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Re: konishiki

> How much longer will Konishiki keep going and should he quit now?

I would like to have him playing as long as he enjoys sumo. Some
sumo fans hated him when he was strong ozeki, and now most sumo fans
love him. It's not because he is not strong any more, but people
realized that they misunderstood him, before. People realized how
smart he is and how much he loves sumo and its tradition.

He enjoys sumo and sumo fans, sumo fans enjoy him and his sumo.

It's a perfect match. So ahy bother talking about his retirement, now?

He deserves to choose his own choice, I believe.

-Masumi
> 
> I reckon he should seriously think about giving it away. I mean, he 
> has Japanese citizenship now and wouldn't it be better for him to be 
> remembered as a rikishi who held the rank of ozeki for a good few 
> years and came within a whisker of yokozuna, than to see him to 
> start to really slide down the banzuke?
> 
> Ben.
> 
> Ben Adler
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