Churaumi

Except for Ajigawa...

I predict Hoshoryu and Onosato will be yokozuna, Aonishiki will remain ozeki, Kotozakura won't, and I really can't pick someone to be another ozeki.

They could just follow their own custom and promote him since he's at 33 wins over 3 basho now, and gilded the Lilly with at least one and probably two jun-yusho, if not a proper (if unlikely) yusho this basho. The oyakata probably worded the statement that way to leave some doubt because I do believe it's pretty rare for such announcements to be made until after the basho.

They've already interviewed the subjects and they all said it was consensual tomfoolery, even the one who may have needed to loosen his mawashi for a few days afterward. And there were allegations about Hokuseiho and a mop handle, if I recall correctly.

I'd be shocked if the YDC even knows we exist...

Has Hoshoryu really been all that resilient lately? He's pulled out of 2/3 of his basho as a yokozuna and 2/9 of his ozeki basho, although those were much nearer the end of the basho than his recent withdrawals. If anyone is looking like Kisenosato it's Hoshoryu.

If he does, hopefully he gets it treated quickly and effectively and doesn't try to finish a basho with a debilitating injury that he might just be making worse by showing up and losing everyday. Can't think of why that would be on my mind this basho...

The kyokai is leaving money on the table. I'd buy a Kunio album. Ex-Ikkioi too.

That could become part of the sekitori promotion kit. Silk mawashi, traditional dress-up clothes, policeman's uniform

Mrs. Churaumi is an accountant. She goes to small towns to audit banks. She said the situation reminds her of fraud she and her coworkers have found in them it's always an employee everyone trusts that they've known forever. They also would usually have been caught earlier if someone else was being diligent in their own job.

Good to see they're going to be reporting on it to the rikishikai. I know the guys aren't trained much in business and the gyoji are supposed to be respected, but the naivete shown by the wrestlers is just as shocking to me. But, hopefully the prosecutors throw the book at the guy.

I wasn't thinking of the kanji implications, but rather the humans as rivals. But...yeah...that would be awkward. I feel like a LOL is due somewhere in this.

Unryu and Shiranui would chuckle at that.

That's news to me but I remember there being quite a bit of buzz around here when the next generation of two great rikishi entered at the same time. It vanished when Oho stalled out, but I do remember the anticipation of the rivalry.

I remember when we thought it would be Oho.