Akinomaki 28,778 Posted February 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, Akinomaki said: The shindeshi kensa was today, all 35 who were there passed the initial test and wait for the results of the medicals. o the 2 sdTD who really will do sumo this basho are in the focus - Kanno and Nishikawa o o One who had applied didn't appear for the shin deshi kensa o Edited February 26 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 9,204 Posted February 26 On 23/01/2021 at 10:50, Akinomaki said: For Tokiwayama-beya, 15y old Ikuto Fujiwara 藤原生翔 (185cm, 120kg) from the Toyota junior sumo club in Toyota city: "I want to become sekitori in 5 years." Fujiwara is the first to join ozumo from the club, which has been in existence for six years now. He started sumo in 4th grade and participated in prefectural competitions in junior high school, which is where he first came to the attention of the (then) Chiganoura-beya scouts. Getting a right hand inside grip is his specialty. A picture posted by the heya showed two new nameplates on the keikoba ranking board - Fujiwara is presumably 隆翔生, the first kanji from the shisho and the other two from his given name, reversed. Takashosei, perhaps? The other one looks like 隆太陸, maybe Takatairiku? On 19/02/2021 at 10:35, Akinomaki said: Two 18y 3rd years from the sumo club of Tsushima high, Ehime for Yamahibiki-beya: Tsubasa Tanimoto 谷元飛翔 and Takuma Akisada 秋定拓真. Both are from Hyogo pref. On the 12th they had a farewell party at the school and on the 13th headed for Tokyo, for preparations to join and the shindeshi kensa. They were joined by a third recruit for the heya, 茂司 知義, reading seems to be Haruchika Moji. I think he's from the sumo club of Minoshima high school in Wakayama prefecture, but he too is a Hyogo native. In both of these pictures he's the one in the middle. On 10/02/2021 at 15:53, Akinomaki said: From Asanoyama's old Kureha middle school, Ryuki Tanimura 谷村竜喜 (15, 184cm, 147kg) will join Kokonoe-beya. He wants to surpass sempai Asanoyama, with whom he had the chance to train once. "I want to gambarize to make it in one go to makushita and juryo. There is no rikishi I aim for. Since my goal is yokozuna, I want to gambarize." Tanimura's shikona will be 千代獅子, Chiyoshishi? Second recruit for Kokonoe is 廣岡 大志, no reading given but amusingly they are the same kanji as a pro baseball player called Taishi Hirooka. I think it's safe to assume it's not actually him joining. The shindeshi will take the shikona 千代鷹. Chiyotaka? 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 4,264 Posted February 27 8 hours ago, Yubinhaad said: ... ... Takagenji was busy so they have used his cardboard cutout. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted February 27 11 hours ago, Yubinhaad said: On 23/01/2021 at 11:50, Akinomaki said: For Tokiwayama-beya, 15y old Ikuto Fujiwara 藤原生翔 (185cm, 120kg) from the Toyota junior sumo club in Toyota city: "I want to become sekitori in 5 years." Fujiwara is the first to join ozumo from the club, which has been in existence for six years now. He started sumo in 4th grade and participated in prefectural competitions in junior high school, which is where he first came to the attention of the (then) Chiganoura-beya scouts. Getting a right hand inside grip is his specialty. A picture posted by the heya showed two new nameplates on the keikoba ranking board - Fujiwara is presumably 隆翔生, the first kanji from the shisho and the other two from his given name, reversed. Takashosei, perhaps? The other one looks like 隆太陸, maybe Takatairiku? On the heya twitter today: Riku Ito 伊藤 太陸 (15, 165cm - the limit for new middle school graduates, 96kg) from Mizunami, Gifu - 隆太陸 真道 Takatairiku Masamichi o 隆翔生 薫一 Takashouki Yoshikatsu for Ikuto Fujiwara (15, 188cm, 127kg) 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hakuryuho 111 Posted February 27 (edited) 11 hours ago, Yubinhaad said: I call this picture the "Smile Gradient": From the full one smile on the far left to the famous Takanosho grin, to Tokiwayama oyakata's half smile, to Takakeisho's trademark stoic facial expression all the way to Takagenji's defiant look. I absolutely love this picture, it is pure gold Edited February 27 by Hakuryuho 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 9,204 Posted February 27 Joining Takasago-beya are the brothers Yoshida from Shima, Mie prefecture. Older brother Raiki (吉田 雷希), 22, joins from Tokai University's Shoyo High School in Shizuoka and is 167cm, 79kg. Younger brother Kiryu (吉田 桐龍), 18, joins from Gifu Agricultural & Forestry High School and is 169cm, 81kg. While in elementary school they both attended the same sumo club as stablemates Asagyokusei and Murata, the latter also being from Shima. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sahaven111 87 Posted February 28 23 hours ago, Naganoyama said: Takagenji was busy so they have used his cardboard cutout. Takakento (i'm assuming that's who it is) even moreso. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tigerboy1966 441 Posted February 28 On 26/02/2021 at 22:13, Yubinhaad said: A picture posted by the heya showed two new nameplates on the keikoba ranking board - Fujiwara is presumably 隆翔生, the first kanji from the shisho and the other two from his given name, reversed. Takashosei, perhaps? The other one looks like 隆太陸, maybe Takatairiku? Takakento, Takanosho, Tokiwayama-oyakata, Takakeisho, and Takagenji demonstrate the descending phases joy from l-to-r: "Ecstatic", "Very very happy", "Cheerful", "A bit bored", "Why am I in this picture?" 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 2,415 Posted February 28 It seems like something of a faux pas to me to wear zori with a Western-style suit. Is it particularly common? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 1,495 Posted February 28 15 minutes ago, Gurowake said: It seems like something of a faux pas to me to wear zori with a Western-style suit. Is it particularly common? He's the Japanese version of that family friend who wore a string tie and cowboy boots with his dark suit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsuchinoninjin 672 Posted March 1 Sometimes the only available guest slippers are zori style. It’s especially annoying when you have normal socks. Usually you’d just do socks only but he probably just grabbed them to be on the dohyo for the picture. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted March 1 From amefuto (American football) at Maioka high in Yokohama into sumo, without any experience, but the proper physique: Yusei? Abe 阿部佑晟 (18, 182cm, 128kg) for Oguruma-beya, as uchi-deshi of Yoshikaze. http://www.kanaloco.jp/sports/misc/article-414636.html 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 9,204 Posted March 1 Joining Isegahama-beya is 15-year-old Ryuki? Hoshi (星 龍希), third-year student at Chiba Meitoku junior high school. He's been doing sumo since elementary school, but at Chiba Meitoku he had to make do with keeping goal for the football team, as the school has no sumo club. At 180cm and 168kg, I imagine he doesn't run up for a lot of stoppage-time corners, but it has helped his agility. He will be the first student from Chiba Meitoku to join ozumo. Isegahama-oyakata (former Yokozuna Asahifuji) visited to meet him in November. Sneakers with a suit?! I need a lie-down. Joining Kataonami-beya is 15-year-old Yoshiaki? Taguchi (田口 義明), no other info about him yet. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 1,495 Posted March 1 3 hours ago, Yubinhaad said: Sneakers with a suit?! I need a lie-down. Brain: don't say it, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it ... Mouth: Shouldn't he be at Tokiwayamabeya? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yohcun 186 Posted March 1 Kataonami seems to be turning a corner. They've gone from 2 rikishi to 5 in pretty short order. Look out, Sadogatake. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WAKATAKE 1,882 Posted March 2 15 hours ago, Yubinhaad said: Joining Isegahama-beya is 15-year-old Ryuki? Hoshi (星 龍希), third-year student at Chiba Meitoku junior high school. He's been doing sumo since elementary school, but at Chiba Meitoku he had to make do with keeping goal for the football team, as the school has no sumo club. At 180cm and 168kg, I imagine he doesn't run up for a lot of stoppage-time corners, but it has helped his agility. He will be the first student from Chiba Meitoku to join ozumo. Isegahama-oyakata (former Yokozuna Asahifuji) visited to meet him in November. Sneakers with a suit?! I need a lie-down. Having gone through Japanese middle school and high school myself, I can say that this is not unusual. At least where I went, all the kids wore regular shoes/sneakers to school. The ones who wore the loafers were the more clique types. When you get to high school it's more common for students to wear the loafers. Also, remember that he's in his school uniform too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 9,204 Posted March 3 On 01/03/2021 at 23:32, yohcun said: Kataonami seems to be turning a corner. They've gone from 2 rikishi to 5 in pretty short order. Look out, Sadogatake. Unfortunately not - the announcement of Taguchi's entry also included the news that Tamanohoshi had retired as of February 22nd, so the heya remains at 4 rikishi. On 02/03/2021 at 08:55, WAKATAKE said: Having gone through Japanese middle school and high school myself, I can say that this is not unusual. At least where I went, all the kids wore regular shoes/sneakers to school. The ones who wore the loafers were the more clique types. When you get to high school it's more common for students to wear the loafers. Also, remember that he's in his school uniform too. I wasn't being serious there, just poking a little fun at Gurowake's occasional critiques of footwear choices. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted March 5 (edited) Shibatayama talked to the press today about the cancellation of maezumo: "It's during the graduation season, when they go home for the graduation ceremony and come back and if by chance are infected, they bring the virus back to the heya. They'd have to stay in a hotel and get tested and then get back into the heya. Those who return for the graduation ceremony have been told not to come back till after the basho." About the jonokuchi banzuke: "There are also some with chonmage banzukegai. These included, the shimpan department has to coordinate the banzuke, the shinjo shusse hirou (new recruits presentation) will take place at the May basho." http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202103050000838.html Edited March 5 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted March 11 (edited) No need for Osanai to be at the basho, so he was at the town hall of his hometown Tsuruta today, to report that he joins ozumo: "First of all jonokuchi yusho. I want to rise to sekitori within 2 years." o vid - training in the heya starts next month Edited March 12 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 4,264 Posted March 14 NSK data: SHIKONA KANJI NAME HEYA HEIGHT WEIGHT DOB BIRTHPLACE Abe 阿部 Abe Yusei Oguruma 181 128 07 - January - 2003 Kanagawa Akisada 秋定 Akisada Takuma Yamahibiki 170 119 08 - July - 2002 Hyogo Fujiwara 藤原 Fujiwara Ikuto Tokiwayama 186 127 09 - December - 2005 Aichi Higashi 東 Higashi Tatsuki Fujishima 178 118 05 - December - 1997 Saitama Hirooka 廣岡 Hirooka Hiroshi Kokonoe 174 115 05 - October - 2005 Iwate Hoshi 星 Hoshi Ryuki Isegahama 179 172 24 - July - 2005 Chiba Ito 伊藤 Ito Riku Tokiwayama 165 94 01 - July - 2005 Gifu Kanno 菅野 Kanno Yota Kasugano 182 156 11 - January - 1999 Saitama Kato 加藤 Kato Reito Tagonoura 172 95 05 - October - 2005 Kyoto Kimura 木村 Kimura Taketo Sakaigawa 180 100 07 - August - 2002 Saitama Kinoshita 木下 Kinoshita Masanori Miyagino 167 96 23 - March - 2003 Gunma Kitamura 北村 Kitamura Yuma Hakkaku 183 165 21 - August - 2002 Hokkaido Kiyota 清田 Kiyota Ryohei Dewanoumi 171 74 23 - July - 2005 Fukushima Matsui 松井 Matsui Hiroki Tokitsukaze 175 164 07 - November - 2002 Ishikawa Matsuzawa 松澤 Matsuzawa Shusei Tagonoura 166 69 14 - June - 2005 Saitama Mizuno 水野 Mizuno Yuya Sakaigawa 175 127 02 - December - 2005 Gifu Mogami 最上 Mogami Kenryu Shikihide 187 142 03 - July - 2005 Ibaraki Moji 茂司 Moji Haruchika Yamahibiki 175 107 03 - November - 2002 Wakayama Muniroglu ムニルオグル Muniroglu Musashi Tamanoi 180 89 24 - September- 2002 Yamanashi Nakajima 中島 Nakajima Ran Arashio 167 75 18 - November - 2002 Kagoshima Nishihara 西原 Nishihara Takato Tagonoura 178 122 24 - October - 2002 Hyogo Nishikawa 西川 Nishikawa Toki Sakaigawa 176 155 07 - April - 1998 Osaka Osanai 長内 Osanai Koju Takasago 174 122 01 - March - 1999 Aomori Sano 佐野 Sano Koga Asahiyama 176 117 25 - December - 2005 Chiba Suguro 勝呂 Suguro Ryuki Fujishima 168 118 23 - November - 1998 Saitama Taguchi 田口 Taguchi Yoshiaki Kataonami 173 106 22 - December - 2005 Osaka Takahashi 高橋 Takahashi Hidetada Isegahama 170 94 20 - July - 2001 Aomori Takamatsu 高松 Takamatsu Kota Tomozuna 166 136 28 - February - 2006 Hokkaido Taniguchi 谷口 Taniguchi Yusa Tagonoura 167 127 03 - August - 2005 Hyogo Tanimoto 谷元 Tanimoto Tsubasa Yamahibiki 171 133 22 - October - 2002 Hyogo Tanimura 谷村 Tanimura Ryuki Kokonoe 182 143 19 - May - 2005 Toyama Tatsuguchi 竜口 Tatsuguchi Takahiro Sakaigawa 175 117 18 - March - 2003 Fukuoka Yoshida (the Elder) 吉田 Yoshida Raiki Takasago 167 80 19 - November - 1998 Gifu Yoshida (the Younger) 吉田 Yoshida Kiryu Takasago 168 78 22 - June - 2002 Gifu Yoshino 吉野 Yoshino Suguru Futagoyama 180 122 04 - December - 2002 Kanagawa 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted March 14 Only Matsui is in the list from Tokitsukaze, so the eldest son really joins for Natsu (or not), and the one who didn't appear at the shindeshi kensa likely was one planned for Tokitsukaze. On 23/02/2021 at 12:32, Akinomaki said: An interview with Tokitsukaze from end of January was posted on YT, there he expressed his deep regret - towards his deshi Tokitsukaze thinks his 2 sons some day will join Tokisukaze-beya, he told that at that point 3 new recruits were to join for March, among them his first son. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oortael 97 Posted March 14 Muniroglu ムニルオグル Muniroglu Musashi Tamanoi 180 89 24 - September- 2002 Yamanashi Hopefully a new Hafu Turkish prospect to add to the foreigners list ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted March 18 (edited) On 21/01/2021 at 14:52, Akinomaki said: He likely won't be in the shindeshi-kensa for the Haru-basho basho yet, but student yokozuna Delgerbayar has started the for foreigners now obligatory kenshu training/test period on Dec. 21st, at Naruto-beya, for 6 months or more. If there are no problems, he'll join the heya properly and enter the shindeshi-kensa then. Delgerbayar had his graduation ceremony at Nittaidai on the 15th (on the right) o After treatment his injured ankle is going towards towards recovery and it is planned that he resumes keiko at the heya in April and be in the shindeshi-kensa for May or July: "As a pro I want to aim for sekitori" http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202103150000684.html Edited March 18 by Akinomaki 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted March 22 The shinjo shusse hirou presentation of the Haru basho new recruits will be on day 1 of the Natsu basho, all 33 who will be in jonokuchi that basho as ichiban shusse, like presumed here, in the order they had applied for the shindeshi kensa. http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20210322/sum21032216490006-n1.html 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 28,778 Posted March 24 The 4 sai-shusse from banzuke-gai: Kototaiki, Tochigidake, Onofuji, Tsuyusato The order of the shinjo shusse rikishi, with new shikona in kanji Hoshi Isegahama Chiba 星ノ富士 Takamatsu Tomozuna Hokkaido 旭大海 Matsui Tokitsukaze Ishikawa Mogami Shikihide Ibaraki 最上桜 Taguchi Kataonami Osaka Yoshino Futagoyama Kanagawa Takahashi Isegahama Aomori 美ノ富士 Tanimura Kokonoe Toyama 千代獅子 Hirooka Kokonoe Iwate 千代鷹 Matsuzawa Tagonoura Saitama Nishihara Tagonoura Hyogo Taniguchi Tagonoura Hyogo Kato Tagonoura Kyoto Sano Asahiyama Chiba Kiyota Dewanoumi Fukushima 清の花 Kitamura Hakkaku Hokkaido Yoshida Takasago Mie 朝走雷 Yoshida Takasago Mie 朝気龍 Tatsuguchi Sakaigawa Fukuoka Kimura Sakaigawa Saitama 豪正龍 Mizuno Sakaigawa Gifu Fujiwara Tokiwayama Aichi 隆翔生 Ito Tokiwayama Gifu 隆太陸 Muniroglu Tamanoi Yamanashi 天ノ東 Kinoshita Miyagino Gunma 高馬鵬 Akisada Yamahibiki Hyogo Tanimoto Yamahibiki Hyogo Moji Yamahibiki Wakayama Osanai Takasago Aomori Abe Oguruma Kanagawa Nakajima Arashio Kagoshima 蒼乃駿 Higashi Fujishima Saitama 藤青雲 Suguro Fujishima Saitama http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20210323/sum21032315100008-n1.html 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
