<div dir="ltr">Moti<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><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: Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Episode 3 of the Hakkaku Imperial interview<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br>I hope I'm not bugging you with this serial..<div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Another round of questions..</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">- During the discussion, do you remember what kind of questions or words were spoken to the Yokozuna and Ozeki?</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">-Apparently Houshouryuu met him when he was a child. His Majesty said, "I went to Mongolia and met your uncle." Toyonoryu then said, "I met His Majesty when I was little," and he said he remembered. About 20 years ago. He said he was about 5 or 6 years old. Also, O0nosato said, "The earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture is terrible."</span> <span style="box-sizing:border-box">A<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">nother thing he was asking everyone was, "At what age did you start sumo?"</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box">-Who said, "The earthquake must have been terrible?"-</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">-I think it was His Majesty. He said Tsubata-cho, and Oonosato was surprised. <span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(37,37,37)">He knew a lot about it. His Majesty is also very knowledgeable about sumo.</span> </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">-</span>Their concern for the earthquake was serious..</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">-Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress said that it must have been very difficult. They said that when they went there, they were told things like, "Oonosato is a beacon of hope." They said things like, "We can do our best because of Oonosato."</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box">-Their Majesties heard these things when they visited the area,</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box">-<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">They heard and they passed them on.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box">-It was the first time in six years that the Imperial Family watched a live sumo match. Did they say anything about the appeal of watching live sumo, or anything about that in general?<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helv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