more Konishiki-seki news...

[david f meisenzahl <kawika@gol.com>]

>Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 05:06:33
>To: abe@sentius.com
From: david f meisenzahl <kawika@gol.com>
>Subject: more Konishiki-seki news...
>
>Abe-san, tell me about this infamous bout against Kitao!
>
>Konishiki-seki told me to tell everyone that you can watch his live video
conference3 over the internet, via Streamworks I think, next week, Wednesday
@ 3PM Japan Standard Time.  There should be a posting today by IBM Japan or
KDD, who are organizing the video conference.  There will be kids joining in
the conference from Honolulu, Seoul, and London.  IBM Japan is authoring his
homepage.  Supposely he is the very first sumo wrestler to have a homepage.
I will post the address once it is ready.  He has been practicing how to
surf the web via my Compaq 5300 LTE.  He does not like the pointing device
on it.  He prefers the pointing device on his Mac 190.
>
>Part of this promotion by IBM Japan will include Konishiki-seki answering
email from various people, I'll post that info too once I get it.
>
>We're also looking into have Channel 8 in Honolulu interview him via a
video conference over the internet.
>
>While Konishiki surfs the net, he mutters to himself, "it is unreal what
technology can do..."  He really loves this stuff.  It is kind of exciting
to watch a new person get into this stuff.
>
>Someone asked me what the schedule is after the basho, I'll have it next
week but they are definitely hitting the road for jungyo.  Only after the
Jan. basho do they get time off.  This is when all the Hawai`ian wrestlers
head home to Honolulu.
>
>Oh, all you real estate agents out there, Konishiki-seki is seriously
shopping for property to O`ahu, if you have any listings, please pass them
onto him.
>
>Konishiki-seki also told me about the next article in the Weekly Post, that
Abe-san often quotes us, will tell reader's about how oyakata use their star
sekitori to get have sexual relations with women sumo fans!
>
>At 10:18 AM 8/22/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>David:
>>
>>I found the following as an answer to your question.
>>
>>Konishiki was 8-7 during his first basho as a Maku(no)uchi rikishi
>>and he was promoted to M-6 the next basho. He faced two yokozuna,
>>Chiyonofuji and Takanosato, and defeated both. In addition, he won
>>against Wakashimazu, Ohnokuni, Kirishima, but lost to Kotokaze on
>>Senshuraku. Konishiki's record was 12-3 and won both Shukun-sho
>>and Kanto-sho.
>>
>>He was only 5-6-4 the next basho as a new sanyaku rikishi and
>>it was his first yasumi as a Maku(no)uchi rikishi. The last bout
>>was against Tagaryu on day 10th and Konishiki lost.
>>
>>His infamous bout against Kitao was the year after, I believe.
>>
>>-Masumiriki
>>
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