Nagoya 2024 day After pics overview

[Akinomaki]

Morning after press conference: "I'm relieved to have fulfilled all my promises, I guess" "I have to set a new goal to go on doing sumo. Considering it carefully, I want to gambarize going towards the next."

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Edited July 30, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

YDC top Yamauchi - praise for Terunofuji, about Kirishima failing to return to and Takakeisho dropping from ozeki: Quite a serious problem

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local TV on Onosato, at the heya's basho celebration party - Takadagawa top shimpan: Depending on the result, next basho ozeki promotion may come up

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local celebrations for Shirokuma's juryo yusho and definite (kakujitsu) makuuchi promotion: with a banner in the lobby of the Sukagawa city hall

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his old mentor

 

Hiradoumi's mother and the head of the koenkai celebrate the successful komusubi debut with ginosho and double digits (first step towards ozeki) o

Edited July 30, 2024 by Akinomaki

[dingo]

Now Hiradoumi is one name I couldn't conceive of as ozeki...

[Akinomaki]

2 hours ago, dingo said:

Now Hiradoumi is one name I couldn't conceive of as ozeki...

Ozeki is nothing special anymore, just like a yusho

[dingo]

Yeah I agree that all the short term ozeki recently have made the rank look a bit like a revolving door and one could say seemingly devalued it somewhat. It's still hard to reach but these days it seems even more difficult to stay. I guess the greater parity between rikishi (or relative lack of outstanding rikishi if you want to put it that way) has made it difficult for someone to climb to the top unless they overachieve.

Or if you're superstitious, there's a curse on ozeki recently  

[Yamanashi]

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the Sun is about to set."

[Reonito]

1 hour ago, Yamanashi said:

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the Sun is about to set."

The version I know is: "That...such giant shadows are cast by such pygmies only shows how late in the day it has become". -Erwin Chargaff.

[Yamanashi]

1 hour ago, Reonito said:

The version I know is: "That...such giant shadows are cast by such pygmies only shows how late in the day it has become". -Erwin Chargaff.

The quote is from the Chinese translator and educator Lin Yutang.

[Reonito]

13 minutes ago, Yamanashi said:

The quote is from the Chinese translator and educator Lin Yutang.

Interesting! I wonder if Chargaff read his work!

[itchyknee]

6 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the Sun is about to set."

 

5 hours ago, Reonito said:

The version I know is: "That...such giant shadows are cast by such pygmies only shows how late in the day it has become". -Erwin Chargaff.

As a child I just thought it was neat to watch my shadow spread forward. Leave it to the intelligentsia to make a child's delight into a veiled insult. :(

[junsan]

7 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

The quote is from the Chinese translator and educator Lin Yutang.

Offtopic but Lin Yutang's Importance of Living is great, and Importance of Understanding is sublime.

[RabidJohn]

18 hours ago, dingo said:

Now Hiradoumi is one name I couldn't conceive of as ozeki...

I thought the same about Takakeisho, and I know I wasn't the only one.

Unfortunately for Hiradoumi, I've developed a bit of a liking for him, which means that even if he does ever get the requisite numbers for a promotion, his tenure will be shockingly short.

[Akinomaki]

38 minutes ago, RabidJohn said:

19 hours ago, dingo said:

Now Hiradoumi is one name I couldn't conceive of as ozeki...

I thought the same about Takakeisho, and I know I wasn't the only one.

Both are in the shrew category

[Akinomaki]

Terunofuji thanks to the new parade car could celebrate it with the head of his koenkai, LDP politician Hagiuda, involved in a slush money scandal end of last year

Apparently the social media were full of annoyed comments about this appearance http://jisin.jp/domestic/2355295/

[Bunbukuchagama]

6 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

the head of his koenkai, LDP politician Hagiuda, involved in a slush money scandal end of last year

 

Pecunia non olet. 

[Yamanashi]

2 hours ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

Pecunia non olet. 

Props for the Titus Flavius Vespasianus quote!