Re: Married Rikishi

[Yugo Yodogawa <yyy@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>]

> From: "Patrick Mathieu" <PATRICKM@MARTLET1.Lan.McGill.CA>
> A couple of questions about married rikishi. 
> First: What percentage of them are married?  Although I have 
> tremendous respect and admiration for the rikishi, their sexual 
> allure escapes me.

Sexual allure isn't the only reason people marry, you know... :)

As of last basho, 19 of the 40 wrestlers in Makuuchi were married.  Their
names:

 1. Wakanohana
 2. Kotonishiki*
 3. Akinoshima
 4. Takatoriki*
 5. Tochinowaka*
 6. Kushimaumi
 7. Kotoinazuma
 8. Tomonohana*
 9. Daizen
10. Kirishima*
11. Kitakachidoki*
12. Misugisato*
13. Konishiki
14. Asahifuji*
15. Kotobeppu
16. Tokitsunada
17. Wakashoyo
18. Takamisugi
19. Kotogaume

* indicates children 

> Second: I think I am correct in saying that the rikishi live in their 
> heya.  What about married rikishi?  Do they live elsewhere, or are 
> provisions made within the heya for couples?

As far as I know, married rikishi move out of the heya into their own 
personal abode.  I can't imagine a married couple living in a heya.
-yugo