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

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

Siblings don't face each other during the Hon-Wari or the regular 15 matches
during the Hon-Basho. The yusho play-off matches are the only exceptions. For
example, Kitazakura and Toyozakura have never faced each other in Hon-Wari
matches.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

Matt Waggoner wrote:

> 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.
>
> | Matt Waggoner - mael1@ucla.edu - http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~waggoner
> |
> | Sturgeon's Law: Ninety per cent of everything is crap.

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