Re: [SUMO] RIjicho elecition

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

Most of you must know that it is very difficult to pass the entrance exam
for Japanese colleges but it is rather easy to get the degrees from them.
So, I won't be surprised if most of them have some type of college degrees
before the second hon-basho in their professional careers.

I know that Musoyama joined professional sumo a year before finishing the
college. So he should not have received any college degrees. Tomonohana
cirtainly has a college degree with teaching credential, and Mainoumi is
the same. I know these since Tomonohana was actually teaching at a high
school before jumped into professional sumo, and Mainoumi was about to
become a teacher before changing his mind to get into the pros.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

Brian Mullaney wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Masumi Abe wrote:
>
> > Tokitsukaze Oyakata was the first Ozeki with a college degree, and now
> > he is the first Rijicho with a college degree.
>
> Which brings up a question.
>
> How many of the college rikishi who turned pro actually finished their
> college degree?
>
> thanks,
> Brian


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