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Sunday, June 5, 2005
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My first Meeting with Cyberagent's CEO Fujita, Kensho
and Official Blog site
Subject: Blog
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I will be continuing with this just like before...
The other day I visited the Cyberagent (Blog's host)
office in Shibuya.
The purpose of visit was to have this "Dosukoi Diary"
into an official site of its own.
Huh!!!
I just mentioned it simply but I mean it will be an
OFFICIAL SITE...
Everyone, thank you.
CEO Fujita, thank you,
AmeBlo (the host site), thank you.
Team Futeno, thank you.
Me, thank you.
(Well, at least for the storylines.)
So in a couple of weeks, I will be out of the AmeBlo
private ranking and then I imagine the look of this
page will change too.
I hope the change will bring in more readers and can
generate more interest in watching Sumo.
For all that, I have to do much more to get more
attention.
Anyway to discuss the details, I visited their office.
I was told I'd get to meet Mr. Fujita, their CEO, so I
brought along a gift (clothes..material for Yukata) to
him.
As he has been apparently seeing more people before
me, I had to wait a little bit for him.
When my time came to see him, I walked over to the
President's office, then the door opened!
"How do you do...I am Futeno"
...I put out my business card before he did!
(made by Souun Takeda
http://www.fudemojiya.com/futaba-mori/souun.htm
and PhotoCre
http://allsports.jp/about_bc/?PCSESS=2e36dec22468e5dbc67674ad5e75864a
(note: Futeno is using an online business card making
service)
You wonder about a rikishi with business card?
(actually I believe I am the only active rikishi with
one).
Sort of like being out of ordinary??? Yeah, yeah.
Kind of convincing that myself too...
After we finished exchanging our business cards, we
began to talk.
First we discussed about my personal blog transforming
into an officical site of its own and then we moved
onto Kensho prize..
...What (the second time today) !!!
He meant Kensho prize!!!
Like this was even before Mr. Shigematsu of Team
Futeno was all ready to start showing him detailed
reference material about Kensho...
"OK. Go for it (Kensho)," he said.
Wow!!! That's decided already....
I was just so taken back.
It's not about the money or his position but more like
President Fujita's style.
It's like a sense of uniqueness not everyone has,
looking ever so cool. I think it has to do with all
the things he has accomplished already.
My impression of him? Well he is his own man?
Cheerful?
..I guess it may be just my imagination but...he looks
like he's always working so hard whatever he does.
(...OK Ok I won't write about him anymore).
Unlike myself, he looked so busy and he spent with me
as much time as he possibly couild..
So I handed him the gift and expressed my gratitude.
When I left the President's office, President Fujita
came out with me and I wondered where he would be
going now then I realized he was just standing by the
elevator. I looked at him puzzled and then he said,
"Please."
Oh yes...You mean you are seeing me off!?
It was such a humbling experience for me from the
start to finish.
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Tuesday June 7, 2005
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Subject: Kasugano and Tokitsukaze Beya Combined
Training Session
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Since yesterday we've been having a combined training
session.
Somehow we seem to have a lot of these now.
Of course I meant the one with Kasugano Beya.
Out of the six bashos, we are doing it four bashos.
Normally we begin around the time of new Banzuke
release.
Before we had this combined session, we've been at
Tokitsukaze Beya for training until yesterday. Then we
had Tokitsukaze's sekitoris visiting us to have the
session with us.
So there were eight of us then.
Including Toyonoshima-zeki, Otake Beya's Roho-zeki and
Juryo Yusho winner Tochisakae-zeki.
Yesterday I wasn't feeling too well from the morning
and I was not in a good condition but I did not want
to be rude to sekitori folks visiting us by not
training with them.
Initially I couldn't do anything really decent but
after a while I got psyched myself enough by keep
doing more sessions and I started to respond better.
I figure that out of all the sekitoris who came here
yesterday, I've done most training bouts.
But I felt it was easier training than what I have
been doing recently even though we only resumed
training about a week ago.
I am beginning to feel tired though...perhaps I am
getting old now(laughs).
Once I start to feel pains, it's kind of too late so I
never take any little aches for granted by making sure
I do stretches and massages...I guess it's just common
sense.
I like to invest myself by paying myself more...
(Well it's not just about the money alone...)
I can describe it as a forward investment.
Like,
Eating good food
Doing things I like
Buying things I like
Taking supplements that don't taste good
Going through some painful massages
Always searching for things to relax myself...
I am living each day thanking my body that is
functioning well and is being built day by day.
So if I hear my blood circulation will get stimulated
if I eat
Bananas grown in high altitudes,
well that's what I am eating now (laughs).
Like during a basho,
"(If I feel getting exhausted) OK!!! Let's get a
massage from a therapist if I can win the bout today.
Let's do our best!"
etc., etc..
I often have a conversation with my body(laughs).
I guess it's a type of self-suggestion.
I am really taking good care of my body
(Well from time to time I do go overboard by having
too much sake...)
Tomorrow we have a training session at Kasugano Beya.
Will do the best.
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Wednesday June 8 2005
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I know it's sudden but it's Futeno's self
introduction.
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It's sudden but,
I want everyone to know a little bit about myself so
let me tell you all about myself.
o Birthday: August 28, 1980, 24 years old (the
Matsuzaka Generation - a pheenom Japanese baseball
pitcher)
Real name: Izumi Uchida
My classmates used to call me "Icchan" or "Izumi".
Right now, it's
"Ucchiee"
maybe...
o Shikona: Futeno Izumi (rikishi)
My father (Takanobu) gave it to me.
The meaning is, if I can simplify it,
"Create havocs in the Sumo World!!!"
That kind of feeling.
Perhaps the next time I will try to write about it
more.
"If you get stronger, your name will follow you," my
shisho said.
o Handle Name: Let's keep this one SECRET (laughs).
o Home: I grew up in Kumamoto Prefecture, Tamana-gun,
Tensui-machi
Father - Takanobu
Mother - Keiko
Older sister - Yumi
younger sister - Hizuru
So there are three kids in the family.
I started doing Sumo when I was in Grade 1 and right
now I am doing rikishi (laughs).
I was in Kumamoto until I finished high school and
then I went to Nihon Unversity.
Of course, to the sumo club.
While there, I stayed at their sumo compound in
(Tokyo's) Asagaya for four years. Right now I am
living at Dewanoumi Beya in Ryogoku, Sumida-ward.
It's been my seventh year in Tokyo but I don't know
too much about Tokyo.
Favorite singers: Masayoshi Yamazaki, Ringo Shiina,
Eminem, Dream Come True, Hikaru Utada etc.
Favorite word: ?u (purpose, vision)
Favorite food: Hmmm..what will it be...if I can eat
anything feeling delicious, there is nothing better.
Food dislike: None...probably.
Favorite comedian: Bananaman (Yuuki Himura)
(Just watching him is so funny!)
To be continued...
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Friday June 10, 2005
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Subject: My introdution~and indoor hobby etc.
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o Hobby: Go game, playing on internet
...well basically this is about indoor? (laughs)
Often on Hangame
http://www.hangame.co.jp/attention.html
and others.
I play a Go session with those I do not know.
As I really don't have too much time, I can do this
only rarely.
The reason I started...
after reading Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's anime,
"Hikaru's Go" series.
I like manga too.
If I have someone at the heya who can play Go, I
really want to play as I have a Go set which I bought
while I was going to the University.
o Personality:
I am calm probably...
I am hard on myself and others...
As it's easier? to be given a tough task, I can really
stay focus on it and work really hard at it.
Maybe I am a masochist? (laughs)
o Films:
I like works directed by Giuseppe Tornatore,
"New Cinema Paradiso" and "Malena".
Also,"Good Will Hunting" and "The Usual Suspects".
I will write some more on this one day!!!
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Saturday June 11 2005
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Subject: Physical Training and Banana
- Team Futeno
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Yesterday,
I met Mr Yuzo Murata@smileworks
http://www.smileworks.co.jp/
After every basho, I've been sending the video of my
bouts to Mr. Murata and he would put that into his
original software to analyze good and bad points and
we talk about them to help me improve my techniques.
After our discussion, he will teach me a fun training
method (not just physical one but also mental
training) and exercises to strengthen my weakness.
And I am having so much fun doing all this.
I realize that an approach I am taking to my own body
is gradually changing too.
I realize I am where I am because I am being supported
by so many people like him.
(Of course there are so many other things too, such as
writing this blog so I can get more people to know
about Sumo as well as I am trying to level up myself
by trying
things like what I mentioned above).
Thank you!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!!
I've feeling these days that by getting to know many
different people I can improve myself so much more.
And...
A couple of blogs ago..
About Bananas
(it was a kind of coincidence that I wrote about high
altitude grown bananas and Bananaman..)!!!
And today all of sudden, a friend sent me a box of
bananas. I was so surprised.
So if I may, I can do it right here...
Thank you.
(Actually I did call him and thanked him yesterday).
There was one whole box...
but already...
like...like..
we all were able to eat them all and feeling all very
much appreciated.
(There is a picture of them with bananas on the page).
Thank you ever so much.
(Futeno's Blog URL:
http://futenou.ameblo.jp/ )
.....Jonosuke
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