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[jac@powerup.com.au (Greg Lund)]

Subject: (no longer so much?) Sumo Photo: Konishiki name problem

Achim Pawelczyk  wrote

>As I feared, from now on we have to look for Konishiki in the
>geino-section, entertainment artists. Anyway, Konishiki will always be part
>of sumo, no matter what he does or wears.

>NHK seems to have problems to air a prerecorded programm, in which he is
>called Sanoyama-oyakata, which he is no longer now.
>And about what to call him now, they have yet to get word from the
>sumo-kyokai.
>We can call him Konishiki as much as we like - they may always have to say:
>former Ozeki Konishiki.

Perhaps not Achim. From what I hea,r the Kyokai feels quite possessive
about the name Konishiki, and might seek to prevent him from using it.   If
so it should end up being an interesting bout.

Greg Lund
Japan Access Corp
Brisbane