Loose and losing it

[Akinomaki]

The papers are full of stories from the past to fill the hole of the canceled basho, jiji with rare kimarite in makuuchi and Nikkan with famous headlines. Today the story of THE hansoku loss from day 7 Natsu 20 years ago, after 83 years again: losing the loose mawashi means losing the bout - article 16 of bout regulations. forums search= Asanokiri was the one to show his private parts in a bout against Chiyohakuho.

The video linked in the database is NOT from that bout: http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi_basho.aspx?r=485&b=200005

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The shimpan cried out "The mawashi, mawashi! It's visible, visible!". Ex-Takanosato as head shimpan explained: "The front bag (zen fukuro, mawashi-part) of the east rikishi fell off and therefore we give the win to the west rikishi." It was live on NHK BS, but not from a visible angle. Still, the story was spread around the world by Reuters. After that, Asanokiri had to buy a longer mawashi to avoid a recurrence.

The case before that: juryo Otokojima lost his mawashi against ms Tomonoyama on day 3 of the 1917 Natsu basho. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi_basho.aspx?r=3588&b=191705 (no kimarite listed then)

Edited May 27, 2020 by Akinomaki

[sumojoann]

I have a friend who is gay and EVERY TIME he sees me, WITHOUT FAIL, he asks me, "Do those THINGS  ever FALL OFF those wrestlers??!!!"  I think he is ever hopeful!

[sumojoann]

Do you remember this famous bout between Sadanofuji and Tokitenku?  It starts at 1:55.  Sadanofuji's mawashi became untied TWICE during the bout!!!  Each time, Gyoji Kimura Konosuke stopped the bout and tried to retie it.  When it started to become untied the second time, Yoshikaze climbed onto the dohyo to offer his help which the Gyoji declined.  At the end of the bout when Sadanofuji lost, it looked like his mawashi was about come undone a third time!

Edited May 28, 2020 by sumojoann
To correct rikishi's name

[Eikokurai]

I’m sure there was a makuuchi bout in the last year or two which the gyoji a couple of times stopped to tighten a loosening mawashi.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Eikokurai

[sumojoann]

1 minute ago, Eikokurai said:

I’m sure there was a makuuchi bout on the last year or two which the gyoji stopped to tighten a loosening mawashi a couple of times.

I recall times when a Makuuchi bout had to be stopped once to have a mawashi tightened but never more than once in the same bout since the one in Jan 2014.  I would be interested in seeing a link.

[Eikokurai]

7 minutes ago, sumojoann said:

I recall times when a Makuuchi bout had to be stopped once to have a mawashi tightened but never more than once in the same bout since the one in Jan 2014.  I would be interested in seeing a link.

It’s entirely possible I’m remembering a highlight I watched on YT. My memory is getting hazier as the years go by.

[Asojima]

32 minutes ago, Eikokurai said:

It’s entirely possible I’m remembering a highlight I watched on YT. My memory is getting hazier as the years go by.

Double stops were not that unusual in the 70's when most of the sumo was yotsu, and the belts got a good workout.