kotooshu video by info-sumo in the French forum

[nabudetoulouse]

Closed-up is the name of an emission of the NHK and JSTV

info-sumo kotooshu close-up topic

(In a state of confusion...)

[Higashimori]

saw this last night on the tube, nothing much new here although it seems kotoushuu's japanese is improving. it paints a good picture of the budding media fascination with him (not to mention ever-growing fan interest), did have some interviews with those Georgian wannabee's mentioned earlier, and some good footage of Bulgarian kids doing sumo in various sumo clubs there. a wrestling expert breaks down how Kotoushuu has brought some of those techniques to the dohyo. and perhaps the best part, footage of Asashoryu vising the Sadogatake camp for degeiko. Not sure if it's included in this .avi clip but interspersed with the piece, there was in-studio commentary from Japanese singer-artist デーモン小暮閣下, and to look at him with his theatrical costume and full-on make-up you'd wonder what the f#*k he'd know about sumo, but this guy is a huge fan who knows his sumo front and back. read an interview with him earlier this year, tapes every single sumo digest from NHK. he had a good analysis of the Asa-Koto degeiko we had seen, and lots of positive things to say about foreign rikishi and the impact these rikishi with wrestling backgrounds will have on sumo.