Re: Kyokai News- July 14, 2002

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

My idea of challenging and solving the dilemma of scouting more
foreigners to sumo community is to establish an adopting program
utilizing the group of fans sponsoring each sumo-beya. Each
adopting family would provide a shelter to the foreign-born
rikishi for occasional visit, and provide an address for them
to have "shusshin-chi" in Japan.

The family would be an ideal tutor to teach them Japanese
language and customs as well. The neighbors and friends of the
family would be happy to support their effort and possibly
become supporters of the heya as well as sumo and come to
Hon-basho.

Foreign born rikishi would be more Japanized and that would
please Sumo Kyokai. At the same time, Sumo Kyokai would get
more support from both inside and outside of Japan.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki


At 6:11 PM +0200 8/8/02, Andras Ledeczi wrote:
>On  Sunday,  July  14, 2002 at 11:57:31 Joe Kuroda wrote:
>
>JK> The  Kyokai  released  the names of seven "Shin-Jo Shusse Rikishi"
>JK> (the new Jonokuchi rikishis to be ranked in the Aki Basho banzuke)
>JK> on July 14.
>
>Let  me specify a little, since there have been some changes since Joe
>posted:
>
>JK> Tokitengu ?, Tokitsukaze Beya, from Mongolia
>
>Tokitenku, changed shusshin-chi to Tokyo
>
>JK> Tochifutokawa ? formerly Masuda, Kasugano Beya, from
>JK> Nagano Prefecture
>
>Tochitaiga, changed shusshin-chi to Osaka
>
>JK> Nakanokuni, Minato Beya, from China
>
>Changed shusshin-chi to Tokyo
>
>JK> Kotokobayashi, Sadogatake Beya, from Gunma Prefecture
>
>Actually he is returning, he was East Jonokuchi 40 on Natsu Basho, and
>was banzuke-gai on Nagoya Basho.
>
>JK> Uno, Irumagawa Beya, from Kyoto
>JK> Yoshimi, Isenoumi Beya, from Nara
>JK> Tani, Hakkaku Beya, from Osaka
>
>I   have a question: are Tokitenku and Nakanokuni counted in number of
>foreign  rikishi?  They  have  Japanese  places  as shusshin-chi, so I
>suppose  they  are  not included in quota of foreign rikishi. But this
>way it's quite easy to trick out Kyokai's rules, isn't it? :)
>
>
>--
>Best regards,
>Nekonishiki
>http://www.szumo.hu/