<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, Feb 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - NYHKWelfare tournament<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="display:inline;margin:5px auto;padding:5px 0px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">The annual NHK Welfare Grand Sumo Tournament was held on the 7th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. </font></div>
<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:rgb(53,60,65)">Shounannoumi won the Juryo contest after a three-way same-heya playoff. He beat Koutokuzan in the first round, then Kotoeihou in the second, then Kyokukaiyuu in the third. He won the three-way Takadagawa beya playoffs by beating Kagayaki (oshidashi) and Hakuyouzan (yorikiri). Prize? 500,000 yen. "I really didn't want to lose this (playoffs).. I'm happy to be able to make my Oyakata happy. I will seriously attempt to yusho next basho and rise up in the ranks," he said. He loses to both of them in keiko a lot, it is<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:rgb(53,60,65)">said.</span><br><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:rgb(53,60,65)"><br></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:rgb(53,60,65)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px">The entertainment part:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"> The "Fun Singing Competition" corner featured participation from Yamashina Oyakata (ex-Toyohibiki), Komusubi Wakamotoharu, and Maegashira Hakunofuji, Atamifuji, and Hiradoumi. Singers<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyuki_Kawanaka" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span>Kawanaka Miyuki</a>,<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaori_Mizumori" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Mizumori Kaori</a>,<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STU48" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">STU48</a>,<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><a href="https://www.kokoroumetani.com/" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Umetani Kokoro</a>, and<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><a href="https://araimaju.com/" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Arai Maju</a><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span>showed off their beautiful voices in duets and solos, captivating the 4,327 spectators in attendance. The songs sung by the stablemasters and wrestlers were as follows:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">[Duet]:</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">◆ Koisuru Fortune Cookie = Atamifuji & STU48</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">◆ Tenshou no Uta (Song of Pointillism) (feat. Inoue Sonoko) = Hiradoumii & Arai Maju</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">◆ Moshikashite Part 2 = Hakunofuji & Umetani Kokoro</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">◆ Laughing and Falling = Wakamotoharu & Mizumori Kaori</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">◆ Nikansou =Yamashina Oyakata & Kawanaka Miyuki</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">[Solo]<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">:</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">◆Banzai ~I'm glad I like you~ (Ulfuls) = Atamifuji</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">◆Kita Sakaba (Hosokawa Takashi) = Hakunofuji</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">◆Wine Red Heart (Anzenchitai) = Hiradoumi</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">◆Electronic Chrysanthemum (Kariyushi 58) = Wakamotoharu</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">◆Detour (Kotokaze) = Yamashina Oyakata </p></span></div>
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</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,<div>Gaijingai</div><div><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>