Mukonoso 273 Posted January 5, 2016 http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/01/04/kawaigari-learn-this-depressing-sumo-jargon-while-enjoying-photos-of-wrestlers-with-cats/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) I laughed when I read this... the thought of intimidating and big men who just like cats. Moru, named by Sokokurai, is just one the shisho's several pets. From Fukugoriki of Arashio beya. with 'Master Moru' hanging out with 'Little Barley' (Mugi chan) little Kuu Moru about to get some more press coverage after the RocketNews article Oyakata? help me... I am spending too much time on twitter... Edited October 13, 2016 by inhashi corrected phonetic spelling of モル 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) The cats of Arashio beya, Moru and Mugi kun Edited March 3, 2017 by inhashi 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) More Moru and Mugi in the heya. Starts at around 9:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7drsQ46aHng Quick summary Moru 11 year old male, Mugi 7 year old male. Moru was adopted as a stray kitten while the heya had only 3 rikishi members at the time. Originally from Fukuoka when discovered during the Kyushu tournament, the Shisho and Okami took the cat with them back to Tokyo despite not having funds at the time to raise a cat. Named by Sokokurai, "moru" is the word for cat in Mongolia (муур). When he or his Mongolian peers saw it, they would call it "moru", thus the name. Since the beginnings, the okami allows Moru to freely walk in and out of the heya as he would always return. He is usually located on the first floor overseeing keiko with oyakata or the second floor partaking in chanko time with rikishi. Mugi is shy and occupies the 3rd floor of the heya with his preferred friend Fukugoriki. He likes to stay in the quiet sleeping quarters of the building and dosen't like to venture outside. He can be seen on occasion at Fukugoriki's, or Tokkoriki's twitter feeds. Edited October 20, 2016 by inhashi 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kishinoyama 596 Posted February 28, 2016 More Mole and Mugi in the heya. Starts at around 9:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7drsQ46aHng My wife was watching this last night and I was peeking at her computer screen while playing a computer game to watch it with her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) I'm surprised with how much media that these cats are getting. Another installment of Arashio beya and it's cats Moru and Mugi. Edited March 3, 2017 by inhashi 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) Hakuho paid a visit to Arashio beya for degeiko. When asked by the press to hold the heya's auspicious cat, Mole, the yokozuna hesitated, "I'm scared of cats, from getting scratched". He bravely held the cat for a moment anyway and did end up getting swiped at and scratched. Hakuho: "The real neko damashi. But, I'll forgive you." @azechiazechi with residents Moru and Sokokurai Edited October 13, 2016 by inhashi 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manekineko 200 Posted May 9, 2016 Cats can smell fear. :-D 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,949 Posted May 10, 2016 If someone had told him how to hold the cat (or rather how not to) he might have fared better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
egparis18 622 Posted May 30, 2016 Hakuho paid a visit to Arashio beya for degeiko. When asked by the press to hold the heya's auspicious cat, Mole, the yokozuna hesitated, "I'm scared of cats, from getting scratched". He bravely held the cat for a moment anyway and did end up getting swiped at and scratched. Hakuho: "The real neko damashi. But, I'll forgive you." Genghis Khan was afraid of cats too. http://www.wisegeek.com/which-historical-figures-were-afraid-of-cats.htm Apart from both being mighty Mongolian conquerors, another thing they have in common is that Genghis Khan didn't fight under his birth name either - it was Tamajin, or Temujin. One thing they don't have in common is that there's no taken-from-life image of Genghis Khan and nobody knows what he really looked like, whereas we've all seen plenty of Hakuho. Another is that Genghis Khan never forgave anything. Hakuho is 40 million times better - henkas, neko damashis, extra slaps and all. Don't believe you have to be horrid to be afraid of cats. Most animal phobias come from bad experiences - like getting scratched. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benihana 1,937 Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Soft kitty, warm kittyLittle ball of fur Happy kitty, sleepy kittyPurr, purr, purr --- Sheldon Cooper Edited June 6, 2016 by Ogami Ittō 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) The photo-album "The happy cats in a sumo-beya" is on sale since the 7th, as part of the cat-boom in Japan. Fans (of the cats) gathered at Arashio-beya for a PR event. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1721908.html fans with Mugi PR poster More about the book: http://www.crank-in.net/kininaru/news/45842.html Edited November 21, 2016 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted October 13, 2016 AFPBB news pages, one with several pics http://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3104209 the other with the video http://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3104267 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) On 9.10.2016 at 15:55, Akinomaki said: The photo-album "The happy cats in a sumo-beya" is on sale since the 7th, as part of the cat-boom in Japan. The cat boom should be losing pace by now, but not for sumo cats (and I haven't heard what became of the "real" sumo cat as rikishi in the TV drama with Mainoumi as oyakata): 4 photo books are on sale now about the Arashio-beya cats, cat-oyakata Moru (12 ♂ ) and heya-guard Mugi (10 ♂ ). http://www.sankei.com/life/news/161105/lif1611050024-n1.html "Arashio-beya's Moru & Mugi" the other 2 are "Moru & Mugi - neko oyakata of a sumo-beya" and " - "Arashio-beya's sumo cats - Moru & Mugi and the 12 rikishi" Edited November 21, 2016 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted November 21, 2016 On 5.11.2016 at 09:50, Akinomaki said: The cat boom should be losing pace by now, but not for sumo cats (and I haven't heard what became of the "real" sumo cat as rikishi in the TV drama with Mainoumi as oyakata): 4 photo books are on sale now about the Arashio-beya cats, cat-oyakata Moru (12 ♂ ) and heya-guard Mugi (10 ♂ ). the other 2 are "Moru & Mugi - neko oyakata of a sumo-beya" and " - "Arashio-beya's sumo cats - Moru & Mugi and the 12 rikishi" 4 publishing companies within 5 weeks about nearly the same "trivia" - that's makes news as well - and all sold well at the start. Sokokurai now gets asked to sign those books at the jungyo. http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/column/15/1032181/111500076/ Moru & Mugi - neko oyakata of a sumo-beya Arashio-beya's sumo cats - Moru & Mugi and the 12 rikishi 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) On 5.11.2016 at 09:50, Akinomaki said: I haven't heard what became of the "real" sumo cat as rikishi in the TV drama with Mainoumi as oyakata Apparently it made it into a toy Edited December 1, 2016 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted December 2, 2016 (edited) On 5.11.2016 at 09:50, Akinomaki said: I haven't heard what became of the "real" sumo cat as rikishi in the TV drama with Mainoumi as oyakata I haven't seen any of that on YouTube yet - based in the manga "sumo-neko", which apparently still goes on http://www.sumo-neko.com/ the archive has it from no. 863 on: http://sumo-neko.tumblr.com/archive The twitter has also many older ones: https://twitter.com/sumo_neko/media The TV drama was on NHK-E, with the cat voice of Akebono http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2039899/full/ Edited December 2, 2016 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted February 22, 2017 On 3.5.2016 at 14:51, inhashi said: Hakuho paid a visit to Arashio beya for degeiko. When asked by the press to hold the heya's auspicious cat, Mole, the yokozuna hesitated, "I'm scared of cats, from getting scratched". He bravely held the cat for a moment anyway and did end up getting swiped at and scratched. Hakuho: "The real neko damashi. But, I'll forgive you." All know thus that cats are not the thing for Hakuho - and consequently he rather got a dog as a present - an Akita-ken (made known in the world by the film "Hachi" in recent years - and Putin got one as a present) - as a token of Japan-Mongolia friendship. Hakuho apparently had mentioned that he likes this breed "I heard it's a dog close to the wolf". Registered name of the dog in the pedigree is Touki-go, and Hakuho is registered there with his real name - he calls it Shinba, using the same kanji that is in the name of all his children. Hakuho took it for a walk at once: "Powerful. That's good keiko." http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/sumo/20170219-OYT1T50018.html 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PawnSums 59 Posted February 22, 2017 On 5/3/2016 at 08:51, inhashi said: . When asked by the press to hold the heya's auspicious cat, Mole, the yokozuna hesitated, "I'm scared of cats, from getting scratched". I gotta go with him on that, I don't like cats either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted March 3, 2017 Recent interview with Arashio beya's okamisan of Moru and Mugi with some lovely photos,http://inutonekoto.com/int019 The page is in Japanese, but Google translator can somewhat render the whole story. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,820 Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Tamori club about Arashio-beya and the cats and the 4 publications - with Urakaze-oyakata and Arashio-okamisan Edit: better quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW2-SdezudM Edited June 18, 2017 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
