Re: check up for Aki-basho

[abe@zoom.com (Masumi Abe)]

Kyokushuzan: 181 cm, 121 kg
Hatsu-dohyo: Haru-basho, 1992
23 yo
building a new house about the size of "soccer field" in Mongolia
monthly income as a Maku(no)uchi rikishi: 1,036,000 yen (Juryo: 820,000 yen)
(typical monthly income for an average Mongolian worker: 2,000 or 3,000 yen)

Daihisho:
used to work for a storage company after graduating from high school
when he started sumo: 193 cm, 148 kg
took 16 basho to reach to Jyryo
spent 9 basho in Jyryo before promoted to Maku(no)uchi
wants to be a rikishi like Takanonami

Akebono's shoulder condition is not good. He has hard time raising his arm.
He and his oyakata will see how soon his shoulder condition improves before
Aki-basho.

-Masumiriki

Masumi Abe さんが  9:11 AM 8/27/96 -0800ごろに
「check up for Aki-basho」の件で：
>According to Asahi Shimbun, 
>there was a regular check up of rikishi for Aki-basho at Kokugikan today.
>These are the official weight of each rikishi for Aki-basho.
>
>Takanohana: 145 kg (-5 kg, compared to Nagoya-basho)
>Akebono: 219.5 kg (+9.5 kg)
>Wakanohana: 126.5 kg (-3.5 kg)
>Kaio: 151.5 kg (-1.5 kg)
>
>Konishiki and Mainoumi did not attend the check up today.
>
>Aki-basho starts on September 8 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
>
>-Masumiriki