New recruits Haru 2023

[Akinomaki 41,182]

A new recruit for Nishikido-beya, so in March Mitoryu at last will have someone to train with and as tsukebito (the poor guy may also have to be tsukebito for the oyakata)

Kenshin Nakamura (15, 165cm, 88kg) plans to join the heya after graduating from middle school in Kakegawa, Shizuoka and have his dohyo debut in Osaka. He had the objective to go to the sumo world in the future since primary school, but there was no opportunity to do sumo in the vicinity, so he did judo from first year on. An acquaintance introduced him to the oyakata and he decided to join, after an experience stay in the heya in August. The rikishi of his aspiration is Mitoryu.

The oyakata was with him at the city hall yesterday to report to the deputy mayor that Kakegawa city will have a new rikishi. Nakamura told him as the reason to head for ozumo: "Since I was small, when I watched rikishi I thought them to be strong and attractive". His shikona will be decided from now on, the deputy mayor looks forwards to it.

http://mainichi.jp/articles/20221021/k00/00m/050/068000c

Nishikido is of course happy to have a 2nd deshi again, the mayor as well, the kid - well

in other pics he gradually looks happier

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Edit: no problem with his height, a reminder of the requirements:

On 04/04/2022 at 12:32, Akinomaki said:

only for the recent middle school graduates and only at the Haru basho shindeshi kensa, 165cm/65kg

Edited October 21, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Chartorenji 243]

think the kid lost a bet and now has to join the stable with only one wrestler 

[Chartorenji 243]

Edited October 21, 2022 by Chartorenji

[Taliesin 68]

Well, Haru is still far away. He's 15 he will add some height for sure.

[Naganoyama 5,971]

Why would anyone choose to join a stable with only one rikishi?

You don't suppose he confused Nishikido with Nishonoseki?

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Naganoyama

[Akinomaki 41,182]

14 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Kenshin Nakamura (15, 165cm, 88kg) plans to join the heya after graduating from middle school in Kakegawa, Shizuoka and have his dohyo debut in Osaka. He had the objective to go to the sumo world in the future since primary school, but there was no opportunity to do sumo in the vicinity, so he did judo from first year on. An acquaintance introduced him to the oyakata and he decided to join, after an experience stay in the heya in August. The rikishi of his aspiration is Mitoryu.

The oyakata was with him at the city hall yesterday to report to the deputy mayor that Kakegawa city will have a new rikishi. Nakamura told him as the reason to head for ozumo: "Since I was small, when I watched rikishi I thought them to be strong and attractive".

News clip of the visit, the oyakata appreciated that a middle school kid wants to join sumo and his strength in judo, Nakamura was 5th at a prefecture tournament in July. He plans to join the heya in mid February: http://www.tv-sdt.co.jp/nnn/news1128mxukqcatmt9f0z3.html  

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[Kishinoyama 603]

6 hours ago, Naganoyama said:

Why would anyone choose to join a stable with only one rikishi?

You don't suppose he confused Nishikido with Nishonoseki?

 

Why in the world would anyone join Nishikido stable. Their has to be a better option.

[Akinomaki 41,182]

53 minutes ago, Kishinoyama said:

Why in the world would anyone join Nishikido stable. Their has to be a better option.

18 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

An acquaintance introduced him to the oyakata and he decided to join, after an experience stay in the heya in August. The rikishi of his aspiration is Mitoryu.

Of course there is a better option, but if he really is such a fan of Mitoryu, who apparently had no other option when he joined that heya, it is the natural choice for a young kid with the dream to go into sumo but without that much knowledge of the choices and the bad choice that this heya obviously is. Nakamura liked the individual care he got at his stay in August, and the family had connections to the heya koenkai via an acquaintance, that is maybe the biggest factor for this scouting success.

 

[Seiyashi 4,109]

3 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Nakamura liked the individual care he got at his stay in August, and the family had connections to the heya koenkai via an acquaintance, that is maybe the biggest factor for this scouting success.

Well, Izutsu (ex-Sakahoko) did say on being asked about having only 3 wrestlers that he could give more attention to each individual one, so there's something in the individual care bit for sure.

Also, just spitballing here, but I can think of a couple other factors. It looks like a bit of a joke to us, but if the kid is at a bit of a loose end in his life and needs the close attention and support for the next period of whatever he's trying, that matters more than being able to reach a higher rank but being treated much more generically at the larger stables. And speaking of the larger stables, maybe the kid might even be intimidated by the larger and more famous stables if he feels he doesn't know what he's doing and wouldn't do well at a more, well, hotshot stable like Nishonoseki or Takekuma. It doesn't bode well for the kid being a hot prospect or anything, but not every new recruit needs to be one.

The related question I guess is what happens to Mitoryū and him when Nishikido has to shut down in, IIRC, less than 5 years. Hardly anyone's going to take it over, so where're they going to go - if they're still wrestling by then? But maybe by that time the same issues that led him to Nishikido won't be extant any longer.

Edited October 22, 2022 by Seiyashi

[Akinomaki 41,182]

21 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

The related question I guess is what happens to Mitoryū and him when Nishikido has to shut down in, IIRC, less than 5 years. Hardly anyone's going to take it over, so where're they going to go - if they're still wrestling by then? But maybe by that time the same issues that led him to Nishikido won't be extant any longer.

Almost exactly 5 years, Mitoizumi just turned 60 before the Aki basho. There always is a heya in the ichimon that takes the rikishi of a closing heya, and an additional sekitori class foreigner like Mitoryu will be gladly accepted everywhere, except maybe heya that has no foreigner yet - by then he's 33 and maybe will get an extra boost by a change and make it to sanyaku. Who doesn't want to change the heya quits on closure - the kid will be 20 by then and likely will go on to pursue his dream in ozumo.

Edited October 22, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

For Futagoyama-beya Yuto Onodera 小野寺悠斗 (183cm,120kg), 3rd year from Wakakusa middle school in Ohtawara. He started with sumo at that school under coach Mita (on the right in the pic) and won in a row the Tochigi pref. championships: "I'm anxious if I can apply my strength, but I want to become sekitori." http://www.shimotsuke.co.jp/articles/-/653341

Edited November 5, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

On 21/10/2022 at 20:50, Akinomaki said:

Kenshin Nakamura (15, 165cm, 88kg) plans to join the heya after graduating from middle school in Kakegawa, Shizuoka and have his dohyo debut in Osaka. He had the objective to go to the sumo world in the future since primary school, but there was no opportunity to do sumo in the vicinity, so he did judo from first year on. An acquaintance introduced him to the oyakata and he decided to join, after an experience stay in the heya in August.

Nikkan made an interview with Nakamura at the school. He was fed plenty of white rice at the heya and gained 3kg in the 10 days he stayed there, eating twice as much as his usual amount. He aims for sekitori within 5 years.

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[Akinomaki 41,182]

Hiroto Misaki 三﨑寛大 (we'll have fun with the kanji variation 﨑of the ordinary -saki 崎),18, 178cm/180cm, 140kg, 3rd year at Takamatsu Minami high school, will join Oitekaze-beya. He was in the final tournament at the Interhigh this year and won 3 titles in Kagawa pref. tournaments. After ex-Kizenryu and presently at the heya Daishomune and Daikisho he is the 4th from the high school sumo club to turn pro. He was at the heya in August for an experience stay and decided to join there. He aims to become like Kizenryu (Kise-beya) though, he's said to do similar sumo.

Shisho assistant ex-Daishoyama was at the school today

local NHK

vid

local NNN

vid

Edited November 30, 2022 by Akinomaki

[rokudenashi 336]

45 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

This kid is terrifying looking - I fear for young Kenshin Nakamura if he goes up against this guy in maezumō

[Yamanashi 3,988]

They're explaining to him that the morning interview does not come with a free breakfast.

[Akinomaki 41,182]

I'll put the related news in this thread, though he may join at the Natsu basho, if negotiations about which heya he'll join take longer - we discussed about it in this thread:

On 04/12/2022 at 09:54, Akinomaki said:

Amateur yokozuna in a row is Nakamura, 9th yusho winner in a row at the All Japan.

On 04/12/2022 at 10:00, Akinomaki said:

In the interview Nakamura said he'll aim for higher and then as explanation said he wants to fight here again (in the kokugikan)

On 04/12/2022 at 18:55, Akinomaki said:

In a later interview Nakamura said: "There's only sumo for me. I quickly want to become sekitori." He'll decide the details after a talk with head coach Saito and his parents, joining after graduation. The last one to get the yusho in a row was 25 years ago Tamiya (Kotomitsuki)

Daiki Nakamura, ms10TD qualified, today was home in Tsubata and got his 4th special sports merit award from the town.

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FNN: https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/458221

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In the interview he said: "First of all getting used to this (ozumo) world." "Without injury - I don't know how far I'll get, but I want to become a rikishi  others aim to become like."

Edited December 13, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Katooshu 3,416]

The monster is coming 

[Chartorenji 243]

3 hours ago, Katooshu said:

The monster is coming 

Replacements for low tier Juryo/veterans incoming

[Yarimotsu 614]

1 hour ago, Chartorenji said:

Replacements for low tier Juryo/veterans incoming

I think we're all expecting Daiki to be much more than that

[Akinomaki 41,182]

20 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Daiki Nakamura, ms10TD qualified, today was home in Tsubata and got his 4th special sports merit award from the town.

4th year in a row, they award it for national or international success - first year as student (&kokutai) yokozuna, 2nd year - no idea for what, 3rd&4th year amateur yokozuna (plus kokutai yokozuna this year)

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Another local TV news clip, this time also on YT - future yokozuna prospect

[themistyseas 242]

On 23/10/2022 at 00:07, Seiyashi said:

The related question I guess is what happens to Mitoryū and him when Nishikido has to shut down in, IIRC, less than 5 years. Hardly anyone's going to take it over, so where're they going to go - if they're still wrestling by then

 

On 23/10/2022 at 00:26, Akinomaki said:

Almost exactly 5 years, Mitoizumi just turned 60 before the Aki basho. There always is a heya in the ichimon that takes the rikishi of a closing heya, and an additional sekitori class foreigner like Mitoryu will be gladly accepted everywhere, except maybe heya that has no foreigner yet - by then he's 33 and maybe will get an extra boost by a change and make it to sanyaku

A bit of a bind though, given the ichimon. It would be shocking if this new recruit were still in sumo by then, but the big issue within the ichimon is that there aren't any branch out candidates either incoming or on the horizon, so it appears the options for any other Nishikido recruits and Mitoryu would be extremely limited. Hakkaku is right around the corner and would be the obvious choice, although he's retiring at a similar time. With Hakkaku beya surely transitioning to Okinoumi around the same time, one wonders if Hokutofuji remains in the kyokai if it's not wiser for him to pitch up at Nishikido at some point (difficult to see his sumo style keeping him going another 5 years), help recruit some proper deshi of his own, help out any kids like this Kenshin fellow, and keep 4 heya in the ichimon. 

Obviously for a recruit like this, what happens in 5 years is probably the last thing on his mind. But if you were being scouted with the idea of dedicating your career to sumo, you'd probably want to have some idea of who your coach will be the for the majority of your career.

[Chartorenji 243]

16 hours ago, Yarimotsu said:

I think we're all expecting Daiki to be much more than that

for sure, but it ensures a much needed improvement for a sekitori spot held by some not totally deserving. 

[Akinomaki 41,182]

After checking the recent data, I'm quite sure now Nakamura will join for Natsu, but I don't want to open that thread already without definite information.

On 05/12/2022 at 18:58, Akinomaki said:

On 04/12/2022 at 10:47, Katooshu said:

So, who will score Nakamura? I'd guess it's between Naruto (ties to NSSU + lots of former teammates there), Nishonoseki (two of his closest teammates there + it's a hip heya atm ), and Miyagino (he won the Hakuho Cup in middle school and has been on Hak's radar since). Tamanoi also visited NSSU recently and I believe is friends with Nakamura's head coach, Dr. Saito.

Nishonoseki has also Nittaidai graduate ex-Yoshikaze as coach - Nakamura may want to become the uchi-deshi of Nakamura (ex-amateur yokozuna in 3rd year like our Nakamura, who started in maezumo, because the qf didn't last 2 years then) and join Nakamura-beya in the future

Who gets future monster Nakamura - we've discussed this recently and it is one of the biggest questions in sumo right now, in one league with "who will be the next ozeki?"

Amateur yokozuna in a row Daiki Nakamura: "There's only sumo for me. I quickly want to become sekitori." He said he'll decide after a talk with Nittaidai head coach Saito and his parents, joining after graduation, for Haru or for Natsu. His university, Nittaidai, Nippon sports science university, is likely the key connection for where he joins, and also his Kaiyo high school.

Nittaidai connection

The Nittaidai graduates routinely joined at the Natsu basho, this year 3 of his team members

On 29/03/2022 at 17:11, Akinomaki said:

3 graduates from Nittaidai join ozumo. 2 from Kaiyo high go to Nishonoseki, All Japan best 8 (=sd90TD) 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.

On 05/04/2022 at 18:11, Akinomaki said:

Today was a press conference at Nittaidai, with the heya's Nittaidai connection, OB Nakamura - 2 more uchideshi for ex-Yoshikaze

Last year  - Oshoma had to do the 6 months kenshu term and joined Naruto for Aki,

On 11/02/2021 at 12:54, Akinomaki said:

Last year 3rd at the national student championships and thus qualified for a sandanme 100TD start, Nittaidai team captain Takuma Ishizaki 石崎拓馬  (4th year, 173cm, 123kg) will join Takasago-beya, if all goes smoothly to start at the Natsu basho. The connection is that he like the new oyakata is from Meitoku gijuku high. The oyakata was at Nittaidai on the 10th, where Ishizaki still trains

On 08/04/2021 at 14:56, Akinomaki said:

Another from Nittaidai: Yoh Miyagi 宮城陽 (22) enters Oguruma-beya, apparently as uchi-deshi of sempai Nakamura (Yoshikaze).

Oguruma=Nishonoseki via Nakamura

Miyagino had a late entry

On 16/06/2021 at 15:10, Yubinhaad said:

Joining Miyagino-beya is 24-year-old Shintaro Watanabe (渡辺  晋太郎) from Shizuoka prefecture. He's a Nittai-dai graduate and was under-85kg national collegiate champion in 2017, I believe, but after graduating he spent a year in the world of work before deciding to join ozumo. The rijikai confirmed his entry recently via the extended age limit for those with significant amateur sumo experience.

2020 it had to be July to join

On 13/07/2020 at 08:18, Akinomaki said:

All 10 who applied for the shindeshi kensa have passed the initial checks today, among them Suzuki (22)  鈴木千晴 from Nittaidai, Tokyo shusshin for Naruto-beya.

2019

On 10/04/2019 at 17:32, Akinomaki said:

Just graduated Kotaro Sakurai (22, 183cm, 120kg)  from the Nittaidai sumo club joins Naruto-beya. Osh was at "his" university today for the announcement - he has graduated from Nittaidai 2 years ago topic/33892-ex-kotooshu-re-entered-university/

2016 - Wakenosato (university not listed in the DB):

On 23/04/2016 at 14:10, Akinomaki said:

Tsunetsugu - 2nd line, middle - (22, 179cm, 150kg, Okamoto pref.) will enter Oguruma-beya, as the first private deshi of his Nittaidai sempai Yoshikaze, the future Nakamura-oyakata.

Yoshikaze also brought Tomokaze to Nishonoseki

2013 - Chiyonoumi - Chiyotairyu was also from Nittaidai

On 13/04/2015 at 17:15, Akinomaki said:

National student champions team member Hamamachi from Nittaidai will enter Kokonoe-beya. He graduated in March.

Sakaigawa has Myogiryu, Hakkaku the other Daiki Nakamura, Hokutofuji, Fujishima has ex-Kakizoe as coach

Kaiyo high connection - Oshoumi and more for Naruto:

On 18/12/2020 at 20:06, Yubinhaad said:

Joining Naruto-beya is Go Murayama (村山 豪), third year student at Kaiyo High School in Niigata prefecture.

On 25/12/2019 at 22:44, Akinomaki said:

On 12/12/2019 at 17:48, Akinomaki said:

The series on the club had already its 4th episode last Saturday night http://koukai-nisshi.com/news.php?id=379

Fukasawa goes to Naruto-beya, following Marusho

Kaiyo high's Takeoka today had the press conference with Nakamura to announce that he joins Oguruma-beya

 

We agreed that 3 heya are the front-runners in the quest to get the most promising new recruit in decades, I rank their chances as

1. Naruto has studied at Nittaidai, he has student yokozuna Oshoma and plenty others from Nittaidai in his heya, several from Kaiyo high and Oshoumi is also from Tsubata, the same town as Nakamura

1. Nishonoseki has a good Nittaidai connection after Nittaidai graduate Nakamura-oyakata joined there - 3 from the team are there plus a few sempai

Nishonoseki has better coaches, the shisho is a front-runner in new ideas about training, Naruto was that, but has failed to have a heya where people get less injured. Daiki Nakamura this week has mentioned the importance of not getting injured - I think both have equal chances to score.

3. Miyagino has a student yokozuna (Kawazoe), now a corporate yokozuna (Ochiai - also double high school yokozuna), he'll like to have an amateur yokozuna as well

Tamanoi, Takasago and others have only outside chances to get Nakamura, IMO - I think we should make a poll about which heya he'll join

Edited December 14, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Inside Sport Japan 762]

All of that may be true but things that won't be seen or made public, such as relationships between university coaches and various people in ozumo, and financial incentives or packages offered up front, often play a large role. For someone like Nakamura you can't rule out any heya. 

[themistyseas 242]

1 hour ago, Inside Sport Japan said:

For someone like Nakamura you can't rule out any heya. 

I'd wager my mortgage that we can rule out Shikihide and Nishikido