Re: Konishiki name

[jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp (Doreen Simmons)]

At 00:36 98.10.3 -0400, jac@powerup.com.au wrote (in answer to Achim):
 
>>NHK seems to have problems to air a prerecorded programme, 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 hear, 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.

Not exactly, Greg. As I posted recently, the names of former famous rikishi
are considered the property of the heya they belonged to (not the Sumo
Kyokai as such, although it would be the Kyokai that would wave the big
stick). Salevaa Atisanoe is not the first man from Takasago-beya to bear
the name Konishiki, and now he has quit the Kyokai, he cannot revert to the
name without the express permission of the present Takasago oyakata.
Takasago has already indirectly given his opinion of the former ozeki by
passing over him and nominating Mitoizumi as his successor. 



Doreen in sumoland

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