<div dir="auto">Moti<br clear="all"><br><br>Late</div><div dir="auto">Gaijingai <br><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><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></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: Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 1:58 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - And Yokozuna Oonosato? How is he preparing for Haru?<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";background-color:rgb(247,250,252);color:rgb(53,60,65)">Meanwhile Oonosato seems yet to enter "fight mode." He spectacularly toppled Osaka Governor Yoshimura Hirofumi. As the winner of last year's Haru basho, he paid a courtesy visit to the Osaka Prefectural Government Office today. He returned the Osaka Governor's Cup and received the Governor's Award trophy in return. After a pleasant chat and commemorative photo session, he was suddenly asked to wrestle with "Mozu-yan," the official Osaka Prefecture mascot. Oonosato readily agreed, and as the two began to grapple, Governor Yoshimura came to Mozu-yan's aid. Oonosato then used a rare (for him..) uwatenage throw, which he has not used in honbasho for over a year and a half, to finish off both (one man, one body?) and settle the match. <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""><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(37,37,37)">This caused much laughter from the gallery, including the Osaka Prefectural Government officials who were watching. Governor Yoshimura, perhaps feeling pleased with the laughter, cheered Oonosato on with a smug look on his face, saying, "Now we're sure to win!" Oonosato also showed a big smile and said, "Thank you very much." After a brief, awkward pause of silence, Governor Yoshimura suddenly became calmer and said, "Thank you very much," *before leaving the venue to the applause of those present.</span></span></p><p 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";background-color:rgb(247,250,252);color:rgb(53,60,65)"><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""><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(37,37,37)">* ("Before being okuridash'id") was the colorful wording..)</span></span></p><p 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)"><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""><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(37,37,37)"><a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202602250000875-w500_0.jpg" title="Enlarge image" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:underline;outline:0px;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";background-color:transparent;color:rgb(23,126,201)" target="_blank"><img alt="202602250000875-w500_0.jpg" height="375" width="500" src="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202602250000875-w500_0.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";"></a></span></span></p>

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