<div dir="ltr">Wow, he looks like a teenager. The article says he only lost 40 kilos, it looks more like a hundred.<div><br></div><div>Kodaiyama</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM Jeff A <<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"><div dir="auto">Moti<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,<div>Jeffrey Anderson</div><div dir="auto">Gaijingai </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Takekeisho is almost unrecognizable! He has lost 60 kg!</div><div dir="auto"><br></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" target="_blank">niramiai@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Ex-Takekisohu's danpatsushiki<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-size:18px;padding:5px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px">Ex-Takakeisho (Minatogawa Oyakata (29) said goodbye to his mage today. The "Takakeishou Retirement Minatogawa Name-Taking Grand Sumo Tournament" was held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Following the Juryo bouts, a hair-cutting ceremony was held in the afternoon, with approximately 300 people, including composer Tokura Shunichi, a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Committee, and Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko, cutting his hair. Watched by a sold-out crowd, with tickets sold out in advance, more than 11 years after his dohyo debut, Minatogawa said goodbye to his topknot with a set of scissors from his master, Tokiwayama (former komusubi Takamisugi). His Oyakata from his debut, former Yokozuna Takanohana Oyakata, was not in attendance. Minatogawa Oyakata never shed a tear throughout the ceremony. His new hairstyle features a bold shaved side, with the barber describing it as a "two-block, side-parted" style. Tokiwayama Oyakata, who came to watch the styling, repeatedly exclaimed, "It looks good," while his good friend and senior at Saitama Sakae High School, Maegashira Daieishou, called it "cool." Everyone praised the new hairstyle. When asked how he felt during the ceremony, Minatogawa expressed his gratitude, saying, "I felt truly happy. It's been a year since I retired, and everyone created a hanamichi for me to walk down for the last time. Thanks to everyone who came, it was a wonderful ceremony."</span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-size:18px;padding:5px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px">He said he felt "refreshed" now that he no longer had his mage, comparing the fact that his hair had actually been shortened to his current mental state. "I was proud of my mage, and it was a symbol of being a rikishi. In my mind, I had it sorted out, but now that I look like this, I feel like 'it's completely over,'" he said, his calm tone revealing a hint of sadness. He had had his head shaved since he started sumo at the age of nine, and it had been about 20 years since he last had a real haircut. Finally, with his new hairstyle, he stepped onto the dohyo again, to thunderous applause. "I want to learn from both the younger rikishi and my seniors and do my best," he said, vowing to work hard as the youngest Oyakata in his 20s.</span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-size:18px;padding:5px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px">Pictures:</span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-size:18px;padding:5px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/44123-takakeisho-is-minatogawa-oyakata-now/?do=findComment&comment=546588" target="_blank">http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/44123-takakeisho-is-minatogawa-oyakata-now/?do=findComment&comment=546588</a></span></div>
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