shimodahito Posted Friday at 04:16 Author Posted Friday at 04:16 As arranged before his passing..... Kofuji-ICAN's rikishi pick is Nishikifuji (his highest ranking adapted rikishi). Kofuji-ICAN's rank pick is Makushita 24 West (the average of all his active adapted rikishi's ranks). For every point he scores, a donation is made to the international cancer advocacy network (ICAN). For those curious, his adopted rikishi were always: rikishi with “kifuji” or “kofuji” in their shikona -- (Nishikifuji, Masakifuji); and any rikishi from "Kofu-shi" in Yamanashi-ken -- (Ryuden). Keep the entrees coming...
Kirinoumi Posted Saturday at 09:46 Posted Saturday at 09:46 Koseiryu, Ms25w An interesting backstory for my pick: Koseiryu's real name is Kosei Imada, and his father was Akinoshu from Izutsu-beya, who reached Makuuchi in the 90s. Young Kosei spent a lot of time around his dad's friends, and Terao actually chose his name. As a kid, Kosei did judo instead of sumo, and then he went to the U.S., where he studied aerospace engineering at the University of Nevada and was a student judo champion. After Terao passed away, Kosei, who considered him to be a sort of second father, started considering entering sumo, as that was Terao's wish for him. Coincidentally, at that time, I (Kirinoumi) had just joined an amateur sumo club in San Diego. Our coach was a national champion and knew Konishiki, who referred Kosei to the club. So, I had the privilege of training with Kosei briefly in early 2024 before he entered and won a gold medal at our local SoCal Open sumo tournament. Early in 2025, Kosei passed the athletic ability test and joined Otowayama-beya. His shisho there, the ex-Yokozuna Kakuryu, has ties to the old Izutsu stable and also studied under the first Kirishima, who is my all-time favorite rikishi. Anyway, Koseiryu had a successful first three basho in 2025 but was injured in November, falling back to Jonidan. So, given the personal connection and Koseiryu's almost perfect placement to do well in the Torchbearer game, I really couldn't not pick him. 4 1
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