 2019 Goeido today had a pep rally at the hotel New Otani Osaka, with about 500 supporters. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/201903030001199.html glimpses of a new dragon kesho mawashi in ozeki purple design 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 4, 2019 Today was a pep rally for rikishi from Nittaidai. Yoshikaze, Chiyotairyu, Tomokaze, 2 more from makuuchi alone - a record. With 200 to pep them up. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2019/03/04/kiji/20190304s00005000270000c.html Terutsuyoshi yesterday had a party home in Minami Awaji to celebrate a makuuchi rikishi from the city again after 50 years, with about 300 supporters, friends and family. http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/awaji/201903/0012117036.shtml with classmates from middle school 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) Hakuho at the Miyagino-beya pep rally today - not only at the Olypics, he also wants to do a dohyo-iri at the rugby world cup held this year in Japan. o o o Asanoyama at his personal pep rally in Osaka o at the party for Terutsuyoshi - with the oyakata and teachers o o Edited March 6, 2019 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 7, 2019 The Takasago-beya Osaka pep rally on the 2nd in had about 1000 supporters to cheer up the rikishi. http://www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/news/190307/20190307039.html A bit more from Goeido's pep rally https://ameblo.jp/yukivo-cal/entry-12444441443.html the 2 kesho mawashi he got: https://static.blog-video.jp/output/hq/KaIc0Hw1KXlj18hPzDCT69ZN.mp4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Tochinoshin got his supply of Georgia coffee - again both kensho'd varieties: his beloved Emerald mountain blend, and the recent Grand Low Sugar o ooo to rebuild his body back to 173kg, he esp. ate vegetables (and did weight training) http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20190307-OHT1T50309.html while Takakeisho after keiko went for the all-you-can-eat ramen challenge o Edited March 9, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) The Oguruma-beya pep rally on the 4th in Osaka was with about 300 supporters. http://www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/news/190308/20190308049.html Asanoyama had his personal pep rally on the 5th in a hotel in Osaka, with about 50 of his local supporters who live in the Kinki area. http://toyama.hokkoku.co.jp/subpage/TL20190306611.htm At the 4th Okayama Musashigawa-beya support party on the 23rd http://musashigawa.com/archives/9119 Edited March 8, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Shimanoumi yesterday was home in Shima village, Shima-city, for an event with supporters and fan on the beach of the Shima no umi (sea of Shima). o o o o o o o o o o o Tetsubisho as the first rikishi from Kamikawa-town Hyogo, had an event at home on the 25th, at the hotel of the town headman. o Edited March 27, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Akinomaki said: Takakeisho will get a kesho-mawashi from his Ninagawa Gakuin primary school. A preparation school for Tokyo university, with plenty of wealthy OBs, who have formed a Takakeisho Ninagawa koenkai end of last year. In the new Takakeisho Ninagawa koenkai, member numbers exploded with Takakeisho's 10th win to guarantee ozeki promotion - at present about 220 alumni and family members of enrolled students. http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sports/201903/0012187914.shtml Edited March 28, 2019 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted May 10, 2019 Tomokaze on the 7th had the party to celebrate makuuchi promotion, home in Kawasaki, with about 350 supporters. http://www.kanaloco.jp/article/entry-166133.html oo o o o o 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) Mitakeumi at the support party of his koenkai in near home Kiso town yesterday o o The pep rally for Toyonoshima on the 27th home in Sukumo city A member shows the homepage at http://takakeisho.com/ of the new Takakeisho koenkai in his hometown Ashiya city, the koenkai starts on June 1st o Edited May 30, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted June 2, 2019 Enho on the 1st had the party to celebrate makuuchi promotion, with about 300 guests - from Hakuho he got an orange obi. "I had a makekoshi (from 7-2), but I obtained something bigger than kachikoshi. Without forgetting this frustration, I want to gambarize to turn it into power." o o o o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,975 Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Dewanoumi-beya held a small gathering during the Natsu basho to celebrate the kanreki, 60th birthday, of sewanin Fukuryudake. (Doesn't exactly belong here but I wanted to post it somewhere, we don't get a lot of coverage of these hard-working men.) A toast from Dewanoumi-oyakata (former Maegashira Oginohana). A speech from the birthday boy. And a picture of the attendees. The only one I don't recognise is the man in the light blue shirt, perhaps the heya manager? Standing from left: Takasaki-oyakata (ex-Kinkaiyama) / unknown / Dekiyama-oyakata (ex-Dewanohana) / Mitakeumi / Kimura Chishu / Nakadachi-oyakata (ex-Oginishiki). Seated from left: previous Dewanoumi-oyakata (ex-Washuyama) / current Dewanoumi-oyakata / Fukuryudake / former Yamashina-oyakata (ex-Onishiki). Edited June 2, 2019 by Yubinhaad 5 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted June 6, 2019 Hokutofuji on the 1st at a hotel in Tokyo had the party to celebrate his first sanyaku promotion for the Haru basho. He promised to the about 430 supporters some success for Nagoya, after two 7-8 results. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/sumo/news/CK2019060202000196.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Shimanoumi yesterday had a pep rally by his koenkai home in Shima - plenty of things to celebrate: 2 juryo yusho, makuuchi promotion and a kanto-sho. a letter of gratitude by the mayor and a bale of rice by the local JA o o Kise-oyakata was there o with kids from the local sumo dojo, built by the coach of the sumo club of Mie high school: the 6 years there from 4th grade till middle school graduation were the foundation for Shimanoumi's career o Edited June 16, 2019 by Akinomaki 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,842 Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) Today was the party to celebrate the juryo promotion of Ichiyamamoto, at a hotel in Toyko, with about 200 supporters with okamisan and oyakata - first time in haori hakama formal kimono o o o oo o o about 400 attended the local pep rally for Shimanoumi on the 15th http://tokai-tv.com/tokainews/article.php?i=87593&date=20190617 Edited June 18, 2019 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
