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Re: Hokkaido rikishi

To: abe@kaleida.com, sumo@essspg.stat.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Hokkaido rikishi
From: Riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 10:53:51 JST
Sender: sumo-owner@essspg.stat.ncsu.edu

> I am from Sapporo, Hokkaido. Hokkaido produced many many great rikishi
> in Showa Era, such as:
> 
> Yokozuna: Yoshibayama, Chiyonoyama, (Wakanohana-I), Taiho, Kitanofuji,
				      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I get confused about the Wakanohana lineage.  However, I have seen there
is a statue of Wakanohana X in Hirosaki, Aomori-ken.  This one was the
grandfather of the current Waka, and he grew up there in Hirosaki, though
I think he was born someplace else.  Anyone remember on this one?

Mata nee....
 
David
riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp

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