Re: [Sumo] Re: Taka to leave futagoyama?

[Matt Waggoner <mael1@ucla.edu>]

At 12:33 12/8/98 +1100, Dana Lee Ling wrote:
>If Takanohama left Futogoyama beya, why would he not have to face
>Wakanohana?  Does their being brothers rule out meeting each other in a
>basho?  The ticket prices for such a show down could surely be doubled...

As far as I know, there is no rule against siblings facing one another on
the dohyo.  Only rikishi in the same heya are not allowed to face one
another.  It used to be that two rikishi in the same ichimon could not face
each other, but that was discontinued some years ago.



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