shikona (sumo name of rikishi)

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

There have been many famous rikishi using their own family name as their
shikona. If I list some of them, Yokozuna Wajima, Yokozuna Hokutoumi was
Sekiwake Hoshi, Yokozuna Futahaguro was Sekiwake Kitao, Sekiwake Hasegawa,
Itai, Toda ...

Currently, Sumo Kyokai does not allow any sekitori (rikishi in Juryo and
Makuuchi) to use their own family name as shikona.

Terao is using his mother's maiden name as his shikona to commemorize his
late mother. She died right before he decided to be rikishi.

His older brother former Sakahoko took over as a new Izutsu Oyakata when
their father, former Sekiwake Tsurugamine retired recently.

-Masumi
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