What is real reason of this Asa bashing?
It is true that he has diagnosis by Japanese doctors. Some injury is ok playing soccer with kids, isn't it.
I think some reason of Asa bashing is dissappointed media which has lost in previous anti-Asashoryu scandal and some unhappy "xenophobic" individuals who needed any reason to vent their suppressed attitude against Asashoryu. And now Jungyo has one more reason to blame someone for its poor job of attracting Japanese public to sumo.With yokozuna or without him, frankly say majority of Japanese public don't interest sumo at all.
Actually thanks to Asashoryus' genuine manner, many foreign audience is attracted to Sumo. Everyone is waiting more success from Asashoryu, although Japanese managed to put another Mongolian Yokozuna against him to slow down Asa. Why against him? Because he just can not be Japanese. Asashoryu do not learn japanese formality, although he try very hard, he has zero japanese manner. Everything about him ( pride, stupidity, naivity, emotional outburst) is Mongolian.
And Mongolians are proud of him. His demeanour fits to Champion
As a Mongolian he is also obligated to serve Mongolian public too. He can promote Japanese Soccer Star to Mongolian kids to encourage them in soccer, can't he. At the same time he is doing better job promoting Japanese Sumo to Mongolian public :). There are thousands of mongolian boys who are eager and capable of becoming next Asashoryu.
This kid of 1980, Dolgorsurengiing Dagvadorj, Dai Yokozuna Asashoryu Akinori has deep respect to Sumo and japanese people according to his interviews in mongolian media. He is not imaginable without his demeanour which makes Sumo more interesting.
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