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Enho with his 4 year sempai Akira Kita, who died 11 years ago at a traffic accident, age 18 - he was like an older brother for Enho, who uses Akira as shikona first name

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even younger with parents

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heya mate Ishiura

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age 1: Onosho with his father

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Shodai

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Mitakeumi with parents

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Takayasu

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Endo

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Kaisei

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Tamawashi with parents and sister

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Tochiozan

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Goeido

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Hakuho

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Most like their current faces:

1. Takayasu

2. Tochiozan

3. Goeido

3a. Mitakeumi's mom:-).

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4 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

Most like their current faces:

Except for Endo and Hakuho, they're all remarkably recognizable.

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7 hours ago, Jakusotsu said:

Except for Endo and Hakuho, they're all remarkably recognizable.

Agree; I thought I'd rank order the top 3.  Tochiozan is almost spooky: even Elvis didn't look that much like Elvis as a kid.

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There were plenty of youth pics of Asanoyama lately, this time also really early http://smart-flash.jp/sports/75002/2

On this one he is not yet obviously recognizable - with dad, age 4m

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but unmistakable at age 5

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2nd grade

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Wow, Kaisei  can get a tan.

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58 minutes ago, Rocks said:

Wow, Kaisei  can get a tan.

It's just bad lighting.

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The Onami brothers, Waka-takakage, -motoharu, -takamoto

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TM-TK-MH - 2003 with mawashi

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the youngest, now Wakatakakage

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On 12/01/2022 at 17:52, Akinomaki said:

The Onami brothers, Waka-takakage, -motoharu, -takamoto

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Wakamotoharu with father Wakashinobu
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dad in the family restaurant Chanko Wakabayama

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Wakamotoharu with granddad Wakabayama, plus his older brother

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at high school

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Wakatakamoto also a bit older but before entering the heya: getting instructions from Sokokurai, now his oyakata

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On 16/01/2022 at 15:23, Akinomaki said:

Wakamotoharu with granddad Wakabayama

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Time again for Onami youth pics - mostly the same from the above posts. This above pic provided by their father is now posted as actually being one of Wakatakakage. But here he is 1996 at age 1 with Wakabayama age 73, who looks younger in the other one:

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In 3rd grade as support for his brothers at a wampaku sumo tournament, with a photo of late Wakabayama

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Late to the party, but Takayasu's expression in his photo looks remarkably like something Konishiki would do.

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Abi with his mother

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with the older brother, sisters and parents more recently

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Takanosho (in the middle) in wampaku sumo while in primary school

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Atamifuji with his younger sister Hina, 2nd year at Hiryu high, national 3rd in lightweight, last year in October and this year at the Sakai tournament - against adults

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Nishikifuji: age 2

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on the left, on the right classmate till high school Onosho, at a tournament in 4th grade

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On 01/11/2022 at 11:40, Akinomaki said:

Atamifuji with his younger sister Hina, 2nd year at Hiryu high, national 3rd in lightweight, last year in October and this year at the Sakai tournament - against adults

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Hina as 3rd year now has become the first female captain of the Hiryu high sumo club, of 7 male members

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The 2 who failed to get the yusho were in the focus the last days - first Onosato

age <1, born 4035g - with kesho mawashi

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age 2 with dad

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age 9 totally happy as runner up at a local tournament

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age 12 - primary school graduation o

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age 17 at Kaiyo high, 3rd at the Kanazawa tournament

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Atamifuji during his time at the Mishima sumo club

yusho in 6th grade at a local tournament, with a classmate

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middle school

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On 25/09/2023 at 12:15, Akinomaki said:

The 2 who failed to get the yusho were in the focus the last days - first Onosato

age <1, born 4035g - with kesho mawashi

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Again in the youth pics - now for the soon ozeki

Age 6 with father and sister

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with yusho flag in 6th grade

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2nd year middle school with Shirokuma

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as 1st year at Kaiyo high

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