Re: Questions from a new(ish) fan...

["Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika" <dakinesumo@hotmail.com>]

Sorry, you can judge for yourself, her picture was in a SW issue.

Mrs. Takatoriki, also Taiho's 3rd daughter, is plain ugly!

Plus I am no more misguided than you, so stop the slander, aloha!


From: BAVK@aol.com
>To: smesser@hiddenmind.com, jkleader@email.msn.com
>CC: sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Re: Questions from a new(ish) fan...
>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 11:38:15 EST
>
>In a message dated 12/1/99 11:05:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>smesser@hiddenmind.com writes:
>
> >
> > Regarding Takatoriki - I think if he was as handsome as Terao, he would
> > probably be well-liked on this list just as Terao is.  If Terao were
> > ugly,
> > he would probably be generally disliked on this list and more comments
> >  would be made about his slapping.  Takatoriki is not generally spoken
> >  well
> >  of on this list, and it seems to be mostly due to the way he looks.
> >
>
>
>I don't believe that to be true.  You may have been thinking of one 
>misguided
>ML member who made unfortunate remarks about Takatoriki's wife's looks.  
>Many
>came to Takatoriki's AND his wife's defense.
>
>Takatoriki has been discussed on this list for his heretofore vast 
>technical
>skills and his rivalries.  He has always been quick to analyze the bouts
>fought and to give credit where credit was due, even when he lost.  None of
>the "I will do/was doing/am doing my best.  True, a few bashos ago, he gave
>his opponent an extra shove after winning the match, but I have a tape of 
>the
>great and beloved Chiyonofuji somewhat viciously shoving his opponent for
>doing a matta.
>
>I was fortunate enough to see Takatoriki and take a photo with him in
>Vancouver last year.  He was gracious to all I saw hum encounter, unlike 
>one
>other now-retired but very handsome rikishi who did his best to avoid the
>fans.
>
>I think if Takatoriki were to retire, it would be a heavy (no pun intended)
>loss for sumo.
>
>And who said Takatoriki is not good looking?  He may not have classic
>handsome good looks, but beauty IS, after all, in the eye of the
>beholder..............
>
>Babanoshuzan
>
>

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