New recruits Natsu 2021

[mikawa 1,794]

There's a lot of promise with this roster, looking forward to see how they do in the future

[Yubinhaad 12,005]

Four sessions of maezumo, with the ten shindeshi joined by Kokuryunami who is returning from one basho off the banzuke. I can't provide videos for Kintamayama's mother I'm afraid, but here are the results and standings.
 

Day 3:

X Kokuryunami	Sawadasho O
O Hattori	Daitensho X
X Daitenshin	Nobehara O
O Kiryuko	Mukainakano X
X Shunrai	Miyagi O
X Byakuen	Daitensho O


Day 4:

O Kokuryunami	Daitenshin X
X Shunrai	Mukainakano O
X Byakuen	Sawadasho O
X Hattori	Nobehara O
O Miyagi	Daitensho X


Day 5:

X Byakuen	Daitenshin O
O Kokuryunami	Daitensho X
X Hattori	Mukainakano O
X Shunrai	Sawadasho O
X Miyagi	Nobehara O


Day 6:

O Shunrai	Daitensho X
X Byakuen	Daitenshin O
X Kokuryunami	Mukainakano O
X Hattori	Miyagi O
O Kokuryunami	Daitenshin X


Standings:

Sawadasho	Oitekaze	3-0
Nobehara	Futagoyama	3-0
Mukainakano	Miyagino	3-1
Miyagi		Oguruma		3-1
> Kokuryunami 	Tatsunami	3-2
Daitenshin	Onomatsu	2-3
Hattori		Kataonami	1-3
Kiryuko		Tatsunami	1-0-3
Daitensho	Oitekaze	1-4
Shunrai		Tatsunami	1-3
Byakuen		Tatsunami	0-4

 

Sawadasho and Nobehara were the class acts of this bunch, neither really got out of first gear for their 3-0 scores. Muscular Miyagi is also quite handy, and even had a rapid tsutaezori (or some sort of zori-te anyway) in his opening session win against Shunrai.

Mukainakano's left ankle is heavily strapped but I guess it's a precaution against an old injury, as I didn't see any indication that it was bothering him. He looked solid in his wins, but sadly  has not taken the shikona Burokumaru.

Kiryuko (Sakamoto the Elder) fought in the opening session but took no further part for some reason. Hard to judge after only one bout, but he heaved Mukainakano over with a big shitatenage. His younger brother Shunrai showed little promise in the first three sessions (admittedly against much better opposition), only to burst into life at the end with a blistering tsukidashi win over Daitensho.

Wafer-thin Byakuen was completely outclassed but at least tried and looked like he was enjoying himself; I daresay even he will beat Shonanzakura.

[code_number3 711]

15 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

I can't provide videos for Kintamayama's mother I'm afraid

Let me help you. Miselet has dailymotion videos every basho

Day 3: 

Day 4 

Day 5

Day 6

 

[Tigerboy1966 1,671]

16 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

Wafer-thin Byakuen was completely outclassed

But he's likely to improve when he hits puberty.

Seriously, that is a CHILD! I don't like the thought of him potentially squaring off against Kagamio in July.

[Asojima 2,874]

19 minutes ago, Tigerboy1966 said:

But he's likely to improve when he hits puberty.

Seriously, that is a CHILD! I don't like the thought of him potentially squaring off against Kagamio in July.

but, on the other hand, Shonanzakura may have an interesting challenge.

Edited May 16, 2021 by Asojima

[Seiyashi 4,109]

On 10/04/2021 at 19:48, Akinomaki said:

At the press conference of Mukainakano (178cm, 175kg), as heya representatives, his likely future okamisan, the wife of Hakuho, and Ishiura were present

Interestingly, footage of Mukainakano during today's shinjoshusse hiroshiki shows him wearing a keshomawashi of Ishiura's rather than Hakuho's. Combined with Ishiura's appearance at Tottori Johoku during his recruitment press conference, and the Tottori Johoku connection, is there something to suggest that he's Ishiura's rather than Hakuho's deshi?

In short, have previous known deshi of Hakuho debuted wearing his keshomawashi - therefore lending some import to the fact that Mukainakano is not wearing one of Hakuho's, and has yet to adopt the -ho suffix of Hakuho's deshi?

[Kintamayama 47,464]

On 15/05/2021 at 17:42, Yubinhaad said:

Four sessions of maezumo, with the ten shindeshi joined by Kokuryunami who is returning from one basho off the banzuke. I can't provide videos for Kintamayama's mother I'm afraid, but here are the results and standings.
 

 

A thousand pounds of gratitude, sir. Mother says hi.

[Kintamayama 47,464]

22 hours ago, code_number3 said:

Let me help you. Miselet has dailymotion videos every basho

 

Thank you sir- awesome.

[Kintamayama 47,464]

The Sakamoto bothers:

[Yamanashi 4,091]

16 minutes ago, Kintamayama said:

The Sakamoto bothers:

They kinda look up as they sit next to the dohyo.  Now to find out if they look up as they walk ...

[Kintamayama 47,464]

5 minutes ago, Yamanashi said:

They kinda look up as they sit next to the dohyo.  Now to find out if they look up as they walk ...

Oh my goodness.. I met him back in 1965, was a really nice guy and I was 11. The tears won't roll. Then he boarded the Korean flight.