New recruits for Haru 2015

[Mongolith 51]

Gagamaru: "I longed to have him join our heya because he's cute."

Thats seems like a pretty strange quote if its for real. Well if lady Gaga swings that way its all cool.

[Akinomaki 41,856]

Thats seems like a pretty strange quote if its for real. Well if lady Gaga swings that way its all cool.

For those who understand but can't read Japanese: "uchi no heya ni kite hoshikattan da yo. kawaii kara"

臥牙丸からも「うちの部屋に来て欲しかったんだよ。かわいいから」

Gagamaru: "I longed for having him join OUR heya - because he's cute."

http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/general/2015/03/01/0007780645.shtml

Edited March 2, 2015 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,856]

It had been reported before that Ura plans to refrain from trying an izori on his heya-mates, but they demanded one from him and he showed it with a primary school visitor for a sumo lesson held by the heya.
http://www.daily.co.jp/sumo/2015/03/02/0007782623.shtml




Bodybuilder Yamabana with his grim face also had his first keiko in his new heya, shiko and suri-ashi: "Difficult, but it's interesting."
http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1440920.html

He has experience as instructor and his heya-mates rush to him with questions how to best do weight training. Takasago-oyakata is pleased: "It (he in the heya) is an incentive for them to get more muscles."
http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1441138.html

I propose the nickname "Le Bana" for him

Le Banner (Banna in katakana)

Edited March 2, 2015 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,856]

A new news video with mostly old scenes of Ura - and half of them are not shown on the net.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8KJIVPdNc

[Itachiyama 121]

Shikihide-beya has 4 recruits!

[Yubinhaad 11,978]

Two new recruits for Chiganoura-beya this basho. On the left is 20-year-old Ryuta Sakuyama (作山 龍太) from Fukushima prefecture, 170cm and 92kg. On the right is Takanari? Yamaguchi (山口 隆成), no other info about him yet.

[Akinomaki 41,856]

The riji-kai has decided that at next year's Haru basho the weight limit for the kids just graduating from middle school will be lowered to 65 from 67kg.
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20150305/sum15030518260001-n1.html

[Akinomaki 41,856]

Hikaru Tanaka (15) from Sasebo-city, Nagasaki, to enter Isenoumi-beya.

170cm, 105kg "I want to aim for yokozuna with oshi-zumo."

He gained 8kg in the last 2 weeks, 113kg now.

http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/nagasaki/article/154160.html

Edited March 6, 2015 by Akinomaki

[Naganoyama 6,043]

NSK data:

SHIKONA	KANJI	NAME	HEYA	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	BIRTHPLACE
Anbai	安倍	Ken Anbai	Sadogatake	177	95	12 - July - 1999	Shizuoka
Brodik	ブロディク	Brodik Mackenzie Philip Henderson	Nishikido	196	153	18 - February - 1995	Canada
Byambachuluun	ビャンブチュルン	Byambachuluun Lkhgvasuren	Michinoku	184	94	24 - April - 1996	Mongolia
Fukamachi	深町	Shogo Fukamachi	Minezaki	172	79	22 - June - 1999	Fukuoka
Fukui	福井	Yuya Fukui	Isegahama	182	118	14 - November - 1996	Hyogo
Goto	ゴトクロウイスキー	Goto Kuroswiski Alexander Issamo	Azumazeki	185	118	27 - September- 1999	Ibaraki
Hanai	花井	Yuto Hanai	Isenoumi	183	147	26 - September- 1996	Kyoto
Hattori	服部	Tatsunori Hattori	Dewanoumi	176	125	03 - July - 1999	Nagasaki
Hayashi	林	Ryo Hayashi	Minato	171	99	02 - August - 1999	Aichi
Imanishi	今西	Hisa Imanishi	Oguruma	174	123	17 - May - 1999	Osaka
Inagaki	稲垣	Shun Inagaki	Kasugayama	180	85	31 - May - 1999	Aichi
Inoue	井上	Tomohiro Inoue	Kise	177	125	17 - August - 1999	Kumamoto
Itoku	威徳	Toshiya Itoku	Shikihide	182	125	24 - January - 1995	Nara
Kanda	神田	Keisuke Kanda	Isegahama	180	155	12 - April - 1999	Hyogo
Karakawa	辛川	Itsuki Karakawa	Kasugano	180	93	15 - July - 1999	Fukuoka
Kimura	木村	Tomoaki Kimura	Tokitsukaze	182	129	17 - August - 1996	Miyagi
Kushibiki	櫛引	Daiki Kushibiki	Shikihide	174	113	27 - November - 1999	Saitama
Mibu	壬生	Hikaru Mibu	Irumagawa	185	150	14 - September- 1999	Aichi
Mitakeumi	御嶽海	Hisashi Omichi	Dewanoumi	179	149	25 - December - 1992	Nagano
Morimoto	森本	Keita Morimoto	Takasago	172	137	20 - February - 1993	Osaka
Nakamura 1	中村	Daiki Nakamura	Hakkaku	182	158	15 - July - 1992	Saitama
Nakamura 2	中村	Ryuji Nakamura	Minato	179	110	16 - March - 2000	Tokyo
Obara	小原	Tomoyuki Obara	Asakayama	187	155	06 - July - 1999	Kanagawa
Okuma	大熊	Yamato Okuma	Kitanoumi	176	105	25 - June - 1999	Saitama
Oomi	近江	Ryoya Oomi	Shibatayama	182	120	04 - June - 1999	Kanagawa
Ota	太田	Kodai Ota	Irumagawa	168	102	30 - August - 1992	Aichi
Saionji	西園寺	Takuma Saionji	Shikihide	170	119	26 - May - 1994	Osaka
Sakuyama	作山	Ryuta Sakuyama	Chiganoura	170	95	08 - September- 1994	Fukushima
Sasaki	佐々木	Riku Sasaki	Isenoumi	177	93	31 - January - 2000	Iwate
Suzuki 1	鈴木	Kaiki Suzuki	Kitanoumi	173	90	07 - July - 1999	Aichi
Suzuki 2	鈴木	Ryusuke Suzuki	Tagonoura	181	80	30 - June - 1998	Fukushima
Takada	高田	Hikaru Takada	Fujishima	174	109	03 - January - 2000	Chiba
Takahashi	高橋	Seiryu Takahashi	Sadogatake	171	101	07 - March - 2000	Osaka
Takeuchi	竹内	Yuki Takeuchi	Kitanoumi	172	67	08 - March - 2000	Aichi
Tanaka 1	田中	Hikari Tanaka	Isenoumi	171	111	15 - October - 1999	Nagasaki
Tanaka 2	田中	Takuma Tanaka	Kataonami	175	86	07 - May - 1999	Fukuoka
Tatsuke	達家	Takayoshi Tatsuke	Takasago	170	80	31 - March - 2000	Hyogo
Ura	宇良	Kazuki Ura	Kise	172	113	22 - June - 1992	Osaka
Watanabe	宇良	Kenta Watanabe	Shikihide	175	94	12 - January - 1997	Ehime
Yajima	谷島	Taishin Yajima	Tamanoi	178	155	26 - December - 1996	Kanagawa
Yamabana	山端	Katsutada Yamabana	Takasago	182	129	29 - September- 1992	Hyogo
Yamaguchi	山口	Ryusei Yamaguchi	Chiganoura	177	111	26 - June - 1999	Aichi
Yoshimoto	吉本	Mihito Yoshimoto	Azumazeki	176	90	22 - May - 1999	Miyazaki

Edited March 8, 2015 by Naganoyama

[Akinomaki 41,856]

Still no shikona announced for Brodik?

He doesn't need one anyway yet, his first dohyo-appearance is next basho. That makes 40 of 43 for maezumo, 2 foreigners for next time and one ms10TD.

2 Nakamura (one is Daiki), 2 Suzuki and 2 Tanaka.

[Gurowake 4,154]

Kanda is a 155kg 15-year-old? Wow.

[Johnofuji 232]

Kanda is a 155kg 15-year-old? Wow.

At that rate he could be 310kgs by the time he is 30. Fortunately it doesn't work that way. I was worried about Ura putting it on so quickly but he seems to think he can handle it. He has such a strong base to work on and can handle it due to his agility. The others that don't have the strong tendons or whatever holds everything in place will quickly find that they will reach a point where they will start to get injured easily as the extra bulk becomes too much to handle.

I was amazed at the size of the kids at this year's Hakuho Cup. Some of them were massive and not just chubby. I could easily imagine them joining Ozumo. Some of them had very mature styles and I was particularly impressed with the ones that showed good sportsmanship. There will definitely be a few golden boys joining the new recruits soon. There have been so many chosen ones that failed to deliver but I'm optimistic that it will change soon. It would be interesting to do a list of how many press members showed u for new recruits vs their performances over time.

[shimodahito 336]

thanks for the great list!

a bit sad no aomori newbies...

[Akinomaki 41,856]

One standing out among the 43 new recruits at the shin-deshi kensa was former bodybuilder (5th in a national event for newcomers) Yamabana (22, 182cm, 129 kg) for Takasago-beya. A friend made him enter, he has neither experience nor knowledge of sumo : "It will be fun to see how far I get. I want to become famous."

He got the shikona Asayamabana, but is kyujo for maezumo.

[Asashosakari 20,297]

He got the shikona Asayamabana

At last, another one. ;-)

[shumitto 419]

Anyone was more "lucky" than I in digging information about Goto Kurowski ?

[Andreas21 221]

Such a shame that Brodi isn't allowed to compete. I would have loved to see him against Ura in Mz.

[Asashosakari 20,297]

New recruits by heya:

4 - Shikihide

3 - Isenoumi, Kitanoumi, Takasago

2 - Azumazeki, Chiganoura, Dewanoumi, Irumagawa, Isegahama, Kise, Minato, Sadogatake

1 - Asakayama, Fujishima, Hakkaku, Kasugano, Kasugayama, Kataonami, Michinoku, Minezaki, Nishikido, Oguruma, Shibatayama, Tagonoura, Tamanoi, Tokitsukaze

Not sure what's gotten into Isenoumi-beya all of a sudden, 3 new deshi for a stable that had only 6 total before.

New recruits by age (excluding the two new foreigners):

middle school age - 27

high school age - 6

older - 8

Not many high schoolers this year (down from 14), the other two sections are in line with the 2014 numbers.

[Asashosakari 20,297]

Anyone was more "lucky" than I in digging information about Goto Kurowski ?

Googling for his last name brings up several social media accounts of his parents, including a bunch of stuff in Portuguese - I think he's either half or three-quarters Brazilian (though obviously resident in Japan). His mother has both a Japanese and a Brazilian-sounding given name and his father doesn't look Japanese at all.

Kanda is a 155kg 15-year-old? Wow.

Obara, too, and Mibu isn't far behind at 150 kg. Edited March 10, 2015 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 20,297]

The three new Isenoumi rikishi, from left to right Tanaka / Sasaki / Hanai:

And the Shikihide quartet, from left to right Itoku / Saionji / Watanabe / Kushibiki:

Edited March 10, 2015 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 20,297]

Maezumo Haru 2015, Group A (even-numbered days)
Rank	Name	Heya	Born	Height	Weight	Shikona	Shi-k
East side
Mz1	Kotomyozan Yuya	Sadogatake	1991	175 cm	158 kg	(returnee)	[/td]
Mz6	Fukamachi Shogo	Minezaki	1999	172 cm	79 kg	Uminishiki	宇美錦
Mz11	Tatsuke Takayoshi	Takasago	2000	170 cm	80 kg	Asatatsuke	朝達家
Mz13	Morimoto Keita	Takasago	1993	172 cm	137 kg	Asamorimoto	朝森本
Mz21	Takada Hikaru	Fujishima	2000	174 cm	109 kg
Mz24	Yamaguchi Ryusei	Chiganoura	1999	177 cm	111 kg	Takanonari	隆ノ成
Mz34	Anbai Ken	Sadogatake	1999	177 cm	95 kg	Kotoanbai	琴安倍
Mz35	Takahashi Seiryu	Sadogatake	2000	171 cm	101 kg	Kototakahashi	琴高橋
Mz38	Suzuki Ryusuke	Tagonoura	1998	181 cm	80 kg	Suzune	鈴音
Mz41	Sakuyama Ryuta	Chiganoura	1994	170 cm	95 kg
Mz42	Yamabana Katsutada	Takasago	1992	182 cm	129 kg	Asayamabana	朝山端
West side
Mz2	Fubu Shota	Musashigawa	1998	175 cm	74 kg	(returnee)
Mz4	Kimura Tomoaki	Tokitsukaze	1996	182 cm	129 kg	Toyokimura	豊木村
Mz9	Karakawa Itsuki	Kasugano	1999	180 cm	93 kg
Mz12	Obara Tomoyuki	Asakayama	1999	187 cm	155 kg
Mz18	Ura Kazuki	Kise	1992	172 cm	113 kg
Mz19	Inoue Tomohiro	Kise	1999	177 cm	125 kg
Mz25	Inagaki Shun	Kasugayama	1999	180 cm	85 kg
Mz28	Okuma Yamato	Kitanoumi	1999	176 cm	105 kg	Oyamatoumi	大和湖
Mz29	Suzuki Kaiki	Kitanoumi	1999	173 cm	90 kg	Hokuseikai	北青海
Mz30	Takeuchi Yuki	Kitanoumi	2000	172 cm	67 kg
Mz40	Omi Ryoya	Shibatayama	1999	182 cm	120 kg	Kohakuryu	琥珀龍

Maezumo Haru 2015, Group B (odd-numbered days)
Rank	Name	Heya	Born	Height	Weight	Shikona	Shi-k
East side
Mz3	Mibu Hikaru	Irumagawa	1999	185 cm	150 kg
Mz7	Ota Kodai	Irumagawa	1992	168 cm	102 kg	Hirotsukasa	大司
Mz14	Tanaka Takuma	Kataonami	1999	175 cm	86 kg
Mz15	Tanaka Hikari	Isenoumi	1999	171 cm	111 kg	Tokiryu	鬨龍
Mz16	Hanai Yuto	Isenoumi	1996	183 cm	147 kg
Mz17	Sasaki Riku	Isenoumi	2000	177 cm	93 kg
Mz31	Nakamura Daiki	Hakkaku	1992	182 cm	158 kg	Daiki	大輝
Mz36	Yoshimoto Mihito	Azumazeki	1999	176 cm	90 kg
Mz37	Goto Kuroswiski A. I.	Azumazeki	1999	185 cm	118 kg	Hakuyuki	伯結城
Mz39	Yajima Taishin	Tamanoi	1996	178 cm	155 kg
West side
Mz5	Kanda Keisuke	Isegahama	1999	180 cm	155 kg
Mz8	Imanishi Hisa	Oguruma	1999	174 cm	123 kg
Mz10	Fukui Yuya	Isegahama	1996	182 cm	118 kg
Mz20	Kushibiki Daiki	Shikihide	1999	174 cm	113 kg
Mz22	Hattori Tatsunori	Dewanoumi	1999	176 cm	125 kg
Mz27	Watanabe Kenta	Shikihide	1997	175 cm	94 kg	Watanabezakura	渡邊桜
Mz32	Nakamura Ryuji	Minato	2000	179 cm	110 kg	Fukuminato	福湊
Mz33	Hayashi Ryo	Minato	1999	171 cm	99 kg
Mz43	Itoku Toshiya	Shikihide	1995	182 cm	125 kg
Mz44	Saionji Takuma	Shikihide	1994	170 cm	119 kg

Almost half the new deshi showed up with custom shikona, which made puzzling out who's who a bit difficult - should be correct though. Thanks to some news reports and the usual array of heya websites and Facebook accounts I've managed to confirm several shikona and kanji, any help with the remaining ones is appreciated.

(Yamaguchi's presumptive shikona Takanonari is probably an alternative reading [plus 'no' particle] of 隆成 / Ryusei, his given name, but I'm just speculating, so I haven't added that.)

Day 5 edit: Shikona of the ichiban qualifiers are now confirmed.

Post-Day 9 edit: Shikona added for Takanonari and Kohakuryu.

Edited March 20, 2015 by Asashosakari

[Naganoyama 6,043]

The three new Isenoumi rikishi, from left to right Tanaka / Sasaki / Hanai:

Do you suppose they are attempting to squat in the second picture? If so, they are having mixed success. Tanaka is doing ok, but Sasaki has only got half way down and Hanai has rolled over!

[Asashosakari 20,297]

Day 2 / Group A:

Results:

Mz1 Kotomyozan (1-0) Mz2 Fubu (0-1)

Mz6 Uminishiki (0-1) Mz4 Toyokimura (1-0)

Mz11 Asatatsuke (0-1) Mz9 Karakawa (1-0)

Mz13 Asamorimoto (1-0) Mz12 Obara (0-1)

Mz21 Takada (0-1) Mz18 Ura (1-0)

Mz24 Takanonari (0-1) Mz19 Inoue (1-0)

Mz34 Kotoanbai (0-1) Mz25 Inagaki (1-0)

Mz34 Kototakahashi (0-1) Mz28 Oyamatoumi (1-0)

Mz38 Suzune (0-1) Mz29 Hokuseikai (1-0)

Mz41 Sakuyama (1-0) Mz30 Takeuchi (0-1)

Mz40 Kohakuryu (1-0) Mz2 Fubu (0-2)

Standings:

Mz1 Kotomyozan Sadogatake 1-0 | Mz2 Fubu Musashigawa 0-2

Mz4 Toyokimura Tokitsukaze 1-0 | Mz6 Uminishiki Minezaki 0-1

Mz9 Karakawa Kasugano 1-0 | Mz11 Asatatsuke Takasago 0-1

Mz13 Asamorimoto Takasago 1-0 | Mz12 Obara Asakayama 0-1

Mz18 Ura Kise 1-0 | Mz21 Takada Fujishima 0-1

Mz19 Inoue Kise 1-0 | Mz24 Takanonari Chiganoura 0-1

Mz25 Inagaki Kasugayama 1-0 | Mz30 Takeuchi Kitanoumi 0-1

Mz28 Oyamatoumi Kitanoumi 1-0 | Mz34 Kotoanbai Sadogatake 0-1

Mz29 Hokuseikai Kitanoumi 1-0 | Mz35 Kototakahashi Sadogatake 0-1

Mz40 Kohakuryu Shibatayama 1-0 | Mz38 Suzune Tagonoura 0-1

Mz41 Sakuyama Chiganoura 1-0 | Mz42 Asayamabana Takasago 0-0-1

Edited March 12, 2015 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 20,297]

Day 3 / Group B:

Results:

Mz3 Mibu (0-1) Mz5 Kanda (1-0)

Mz7 Hirotsukasa (1-0) Mz8 Imanishi (0-1)

Mz14 Tanaka (0-1) Mz10 Fukui (1-0)

Mz15 Tokiryu (1-0) Mz20 Kushibiki (0-1)

Mz16 Hanai (0-1) Mz22 Hattori (1-0)

Mz17 Sasaki (1-0) Mz27 Watanabezakura (0-1)

Mz31 Daiki (1-0) Mz32 Fukuminato (0-1)

Mz36 Yoshimoto (1-0) Mz33 Hayashi (0-1)

Mz37 Hakuyuki (0-1) Mz43 Itoku (1-0)

Mz39 Yajima (0-1) Mz44 Saionji (1-0)

Incredibly, for a change Shikihide-oyakata actually seems to have found a couple of recruits with previous sumo experience in Itoku and Saionji.

Standings:

Mz5 Kanda Isegahama 1-0 | Mz3 Mibu Irumagawa 0-1

Mz7 Hirotsukasa Irumagawa 1-0 | Mz8 Imanishi Oguruma 0-1

Mz10 Fukui Isegahama 1-0 | Mz14 Tanaka Kataonami 0-1

Mz15 Tokiryu Isenoumi 1-0 | Mz16 Hanai Isenoumi 0-1

Mz17 Sasaki Isenoumi 1-0 | Mz20 Kushibiki Shikihide 0-1

Mz22 Hattori Dewanoumi 1-0 | Mz27 Watanabezakura Shikihide 0-1

Mz31 Daiki Hakkaku 1-0 | Mz32 Fukuminato Minato 0-1

Mz36 Yoshimoto Azumazeki 1-0 | Mz33 Hayashi Minato 0-1

Mz43 Itoku Shikihide 1-0 | Mz37 Hakuyuki Azumazeki 0-1

Mz44 Saionji Shikihide 1-0 | Mz39 Yajima Tamanoi 0-1

Edited March 12, 2015 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 20,297]

Incredibly, for a change Shikihide-oyakata actually seems to have found a couple of recruits with previous sumo experience in Itoku and Saionji.

Just to add to that with the other two deshi:

Watanabe was a baseball player in middle school but apparently likes sumo so he applied to join, while Kushibiki doesn't appear to have a sports background and, fresh out of middle school, was introduced via the owner of a ramen shop the oyakata frequents.

Saionji once faced his new stablemate Baraki back in wampaku sumo and beat him.

Anyone was more "lucky" than I in digging information about Goto Kurowski ?

Googling for his last name brings up several social media accounts of his parents, including a bunch of stuff in Portuguese - I think he's either half or three-quarters Brazilian (though obviously resident in Japan). His mother has both a Japanese and a Brazilian-sounding given name and his father doesn't look Japanese at all.

A freshly posted blog update by the Azumazeki okamisan confirms that he's three-quarters Brazilian, and has lived in Japan since young childhood. His shikona is Hakuyuki 伯結城, a combination of the 伯 kanji which appears in one way of writing "Brazil" in Japanese, plus 結城 for his Japanese hometown Yuki-shi in Ibaraki.

Goto (on the right) with fellow joinee Yoshimoto:

Edited March 10, 2015 by Asashosakari