Akinomaki 39,786 Posted November 1, 2017 (edited) Several things were brought up at the Kyushu rikishi-kai on the 31st, mostly aiming to improve the health of the rikishi http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20171101-OHT1T50002.html While Kakuryu wants all sekitori to pray for health together at the new Year shrine visit and get purified by the priests there, Hakuho's plan is more practical: On 31/10/2017 at 16:52, Akinomaki said: Shotenro is fighting cancer since this summer - it was made public at the rikishi-kai today, and they decided that the 70 rikishi will send him some money. On 01/11/2017 at 11:05, Kintamayama said: It was discovered last July during a checkup. Hakuhou, who gave up a rare kinboshi to him back in Aki 2009: "I have privately supported him financially. Undergoing treatment for many months is mentally stressful. But he is very strong. He is gambarizing with all his might. We undergo physical checkups twice a year, but that is not enough. I think we should all get regular thorough physical check ups as well." The check-up where Shotenro's cancer was detected was at a doctor Hahuho introduced him to, so Hakuho has a strong case here for demanding such thorough human-dock check-ups and PET scans made obligatory 2 times a year: he also called for improved health support in general for the rikishi. Another demand was for better food and lodging during the jungyo tour - bigger beds - and the food is worlds away from the healthy chanko at the heya. Another subject was the demand for rikshi seats at the basho - the family members of many sekitori have problems to get seats now - like everybody else, apparently nothing is reserved for them so far. The rikishi-kai of all sekitori was installed in 1932, after the Shunjuen Incident, where the rikishi walked out on the kyokai to demand better conditions NSK pics from the rikishi-kai o o o o Edited June 26, 2019 by Akinomaki 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted February 27, 2018 Tochinoshin after the rikishi-kai today gave an interview for the event of return to sekiwake after 10 basho o o he also had baby duty o as had Ryuden and Asanoyama o o 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Tochinoshin yesterday ooo ooo o o and the baby service with Ryuden and Asanoyama o o o who is more focussed here? oo also with bigger kids oo and a few pics of the yokozuna at the rikishi-kai Kise arrives - Takayasu follows o Kakuryu arrives oo Hakuho does fan service - Enho behind, as new sekitori for the first time at the rikishi-kai o Edited February 28, 2018 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,807 Posted February 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: o Tochinoshin and baby are both thinking the same thing: "Mom, it's a camera. Just push the button already!" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,807 Posted February 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: Kakuryu is gripping that water bottle just fine. I think he is sandbagging about having no power in his right ring finger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) More from the rikishi-kai from the NSK the Mongolian corner: Tamawashi, Ichinojo, then with Terunofuji, Sokokurai, Kyokushuho ... o o o juryo corner: Takekaze, Tobizaru looking o o makuuchi corner: Ikioi, Kotoyuki, Chiyonokuni, Nishikigi o o hold the baby corner: Ryuden, Tochinoshin, Asanoyama o o o o o Edited March 2, 2018 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orandashoho 720 Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Akinomaki said: juryo corner: Takekaze, Tobizaru looking o "I lost some income now, so I'll take the chance to make a few advertising bucks." o Tochinoshin thinking: "I wish this was my own baby..." Edited March 2, 2018 by orandashoho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) the new members: Wakatakakage and Hakuyozan o on the way: Tochiozan, Tochinoshin, Ichinojo o o o weight check: Chiyomaru, Nishikigi - Ichinojo is 10kg up to 225 o o o o 12 hours ago, Kintamayama said: at the KKan, the rijikai and a special function were held. In conjunction with a live performance of the new Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the rikishi were holding babies and people were taking pictures. The plan was to show that classical music relaxes babies. Didn't work for Kisenosato, though. Every baby he held immediately started wailing. "Even after doing this so many times, I can't get used to it.. " he mumbled, smiling wryly. o ooo o o The orchestra wasn't the thing for the kids - most others cried as well o o o Kakuryu had more luck with a bigger girl o o Takayasu, Endo o o o o o o Edited May 2, 2018 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted May 5, 2018 More from the the concert for babies in the arms of rikishi o o o o o o o o o o o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akōgyokuseki 227 Posted May 5, 2018 On 28/02/2018 at 15:38, Rocks said: Kakuryu is gripping that water bottle just fine. I think he is sandbagging about having no power in his right ring finger. Your post cracked me up! Rikisaburō-san, could you please allow your tsukibito to carry your water bottle please ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted June 26, 2018 At the rikishi-kai today o o showing their wishes for tanabata (7.7.) o o o o o o o o basho PR by the unlikely contender o and the baby photo shoot event for those with the respective ticket o 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted June 27, 2018 More from the rikishi-kai and the event afterwards yokozuna/ozeki talk o to cry or not to cry, that is the rikishi question o for him then a baby big enough not to cry o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) The NSK posted more pics from the rikishi-kai Okinoumi with Takekaze o More Tanabata wishes o o o o o o o o o o and basho PR - from the new ozeki and the new juryo, Chiyo- and Chura-noumi o o o Edited June 28, 2018 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) Today even more from the rikishi-kai by the NSK o oo oo the yokozuna-ozeki table oo o PR o o o o o o Tanabata wishes o o o o o o Edited June 29, 2018 by Akinomaki 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawabata 270 Posted June 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Akinomaki said: I wonder what the topics of conversation would be with a table like this. Is it awkward? Are they all friends? What do they talk about........? 3 hours ago, Akinomaki said: Clearly nobody wanted to hang out with Kaisei though :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,815 Posted June 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, Kawabata said: I wonder what the topics of conversation would be with a table like this. Is it awkward? Are they all friends? What do they talk about........? Well, what do *you* talk about with your colleagues when you're sent to a symposium? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawabata 270 Posted June 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Jakusotsu said: Well, what do *you* talk about with your colleagues when you're sent to a symposium? They bad-mouth their bosses and gossip about which other employee's are hooking up? (sorry I am freelance and work from home, so its been a while since I interacted with other people colleagues...) Seriously though, if they do just talk about sumo, is it awkward with Kisenosato there? Does Goeidoh make jokes like "I might be kadoban again, but hey, at least I show up, amirite Kakuryū? Eh? Eh?" Do they talk about Hakuho's rice planting obsession? It feels like a very different situation than just colleagues hanging out for an afternoon at a conference. Also as they seem to be enjoying themselves too, except of course for Kaisei, all on his own there :( 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted June 30, 2018 Today more by the NSK from the (baby-cry) event there after the end of the rikishi-kai: very special masu B seat attached photo shoot: photo with 2 yokozuna (not Kakuryu) and 3 ozeki and the 2 most popular other rikishi: Mitakeumi and Endo - and the ticket holders could select which of them should hold the baby oo oo o o oo o o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) At the rikishi-kai today, Harumafuji was seen - and interviewed afterwards o o more pics are in the original post in the HF thread: 4 hours ago, Akinomaki said: Former rikishi-kai head Harumafuji today appeared at the rikishi-kai to make the announcement of his intai-zumo on Sep. 30th and to thank the members for their favors over a long time. afterwards 2 photo shoot events: the usual hold the baby (and make it cry) with the predetermined cast o and the top 3 rikishi of the Natsu-basho "push forward your favorite rikishi" oshi-rikishi PR event On 5/23/2018 at 06:59, Akinomaki said: the photo frame card had Abi on the back this day there also is a campaign attached to support your favorite rikishi - and 5 may win a photo shoot with him - which is in August though you had to post a pic of the rikishi for that - and apparently they made sure that only female fans got to win there - turned out to be 6 though, 2 for each of the rikishi: On 5/28/2018 at 00:40, Akinomaki said: the top 3 of the "support a rikishi" photo campaign: Tochinoshin - Abi - Endo o the NSK posted plenty from that one - later surely also from the baby event and the rikishi-kai itself o o o o o o o o o o o o Edited August 28, 2018 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted August 29, 2018 23 hours ago, Akinomaki said: afterwards 2 photo shoot events: the usual hold the baby (and make it cry) with the predetermined cast People who bought the special masu C seats could choose from the 6 Y/O, Yoshikaze, Endo, Ikioi and Mitakeumi to hold their kids, again with BGM by the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra. o o o o o o o oo o ooo Kise after the rikishi-kai o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted October 31, 2018 Hakuho came in sandals instead of geta o o o o the hold-the-baby event for those with the proper tickets. Chiyomaru is surely too popular to drop him to juryo if it can be avoided - but not among the babies oo NSK vid 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted November 1, 2018 The NSK with the pics from the hold-the-baby event - without Chiyomaru - and almost no cry o o o o o o o apparently they didn't have a baby that didn't cry with Kakuryu o and Shohozan is so scary, he even makes a no longer baby-qualified kid cry o 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orandashoho 720 Posted November 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Akinomaki said: o You can't get much cuter than that... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) Today the rikishi-kai of the sekitori took place - with afterwards the baby hug event and the forming of Reiwa by the sekitori o o o o o o o o o the 2 yokozuna show Reiwa o o o oovid Kakuryu and Takakeisho on hug duty oo Reiwa in people dot resolution ooo oo oooooo oo o o o the >1MB pic from Kyodo o vid vid Edited May 2, 2019 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,786 Posted May 2, 2019 The rikishi-kai yesterday decided to hand in a demand to the NSK that keiko with kids (and dohyo-iri with babies) gets reintroduced at the jungyo. Rikishi-kaicho Kakuryu: "This is essential to get kids interested in sumo" http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20190502/sum19050205010002-n1.html with babies after the rikishi-kai o but the focus is on Takakeisho o o o heading for an interview afterwards oo at the rikishi-kai and for the people dot Reiwa, he had to wear a more formal kimono o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
