Takanohana's wedding(?)

[t.poza@genie.geis.com]

The sports papers' headlines here in Tokyo shouted "Taka" today;
curious, I picked up the Sports Nippon, and they are reporting that
Takanohana is planning to marry, and that it will be officially
announced sometime before the Haru Basho.  As my Japanese reading
ability isn't terrific, I couldn't understand everything, but I did
gather the major points:  they reported that the woman's name is Keiko
Kono and that she is 30 years old, 8 years older than Taka (the paper
included a small chart of famous sports figures who have married older
women), that they met two years ago, that she worked for Fuji television
and was a "popular talent," and that (I believe) she has studied French
and lived in Paris for a year.  They also report a June wedding, as in
Wakanohana's case.  A small article on the same page quotes Futagoyama
Oyakata as saying that he hadn't heard about an engagement, but of
course he said the same thing when Waka's engagement was reported on
before being announced.  Of course, the sports papers aren't exactly
highly reliable....
 
---Tito