Re: Konishiki

[Riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp (Totoro)]

>A colleague of mine would like to know the current weight of Konishiki.  I
>normally would be able to answer such a simple question by pulling out my copy
>of the NHK Sumo magazine my mom-in-law sends each basho.  But I've just moved
>and they are in a box...somewhere....

Konishiki is currently at 275 kg (605 lbs), down 3 kg from the Haru
Basho.  Lynn Matsuoka said Thursday that he didn't care for the food
on the recent jungyo this spring.

>If someone has the information handy, perhaps even Mainoumi's as well, I would
>greatly appreciate it.

He's at 98 kg.

>And if someone would like to take this further...Just how much weight has
>Konishiki gained since the days of his dominance until now?

The program about K last summer showed him when he was in the upper
Maegashira level, getting ready to make his surge into san-yaku and
Ozeki.  At that point, he was 205 kg, as I recall, though I don't
remember exactly.  It could've been a little higher.  I don't have
any documentation going back to those days.  Someone else probably
does, I guess.

BTW, Higonoumi will get to stay at his current rank in Nagoya, 
according to the guys on NHK, who talked to H's oyakata.

Sore ja...

David
riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp
Hachinohe Institute of Technology