<div dir="auto">Moti<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,<div>Jeffrey Anderson</div><div dir="auto">Gaijingai - I can’t tell if he sent it to this group or not. </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 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, Feb 1, 2026 at 3:36 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Ex-Terunofuji danpatsushiki<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br>Ex-terunofuji and current Isegahama Oyaklata's danpatsushiki (retirement ceremony ) was held today at the Kokugikan. Long. Sold out, many people came. <div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">330 cutters. Celebs:</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Hagiuda" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Koichi Hagiuda (politician) </font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Ono" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Shohei Ohno (judo)</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoki_Kameda" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Tomoki Kameda (boxing)</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-69" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">AK-69 (artist)</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_Makihara" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Hiromi Makihara (baseball)</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Matsukura" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Shintaro Matsukura (kickboxing) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keita_Inagaki" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Keita Inagaki (rugby) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Segawa" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Takeru (kickboxing) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidehiko_Yoshida" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Hidehiko Yoshida (judo) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dhei_Kat%C5%8D" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Ryohei Kato (gymnastics) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Ono" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Shinji Ono (soccer) </a>・</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakanohana_Masaru" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Masaru Hanada</a> (sumo, ex-Wakanohana) ・</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuh%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8D" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Sho Hakuho (sumo)</a> ・</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hifumi_Abe" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Hifumi Abe (judo) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junto_Nakatani" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Junto Nakatani (boxing)</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Nishioka" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Tsuyoshi Nishioka (baseball)</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Kosuke Kitajima (swimming) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuto_Ioka" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Kazuto Ioka (boxing) ・</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideyuki_Ohashi" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Hideyuki Ohashi (boxing) </a>・</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Other active Oyakata and rikishi</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="Sans Serif" size="2">Kintamayama Moe (Athlete)</font></a></p><div><br></div></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"">Rare sight: Holding hands with his three-year-old son, Temujin, the former Yokozuna performed his dohyo-iri with his son, accompanied by Houshouryuu as tachimochi  and Oonosato as tsuyuharai. This was an extremely rare sight. When Isegahama Oyakata began the Shiranui-style dohyo-iri ritual, Temujin was entrusted to Oonosato, who then carried the child while performing the tsuyuharai duties (which need years of training, BTW..), creating another unusual sight. Since birth, Temujin has always outgrown children his age, and his growth has now become a focus of attention for fans. Regarding his current height and weight, Isegahama Oyakata revealed that he is 105 cm tall and weighs 29 kg. While the average weight for a three-year-old is said to be between 13 and 15 kg, he boasts a consistently large physique, roughly double that of a three-year-old. A lot to look forward for.</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""> </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""><a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202601310000433-w500_0.jpg" title="Enlarge image" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(23,126,201);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent;outline:0px" target="_blank"><img width="499" alt="202601310000433-w500_0.jpg" src="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202601310000433-w500_0.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;max-width:100%"></a></p></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"">Injured Tsurugishou, Shirokuma and Hakunofuji all took part in Terunofuji's danpatsushiki today. Tsurugishou responded to an interview after his bout, saying, "It feels like the meniscus in my left knee, which  had already been injured, has 'tucked in'. At the time, it was so painful I couldn't move, so I had to leave in a wheelchair (after the bout on the final day), but the pain subsided after two or three days. I'll be able to compete in Haru without any problems," he explained with a smile. <a href="https://youtu.be/0wotPNRtx2c" target="_blank">Watch him being very funny at the dohyo-iri today..</a></p><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"">Shirokuma also had a bout today, but he took painkillers and suppositories just before the bout. The injury was to his right ankle, and he applied taping that had been firmly before the bout, and after the bout he took a bath and put it back on firmly upon leaving. "I went to the doctor and he said there was nothing wrong with my bones or tendons. However, I was still in pain so I took painkillers and suppositories in order to compete. This was the first time I'd ever had pain in my right ankle. I'm really thinking about going somewhere for a blessing or purification..." he said, dejected, having suffered a string of injuries since last year.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom: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""><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(37,37,37)">Hakunofuji arrived at the venue even before the Juryo dohyo-iri, which was the first event of the day, as it was his Oyakata's danpatsushiki after all..  He also took part in the bouts, and while Isegahama Oyakata gave a speech on the dohyo after the hair-cutting, he stood alongside the other rikishi dohyo - side, participating normally until the end. However, he did not reveal any details about whether he was in pain or what his future outlook was.</span></span></p></div>

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