Kintamayama 47,335 Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) The veteran fans will remember Towanoyama (1.90 meters, 200 kilos, 37) for making it to Makuuchi for one basho where he never had a single bout as he was injured in morning training on day 1 of the 2002 March tournament and never made it back.. He retires at Makushita 50. "I really wanted to make it back to Makuuchi but my body never let me..I did all I could, so no regrets.." he said today. He will not be staying on in the sumo world, and his danpatsushiki will be on January 25th (tomorrow) somewhere in Tokyo. Edited January 24, 2015 by Kintamayama 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kotononami 86 Posted January 24, 2015 Sad news , I followed him every basho all these years , hoping he could be back in Juryo. I wish him the best for his future life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maguroyama 27 Posted January 24, 2015 Amazing that he held out this long after dropping from makunouchi and juryo, quite an effort! How unique is it for a maegashira to never have competed in makunouchi (other than visting from juryo of course)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 47,335 Posted January 24, 2015 Amazing that he held out this long after dropping from makunouchi and juryo, quite an effort! How unique is it for a maegashira to never have competed in makunouchi (other than visting from juryo of course)? The only one post-showa. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vikanohara 171 Posted January 24, 2015 At least he made it to the top 10 of Makushita appearances. 75+ Makushita appearances 1. 120 - Tochitenko (1982-2011) 2. 114 - Makimoto (1960-1982) 3. 102 - Kotokanyu (1981-2006) 4. 94 - Kimenryu (1985-2010) without ever reaching Juryo 5. 91 - Toyonokuni (1995-2013) 6. 86 - Tochinoyama (1995-2013) without ever reaching Juryo 7. 85 - Aiuchi (1955-1973) 7. 85 - Towanoyama (1993-..., 1-3 at Ms50) 9. 84 - Dairaido (1996-..., 1-3 at Ms28) 9. 84 - Edonami (1963-1981) without ever reaching Juryo One Ms rikishi less to keep an eye on each and every basho. :-( 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oshirokita 198 Posted January 26, 2015 Sad news , I followed him every basho all these years , hoping he could be back in Juryo. I wish him the best for his future life. Sad news indeed. I also followed his post-sekitori career, hoping he would get back up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sashimaru 10 Posted January 26, 2015 Sad news , I followed him every basho all these years , hoping he could be back in Juryo. I wish him the best for his future life. Sad news indeed. I also followed his post-sekitori career, hoping he would get back up. Very indeed :'-( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
