Inside Sport Japan 762 Posted April 4, 2022 One recruit Haruto Okuyama (Hakkaku) didn't take the test. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chartorenji 235 Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 76 kilos for Shoran Maki? Kid's gotta eat. Will let the experts talk about the ones not already mentioned here, as I don't recognize any other names. Edit: I Missed Kazuki Najima, who is at 67 Kilos... Edited April 4, 2022 by Chartorenji Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,179 Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) The only ones I recognize from there are the recruits we've already discussed, though admittedly it's become harder to keep track of high schoolers due to so many fewer national tournaments being held over the last few years. Sumiki should move up the banzuke the fastest out of that list - I also notice his weight is up 12-15kg from his usual college weight range, which should do him some good. Edited April 4, 2022 by Katooshu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,034 Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Inside Sport Japan said: One recruit Haruto Okuyama (Hakkaku) didn't take the test. Just today an article appeared on Okuyama - Hakkaku was at his press conference at Asahikawa university high school on the 1st - I guess I'll have to post that later on the Natsu thread, maybe he'll be able to enter the next shindeshi kensa in a few days on the 15th, else maybe Nagoya. o So only 34 passed the height/weight test today, 167cm/67kg or, only for the recent middle school graduates and only at the Haru basho shindeshi kensa, 165cm/65kg. https://www.sanspo.com/article/20220404-JIP27T3AIFMJHP3XVIJWWXXCOQ/ They'll get the medical check - a complete examination of the heart, with ultrasound examination - and then get some vaccine: tetanus, hepatitis B, measles Edited April 4, 2022 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scalipa 11 Posted April 4, 2022 Does anyone know if College Yokozuna Keita Kawazoe or Toyo bulldozer Shinsuke Hoshiba would join ozumo ? Both are 4th year and top prospects. College Yokozuna Kawazoe would enter Makushita Tsukedashi and Hoshiba would enter Sandanme Tsukedashi for being semi-finalist at the All Japan College Championship 2021 right ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,034 Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Scalipa said: College Yokozuna Kawazoe would enter Makushita Tsukedashi and Hoshiba would enter Sandanme Tsukedashi for being semi-finalist at the All Japan College Championship 2021 right ? Right, and likely usable also next year. Nothing was reported about Kawazoe after he was kyujo for the zennihon championships, I guess he isn't fit enough for ozumo at the moment. It is always big news when a tsukedashi joins, so we have to wait to see if the 2 went on to corporate sumo or will join ozumo. Edited April 4, 2022 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,034 Posted April 4, 2022 The main new recruits today - the Hayashi twins, Ryu and Rei - Sadogatake is tall enough to measure properly o o Sumiki - university graduate, the other 3 just have graduated from middle school o Tanji o 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,590 Posted April 5, 2022 I held off on a couple of reports due to not knowing which basho they were for. Joining Tagonoura-beya is 18-year-old Raiki Yamada (山田 嵐希) from Saitama, who has visited the heya several times at the recommendation of an acquaintance who has a connection to it. No apparent sumo experience, instead he has been active in table tennis during his time at Kano Junior High School in Okegawa and latterly at Kitamoto High School in Kitamoto. Yamada and Tagonoura-oyakata (former Maegashira Takanotsuru) visited the Mayor of Okegawa, Katsunori Ono, to report the news a while back. Joining Musashigawa-beya is 15-year-old Koki Jo (城 皓貴) from Higashi-Osaka city, Osaka. Now graduated from Wakae Junior High School in the city, he has been active in sumo throughout his school years as a member of Higashi-Osaka Sumo Dojo. His full name has been merged to create his shikona, with a new given name - he will compete as Jokoki Arata (城皓貴 新, じょうこうき あらた). Sakaigawa's Tanaka is apparently from Kwansei Gakuin university. I suppose the Riku Kato report that leads off the Natsu thread belongs in this one after all, although Akinomaki is still correct that Natsu will be the dohyo debut for him and everyone else in this class. On 10/02/2022 at 13:41, Akinomaki said: The press conference was on the 7th at the school, but the plan is to have the dohyo debut at the Natsu basho. Joining Onomatsu-beya is Riku Kato 加藤陸 (18, 187cm, 160kg) from the sumo club of Kanagawa Industrial high school: "Gambarizing at keiko each day, I want to be sekitori in 4 years, as fast as possible." He started sumo in high school and was prefecture representative at the kokutai in the open weight division. He is also skillful in ball games like soccer and basketball. He had thought to go to university after graduation, but Onomatsu persuaded him with enthusiastic invitations to join ozumo. http://www.asahi.com/articles/photo/AS20220209002759.html o 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,590 Posted April 11, 2022 Dewanoumi-beya introduces its trio of recruits from the Haru class. 15-year-old Akihisa? Sano (佐野 明久) from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture. 175cm, 132kg. 18-year-old Kengo Wakasa (若狭 謙吾) from Sapporo, Hokkaido. 170cm, 84kg. 18-year-old Yuji Yamato (山藤 勇治) from Seki, Gifu prefecture. 174cm, 81kg. He's the younger brother of the current Yamato, and so the older brother will have his first shikona on the new banzuke - 翠桜. No reading given, Midorizakura is the obvious one but we'll have to wait to know for sure. Tatsunami-beya recruit Nakasone is from Okinawa. His shikona will be Tatsuosho (立王尚). Lastly, giving hope to soppu everywhere, is Minato-beya's 15-year-old Najima from Kumamoto prefecture. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,879 Posted April 12, 2022 12 hours ago, Yubinhaad said: ... Lastly, giving hope to soppu everywhere, is Minato-beya's 15-year-old Najima from Kumamoto prefecture. They're planning to roll him and Ichinojo together to get two average sized rikishi. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RabidJohn 1,719 Posted April 12, 2022 14 hours ago, Yubinhaad said: Lastly, giving hope to soppu everywhere, is Minato-beya's 15-year-old Najima from Kumamoto prefecture. I don't get the 'soup' reference, but he reminds me of that skinny 15yr-old Mongolian kid who became the GOAT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,034 Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, RabidJohn said: I don't get the 'soup' reference, but he reminds me of that skinny 15yr-old Mongolian kid who became the GOAT. There are traditionally 2 types to classify rikishi, soppu-gata are the lean and muscular ones, the term is from the thin chanko soup from chicken bones (so they are thin like chicken bones). The other type are anko-gata, the rounded ones, from the round deep sea anglerfish, ankou Edited April 12, 2022 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,869 Posted April 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: There are traditionally 2 types to classify rikishi, soppu-gata are the lean and muscular ones, the term is from the thin chanko soup from chicken bones. The other type are anko-gata, the rounded ones, from the round deep sea anglerfish, ankou Akiseyama the anglerfish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,879 Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Jakusotsu said: Akiseyama the anglerfish And you're a fan of Akiseyama, right? Just checking because this is a picture of an anglerfish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,869 Posted April 12, 2022 Would make a great kesho-mawashi, which I hope he'll be entitled to wear again soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,772 Posted April 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Naganoyama said: And you're a fan of Akiseyama, right? Just checking because this is a picture of an anglerfish. Not a bad likeness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koorifuu 921 Posted April 12, 2022 9 hours ago, Yamanashi said: Not a bad likeness. I'm glad someone said it. Here I was holding it in and thinking poorly of myself! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,772 Posted April 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Koorifuu said: I'm glad someone said it. Here I was holding it in and thinking poorly of myself! There are many important jobs on SumoForum: moderators, content creators, stats lovers, historians ... Then there's my job: Someone Who Said It. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,034 Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) On 04/04/2022 at 12:32, Akinomaki said: On 04/04/2022 at 05:40, Inside Sport Japan said: One recruit Haruto Okuyama (Hakkaku) didn't take the test. Just today an article appeared on Okuyama - Hakkaku was at his press conference at Asahikawa university high school on the 1st - I guess I'll have to post that later on the Natsu thread, maybe he'll be able to enter the next shindeshi kensa in a few days on the 15th, else maybe Nagoya. 7 hours ago, Inside Sport Japan said: Okuyama apparently took the March basho test today not the May one and will be on the banzuke next basho. So Haruto Okuyama 奥山遥人 (18, 180cm, 155kg -> 179cm, 136kg in the test today) will be in this thread after all. He's from Asahikawa university attached high school and without sumo experience: since age 5 he did judo. After Kyokutaisei and Hokutokawa he'll be the 3rd from this high school to join ozumo and the 4th from Asahikawa city to go to Hakkaku-beya. Last year in June the heya manager Hasegawa saw Okuyama at a judo tournament and invited him to join. His goal is to become the most famous sekitori from Asahikawa high. http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/664996 Edit: as I suspected, due to the influence of Corona, Okuyama didn't appear for the Haru basho shindeshi kensa http://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2022041500853 And the weight loss of close to 20kg is likely also a result of that On 01/04/2022 at 09:55, Akinomaki said: Nishonoseki has 4 and is the heya with the most applicants. Edited April 15, 2022 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,034 Posted April 16, 2022 (edited) The 35 who took the Haru basho shindeshi test (Okuyama yesterday) have all passed, the NSK announced the list today. By prefectures, from Hokkaido to Okinawa: https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2022041600379 Edited April 16, 2022 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,590 Posted April 17, 2022 Nishiiwa-beya introduces their two new recruits: On the left is 18-year-old Yuto Sei (清 柚翔) from Miyazaki city, Miyazaki prefecture. He connected with the heya by writing directly to the shisho (former Sekiwake Wakanosato), and joins now after graduating from high school. His shikona will be Wakasei (若清). On the right is 15-year-old Haruta Tanaka (田中 駿穏) from Amagasaki, Hyogo prefecture. He's the younger brother of Wakatanaka, so instead his shikona will be Satotanaka (里田中). Later they visited the Kurofune shrine which is near to Nishiiwa-beya. Shikihide-beya's Oyama will be Oyamazakura (小山桜), while Oshima-beya's Mizuno will be Kyokumizuno (旭水野). 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhomatsu 224 Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) Here is a table with some updated Shikona (from NSK website). I added birthdays, school info (where available), and other notes. The red indicates a name-to-shikona change. It is possible the Kaze tradition goes from Oguruma-beya to Oshiogawa-beya (see Sumki shikona below). Name English Name Stable Shikona English Shikona Birthday Note 神崎 大河 KANZAKI 武隈 神崎 KANZAKI 7/24/1999 近畿大学 羽出山 将 HATSUYAMA 玉ノ井 羽出山 HATSUYAMA 11/5/1999 東洋大学 小山 龍我 OYAMA 式秀 小山桜 OYAMAZAKURA 8/5/2006 野口 優介 NOGUCHI 二子山 野口 NOGUCHI 8/9/2006 遠藤 隆生 ENDŌ 二子山 若雅 WAKAMIYABI 6/20/2003 向の岡工高 水野 翔 MIZUNO 大島 旭水野 KYOKUMIZUNO 3/12/2004 富山商高 奥山 遥人 OKUYAMA 八角 奥山 OKUYAMA 6/3/2003 旭川大学高 金沢 秀俊 KANAZAWA 鳴戸 金沢 KANAZAWA 6/20/2003 豊橋中央高 田中 優汰 TANAKA 境川 田中 TANAKA 6/29/1999 関西学院大学 谷本 誠一郎 TANIMOTO 境川 大錦龍 DAIKINRYŪ 3/17/2004 下関北高 山田 嵐希 YAMADA 田子ノ浦 山田 YAMADA 6/19/2003 北本高 高野 良風 TAKANO 田子ノ浦 隆嵐 TAKAARASHI 12/28/2006 山藤 勇治 YAMATŌ 出羽海 山藤 YAMATŌ 8/13/2003 岐阜農林校 / Brother of Yamatō 若狹 謙吾 WAKASA 出羽海 若狹 WAKASA 10/16/2003 北海学園札幌高 佐野 明久 SANO 出羽海 佐野 SANO 6/13/2006 清 柚翔 SEI 西岩 若清 WAKASEI 4/4/2003 田中 駿穏 TANAKA 西岩 里田中 SATOTANAKA 10/26/2006 Brother of Wakatanaka 牧 松蘭 SHŌRAN 放駒 松蘭 SHŌRAN 12/6/2003 亀崎中学校 神谷 雷輝 KAMIYA 常盤山 雷輝勝 RAIKISHŌ 10/17/2006 丹治 純 TANJI 荒汐 丹治 TANJI 6/5/2006 Brother of Taiga 丸山 凜 MARUYAMA 荒汐 大凜山 DAIRINZAN 9/17/2003 仲宗根 龍 NAKASONE 立浪 立王尚 TATSUŌSHŌ 9/1/2003 中部農林高 布野 智希 FUNO 佐渡ヶ嶽 琴布野 KOTOFUNO 7/7/2006 佐藤 晃之介 SATŌ 二所ノ関 佐藤 SATŌ 1/3/2004 中津東高 渡邉 龍斗 WATANABE 二所ノ関 渡邉 WATANABE 9/2/2002 水戸南高 林 琉 HAYASHI RYU 二所ノ関 林龍 HAYASHIRYŪ 7/4/2006 Twin #1 林 玲 HAYASHI REI 二所ノ関 林虎 RINKO 7/4/2006 Twin #2 曽我 翔太 SOGA 伊勢ノ海 曽我 SOGA 7/25/2006 城 皓貴 JŌ 武蔵川 城皓貴 JŌKŌKI 7/16/2006 加藤 陸 KATŌ 阿武松 道颯 MICHIHAYA 8/21/2003 神奈川総合産業高 志村 陸斗 SHIMURA 阿武松 大志松 DAISHIMATSU 5/7/2003 有瀬 健人 ARISE 時津風 有瀬 ARISE 2/6/2000 東京農業大学 錦織 煌 NISHIKIORI 宮城野 錦織 NISHIKIORI 7/15/2006 出立 拓也 DETACHI 宮城野 出立 DETACHI 7/6/2006 小松 海斗 KOMATSU 九重 千代の道 CHIYONOMICHI 1/5/2005 住木 厳太 SUMIKI 押尾川 風賢央 KAZEKENŌ 6/4/1999 中央大学 名島 和希 NAJIMA 湊 名島 NAJIMA 4/18/2006 Edited April 21, 2022 by Muhomatsu Corrections 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,590 Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Muhomatsu said: 水野 翔 MIZUNO 大島 旭水野 ASAHIMIZUNO 3/12/2004 富山商高 Minor correction, it's Kyokumizuno. 1 hour ago, Muhomatsu said: 仲宗根 龍 TANASONE 立浪 立王尚 TATSUŌSHŌ 9/1/2003 中部農林高 And his family name is Nakasone. Edited April 19, 2022 by Yubinhaad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhomatsu 224 Posted April 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Yubinhaad said: Minor correction, it's Kyokumizuno. And his family name is Nakasone. Corrected. I would have sworn that the rikishi page on the NSK said Asahimizuno yesterday (I was a bit shocked as it contradicted information on this site). It is Kyokumizuno today. My reading of hiragana is not THAT bad to confuse the two. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,590 Posted April 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Muhomatsu said: Corrected. I would have sworn that the rikishi page on the NSK said Asahimizuno yesterday (I was a bit shocked as it contradicted information on this site). It is Kyokumizuno today. My reading of hiragana is not THAT bad to confuse the two. I believe you, in fact if I recall correctly, a year ago "Kyokutaikai" was only corrected to Kyokutaiga after a few days of his debut basho had passed. Maybe it's an Oshima-beya jinx. There's one other minor error on your list that I found, although I'm convinced it's actually a Kyokai typo: 7 hours ago, Muhomatsu said: 加藤 陸 KATŌ 阿武松 道颯 MICHIHAYATE 8/21/2003 神奈川総合産業高 is given as Michihaya, which just doesn't feel right to me at all. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
