Re: [sumo] Who is Sunahama?

[Patrick Coffman <ryled@yahoo.com>]

Hey, these days, who *isn't* Sunahama, right?

...


OK, enough kidding around.  There's a guy called
'Sunahama' who made it up to juuryou (highest was 7 or
8, I believe) in '96 and retired right before the
natsu basho in '97.  Probably, he suffered an injury. 
His numbers declined from just around the kachi-koshi
level to 5 wins and 10 losses, he was severely demoted
5 rankings, and then he retired.

I haven't heard from Ichinoya, but perhaps someone
over there at Takasago may shed more light onto it. 
Or, maybe, since it was 7 years ago, they don't really
remember the guy.  Although, you think they would if
he's an American and all.

--- Jelena Macan <jmacan@fkit.hr> wrote:
> I stumbled over this US-born rikishi in
> Kofuji-zeki's Excel database
> sucked from NSK pages. Here's the rest of database
> data:
> 
> [kanji = Sand Beach] 
> William Tayler Hobkins
> Born: 22-srp-1971, America
> Height: 185, Weight: 192
> Takasago-beya. tsuki-oshi style
>
http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/meikan/rikishidata/rikishi2.php?A=60
> 
> Now, why haven't I heard anything about him before?
> Have you?
> Oh, his career record seems to be 0-0, and no
> highest rank. That'd
> explain much, but still, I'm a cat, I'm curious to
> hera the details! :)
> 
> Grateful,
> 
> 	Manekineko
> 
> [EndPost by Jelena Macan <jmacan@fkit.hr>]


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