Re: [sumo] Editorial concerning Asa and the Jungyo

[Stephen <stephen@loxinfo.co.th>]

Moti when are you going to gert that compurterr keyboard of yioopurs ficxed
that keeps onm putting two uu's instead of the correterct spelling
ASASHORYU?...
Hee hee...
Bolt.

on 10/6/04 5:28 PM, Moti at sumo@dichne.com wrote:

> An editorial from today's Sankei Sports:
> 
> Asashouryuu still far from Chiyonofuji's stature
> 
> Ex- Yokozuna Chiyonofuji (current Kokonoe Oyakata) has had a a lot of
> experience with overseas jungyos (Mexico, New York, Paris and one more,
> 4 to be exact). He had the right build, ruggedness and "look" that
> foreigners can relate to, and everywhere he went there were calls of
> "wolf, wolf" (MD-Does this include the boy who cried "wolf" as
> well??)and was immensely popular. He was powerful on the dohyo and
> seemed invincible, but what really made him popular was that he seemed
> to make an effort to be friendly with the "man on the street" as well.
> "I felt, as a Yokozuna, that this was my priority at the time", he
> confirmed.
> This Chinese Jungyo, it is very clear that Asashouryuu is not following
> suit. He had promised to join the other rikishi on the sightseeing trips
> at various venues, but cancelled most of them, to the total dismay and
> disappointment of fans and media alike.
> The Japanese media was imagining front cover pictures of Asashouryuu
> climbing the Great Wall, among other things. "That would have been the
> epitome of the delegation's sightseeing - the perfect picture", they
> said. The Chinese media was disappointed as well. "This kind of picture
> would doubtlessly have caused a lot of interest in the Jungyo", they
> added. Some of the accompanying Oyakata were heard to complain about
> this too.
> Things were not much better in Shanghai. Asa was nowhere to be seen
> during the town tour on the 8th. On the dohyo, the three consecutive
> basho winner was certainly showing his stuff, but it is equally
> important to do what Kokonoe Oyakata deemed important- to get close up
> to the people. Being "the face of Sumo" when he goes overseas, he is
> expected to be an ambassador outside of the dohyo as well. His salary
> certainly covers that aspect too.
> Kokonoe Oyakata had a few words with Asashouryuu concerning this, and on
> the evening of the 9th, he finally participated in an outing in
> Shanghai, and had an extensive photo session as well.
> As an invincible Yokozuna on the dohyo, I hope he quickly catches up to
> his senpai's "level".
> 
> So says the reporter.


[EndPost by Stephen <stephen@loxinfo.co.th>]