Kintamayama 44,385 Posted September 24 (edited) As we speculated. Now Furiwake. Six kinboshi - two against Hakuhou, two against Harumafuji, one against Kakuryuu, and one against Kisenosato. Six sansho, all of them gino-sho technique prizes. Edited September 24 by Kintamayama 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octofuji 328 Posted September 24 Sad to see the Mysterious Obligation Dragon go, I loved his tachiai and remember seeing him start a basho a few years ago with two straight kinboshi, before finishing 5-10. I guess typical of his latter career once he got injured. It's good to see him as an oyakata, he comes across very well on the variety TV shows I've seen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaninoyama 1,694 Posted September 24 Sorry to see him exit stage left but the writing had been on the wall for some time. Always a game performer you could count on to give it his all every time he stepped up onto the dohyo. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am the Yokozuna 187 Posted September 24 Really impressive fighter. Always tried his best. Wish him success as an oyakata. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 18,832 Posted September 24 (I moved this here from the Aoiyama intai thread where it really doesn't belong.) 3 hours ago, Koorifuu said: I'm guessing those two are not mutually exclusive? As in Furiwake branches out soon, then Sakaigawa-beya is absorbed into Furiwake upon the incumbent's retirement, Furiwake gets renamed Sakaigawa as now-ex-Myogiryu inherits the kabu, the legacy goes on. My memory's a bit hazy when it gets to heya transfers but I'm fairly certain such a situation has happened in the last few years. Might've been Oshima. Futagoyama(branchout)Fujishima(re-merger)Futagoyama under Takanohana was like that, but three decades ago, and the branched stable existed for quite a long time (11 years). Seems rather pointless to do that for just a couple of years. Either Myogiryu is tabbed as the next Sakaigawa and just stays involved with the heya's operations until he takes over in 2027, or he goes to do his own thing soon and somebody else takes over then. It's not particular common in any case. Off-hand I can only recall two other cases, both much less straight-forward than the previously mentioned case: Takasago(branchout)Wakamatsu(re-merger)Takasago, but in that case the branched stable lasted 73 years and had four different masters (from here to here) before it assumed the place of its own parent stable. The last Wakamatsu, ozeki Asashio, did compete out of Takasago-beya himself, and had originally gone to Wakamatsu to save that heya from extinction. (In other words, he essentially branched out without actually creating a new stable.) Kokonoe(branchout)Izutsu(re-merger)Kokonoe under Kitanofuji which did end after just three years, but solely because Kokonoe (ex-Chiyonoyama) had died at only 51 years of age. People thought it might happen with Izutsu and its Shikoroyama branch when ex-Sakahoko died in 2019, but that one just resulted in Izutsu-beya closing up. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,873 Posted September 24 Career pics of Myogiryu from today - for some reason a great number with kesho mawashi oooooo oooo new sekiwake for Aki 2012 o first of 6 kinboshi Hatsu 2013, from Hakuho o last of 6 gino-sho Aki 2021, after 8 years again - all his sansho are gino-sho o Nagoya 2022 vs Chiyomaru o Nagoya was his last active basho - win against Tomokaze o 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,137 Posted September 24 A good all-round performer. The 6 gino-sho thing always seemed strange to me - why only that one of all prizes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrGrumpyGills 119 Posted September 25 For him and Aoiyama both, the writing had been on the wall for some time. May they be sucessful as oyakata :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiger Tanaka 222 Posted September 26 Always appreciated Myogiryu and his consistency, amassed an impressive career of accolades and wishing him well as an oyakata. And now only Endo and Terunofuji remain active from the group of rikishi who sang verses in the original Hakkeyoi music video. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,873 Posted September 26 2nd today: Myogiryu intai press conference with Sakaigawa oyakata o o oooo o o o o o o o o o o o o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koorifuu 886 Posted September 26 (edited) My return to ozumo was on Myogiryu's juryo return after his injury on debut. Kaio's retirement basho. It feels like it's been an eternity since then - that's another name who's made the dohyo journey alongside my own as a follower. It feels like almost all of them are gone from the dohyo... Quality performer at his peak, smaller than those around him but still beat most of them via tenacity and exceptionally sharp technique. My perception is that he was never quite the same after Hakuho landed that brutal KO on him, but this is likely coincidental and not entirely correct. He'd had a brilliant sekitori career until that point, taking only eight basho from J12 to Sekiwake. Seven KK, including four double digits, and even the sole MK at M1 was a 7-8 on his joi debut. That match with Hakuho was on his second consecutive sekiwake basho at that point, so the fact he plateaued and would only make sanyaku sporadically from there probably has more to do with the big guys "figuring him out". Edited September 26 by Koorifuu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,817 Posted September 26 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Koorifuu said: Quality performer at his peak, smaller than those around him... Just like Kotooshu always appeared smaller than his 2m, Myogiryu's actual 187 cm often suprised me. Edited September 26 by Jakusotsu 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,873 Posted September 26 (edited) On 24/09/2024 at 21:55, Akinomaki said: first of 6 kinboshi Hatsu 2013, from Hakuho o Myogiryu named this the most memorable bout of his career oo o o o o o o Edited September 26 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,873 Posted September 27 Myogiryu career pics from NikkanSP premium Miyamoto on juryo promotion becomes Myogiryu - for Hatsu 2010 o new komusubi for Nagoya 2012 o new sekiwake for Aki 2012 o the memorable kinboshi from Hakuho Hatsu 2013 o o Myogiryu, Goeido, Toyohibiki o the Saitama Sakae high sekitori at the Aki jungyo Saitama basho Oct. 8th 2016: Daieisho, Tsurugisho, Hidenoumi, Goeido, Myogiryu, Sato (Tkk), Daiki (Hokutofuji) o Natsu 2023 o 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,873 Posted October 2 Myogiryu intai press conference digest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites