<div dir="auto"><br clear="all">Moti</div><div dir="auto"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,<div>Jeffrey Anderson</div><div dir="auto">Gaijingai </div><div>For of all sad words of tongue or pen,</div><div>The saddest are these:</div><div>It might have been.</div><div>- John Greenleaf Whittier</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Moti Dichne</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:niramiai@gmail.com">niramiai@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 8:12 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Sumo Obituary<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">E<span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span>x-Ozeki Kotokuni, later Ooshima Oyakata (77) who brought the first batch of Mongolians to Japan, has died. Was ill for a few years. Entered Tatsunami beya in 1963, retired in 1979, then established his own heya (Ooshima) in 1980 and brought six Mongolians over, Kyokushuuzan, Kyokutenhou (the current Ooshima Oyakata) and others, who were famous for collectively running away from the heya and attempting to return to Mongolia, but persuaded to stick it out.  Notable non- Mongolians- Kyokudouzan (later became a member of the Diet, IIRC) and ex-Asahiyutaka, current Tatsunami Oyakata. Nickname while active- piranha, because he was small and would eat his opponents alive, I guess.<span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><img alt="202410220001234-w500_0.jpg" height="651" src="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202410220001234-w500_0.jpg" width="500" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;max-width:100%;height:auto"></p>

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