Asashosakari 20,223 Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Is there some chance the Kumagatani name gets changed at this point?No. The names are effectively treated like public offices are - the incumbent may be disgraced as a person, but the position lives on. Have any names left the list over the years?Short answer: Only those that are expressly time-limited in nature, when rikishi are permitted to continue to use their own name for a while - either for life as Taiho was (and Kitanoumi and Takanohana are), or during a two/three/five-year grace period immediately after retirement. Long answer: here. Yes, some other names have lapsed, but always due to highly special circumstances, and none in the last 50+ years. Edited November 16, 2015 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,741 Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) News videos about the first hearing of Yamamura's trial - he pleaded guilty to the accusations: "All is true" TV Asahi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRPjI0lottQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOVCQtDE9k8 really from NHK: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20151116/k10010307961000.html with interview of the victim and pics of the injuries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3T9u0xR8B8 really from NNN: http://www.news24.jp/articles/2015/11/16/07314970.html and audio tape recordings http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2636912.html I still haven't found download links for the videos directly from the sites The victim: "Every day was hell", "I thought I might be killed", being told: "Choose if I break a tooth or a bone" Edited November 16, 2015 by Akinomaki 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALAKTORN 346 Posted November 16, 2015 That’s fucking disgusting… what the hell is wrong with him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 4,148 Posted November 18, 2015 English article that was just posted on the sumo reddit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,741 Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Next day of the trial. The victim was heard, with a partitioning screen between him and Yamamura. He repeated the same things that were reported before, adding that he wants the accused to never do the same again - and refusing to accept a settlement out of court. Next time the accused will be questioned. http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000067629.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74e2h6lfEUQ Edited February 4, 2016 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,741 Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) The prosecution demands 3 years imprisonment for Yamamura, emphasizing the malignancy. His comment: "I regret it from the bottom of my heart. Regardless of what happens from now, I won't be violent again." The defense requests a suspended sentence.The verdict will be on the 25th.Asahihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZyvPGh931UNews pages with video:NiTere (NTV)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MrhNd-InckNews page http://www.news24.jp/articles/2016/03/04/07323960.html TBSNews page with video: http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2718201.html Edited March 5, 2016 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orandashoho 720 Posted March 4, 2016 There are bad apples in every barrel, but this one truly gives me the creeps. As does the idea that such behaviour could have gone on for so long without NSK putting a stop to it. Will the sentence make a difference? I hope so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 47,178 Posted March 5, 2016 Who is getting beaten and who is doing the beating? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted March 5, 2016 A caption reads Futagoyama beya. Isn't that Takanohana(I) doing the beating? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,741 Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) The prosecution demands 3 years imprisonment for Yamamura, emphasizing the malignancy. His comment: "I regret it from the bottom of my heart. Regardless of what happens from now, I won't be violent again." The defense requests a suspended sentence. The verdict will be on the 25th. Verdict time, pleasing both: 3 years imprisonment as a 4 year suspended sentence for ex-Kumagatani. http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20160325-OHT1T50077.html TBS video http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2733706.html NNN ANN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fx6osUazN0 Edited March 25, 2016 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bettega 433 Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) Verdict time, pleasing both: 3 years imprisonment as a 4 year suspended sentence for ex-Kumagatani. What does it means? Edited March 26, 2016 by bettega Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,741 Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) Yamamura pays the victim 1.53 million yen - and that's it: he showed repentance, the best way to get treated kindly at court and in society in Japan, and members of the sumo world obviously still get special treatment. The judge (who apparently knows nothing about ex-Kanechika's deeds in that world - or was a Kanechika fan) : "The world you've been in was a gorgeous world, your life there brought many obligations and I think was full of stress. Now you have been freed of that stress and should think about why you committed those crimes. Your shisho Kitanoumi died and you were dismissed from the sumo world. I want you to go on in life not with the shikona Kanechika but as the person Kanechika, proceeding on a new path." Yamamura, standing to attention: "Hai-!" http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2016/03/26/kiji/K20160326012283750.html http://www.hochi.co.jp/topics/20160326-OHT1T50064.html Edited March 27, 2016 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
