Ikioi retires

[themistyseas 205]

I was there as he was my favourite rikishi. The amazing thing is how different the vibe of the event is to how I imagined from always seeing these recaps/photos/videos on here. I'll do a more complete post later - curious though if anyone knows who the special guest performers were who sang for Ikioi (female) and with Ikioi (male)?

The merch booth was very impressive, although also very expensive as makes sense since this is a funds driver for his second life. I got a few things (washi, official program, postcard set etc) but found it hard to justify the Ikioi/tegata/Kasugayama beach towel at ¥5500 though I was very tempted.

Lots of soft cream on sale, nice for summer exhibition event vibes. A little sad to see it wasn't better attended though.

[Akinomaki 37,450]

Only the sumo channel seems to cover this one, playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60ei_akshMioMelV54Tv2AenoD219VGs

About 250 had a cut, among them several singers, some also performed. After the final cut Ayaka Hirahara

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with the song Jupiter (made from the part in Holst's Planets suite) - she also sang the song Chikai

at the cutting

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main cutters: Michinoku, Oshiogawa, Miyagino, Kimigahama (the next event end of September), fresh Kakuryu, Kitajin, Kiriyama

Rikishi: Terunofuji, Shodai, Takayasu - then again oyakata: Kabutoyama, Tatekawa - Nishikigi. The father, the former Isenoumi - career announcement, final cut, address by Isenoumi, flowers from the nephews and then from Ayaka Hirahara

final cut by Isenoumi

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afterwards he joined the singing - 3 songs in a duet with Joji Yamamoto

oo oo

Edited June 4 by Akinomaki

[Benihana 1,824]

3 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

with the song Jupiter (made from the part in Holst's Planets suite)

So beautiful *definitelynotwipingtearsaway*

[RabidJohn 1,425]

3 hours ago, Benihana said:

So beautiful *definitelynotwipingtearsaway*

Yeah, she's very good, isn't she?

The song to that melody I'm most familiar with is 'World in Union' from the 1991 Rugby World Cup. I know I won't be the only one wondering where I've heard it before...

[Akinomaki 37,450]

The performance of Joji Yamamoto, 3 songs with Ikioi: Hana mo Arashi mo 花も嵐も, 浪漫－ＲＯＭＡＮ－(nothing to do with Rome, rather think of the German word), Matsuri

Another channel has a few singer related videos now

cutting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2MRw7nrIuk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXh_fSOmKY4

Ayaka Hirahara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o08fOZSMiaA

new hairstyle, the duet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8K3Lwmm3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN6AQxR5-6k

The Nikkan gallery

Miyagino, Kakuryu, Terunofuji

o o o

Kimigahama, Oshiogawa

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Joji Yamamoto

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other geinou&sports related cutters

o o o

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the parents

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Ayaka Hirahara

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o o o

Isenoumi address

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nephews

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hairdo

o o

his mother fixed the tie

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with Kitajin

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the duet

o o o o

[Kotomiyama 151]

The whole ceremony hints at a very loved and respected rikishi.

I love to hear Holst at the Kokugikan, The Planets is a foundation of modern classical music and an inspiration for many movie soundtracks.

[Seregost 105]

8 hours ago, Kotomiyama said:

The whole ceremony hints at a very loved and respected rikishi.

I love to hear Holst at the Kokugikan, The Planets is a foundation of modern classical music and an inspiration for many movie soundtracks.

Until you have to play Mars four times a day for one week for school concerts, and want to kill someone, like me last week xD

[Yamanashi 3,359]

5 hours ago, Seregost said:

Until you have to play Mars four times a day for one week for school concerts, and want to kill someone, like me last week xD

I used to ponder the character of each piece in terms of the planets themselves; but Holst wrote this in ~1915, and astronomers knew almost nothing about their physical characteristics.  Weirdly (at least to modern times), his entire conception was based on astrological rather than astrophysical ideas.

[Seregost 105]

2 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

I used to ponder the character of each piece in terms of the planets themselves; but Holst wrote this in ~1915, and astronomers knew almost nothing about their physical characteristics.  Weirdly (at least to modern times), his entire conception was based on astrological rather than astrophysical ideas.

Probably it's more inspiring to compose something based on astrology than astronomy. If Holst had composed the piece thinking about carbon or hydrogen, instead of greek gods and other stuff, the result had been quite different

[Yamanashi 3,359]

2 hours ago, Seregost said:

Probably it's more inspiring to compose something based on astrology than astronomy. If Holst had composed the piece thinking about carbon or hydrogen, instead of greek gods and other stuff, the result had been quite different

What intrigues me is that there is a clear connection between the Greek myths and their observations (and naming) of the planets.  Mercury barely separates from the Sun at its greatest elongation, and is much quicker-moving than the other planets -- Mercury the god has these properties as the swift-footed herald of the gods.  There are similar identifications with the other known planets.  The astrological connections are a little more muddied, as those relationships go back farther into history; they're also mixed up with the zodiacal constellations.

As I mentioned, scientifically no one knew much about the planets in 1915: people still thought Venus was a dense jungle under those clouds, and the Martian "channels" (canali) were mistranslated as "canals" and led to War of the Worlds.  Actual evidence of the planetary surfaces wasn't known until the Mariner missions in the 1960's.  Also, I remember the Voyager missions had rough going through Congress because the planetary scientists admitted that for all they knew the moons of Jupiter and Saturn were just featureless snowballs.

[Jakusotsu 5,294]

4 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

What intrigues me is that there is a clear connection between the Greek myths and their observations (and naming) of the planets.

To pick a nit: the naming of the planets reflects the Roman barbaric interpretation of the Greek gods.

Edited June 7 by Jakusotsu

[Flyric 94]

TIL there's a vocal version of Jupiter with japanese lyrics. I love the melody in this song, so it was a fun ride to hear this take on it.

Edited June 7 by Flyric

[Yamanashi 3,359]

6 hours ago, Jakusotsu said:

To pick a nit: the naming of the planets reflects the Roman barbaric interpretation of the Greek gods.

Too true.  To paraphrase someone-or-other: Roman literature is Greek literature in Latin.

[code_number3 661]

This is very late for years. So, Ikioi's relationship with golfer Mamiko Higa is off, isn't it?

[Akinomaki 37,450]

5 minutes ago, code_number3 said:

This is very late for years. So, Ikioi's relationship with golfer Mamiko Higa is off, isn't it?

Yes, I checked on that as well, because I missed it at the time

On 23/06/2021 at 10:09, Kaninoyama said:

Ikioi and his now former fiancé, pro golfer Mamiko Higa, have broken off their wedding engagement, citing differences in life directions moving forward.  

Could be that with Ikioi retiring, Higa has no interest/intention of ever becoming an Okamisan. 

Source

[rhyen 1,733]

 

[Akinomaki 37,450]

On 05/06/2023 at 09:26, Akinomaki said:

The performance of Joji Yamamoto, 3 songs with Ikioi: Hana mo Arashi mo 花も嵐も, 浪漫－ＲＯＭＡＮ－(nothing to do with Rome, rather think of the German word), Matsuri

new hairstyle, the duet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8K3Lwmm3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN6AQxR5-6k

the duet

o o o o

Now Ikoi performs the first song for karaoke system JOYSOUND

I thought about putting it into commercial activities, but I think this thread is more fitting - the danpatsu-shiki appears in the video, also pics and talk about childhood: his dreams were to become a rikishi and a singer

Edited September 16 by Akinomaki