Re: [SUMO] Konishiki

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

Keith:

Since you forwarded the message you sent to me to sumo ML, I'm posting
this to sumo ML.

According to Yomiuri article,
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newsj/ie22ie21.htm
Konishiki was supposed to have a match against Terao on Senshuraku or
Day 15, because Konishiki was willing to be active through the entire
Kyushu-basho.

He decided to retire in the morning of Nov.22, and at that time, he was
totally committed to complete the basho through Day 15. So, Sumo
Kyokai's torikumi hensei iinkai set his torikumi with Terao for the last
day of Kyushu-basho. Then Sakaigawa Rijicho invited Takasago Oyakata to
discuss about Konishiki's retirement issue. There and then these two
decided Konishiki to retire immediately and not competing any more
matches in Kyushu-basho.

That was the way it was, according to Japanese media.

Or, do you know something Japanese media have not reported about
Konishiki's retirement?

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

Keith Wells wrote:
> 
> I understand Konishiki didn't plan on completing in the entire
> tournament- regardless of what may have been said on television prior to
> the tournament. He may have had one more match on day-14-- but he wasn't
> planning to compete on day-15.
> 
> > ----------
> > From:         Masumi Abe[SMTP:abe@accesscom.com]
> > Sent:         Saturday, November 22, 1997 12:59 PM
> > To:   Sumo ML
> > Subject:      Re: [SUMO] Konishiki
> >
> > According to Japanese media, the reason why Konishiki is no longer
> > active in Kyushu-basho is that he was basically banned by Sakaigawa
> > Rijicho. The reason is that it is not fair to his opponents of the
> > rest
> > of basho to face a rikishi announced his retirement, since his wins or
> > losses won't be affected to his future. Either winning or losing,
> > people
> > may interprete them as a gift one way or the other.
> >
> > Konishiki wanted to complete Kyushu-basho but as a respectful member
> > of
> > Sumo Kyokai, he decided to follow Sakaigawa Rijicho's
> > suggestion/guidance.
> >
> > -Toshiyori Masumiriki
> > --
> > <abe@accesscom.com> Masumi Abe <abe@sentius.com>
> > San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley / Palo Alto
> > URL: http://www.accesscom.com/~abe/ --- under construction
> > JUSTIN URL: http://www.dosanko.co.jp/spoton/abe/index.html
> >
> 

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<abe@accesscom.com> Masumi Abe <abe@sentius.com>
San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley / Palo Alto
URL: http://www.accesscom.com/~abe/ --- under construction
JUSTIN URL: http://www.dosanko.co.jp/spoton/abe/index.html