[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Intai - Tsurugishou

[Jeff A]

Moti

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Gaijingai

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier


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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Intai - Tsurugishou
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


The Kyokai announced today that ex- Makuuchi Tsurugishou, currently ranked
Juryo 12W, has submitted his retirement papers and that they have been
accepted. He will not remain with the  Kyokai. A retirement press
conference is scheduled for a later date. Tsurugishou lost all 15 matches
in Haru. This was the first time a Juryo rikishi had suffered such a record
since Fujiazuma in the 2020 Kyushu basho. It was certain that he would be
demoted to Makushita next basho, but at the end of last basho he said, "I
haven't decided 100% that I'm going to retire. I'll think about it slowly
after the basho is over." It appears that he made the decision to retire
after careful consideration. He is a graduate of Nihon University, made his
sumo debut in the January 2014 tournament under his real name, Yasuhiko,
and was promoted to Juryo in the January 2016 tournament, at which point he
changed his shikona to "Tsurugishou." He made his debut in Makuuchi in Aki
2019 , and his highest rank was Maegashira 6E. In January, he married Yuka,
who works as a flight attendant for an airline. They are planning their
wedding ceremony and reception for June.

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