Re: [SUMO] Taka-Waka

["Rob Hoey" <rchoey@kw.netlaputa.or.jp>]

In an interview with Wakanohana after his promotion the interviewer
mentioned that Takanohana said that he regarded Wakanohana as his rival.
Wakanohana said that he didn't see it that way.Some of you that saw the
video tape that I made of Wakanohana's promotion would have seen this
interview. They also asked Wakanohana if he had talked with Takanohana
about his promotion. He said that he had not. I found this very strange as
it was a few days after the promotion. 
I would have expected Takanohana to be very supportive of his brother even
if they have a sibling rivalry.
Cheers, Rob Hoey


> Right before and during Nagoya-basho, Takanohana was very intense and
> totally ignored Wakanohana, did not greet or exchange a word, or even
> look at his older brother, the newly promoted Yokozuna Wakanohana.
> 
> This caused a rumor that they don't get along well these days. The
> interpretation of this Takanohana's behavior was that he wanted to show
> the world, including his brother, that who the real champion is and who
> controls sumo.
> 
> After his messy relationship with actress and model Rie Miyazawa, his
> popularity has been way behind his brother Wakanohana or "Onii-chan" as
> a nickname.
> 
> I wonder if their relationship would go back to "normal" since their
> win-loss records went back to the good old days. I think both of them
> feel more comfortable when the younger one getting the main role and the
> older one getting the supporting role. But for agerage sumo fans, it's
> too boring to see the "expected" or "ordinary."
> 
> -Toshiyori Masumiriki
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