New ozeki Aonishiki

[RabidJohn]

3 hours ago, I am the Yokozuna said:

So, Aonishiki, I hope that Kaio told you a thing or two about how to stay in the rank for at least ten years

I expect he will, but it'll be as one of those ozeki with a license to perform a special ring entering ceremony.

[Benihana]

3 hours ago, I am the Yokozuna said:

So, Aonishiki, I hope that Kaio told you a thing or two about how to stay in the rank for at least ten years as he did while causing some small uproar on some international sumo forum about something they called ozeki back-scratching club. 

*sigh* ye goode olden days of the OBSC  

Nah, he won't need that.

[Heather82Cs]

12 hours ago, RabidJohn said:

Auto-translate says the infamously repilated Ajigawa-oyakata is either the Prime Minister or the Mayor...

I keep reading "depilated" and get confused about the body shaming...

 

OT: has anyone seen a Hakuho comment on the basho or on the Ozeki thing? Just curious. Already know what the Uncle thinks...

[RabidJohn]

Just now, Heather82Cs said:

I keep reading "depilated" and get confused about the body shaming...

 

OT: has anyone seen a Hakuho comment on the basho or on the Ozeki thing? Just curious. Already know what the Uncle thinks...

Lol - I made it up! Depilated means hair removal - repilated is the opposite.

[Akinomaki]

NSK report

Next day pics, with focus on the splendid kouyou autumn nature 

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ANN 

NHK news7 and news9 yesterday in the free international part (before the sports corner) had detailed reports, n7 with also interviews from the Ukraine https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ja/live_tv/

Edited November 27 by Akinomaki

[Leoben]

This is such an insane career scoreline. Generational talent stuff.

Edited November 27 by Leoben

[Naganoyama]

1 hour ago, Leoben said:

This is such an insane career scoreline. Generational talent stuff.

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I get 'Content not viewable in your region'

[Jyuunomori]

29 minutes ago, Naganoyama said:

I get 'Content not viewable in your region'

It is far too grand of a picture for your eyes to witness!

 

 

...it is just Aonishiki's career record.

Edited November 27 by Jyuunomori

[warusawa]

2 hours ago, Leoben said:

This is such an insane career scoreline. Generational talent stuff.

No fluke.

[BroadMeadow]

1 hour ago, Jyuunomori said:

It is far too grand of a picture for your eyes to witness!

 

 

...it is just Aonishiki's career record.

But it is a little more...

He has been at a career high rank in every basho he has ever fought in. And when will it stop? 

January he will be O1W. 

March he seems to be a lock to be O1E. You think Kotozakura is going to out-win him?

May...? I mean if he goes some combo of Y/JY in Jan/Mar...

[Kaioshoryu]

Does anyone know the shikona of the tsukebito with glasses? Is that the same tsukebito who hugged Aonishiki and cried after his yusho bout?

[RaeucherLax]

17 hours ago, Heather82Cs said:

Already know what the Uncle thinks...

Now I'm curious, what did he have to say?

[Seregost]

2 hours ago, Kaioshoryu said:

Does anyone know the shikona of the tsukebito with glasses? Is that the same tsukebito who hugged Aonishiki and cried after his yusho bout?

Anosho?

[Leoben]

5 hours ago, Naganoyama said:

I get 'Content not viewable in your region'

It's his career record taken from wikipedia. I was commenting on how remarkable it is because he went from debut to Ozeki in 2 years without a tsukedashi start, has never had a makekoshi, his worst score ever is 10-5, and he has ascended in rank in every single tournament.

Edited November 27 by Leoben

[Koorifuu]

5 hours ago, Naganoyama said:

I get 'Content not viewable in your region'

Imgur is not available in the UK anymore - they blocked themselves out of the country instead of going through the hassle of complying with implementing the newly mandatory Online ID checks. I get the same and it's screwed me out of some things I followed.

Sadly it doesn't seem like VPNs work, either. Not to me, at least.

Edited November 27 by Koorifuu

[Jakusotsu]

Imgur - sounds like some Norse goddess.

Edited November 27 by Jakusotsu

[Morning]

It's a screenshot of the table on Wikipedia 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aonishiki_Arata#Career_record

[ouflak]

4 hours ago, Koorifuu said:

Imgur is not available in the UK anymore - they blocked themselves out of the country instead of going through the hassle of complying with implementing the newly mandatory Online ID checks. I get the same and it's screwed me out of some things I followed.

Sadly it doesn't seem like VPNs work, either. Not to me, at least.

ExpressVPN works for me. Didn't know that about Imgur - explains everything now.

[Kintamayama]

So the walrus was Paul? the crying tsukebito was Anooshou?

[Heather82Cs]

26 minutes ago, Kintamayama said:

So the walrus was Paul? the crying tsukebito was Anooshou?

No? https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3727/

 

Those in the Ozeki day pics are just his stablemates; in the basho he has other tsukebito from ichimon AIUI.

Edited November 27 by Heather82Cs

[Heather82Cs]

7 hours ago, RaeucherLax said:

Now I'm curious, what did he have to say?

Posted a screenshot with a message on his Instagram stories to congratulate Ao. Obviously chose that pic of the latter with Hosh on all 4s on the background. 

[Kintamayama]

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19r9wxDMUZ/

Edited November 28 by Kintamayama

[hakutorizakura]

8 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19r9wxDMUZ/

Boy, I wonder how they did it with Konishiki back in the days. I mean, no Facebook...

[Gurowake]

I found a video on YouTube from a random Ukrainian who talked about Aonishiki's yusho.  It didn't have anything to say about his promotion, but this thread is probably the best place to put what I'm about to say.  In the comments, there was discussion about his promotion to Ozeki, and some guy stated that he thought he might be promoted to Yokozuna with a 15-0 next basho.  I told him that Yokozuna promotion required two basho at Ozeki, and he repeated what he said that there would be at least a consideration to promote him immediately.  I said that it didn't happen with Futabayama, but he replied that those zenshos weren't 15-0s, so they weren't the same, and even claimed I was "misleading" by bringing up that.

I did admit to him that with all the 6-9s they've kept at their rank recently that had no prior precedent (two rikishi at the bottom of the division, plus Takayasu, who at least got a slot demotion) that you never really know with the Kyokai and they can definitely decide to change how things work if they feel like it, but felt it wasn't worth responding to when he called my mention of Futabayama misleading.

I know, a random guy in YouTube comments, who cares?  I suppose I don't really read much in the way of comments on YouTube, so maybe it's filled with such people who are so confident in things they have no reason to be, but this really irked me.  Almost anywhere if you ask "Can an Ozeki be promoted to Yokozuna in just on basho" you'll be told no.  So where in the world is this guy getting the idea that it's possible?  Wishful thinking?  I admit that it doesn't explicitly say that on (English) Wikipedia,  so perhaps he just thinks that a zensho after a Sekiwake Yusho shows the necessary strength as an Ozeki going by what the requirements are stated to be on Wikipedia.

[Reonito]

11 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19r9wxDMUZ/

Cool that he didn't just stand on a box