[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Houshouryuu trains

[Jeff A]

Moti


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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Houshouryuu trains
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


The Aki Jungyo arrived in Kyoto on the 16th. Yokozuna Houshouryuu had 19
bouts . He particularly thrilled the crowd by facing fellow Yokozuna
Oonosato for a final series of sanban-geiko. With Chairman Hakkaku watching
from dohyo-side, Houshouryuu, who had undergone right-knee surgery in late
July and sat out the entire Autumn Tournament, showed renewed intensity. In
their very first encounter, he drove Oonosato upward and pushed him out of
the dohyo. During the final sanban-geiko session against Oonosato, however,
Houshouryuu's performance dipped in the latter half, leaving him with a
record of 6 wins and 8 losses across their encounters that day. On the
14th, in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Houshouryuu had resumed doing sumo,
having 7 wins against 3 losses against Oonosato. Reflecting on this second
session since rejoining the tour, he nodded and remarked, "My hips are low,
and my feet are moving forward. I was worried, but I was actually able to
wrestle quite well—better than I expected." On the other hand, the fact
that he suffered more losses than wins in the latter half highlighted a
clear area for improvement: "I need to regain my physical strength."
Chairman Hakkaku commented, "Houshouryuu is still in the rehabilitation
phase. I told him to get plenty of bouts in; he won't regain his
'heaviness' [power and stability] without putting in the repetitions. If he
intends to compete in the next tournament, he has to get the volume of
training in." Houshouryuu acknowledged this, stating, "As the Chairman
says, I need to increase the number of bouts ." His  Oyakata Tatsunami also
emphasized that there is still much work to be done. Houshouryuu will
continue to accumulate bouts throughout the remainder of the Jungyo, aiming
for a return to competition at the Kyushu Basho.

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