Re: New and Return Juryo rikishis

[Joe Kuroda <joe_kuroda@yahoo.com>]

--- Lukas Grossmann <92908458@student.unibe.ch> wrote:


> >   The Kyokai also announced that fourteen rikishis
> have
> >   retired.        
> >   
> Do you know their names? Any sekitori besides
> Wakanohana?
> How about Ganyu?


As posted yesterday by "Stefan Gelow aka
Yubiquitoyama"
there are now 15 rikishis who retired - the last one
to join was Mihogaseki Beya's Makushita W57,
Daikiyama.

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These have ended their sumo career as after Haru 2000:

Yz2w: Wakanohana, Futagoyama, 29y

Ms45e: Oominato, Minato, 31y
Ms57w: Daikiyama, Mihogaseki, 28y

Sd25w: Kaisei, Hanaregoma, 29y
Sd31e: Kamisawa, Minezaki, 29y
Sd40e: Dewasakai, Dewanoumi, 24y
Sd79e: Azumaumi, Tamanoi, 29y

Jd07e: Oonodake, Shibatayama, 20y
Jd08e: Asaizumi, Wakamatsu, 24y
Jd14w: Raizan, Isenoumi, 24y
Jd107w: Watarai, Hakkaku, 20y
Jd113e: Motozono, Tokitsukaze, 19y

Jk04e: Asatenju, Wakamatsu, 22y
Jk08w: Yasuda, Taiho, 16y
Jk33w: Kazusafuji, Nakamura, 23y

B-gai: Asachiba, Wakamatsu, 16y

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Just checked Wakamatsu Beya Web site and read about
Asachiba - he looks so young.  He did Mae-zumo at Haru
Basho last year just right after graduating from a
Junior High.  And no more record after that - meaning
what ???

Was he injured and stayed outside the Banzuke ranking
or was he not good enough to ever pass the Mae-zumo ?
Japanese economy what it is, he would have tough time
finding a decenr job with just a Junior High diploma. 

I suppose there is always a job at some chanko nabe
restaurant...     
 





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.....Jonosuke 
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