More Taka gossip

[t.poza@genie.geis.com]

>In a TV special "Super TV, Crash! Akebono vs. Takanohana. Path to a
>great yokozuna" broadcasted on Jan. 23, 1995 by NTV, Takanohana
>commented that he would like to have someone to share his life with.
>This comment was recorded before Hatsu-baho, this year.
>
>I'll check with my recorded copy at home and translate into English and
>post it here.
>
>-Masumi
 
It should be interesting to see what you come up with, although I don't
think it will have any direct relevance to what's going on now; I
strongly doubt that he would have said anything about her specifically
or his marraige plans in general beyond the vague comment repeated
above.  It certainly would come as no great surprise that an unmarried
person would say he'd like someone to share his life with, although
considering Taka's normal reticence, for _him_ it might be considered
revealing. <g>
 
As far as I know, it still hasn't been reported in the "real" press yet,
but they'd never say anything unless it was announced anyway.  Whether
it's true or not, it's not going away; most of the sports papers again
had Taka as their headline, with more pictures of her, and even the
evening tabloids had similar headlines.  As was the case with Waka's
plans until they were announced, and Ake's "AV-girl" episode, this will
no doubt remain in the domain of the sports papers, weeklies, and
morning TV "wide shows" until any announcement.  BTW, Masumi (or anyone
who has an opinion), do you have any idea who tends to leak this stuff?
Maybe someone in the koenkai, or someone close to the future spouse?  Or
by the heya itself, so the eventual announcement won't be such a big
surprise, sending the press into a frenzy?
 
---Tito