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Re: Retirees

>   >
>   >Jd07e: Oonodake, Shibatayama, 20y
>   >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
>   >
>     Are those numbers after the names their ages or how many years 
they have 
>   been in sumo?
>   
It's their ages. Btw only 3 among some 800 active rikishi have
been in sumo for more than 20 years - Mitoizumi, Terao and Mito's
"little brother" Umenosato.
(You can find this and other interesting data and trivia on Moti
Dichne's cool homepage at http://dichne.com)

Lukas