Re: Hokkaido rikishi

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

I put parens for both Wakanohana-I and Takanohana-I, because officially in
Sumo world, they are from Aomori-ken, based  on their "honseki", their
family's official or permanent address.

I think Wakanohana-I was born in Hirosaki and moved to Hokkaido while he
was very young. He was scouted by Hanakago-oyakata (Moto-Maegashira Onoumi,
and Wakanohana-O) when he was a teenage phisical worker for a local steel
mill in Muroran, Hokkaido. He won the local sumo tornament with ease. 

Takanohana-I (Wakanohana-I's youngest brother) was born in Hokkaido, but
moved to Tokyo following Wakanohana's success. When he decided to be a
rikishi, he was highly praised Olumpian candidate in butterfly swimming and
a middle school student in a middle school in Tokyo. When he was in sumo,
he was still recognized as a rikishi from Aomori-ken, besed on their
family's "honseki".

-Masumi

>> 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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