Re: Does anyone know the answer?

[kawika <kawika@gol.com>]

At 09:30 14/08/98 +0900, you wrote:
>Kawika, Do you have any comments on this since you are a member of Akebono's
>koenkai? Were all the koenkai members involved in the decision to close
>down?... or just the fat cats?

just the fat cats, actually the top guy was insulted casue Akebono failed
to get formal permission from him to get married.  i think someone made
this comment on the ML.

>On another note, Kawika-san, will you be going to Akebono's wedding?

No, I most likely will be away on business.

>Would the basic charge of attending be the standard 20,000 yen paid at most
>weddings by common folk such as I?

No.  His minimum charge will be 50,000 yen.  I don't believe he has any say
in the manner.  My guess is that Okamisan is managing the wedding now.

>...............Rob
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>>At 05:08 98.8.13 -0700, OSAkamine@webtv.net wrote:
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>>>Will there be any lasting effects to Akebono now that he does not seem
>>>to have a fan club?  

Sure, one of his big sources of money is gone.

Could someone else start a new fan club?  

Yes.

Is that a
>>>no-no since he had a previous one?

Nope.  Just a matter of who wants to support a yokozuna for the respect
factor.

I bet Akebono is sick and tired of the whole ordeal by now, I am sure the
press and everyone is asking about it, constantly.

Aloha!
kawika

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>>The short answer is that money will not be coming in from this source,
>>which is the main non-Kyokai source of funding. It'll be interesting to see
>>where the guests at his wedding will be drawn from. Now that the American
>>ambassador and his wife have agreed to be the 'go-betweens,' there will
>>probably be no shortage of people willing to pay the basic charge - but
>>presumably there
>>*will* be a shortage of the fat cats who assume the responsibility of
>>handing in envelopes containing a hundred thousand yen or more.
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>>Acording to a newspaper headline I read (can't quote it exactly, however),
>>*all* Akebono's koenkai countrywide closed down. This is probably a bigger
>>headache to his stablemaster, Azumazeki oyakata.
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>>And no, another one can't be started by just anybody; there are
>>responsibilities involved.
>>
>>Doreen in sumoland
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>>  Even a fool can look smart - so long as he keeps his mouth shut.
>>                                            Proverbs 17.28 
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