Rikishi or heya support events

[Akinomaki 41,845]

On 28/05/2024 at 11:20, Akinomaki said:

On 07/05/2024 at 10:16, Akinomaki said:

Tsubata town at the town hall put up a banner to congratulate Onosato for sanyaku promotion

Now instead a banner to congratulate for the yusho

The 4th banner like this within 10 months, after first juryo and then makuuchi promotion

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First every 2 basho, the mayor hopes to have a new banner each basho. This one will be on the wall till banzuke publication on July 1st.

Edited May 29, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,845]

On 13/02/2023 at 11:44, Akinomaki said:

Asanoyama on the 12th was at the koenkai New Year encouragement rally home in Toyoma city with about 500 supporters in total, held after 3 years again, split into two parts, noon and night. The Toyama koenkai at present has about 1450 members. He wants to repay their support by making it to the top - asked if this is a yusho he replied, "no, yokozuna".

After about a year and half Asanoyama on the 9th was again at the encouragement rally of his local koenkai, with 280-300 supporters from also outside the prefecture. The knee is better, he can do the basics again and slowly wants to start doing keiko bouts next, wants to be at the basho and aim for the yusho.

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- Fortunately there is no jungyo this time

Edited June 11, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Seiyashi 4,109]

4 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Fortunately there is no jungyo this time

There's always keiko... 

[Yamanashi 4,085]

55 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

There's always keiko... 

Hell, I think he got injured once doing butsugari*.

* Receiving, not pushing.

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Nishikigi also had an encouragement rally of his local koenkai on the 9th, with about 150 supporters in Morioka. He aims for kachikoshi in Nagoya after a 5-10 last basho and a 3-12 at komusubi.

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Edited June 12, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Arashio-beya had a welcome party in Fukushima on the 9th during their training camp, with about 700 fans and supporters.

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on the 13th relaxing at Takayu onsen takayuonsen.jp/en and the Kagetsu highland hotel there

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on the 14th sakurambo-gari - cherry gathering

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Edited June 15, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Abi yesterday had the 1st Abi Masatora Koenkai Encouragement Rally home in Koshigaya, Saitama, with at least 100 fans: "I'm in perfect shape. I want you to have great expectations". The mayor wants to have a parade if he gets the 2nd yusho - the first was during Corona and he had none. Double digits at sekiwake - there is hope for ozeki after Aki. After being in the yusho hunt till the last day, the aim for Nagoya is simply concentrating on one bout at a time, without thinking about the number of wins. http://hochi.news/articles/20240615-OHT1T51220.html?page=1

 

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Shonannoumi on the 29th had an encouragement rally home in Oiso town, Kanagawa, with about 200 supporters

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Asanoyama and Takasago-beya had one on the 3rd at the heya Nagoya location, the Ryusho-in in Kanie town, with about 140 supporters

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On the 30th he had one from the OBs of Toyama commercial high school at the restaurant of one of them in Nagoya, with 25 also from the local association of Toyama people

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[Akinomaki 41,845]

Local support

for Asanoyama with nobori and more from the make-Toyama-lively club - public viewing is planed

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200 nobori for Kotozakura and Hakuhoho in Kurayoshi

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for Kotozakura tambo art at Obanazawa, one other of his 3 home areas (grandpa Kurayoshi, dad Obanazawa, he Matsudo)

http://www.yamagata-np.jp/news/202407/13/kj_2024071300433.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0Nx-fRw2M

panels for Hiradoumi

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photo shoot installations at Atami station for Atamifuji

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Edited July 17, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Yamanashi 4,085]

8 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

photo shoot installations at Atami station for Atamifuji 

Am I the only one who thinks the first photo is funnier than the second photo?

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Endo has a corner in his old primary school in Anamizu

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with the chair he sat on as first year: wrapped and  "Don't touch"

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[Akinomaki 41,845]

Isegahama-beya had an encouragement rally in Goshogawara by the local koenkai, a day before the jungyo in Tsugaru, where the heya had a training camp since the 10th, home of the oyakata and the Asahifuji junior sumo club, with former member and Goshogawara local Takerufuji in the focus.

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About 400 guests. The oyakata is happy that he had 3 (makuuchi) yusho in the heya this year.

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Asakayama today had a party to celebrate 10 years of the heya, about 350 guests

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still 10 years more and a bit to go for the oyakata (52), who is now riji and Kyushu basho chief

[Bunbukuchagama 978]

9 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

still 10 years more and a bit to go for the oyakata (52)

Time wasn't merciful to him. 

[Akinomaki 41,845]

On 24/08/2024 at 13:32, Akinomaki said:

Asakayama today had a party to celebrate 10 years of the heya, about 350 guests

the Asakayama party in a local news clip

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Oho had an encouragement party today in Akita city (his rice sponsors location and hometown of his grandmother), organized by the prefecture's "Support group for Taiho's grandsons", with about 90 members of the group. Last time he was there 2 years ago, when the support group gave him a kesho mawashi.

His mother and elder brother sd Naya (as tsukebito I guess, Mudoho not) were also there.

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they hope for his sanyaku promotion

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- he is kyujo for the jungyo, no mention of any injury in the article - before the jungyo starts he can still go to parties

Edited September 27, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Onokatsu on the 25th had a party to celebrate makuuchi promotion at his old school Asahigaoka high, with about 100 guests. Unlike Tokihayate, he won't drop down again after one basho with his makekoshi - Tokihayate with the same 6-9 as Nishikifuji from a full 2 ranks higher, one basho earlier. Onokatsu finished with 3 wins in a row to escape the possible danger of demotion.

With Nittaidai sumo club main coach Saito (on the left), the oyakata, the headmaster and main coach Kishida of the sumo club of Asahigaoka high

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[Akinomaki 41,845]

Tagonoura-beya today had a party to celebrate 10 years since it was established under this name - a bit odd to celebrate a forced name change and heya move. With about 450 guests, among them Hakkaku, former members Nishiiwa and Nishonoseki and mainly koenkai members and related.

Tagonoura, Hakkkaku, koenkai member Hosokawa Takashi (shisho of Takyasu-okamisan Mori Konomi), ...

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from the heya channel - BGM: Hosokawa Takashi - Kita Sakaba

 

[Katooshu 3,485]

Tagonoura has lost tons of weight - I hadn't noticed until now.

[Seregost 139]

2 hours ago, Katooshu said:

Tagonoura has lost tons of weight - I hadn't noticed until now.

He is the guy on the left? Wow, then 

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Onosato has a new personal koenkai, "Ozeki Encouraging Club", the first meeting was on the 29th in Tokyo, with a celebration of ozeki promotion. The head of the NSK tamarikai is the head of this koenkai (back, right), a top promoter is the rijicho of Nobidome Clinic in Saitama (on the left). They hope for the 4th generation yokozuna: Wakanohana I->Takanosato->Kisenosato->Onosato o

 

 

 

[Akinomaki 41,845]

Tomokaze on the 18th had an encouragement rally home in Kawasaki with about 120 supporters, who celebrated his 9-6 last basho. He is the only rikishi with a certificate of disability 障害者手帳 who fights on the dohyo.

Tomokaze reported that he changed his shikona first name from Yuuta 勇太 (his real first name with different first kanji) to Soudai 想大,

On 01/07/2024 at 00:01, Yubinhaad said:

J7e Tomokaze Yuta > Sodai (想大,  そうだい)

taking the kanji 想 from the name of his newborn son.

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[Akinomaki 41,845]

To support forum "favourite" Hakuyozan 白鷹山, a "gambare Hakuhozan" exhibition corner was installed at the local Flower-Line Arato station home in Hakuyo Shirataka 白鷹 town

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[Akinomaki 41,845]

Returner Nabatame (from Sakura, Tochigi) has a new local koenkai. Juryo return and start of the koenkai was celebrated on the 2nd in the pref. capital Utsunomiya  o

earlier juryo promotion party after the drop  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9BafICSigE

Edited November 7, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Yamanashi 4,085]

9 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Returner Nabatame (from Sakura, Tochigi) has a new local koenkai. Juryo return and start of the koenkai was celebrated on the 2nd in the pref. capital Utsunomiya  o

earlier juryo promotion party after the drop  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9BafICSigE

I hope he stays in the paid ranks, at the very least for his personality and sense of humor.

NOTE: The two men on the left have pretty lame pushing technique; OTOH, the man on the extreme right looks intimidating just standing there!