Akinomaki 40,670 Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) Kai Hanafusa (18, 174cm, 128kg) joins Araiso-beya and aims for a dohyo debut at the Hatsu basho. Chofu-city,Tokyo-to shusshin, 3rd year and in the sumo club of Ushiku-high (Kise is Ushiku, Ibaraki pref. shusshin), Araiso was at the school today for the press conference. Hanafusa won the open weight of the Kanto tournament in June. Araiso had instructed him at the high school and elsewhere since 2 years ago, that brought him to the heya - he wanted to join ozumo since he entered high school. o Local NHK vid o o o o o o Edited December 10, 2021 by Akinomaki 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikawa 1,794 Posted December 8, 2021 Hanafusa eh? That's someone to keep an eye on, Araiso has recruited a nice deshi there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted December 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, mikawa said: Hanafusa eh? That's someone to keep an eye on, Araiso has recruited a nice deshi there. Nikkan even titles with: Towards "Kisenosato II", Daily similarly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: Kai Hanafusa (18, 174cm, 128kg) joins Araiso-beya and aims for a dohyo debut at the Hatsu basho. Chofu-city,Tokyo-to shusshin, 3rd year and in the sumo club of Ushiku-high (Kise is Ushiku, Ibaraki pref. shusshin) Ibaraki shimbun news He aims for sekitori. His mother had recommended it to him, so he started at age 6 in wampaku-zumo. Edited December 8, 2021 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) 2 from Saitama Sakae high join ozumo for a Hatsu basho debut: the younger Tebakari 手計太希 (Taiki, on the right, 18, 183cm, 123kg, the next from Kashiwa, Chiba) goes to the same heya as his brother, Sadogatake, so we get the next Kototebakari. He won the Kanazawa national high school tournament in October. "Seeing my brother's activities as sekitori, I thought I'd like to gambarize as well. I want to become a rikishi strong on the dohyo and gentle when I step down from it." The other is Shoichiro Takeda 竹田章一 (18, 177cm, 125kg, Tochigi pref.), he joins Tokiwayama-beya, with sempai Takakeisho as the top. He was runner-up at the national high school tournament in January. "I want to do a sumo where the opponent can't do anything, like the ozeki." - another tsuki-oshi specialist. https://www.sankei.com/article/20211223-E7AQ7E6V3JI7DOZ57M27LVMB3A/ Edited December 23, 2021 by Akinomaki 5 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chartorenji 238 Posted December 26, 2021 So only 3 confirmed for this Shin-deshi class? Or do we have confirmation on one of the guys on the Haru posts moving to this class? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chartorenji said: So only 3 confirmed for this Shin-deshi class? Or do we have confirmation on one of the guys on the Haru posts moving to this class? 3 reported in advance as for Hatsu, some in the Haru thread had no information about the planned start - we'll see how many the media will report when the application period ends for the shin-deshi kensa on Jan. 5th, a few days before that date. On 08/12/2021 at 16:46, Akinomaki said: Kai Hanafusa (18, 174cm, 128kg) joins Araiso-beya and aims for a dohyo debut at the Hatsu basho. Chofu-city,Tokyo-to shusshin, 3rd year and in the sumo club of Ushiku-high (Kise is Ushiku, Ibaraki pref. shusshin), Araiso was at the school today for the press conference. Hanafusa won the open weight of the Kanto tournament in June. Araiso had instructed him at the high school and elsewhere since 2 years ago, that brought him to the heya - he wanted to join ozumo since he entered high school. Hanafusa now will be the first to join the new Nishonoseki-beya. On the 23rd he reported his entry there to the mayor of Ushiku, a day before the heya name changed with the name of the oyakata. The heya's temporary location is in Tsukuba, in May the proper location in Ami town is planned to be ready. "I train every day with utmost effort, I want to build a body that won't get injured and aim for higher, without rushing it." https://www.sankei.com/article/20211226-4X3RF4XSSBLKRHVCF7FUZBDOQA/ Edited December 26, 2021 by Akinomaki 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted December 27, 2021 On 30/11/2021 at 22:00, Yubinhaad said: NOTE - It's unclear when he will be starting but since this thread exists I'll put it here for now, it can always be moved to a new Hatsu thread if he's joining then. Joining Tamanoi-beya is A Boy Named Daiki Sue? (末 大輝), a 4th-year student at Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences. He hails from Chikujo, Fukuoka prefecture, although originally he was from the town of Shiida, which merged with Tsuiki in 2006 to create Chikujo. According to the article he is 184cm, 137kg and the sixth to join ozumo from the Kyushu Joho sumo club, among the others is Tamanoi's own Azumaryu. Tamanoi-oyakata (former Ozeki Tochiazuma) visited the university to meet his newest deshi, joined by president Takashi Aso. Daiki Sue (22) entered Tamanoi-beya this month, so I guess he'll be in the Hatsu basho. The 4th rikishi from Chikujo, the town today posted an interview with him. He looks forward to fight against Shohozan. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,942 Posted December 27, 2021 54 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: ... He looks forward to fight against Shohozan. He'd better get a move on then. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Naganoyama said: 13 hours ago, Akinomaki said: He looks forward to fight against Shohozan. He'd better get a move on then. I exaggerated it a bit of course with this wording, expecting a remark. 3 years to sekitori is his one goal, fighting Shohozan his other - with the hope that Shohozan is still sekitori in 3 years or that he'll continue if he drops down to makushita, the other way round as the youngsters that Hakuho hoped to fight one day. (Should we make a list of those, plus those who hoped to fight Hakuho and how close they got to it?) Sue, the guy could have used the usual almost impossible goal, "I want to be yokozuna one day", instead he gave this, as a reverence to the top active sempai from his region. Edited December 28, 2021 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,728 Posted December 28, 2021 Five new recruits in total. Sue's shikona will be Toseiryu (東誠竜, とうせいりゅう). The five will be joined by the two foreign shindeshi held over from last basho, Arashio-beya's Ashuhada and Sadogatake-beya's Bilguun - the full shikona of the latter has been revealed as Kotokenryu Takeaki (琴拳龍 武明, ことけんりゅう たけあき). 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sue 508 Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Yubinhaad said: Sue's shikona will be Toseiryu (東誠竜, とうせいりゅう). It will? That's news to me. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kishinoyama 595 Posted December 28, 2021 45 minutes ago, Sue said: It will? That's news to me. Sounds like a name change is in order.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,265 Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) Some good quality in this group. Takeda is a sharp and quick oshi specialist, though a bit lacking in strength if someone gets hold of him, reminding me of Chiyonoumi. Tebakari the 2nd is awkwardly skillful (looks a bit clumsy at times) and has some flashy tricks up his sleeve; fans of high leg shiko will like him too and followers of Chris Sumo have probably seen him already. Both have been among the top amateurs in their age group in middle school and high school. By far the best in this group though is Tetsuya Ochiai, who just qualified for a Sd100TD as a high schooler and perhaps will join ozumo soon - we will see. Hanafusa's a bit small but fights hard and has gotten numerous good results, including winning arguably the most prestigious regional tournament (Kanto) and defeating each of the Saitama Sakae competitors above. Sue was a respectable collegiate rikishi, though was not among the upper tiers of competitors, and being a makushita mainstay seems more likely than sekitorihood. Between these four and the two foreigners, a fairly interesting group in which most of them have strong sumo backgrounds. Edited December 29, 2021 by Katooshu 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted January 1, 2022 Some pics of the new recruits that appeared recently Takeda with Tokiwayama-oyakata and Takakeisho o and at the senshuraku party in Kyushu 3 years ago o Hanafusa training at school in Ushiku o 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) At the shindeshi kensa today o Hanafusa Tebakari Takeda o Edited January 8, 2022 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,728 Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) Iwakiri is from Kagoshima and has been given the shikona Satsumasho (薩摩翔, さつましょう), in honour of the pre-Meiji Satsuma Province which is now western Kagoshima prefecture. He attended Kagoshima Commercial High School before going on to Nihon University, so he should feel at home in Nichidai-led Oitekaze-beya. He was in the Nichidai sumo club but perhaps didn't play a major part in their competitive teams, as I don't find his name in our amasumo section. Edited January 5, 2022 by Yubinhaad 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,670 Posted January 5, 2022 Takeda had the most attention in the papers. He gets the shikona Wakanosho 若ノ勝, from Wakanohana I, the first shisho of his shisho ex-Takamisugi and the -sho like Takakeisho and Takanosho https://www.sanspo.com/article/20220105-K3YRJLZ67RNKHE5ACDGQS62DH4/ 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Onibushou 61 Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Yubinhaad said: Iwakiri is from Kagoshima and has been given the shikona Satsumasho (薩摩翔, さつましょう), in honour of the pre-Meiji Satsuma Province But what if he has a rebellion? Can he train Tom Cruise? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,265 Posted January 7, 2022 Iwakiri is rather poor and competed very rarely during his collegiate days 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,942 Posted January 9, 2022 NSK data: SHIKONA KANJI NAME HEYA HEIGHT WEIGHT DOB BIRTHPLACE Hanafusa 花房 Hanafusa Kai Nishonoseki 174 123 15 - April - 2003 Tokyo Iwakiri 岩切 Iwakiri Ryuen Oitekaze 184 163 06 - August - 1999 Kagoshima Sue 末 Sue Daiki Tamanoi 184 134 05 - July - 1999 Fukuoka Takeda 竹田 Takeda Shoichiro Tokiwayama 178 126 22 - August - 2003 Tochigi Tebakari 手計 Tebakari Taiki Sadogatake 182 121 08 - July - 2003 Chiba 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,265 Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) Iwakiri almost 40kg heavier than the last time he was listed on Nihon University's website (his 3rd year) Edited January 9, 2022 by Katooshu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,374 Posted January 9, 2022 A boy named Sue? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seregost 132 Posted January 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Kintamayama said: A boy named Sue? Do you think is not suetable for a boy? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
