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Excellent angle by Mr. Morimoto, better known as One and Only:

 

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For those who would like to see the man mountain Terunofuji will be up against for the Jonidan yusho.. Here is Rouga, future Yokozuna:

 

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2 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Excellent angle by Mr. Morimoto, better known as One and Only

Nice view of the arena!

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6 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Rouga. I am willing to steak my farm which I don't have. 

Not to be confused with "farming your stake". Ha  ha.

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Nobody follows him anymore? 6-1 this basho, perhaps lower Makushita next basho. Or top Sandanme. Day 4 against Kasugaryuu, the bow twirler:

Day 5:

Day 8:

Day 10:

 

Day 11:

 

Day 13:

 

 

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And he seems determined to come back which is good to see.  He posted this picture at the same time as the picture with the ice cream and statue of liberty I linked on the funny picture thread.

 

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Day 8: Got tangled up with little man; stuck to me, made me go out.

Day 10: Throw little man away!

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He looked better than his last basho and could have easily gone 7-0 albeit against mid-sandanme opponents.   Against lower Makushita opponents, I hardly think he'd go 6-1 again.   

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He did look better even though he did suffer a loss. I hope he will be in even better shape next time. Makushita will be a much bigger test.

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9 hours ago, Kishinoyama said:

He did look better even though he did suffer a loss. I hope he will be in even better shape next time. Makushita will be a much bigger test.

Upper sandanme would be a blessing in disguise. Lower makushita to upper makushita is too big a step given all Teru's issues and lengthy absence. Would be much better for him to do "top sandanme - mid makushita - top makushita", because he could easily stick to mid-makushita for 1-2 more basho, get enough practice and get back.

All in all I believe in him. Someone sooooo talented and blessed with such a body doesn't simply lose it (if not for debilitating injury), it just takes very long to get most of it (though most likely not all of it) back. For reference from other sports, see Grant Hill (NBA) - superstar to reliable starter is a dropoff, but not that big, akin to Ozeki to mid-maegashira.

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I remember reading somewhere that Terunofuji has a chronic health problem in addition to his injuries.  He may be fighting against a double whammy which is being overlooked in the assessment of his prospects.

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9 hours ago, Asojima said:

I remember reading somewhere that Terunofuji has a chronic health problem in addition to his injuries.  He may be fighting against a double whammy which is being overlooked in the assessment of his prospects.

more than double - all on page 1 of this thread

On 13/06/2018 at 00:53, Akinomaki said:

The left meniscus damage for which he went kyujo is the least of a problem now. Internal diseases is what he has to fight, mainly diabetes and now also hepatitis C is reported.

On 04/07/2018 at 22:35, Akinomaki said:

Add to that kidney stones.

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It seems he regained his love for Sumo and there is hope he at least got some of his health problems under control. Seeing him back at full strength and back in the top division would be a joy, but I know it's wishful thinking. I've seen some older bouts of him recently and to me there is no doubt he would be dominating the sanyaku right now if it wasn't for his injuries.

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What kind of filter is that? He looks like a baby doll.

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12 hours ago, Churaumi said:

What kind of filter is that? He looks like a baby doll.

It's a literal baby filter, the rattle it adds is just in the shot, the red and blue thing.

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Makushita 59 Terunofuji won his first bout of the basho today by kotenage. "I'm feeling the dohyo this time. It's better than last basho. My body is responding, " he said. He went for degeiko before the basho, something he had not done at all since getting injured. He faced the likes of Shoudai and Kaisei. "Facing sekitori gave me a lot of confidence," he added.He is aware of the difficulties in getting back in perfect shape. "It would be great if I can return to what I was, but I know it's not easy to do that. Even if I work out at the gym and get my muscles back, using muscles in sumo is totally different. I have to get my strength back and incorporate it in my sumo," he said.

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1 hour ago, Kintamayama said:

 He faced the likes of Shoudai and Kaisei. "Facing sekitori gave me a lot of confidence," he added.

Is it known the record of these bouts?

Even if it is only training, it would be interesting to know if he is getting close to mid-maegashira form.

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On 08/07/2019 at 06:58, RPedro44 said:

Is it known the record of these bouts?

Even if it is only training, it would be interesting to know if he is getting close to mid-maegashira form.

The fact that he lost a bout last basho would suggest he's not in Ozeki form, but closer to high juryo/low maegashira.  We'll have more information after this basho, but it's still fairly weak competition.  If he loses more than 2 it's a bad sign.

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6 hours ago, Gurowake said:

The fact that he lost a bout last basho would suggest he's not in Ozeki form, but closer to high juryo/low maegashira.

Which makes me wonder how many bouts the current Ozeki would have lost in Sandanme...

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The fact that he lost a bout yesterday after surrendering a morozashi and trying to win Takanonami-style suggests he hasn't worked on his technical weaknesses much since falling. That a bottom of makushita guy can take advantage of that and beat the former ozeki decisively doesn't bode well for a future comeback.

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