Michinoku retirees...

[athelitextreme]

I realize that I'm sorta late, but I recently stumbled onto an article that mentioned one or two Rikishi from Michinoku-beya being forced to retire due to the match fixing scandal. In searching further, I found that Toyozakura, Jumonji, Hakuba & Kirinowaka retired in May 2011. I'm aware that they retired because of a scandal, but was it the match fixing scandal?

Most stunningly, I also discovered that Daigen retired at the same time. I didn't find anything that referenced him being involved in a scandal. Why did he retire at such a young age? :-|

[Fukurou]

I realize that I'm sorta late, but I recently stumbled onto an article that mentioned one or two Rikishi from Michinoku-beya being forced to retire due to the match fixing scandal. In searching further, I found that Toyozakura, Jumonji, Hakuba & Kirinowaka retired in May 2011. I'm aware that they retired because of a scandal, but was it the match fixing scandal?

Suggest you read the Yaocho by mobile scandal thread.

Most stunningly, I also discovered that Daigen retired at the same time. I didn't find anything that referenced him being involved in a scandal. Why did he retire at such a young age? :-|

He appeared on this list of March/May 2011 retirees, and wasn't tagged as being involved in a scandal, but I don't know anything else about him.

[athelitextreme]

Suggest you read the Yaocho by mobile scandal thread.

I'll read it. Thank you.

He appeared on this list of March/May 2011 retirees, and wasn't tagged as being involved in a scandal, but I don't know anything else about him.

It'll be truly appreciated if anyone with information as to why Daigen retired will please post it.

[athelitextreme]

Sooo... does anyone in Japan follow the Sumo-beyas & able/willing to please answer regarding Daigen??

Also, is Tatsutayama Toshiyori still at Michinoku-beya?

[athelitextreme]

Correction/Mistype: I didn't mean to refer to Tatsutayama Oyakata. I meant, is Kunio Fukuda Toshiyori (Fukunosato) still at Michinoku-beya?

[Naganoyama]

Correction/Mistype: I didn't mean to refer to Tatsutayama Oyakata. I meant, is Kunio Fukuda Toshiyori (Fukunosato) still at Michinoku-beya?

Fukunosato is a wakaimonogashira at Michinoku Beya and not an oyakata (i.e. on the organisational side, rather than the teaching staff) and still there as far as I can tell.

Edited March 22, 2012 by Naganoyama

[Orion]

Fukunosato is a wakaimonogashira at Michinoku Beya and not an oyakata (i.e. on the organisational side, rather than the teaching staff) and still there as far as I can tell.

Last time I looked, he was still there. You need to be aware that retired men who remain in the Sumo Kyokai are not all oyakata. As Naganoyama has remarked, some are wakaimonogashira, mainly in charge of the entrants and maezumo, but also reporting kyujo of lower-ranked rikishi throughout a basho. There aren't enough of them to go round, so many heya have 'managers' who do similar jobs. Other respected retirees are the lower-ranked (but still valuable) sewanin, who have a whole lot of jobs. Many years ago I wrote an article on them for "Sumo World".

Orion who's known a lot of these since they were barefoot newbies,,,,

[athelitextreme]

Yes, I'm aware that Fukunosato is not an Oyakata & that he assists with newer Rikishi. I may be mistaken, but I used the term Toshiyori to refer to someone that's an elder & respected. Is this not a proper use of the term? I would appreciate the correction.

Orion, is the article that you referred to still available for reading? Do you know anything about Daigen?

Thanks to you & Naganoyama for sharing your knowledge!

[Yubinhaad]

If it's any help, here's the list of current Wakaimonogashira.

Wakaimonogashira
Shikona	Real Name	Birthdate	Birthplace	Heya	Sumo Entry	Retirement	Highest Rank	Career Record
Kotochitose	Yamamoto Minoru	22/04/1957	Hokkaido	Sadogatake	Jul 1971	Jul 1986	Maegashira 5	440w-424l-22a
Shiraiwa	Sato Masatoshi	05/03/1957	Akita	Asahiyama	Jan 1975	Sep 1987	Juryo 7	301w-280l-7a
Iyozakura	Ichiki Masayuki	20/03/1961	Ehime	Takasago	Mar 1976	Mar 1988	Juryo 11	262w-234l-16a
Hakuryu	Onuma Hiroshi	12/04/1954	Yamagata	Kagamiyama	Nov 1969	May 1988	Juryo 1	566w-573l-14a
Fukunosato	Fukuda Kunio	04/06/1961	Iwate	Michinoku	Jul 1978	May 1993	Juryo 13	330w-294l-7a
Hananokuni	Noguchi Akihiro	15/10/1959	Osaka	Hanaregoma	Mar 1975	Nov 1994	Maegashira 1	605w-593l-21a
Zenshinyama	Akimoto Ryota	22/04/1966	Kanagawa	Takadagawa	Nov 1982	Sep 1999	Juryo 2	480w-467l-56a
Tochinofuji	Kusano Tatsuyuki	15/11/1969	Fukuoka	Kasugano	Mar 1985	Jan 2001	Maegashira 11	414w-387l-17a