Mightyduck

From memory they found ash in an ashtray which was tested, and some other paraphernalia

Bicycle racing is the other one I think

It would be a shame if it died out. It is one of my favourite quirky things about sumo. Must be annoying for people in the line of fire though.

No flying zabuton because tamawashi has been in sanyaku before? Or covid?

I really hope Tobizaru isn't involved

Congratulations to Terunofuji! A well deserved zensho and he is clearly trying his hardest to fulfill his role as yokozuna and doing a fine job. As regards Takakeisho, I think we have to remember that Hakkaku etc were very critical of his sumo prior to his Ozeki promotion, and made him wait an extra Basho. He hasn't broadened his sumo, has been kadoban, and had to drop and recover the rank through injury. He will get no leniency in the application of the yokozuna criteria.

Down in juryo it's nice to see kotoshoho looking a bit more like his old self. Abi looks way more in control of his charge than he used to. Whether he'll be able to maintain that control when he fights opponents further up the banzuke remains to be seen, but if he can he's a potential yusho contender. Whilst he has dropped one, it is good to see that Shodai seems to have recovered his forward driving power.

It's been mentioned before but Akua seems to like to throw himself spectacularly once he realises he's lost.

Togedemaru = chiyomaru

If Ichinojo doesn't get a Snorlax Kesho mawashi I will be very disappointed!

The way he used his left hand to push away Kisenosato's arm was sublime. I don't like henkas as a rule, but you do have to appreciate the speed and technique there.

I think he'd be wise to avoid it, lest he 'deviate from principles of the association.... in speech or conduct'. Hakuho Sho might have had the presence of a lion on the dohyo, but Magaki-Oyakata is going to have to be as meek as a mouse for a good long time. Otherwise, as Kintanayama has suggested, he will not last long.

I think it's more just an equivalent to the team sport idiom 'the less he plays the better he gets', when a high profile player is dropped for form or injury and fans moan about it.

I'm wondering if he thinks that his back won't last much longer.

When I first started getting in to sumo, one of the things that surprised me was how small and basic most of the heya are. At that time I did not know how frequently they moved /were rebuilt and had assumed they would have been the original buildings. Now however, we are going to have Miyagino Towers to add to Araiso Castle / Ibaraki Hilton