Ex-rikishi in the food business

[Tochinofuji 390]

5 hours ago, Seiyashi said:

Are retired sekitori/oyakata still allowed to give out tegata, or is that an old tegata of Hakuhō's that was composited with the restaurant name?

My recollection is that once a rikishi is retired, they are not permitted to (or probably more accurately, not supposed to) create new tegata - they're reserved solely for active wrestlers. I don't have any source to hand though, so look forward to those more knowledgeable chiming in! 

[rhyen 1,852]

On 08/08/2022 at 19:51, rhyen said:

 

Attempted the 500g special (managed to conquer it with in house minestrone soup and pickles) around 3pm

still recovering from it. 

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 01/09/2013 at 14:44, Akinomaki said:

Ryuo plans to go on the 17th with wife and son to the US and study English for 2 years, then return to Mongolia. He already has begun to study law at a Mongolian university by correspondence education.

Presently working for Miyagino as coach and personal manager and now Ryuo opened Chanko Dining Ryu at Kinshi-cho station in Sumida ward, one stop away from the kokugikan. With (for over 10 years in the heya) chanko-cho Kiryu, who has just retired. Grand opening is on Sep. 1st.

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with a smaller portrait of Hakuho

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Edited August 27, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Yamanashi 3,988]

What was Ryuo up to for the last ten years?

[Seiyashi 4,109]

Working for Hakuhō? I wouldn't be surprised if Hakuhō was a sleeping partner in the restaurant.

[rhyen 1,852]

A family of a makushita wrestler from Kasugano heya.

 

[Akinomaki 41,185]

His restaurant Yokozuna Tonkatsu - Dosukoi Tanaka in Sumida ward with dohyo is in the news for months - with plenty of videos from foreigners doing sumo on it with ex-rikishi, esp. Jokoryu

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with also proper sumo demonstration

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The owner is former juryo for one basho Kaito - he opened it last November, to help others rikishi with their 2nd careers, with which he experienced troubles at first as well http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20230903-OYT1T50079/

Edited September 4, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,185]

Former sd Terukaze with his wife runs the kitchen car Happy Kitchen Will since last year April on the Oki islands in Shimane pref.  http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kansai/news/20230908-OYO1T50016/

with their kara-age

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with his father at the heya while active - with oicho, so at his danpatsushiki

He joined Sadogatake-beya and went with ex-Kotokaze to his new heya, preparing the Sadogatake-beya taste as chanko-ban in Oguruma-beya. After intai he worked in Osaka in the cleaning and construction business and elsewhere and met his wife there. Shortly after they started a kitchen car in the Kansai area they were hit by the Corona disaster. Because there was no kitchen car in the hometown of his mother, they moved to the Oki islands and aim for a 2nd car now, with the goal to have one in every prefecture once.

 

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 04/09/2023 at 13:26, Akinomaki said:

His restaurant Yokozuna Tonkatsu - Dosukoi Tanaka in Sumida ward with dohyo is in the news for months - with plenty of videos from foreigners doing sumo on it with ex-rikishi, esp. Jokoryu

The owner is former juryo for one basho Kaito - he opened it last November, to help others rikishi with their 2nd careers, with which he experienced troubles at first as well

He has his restaurant, but the whole show and the restaurant is managed by o-sumo-san.dot.com osumo-3.com - sumo experience.com: a company that employs ex-rikishi for purposes like sumo shows etc., run by public company Way, both with the same managing director - Tanaka is a very common name, so this Aya Tanaka probably is but doesn't have to be related.

- apparently a rival of Wakatenro's o-sumo-san promotions

The customers of Yokozuna Tonkatsu - Dosukoi Tanaka are nearly 100% from foreign countries, fully booked till mid November, the price is 10 000 yen or above for an adult. http://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/729014?display=1

Edited September 19, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Yamanashi 3,988]

I was perusing Google Maps in the Ryogoku area, and I notice that the chanko restaurant first opened by ex-Ozeki Ouchiyama is still open about 5 blocks from the Kokugikan, still run by his descendants.

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 19/09/2023 at 23:15, Akinomaki said:

He has his restaurant, but the whole show and the restaurant is managed by o-sumo-san.dot.com osumo-3.com - sumo experience.com: a company that employs ex-rikishi for purposes like sumo shows etc., run by public company Way, both with the same managing director - Tanaka is a very common name, so this Aya Tanaka probably is but doesn't have to be related.

- apparently a rival of Wakatenro's o-sumo-san promotions

The customers of Yokozuna Tonkatsu - Dosukoi Tanaka are nearly 100% from foreign countries, fully booked till mid November, the price is 10 000 yen or above for an adult. http://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/729014?display=1

Other staff at Yokozuna Tonkatsu: ex-Matsunoumi and ex-Bungonishiki. After the work in the kitchen, 3 times a week the show for foreign guests.

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The show is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11000yen for an adult - the latest (gone) news clip has Jokoryu with ex-Kotootori - the next 2 months are fully booked, I guess one can't book a show with a particular ex-rikishi that much in advance

Edited November 17, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 28/09/2023 at 23:07, Akinomaki said:

He has his restaurant, but the whole show and the restaurant is managed by o-sumo-san.dot.com osumo-3.com - sumo experience.com: a company that employs ex-rikishi for purposes like sumo shows etc., run by public company Way, both with the same managing director - Tanaka is a very common name, so this Aya Tanaka probably is but doesn't have to be related.

- apparently a rival of Wakatenro's o-sumo-san promotions

The customers of Yokozuna Tonkatsu - Dosukoi Tanaka are nearly 100% from foreign countries, fully booked till mid November, the price is 10 000 yen or above for an adult. http://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/729014?display=1

The show is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

The success led to a copy in Osaka: THE SUMO HALL HIRAKUZA OSAKA will open next summer, a hall only for sumo shows going on in English, while eating. Business area Osaka: thus a much larger scale: two 1h evening shows a day, seats for 180 like at a basho: S seats for 16 000 Yen, A for 12500/kids from 3-12y 9000 Yen, B 9500/7000 Yen, a Japanese style bento and one drink attached - other food at extra price. https://www.hirakuza.net/sumohall/

Run by Hanshin contents link, a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. - they produced quite some PR material
https://hcl-c.com/sites/default/files/upload_files/all_users/conference/event_sales/the_sumo_hall_hirakuza_osaka1003.pdf

http://www.daily.co.jp/leisure/kansai/2023/10/15/0016920410.shtml

Sanctuary live

 

Interesting to see which ex-rikishi will perform there

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kansai/news/20231004-OYO1T50044/

http://namba.keizai.biz/headline/5229/

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Edited October 18, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 28/09/2023 at 23:07, Akinomaki said:

Other staff at Yokozuna Tonkatsu: ex-Matsunoumi and ex-Bungonishiki. After the work in the kitchen, 3 times a week the show for foreign guests.

The show is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11000yen for an adult - the latest (gone) news clip has Jokoryu with ex-Kotootori - the next 2 months are fully booked, I guess one can't book a show with a particular ex-rikishi that much in advance

New clip from Asahi Shimbun with a shift of Jokoryu and Matsunoumi

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[dingo 1,388]

Since I didn't see it in this thread, I'll add here too for posteriority that ex-M13W and Waseda University alumnus Kimikaze is apparently running sumo restaurant Kimikaze no Mise in Tokyo https://kimikazenomise.shop

As is common for ex-rikishi, seems like a chanko nabe shop. 

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 18/10/2023 at 13:01, Akinomaki said:

a copy in Osaka: THE SUMO HALL HIRAKUZA OSAKA will open next summer, a hall only for sumo shows going on in English, while eating. Business area Osaka: thus a much larger scale: two 1h evening shows a day, seats for 180 like at a basho: S seats for 16 000 Yen, A for 12500/kids from 3-12y 9000 Yen, B 9500/7000 Yen, a Japanese style bento and one drink attached - other food at extra price

Run by Hanshin contents link, a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

The company started a campaign to recruit staff - not the performing rikishi - also among foreign students. So far they promoted the Hanshin Tigers and Western pop music for the people in Japan, running Billboard Live restaurants, this is the first time they target visitors from overseas. https://hcl-c.com/news-new-release/news-2023-10-07

- looking for people with humour, with foreign language abilities other than English ...

Interview for the Kansai International Student International Exchange Liaison Committee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytWlR1yvhI

It will be interesting to see if they'll also open a rival for the companies that provide the jobs for ex-rikishi, mainly o-sumo-san.dot.com - osumo-3.com: sumo experience.com - and Wakatenro's o-sumo-san promotions

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 17/11/2023 at 09:17, Akinomaki said:

On 28/09/2023 at 23:07, Akinomaki said:

Other staff at Yokozuna Tonkatsu: ex-Matsunoumi and ex-Bungonishiki. After the work in the kitchen, 3 times a week the show for foreign guests.

The show is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11000yen for an adult - the latest (gone) news clip has Jokoryu with ex-Kotootori - the next 2 months are fully booked, I guess one can't book a show with a particular ex-rikishi that much in advance

New clip from Asahi Shimbun with a shift of Jokoryu and Matsunoumi

Another show took place at Yokozuna Tonkatsu: the TBS variety show program (Prankster president) Johnson https://www.tbs.co.jp/johnson_tbs/ used it for the latest episode from the 11th http://natalie.mu/owarai/news/552632

Doing illegal gambling: 300 million yen lottery sumo - 3 of the performers on the doyho, plus one as gyoji, Jokyoryu like in a recent Nishonoseki CM as one of here 2 oyakata with a mono-ii conference, in the end also one comedian on the dohyo to get manhandled

last 9 minutes: proper VOD https://tver.jp/episodes/ep82i3ojni

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qgal6

Edited December 12, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,185]

Wakashoyo (ex-Otowayama, ex-MMA fighter, pro-wrest, talento etc.) on March 15th renewal opened his soba restaurant Chanko tsukemen Tokyo King in Kakogawa, Hyogo - like many he uses his shikona as official name. Opened in 2019, after intai he first opened another restaurant offering rikishi food. https://tokyo-king.com/

with staff

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On 28/09/2019 at 15:17, Akinomaki said:

Bakuho!The Friday yesterday with Waka in the studio was about ex-rikishi  with great health problems after retirement -  Akebono then and now, a long part on Wakashoyo, ...

[Asashosakari 19,943]

18 minutes ago, Asashosakari said:

Looking around, some articles give the store owner's full name as 千代松豪仁, which in turn leads to a tarento agency profile for one Hideto Chiyomatsu. The birthdate given there indicates that he's short-time Kokonoe rikishi Eguchi.

And yeah, the shop was already mentioned in the appropriate thread a while ago, when it was still called Katsudon Chiyomatsu instead of its current name Osaka Tonkatsu (this post and follow-up comments). The Soranews article author apparently got confused what "former name Chiyomatsu" referred to.

Refers to:

On 08/08/2022 at 13:51, rhyen said:

 

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 18/10/2023 at 13:01, Akinomaki said:

a copy in Osaka: THE SUMO HALL HIRAKUZA OSAKA will open next summer, a hall only for sumo shows going on in English, while eating. Business area Osaka: thus a much larger scale: two 1h evening shows a day, seats for 180 like at a basho: S seats for 16 000 Yen, A for 12500/kids from 3-12y 9000 Yen, B 9500/7000 Yen, a Japanese style bento and one drink attached - other food at extra price.

THE SUMO HALL HIRAKUZA OSAKA had a VIP private viewing today - with Osaka-fu local Ura as guest

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2 parts of the show - 1st Spirit of Sumo - imagined from 1500 years ago

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till a tournament of the 4 performers

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2nd part The Sumo Entertainment - with sumo experience

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More pics - Itadaki is one of the performers http://www.sanspo.com/article/20240527-H2B7BP2QEVLLNDMKY5IBD2UABQ/

[Katooshu 3,416]

There's Toma, Itadaki, and Irodori - the bald performer looks familiar but I can't put a name to him. Any ideas?

[Akinomaki 41,185]

13 hours ago, Katooshu said:

There's Toma, Itadaki, and Irodori - the bald performer looks familiar but I can't put a name to him. Any ideas?

Kirinowaka - presented in the news clip as Waka, Irodori as Matsu

More

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[Akinomaki 41,185]

Ex-Tomozuna ex-Kaiki's son ex-Kaishoryu used to run the Sumo bar Kai-chan (formerly Chanko Kai), preserving the heya's 100 year chanko tradition, located at the old Tomozuna-beya location from 25 years ago.

After the old one, today a new sumo bar Kai-chan-nel has appeared youtube/@sumobarkaichannel - with an interview of Kaiki in the bar. And it looks the switch to the present sumo bar is due to the new Kai-chan Waka there who had the danpatsushiki on April 16th 2023 - looks much smaller though than Kainowaka used to look. https://sumobarkaichan.com/author/kaichan/

https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1312/A131201/13122363/dtlphotolst/

The bar is attached to the Nihon chanko kyokai https://日本ちゃんこ協会.com/加盟店一覧/, which also has a list of all chanko restaurants in Tokyo https://日本ちゃんこ協会.com/ちゃんこ屋さんをさがす/

Edited June 10, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 07/06/2024 at 10:26, Akinomaki said:

On 15/05/2024 at 23:19, Akinomaki said:

On 07/10/2023 at 15:16, Akinomaki said:

Matsuda 満津田 - only the same reading as his real name 松田, but it's from the name of the restaurant of the parents matsudashokudou.com - in 5th generation, he'll likely be the 6th generation owner 

The time has come. Matsuda will retire after the basho and become successor to the well established restaurant Matsuda of his parents in his hometown Iida (since Meiji 20)

Matsuda really is a media favourite - Nikkan sports posted a premium article about his retirement, as the first in a series "Sayonara ozumo", about 2nd careers.

He joined after high school, scouted by Minezaki-oyakata, from judo background without sumo experience. His most memorable bout is the sandanme play-off with Enho Aki 2017.

A year and a half after that his father had a breakdown and he had to start thinking about his 2nd career. The free part of the article stops here - the title is: Matsuda's decision-  "I want to help my father" - going into the family business without regret

with the family

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the family business

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And already the first report about Matsuda at the family business "As the 6th generation owner I want to continue preserving the taste loved by the locals"

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A koenkai member of Minezaki-beya was one of the guests, the oyakata came to the restaurant and he was scouted since he was in middle school. He wanted to try his strength and went to Iida technical high school and joined after graduation, being in charge of chanko with 2 others. The one day kyujo in his career was after a fusen on day 8 Kyushu 2021 - he couldn't walk after he pulled a muscle, but it felt like he'd betrayed the fans. With painkiller injections he returned. With the years (now 29) injuries multiplied, but "It's meaningful to continue to appear"

If not to the sumo world, he had wanted to go for cook and continue the family business. His father kept telling him "You don't have to care about me", but seeing the health of his father deteriorate when he was on a visit home: "The feeling of wanting to help became strong".

His father (72) is still in charge of the cooking, the whole family is managing the restaurant, he is still washing the dishes, cleaning the tables and preparing the coating for ebi-fry and kara-age. Cooking: "I want to go for that without rushing." In the future he wants to add the chanko nabe of the heya to the menu. He also wants to teach the kids at the Matsuo sumo club.

Edited June 14, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,185]

Shohozan on May 19th has opened "Yakiniku hormone (offal) Shohozan" near Funabashi station. After living 18 years with the family in Fukuoaka, he lived 18 in Funabashi, the heya location.

https://tabelog.com/chiba/A1202/A120201/12059754/

https://funabashi.goguynet.jp/2024/05/17/shohozan/

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Edited June 19, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,185]

On 19/06/2024 at 11:29, Akinomaki said:

Shohozan on May 19th has opened "Yakiniku hormone (offal) Shohozan" near Funabashi station. After living 18 years with the family in Fukuoaka, he lived 18 in Funabashi, the heya location.

2nd half of the Nikkan premium article on the story, about the restaurant

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He wanted to display some of his kesho mawashi and made shelves for it , made towels out of the scrap ends from the shimekomi, cut off to adjust it to the body size and used them for decoration. The walls are not undressed concrete, but wallpapers looking like undressed concrete, so that the texture of the shelves looks good.

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A cousin who is calligrapher made  the restaurant name design, the logo illustration is one by Kototsurugi.

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Edited June 26, 2024 by Akinomaki