<div dir="ltr"><div>In normal times he most certainly would not have been promoted, but with Terunofuji retiring and the London tour coming up the JSA desperately wanted a yokozuna to carry the flag. While they may be sacrificing Hoshoryu's future career, it is less important than saving face in the immediate future. After the "criticism" over Konishki's non-promotion the YDC went hard on Takanohana delaying his promotion until he did get the two consecutive cups despite already having 5. Kisenosato was promoted with only one cup though he did have several runners-up that same year, but with the Mongolians taking over we so needed a Japanese yokozuna. We got one, he won the next basho and began a downward slide leading to early retirement. (He has turned out to be a great coach.) <br></div><div><br></div><div>How will it go with Hoshoryu we will see? I hope he has turned the corner with his game and will have several years as the 74th yokozuna.</div><div><br></div><div>Kodaiyama<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM Jeffrey Anderson <<a href="mailto:jpaitv@gmail.com">jpaitv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/01/29/sumo/hoshoryu-yokozuna-promotion/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/01/29/sumo/hoshoryu-yokozuna-promotion/</a><br>
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I agree 100%! Way too early for a promotion to yokozuna. What say you?<br>
Gaijingai <br>
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