SUMO news: Ozeki Musoyama

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

There was the first official reception to introduce the "new" Ozeki Musoyama.
Tokitsukaze Rijicho told 1300 well-wishers that Musoyama is one of the
leading candidates for Japanese Fair play Award presented by UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization:
http://www.unesco.org/) for his no-henka style sumo.

Musoyama has not started practicing sumo because of his lower-back pain.
He will be kadoban (probational) Ozeki in Nagoya-basho and can't afford
to skip the basho unless he is aiming at 10 or more wins in Aki-basho to
come back to Ozeki rank for Kyushu-basho.

Musashigawa Oyakata commented that he believes Musoyama to get ready for
Nagoya-basho, but we'll see if "new" Ozeki Musoyama could be ready or
not. He has not participated dohyo-iri even once as an Ozeki in
Hon-basho, yet.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

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