New recruits Haru 2022

[Akinomaki 35,669]

On 25/12/2021 at 18:06, Akinomaki said:

Following the 3 Onami brothers and his older brother, a new recruit from Fukushima for Araiso-beya: from Fukushima first middle school, Jun Tanji 丹治純 (15, 183cm, 113kg). He had reached the best 16 at the national middle school tournament and won the Fukushima and the Tohoku tournaments. As a small child, like his brother he did rhythmic gymnastics, but because of his big body was recommended to switch to sumo, which he did late in 3rd grade, the father of the Onami brothers was his coach since primary school. "First of all aiming for juryo, I want to solidly gain power."

Local TV sports news praise Tanji as a middle school student with extraordinary strength. His school has no sumo club and he trains with high school students

[Katooshu 2,476]

Looks a good prospect

[Akinomaki 35,669]

For now Oshima-beya (former Tomozuna), Sho Mizuno 水野翔 (167cm, 126kg), 3rd year from the Toyama Commercial high school sumo club, the old club of Asanoyama. Originally from judo, he switched to sumo 1 year ago, and wants to aim to become the first sekitori of the new Oshima-beya. Today he had a pep rally at the school, Oshima shisho took part online.

He has an individual yusho on prefecture level in judo and was runner up with the sumo team at the prefecture level interhigh.

http://hochi.news/articles/20220228-OHT1T51142.html

Edited February 28, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Yubinhaad 10,783]

The delayed Haru shindeshi-kensa will be held on April 4th according to this other article about Mizuno.

[Akinomaki 35,669]

2 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

The delayed Haru shindeshi-kensa will be held on April 4th according to this other article about Mizuno.

The video (VPN needed) on the article page confirms the reading Sho for his first name (I switched the photo above with a better one from the local Kitanihon shimbun)

Edited February 28, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 35,669]

More on Mizuno - local NHK:

vid

 

20 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

The video (VPN needed) on the article page confirms the reading Sho

the original KNB local TV page displays the NNN news video without VPN http://www.knb.ne.jp/nnn/news1014ce45gtzc0fnmlzd.html

[Akinomaki 35,669]

On 28/02/2022 at 17:02, Akinomaki said:

For now Oshima-beya (former Tomozuna), Sho Mizuno 水野翔 (167cm, 126kg), 3rd year from the Toyama Commercial high school sumo club, the old club of Asanoyama. Originally from judo, he switched to sumo 1 year ago, and wants to aim to become the first sekitori of the new Oshima-beya. Today he had a pep rally at the school, Oshima shisho took part online.

Mizuno was at the town hall of Asahi town to report this to the mayor. The heya had tried to scout him already when he graduated from Asahi middle school. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/431210

With mother Eileen (so apparently he also is a haafu with double origin) and the mayor

[Seiyashi 3,545]

Asahi, eh? That's oddly appropriate, in a way. 

[Yamanashi 3,055]

To check on his background, I googled his last name and hometown ... don't.

[Katooshu 2,476]

I think a lot of people might actually like the surprise, just don't look it up at work 

Edited March 10, 2022 by Katooshu

[Raishu 193]

On 28/02/2022 at 18:18, Yubinhaad said:

The delayed Haru shindeshi-kensa will be held on April 4th according to this other article about Mizuno.

I assume that means no official numbers until then or have they been published already?

I couldn't find anything online.

[Yubinhaad 10,783]

Joining Tokiwayama-beya is 15-year-old Raiki Kamitani? (神谷 雷輝) from Osaka city - a pity that he'll miss out on being at his home basho. He follows in the footsteps of his senior Aratakayama, both members of the Higashi Osaka Sumo Dojo. 171cm, 99kg.

His shikona has been announced as Raikisho Ryudo (雷輝勝　隆道,  らいきしょう　りゅうどう).

 

42 minutes ago, Raishu said:

On 28/02/2022 at 17:18, Yubinhaad said:

The delayed Haru shindeshi-kensa will be held on April 4th according to this other article about Mizuno.

I assume that means no official numbers until then or have they been published already?

I couldn't find anything online.

I think the number of applicants is announced a few days before the shindeshi-kensa, but due to the circumstances this time they might just announce it when the rescheduled kensa takes place. I wonder if they've also extended the deadline for applications as a result? So er, in short, I don't know.

[Raishu 193]

On 11/03/2022 at 20:41, Yubinhaad said:

I think the number of applicants is announced a few days before the shindeshi-kensa, but due to the circumstances this time they might just announce it when the rescheduled kensa takes place. I wonder if they've also extended the deadline for applications as a result? So er, in short, I don't know.

Thanks for your reply. 

I thought so too, that numbers might be published around the rescheduled event. 

[Akinomaki 35,669]

On 21/02/2022 at 09:58, Akinomaki said:

Kanzaki passed the physicals today with 192cm,148kg https://hochi.news/articles/20220221-OHT1T51097.html

Hatsuyama with 192cm,140kg

I guess Hochi had copied the height, the 2 have passed the shindeshi-kensa and Hatsuyama was announced today with 190cm,140kg https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2022031300252

Hatsuyama 羽出山 with the difficult shikona reading (his real name) had his dohyo debut on day 1 and won

Kanzaki starts on day 2

Edited March 14, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Naganoyama 5,468]

NSK data:
SHIKONA	KANJI	NAME	HEYA	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	BIRTHPLACE
Hatsuyama	羽出山	Hatsuyama Sho	Tamanoi	190	140	05 - November - 1999	Tokyo
Kanzaki	神崎	Kanzaki Taiga	Takekuma	192	148	24 - July - 1999	Hyogo

The rest to follow after the basho. April 4.

[Akinomaki 35,669]

On 11/03/2022 at 20:41, Yubinhaad said:

I think the number of applicants is announced a few days before the shindeshi-kensa, but due to the circumstances this time they might just announce it when the rescheduled kensa takes place. I wonder if they've also extended the deadline for applications as a result? So er, in short, I don't know.
 

I guess the newly reported ones can thus still be in the shindeshi kensa next Monday, we'll see - except that Kayo is of course definitely a Natsu new recruit

2 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

3 graduates from Nittaidai join ozumo. 2 from Kaiyo high go to Nishonozeki, All Japan best 8 (=sd100TD) Yasutoki Kayo 嘉陽 快宗 and 2020 East Japan student championships runner-up  Yuta Takahashi 高橋優太.

Student championships yusho team member Shunsuke Imazeki 今関俊介 joins Tamanoi-beya.

https://www.sanspo.com/article/20220329-G5RZYVJJKVMZ5GJNGHS7EGHCBY/

Edited March 29, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 35,669]

On 19/02/2022 at 11:10, Akinomaki said:

Ryu Hayashi 林琉 will be Hayashiryu 林龍, Rei 林玲 gets the shikona Rinko 林虎 (forest dragon and tiger)

The full shikona of the Hayashi twins were announced: the tiger is Rinko Hirokazu 林虎寛一, the dragon Hayashiryu Kantaro 林龍寛太郎 - for their first name they received the kanji of the one of the oyakata, Hagiwara/Kisenosato/Nishonoseki Yutaka 寛. The 2 join the heya on April 2nd.  http://www.nagano-np.co.jp/articles/91644

They had a farewell event in Okaya city on the 29th, comments to the supporters:

Ryu: "I'll do my best to become yokozuna. Please root for me even more than so far."

Rei: "Aiming for yokozuna, I want to receive a kesho mawashi before my older brother."

https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/CNTS2022032900875

The first names are both that of a first born, using ichi/kazu and Taro. Usually with this kind of names, one twin is marked as the 2nd born.

Edited March 30, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Seiyashi 3,545]

Purely spitballing, but I wonder if the Hayashi twins have some Chinese ancestry. Two-kanji full names in Japan are quite rare, but their names would look completely normal in China or Taiwan. 

Also, for the shikona nerds, this seems to be a fairly rare, if not first-time, occurrence of a stable trademark happening in the shikona given name rather than the shikona itself. It will be interesting to see if Nishonoseki keeps this up, or if he goes with something more traditional like using Kise- as a prefix for future deshi. Thanks to the additional arrivals from Oguruma, Nishonoseki is a rather mixed bag of shikona at present.

Edited April 1, 2022 by Seiyashi
I have failed Kintamayama-san

[Kintamayama 41,316]

On 30/03/2022 at 13:52, Seiyashi said:

Ōguruma,

Normal O there..

[Katooshu 2,476]

Nishonoseki has put together a solid little group of rikishi so far - no one likely to do a speed run to juryo, but some good potential in the mid/long term. Getting the 2 Kaiyo High/Nittaidai recruits also makes him one to watch when it comes to the Daiki Nakamura sweepstakes in another year - Kayo, Takahashi, and Nakamura formed Kaiyo High's 3-man team for 2 years.

Edited April 1, 2022 by Katooshu

[Akinomaki 35,669]

35 will be in the main shindeshi-kensa on Monday, Nishonoseki has 4 and is the heya with the most applicants. https://www.sanspo.com/article/20220401-OO4L2ZACTBKJZEUTT6I2MGVZMU/

[Chartorenji 180]

8 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

35 will be in the main shindeshi-kensa on Monday, Nishonoseki has 4 and is the heya with the most applicants. https://www.sanspo.com/article/20220401-OO4L2ZACTBKJZEUTT6I2MGVZMU/

If my count is correct, this is the same number as last year, with two Sandanme Tsukedashi (may be wrong here and got shindeshi's mixed up) compared to last year's 2. So very parallel 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Chartorenji

[Oortael 138]

3 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

35 will be in the main shindeshi-kensa on Monday, Nishonoseki has 4 and is the heya with the most applicants. https://www.sanspo.com/article/20220401-OO4L2ZACTBKJZEUTT6I2MGVZMU/

If I got this right, our local news reporters listed 19 of them (including the 2 SdTD qualifiers). So we know about half of them. I guess the other half is mostly about non prospects ?

[Chartorenji 180]

4 hours ago, Oortael said:

If I got this right, our local news reporters listed 19 of them (including the 2 SdTD qualifiers). So we know about half of them. I guess the other half is mostly about non prospects ?

Fujiseiun, Fujitoshi, and Osanai were some of the last to join of their class, so it's possible that we get some good ones in the class we don't know

[Akinomaki 35,669]

One for Sadogatake-beya: Tomoki Funo 布野智希 (15) from Shimane pref. The oyakata scouted him in 5th grade primary school.

"I want to rise up the banzuke" o

"One dream has come true. I want to gambarize to become able to get kachikoshi."

http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/articles/-/151406

He had a farewell party on the 31st in Izumo, where he graduated from the Taisha (Grand Shrine) middle school

On 29/03/2022 at 19:29, Akinomaki said:

I guess the newly reported ones can thus still be in the shindeshi kensa next Monday, we'll see - except that Kayo is of course definitely a Natsu new recruit

The other 2 are not on the list of new recruits for Monday, the application date limit was surely surpassed when the basho started. Other heya with more than 1:

3 Dewanoumi

2 Futagoyama, Sakaigawa, Tagonoura, Nishiiwa, Arashio, Onomatsu, Miyagino