<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 dir="auto">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></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: Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 6:35 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Aonishiki faces Houshouryuu<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;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"">Ozeki Aonishiki, who will be aiming for his third consecutive yusho and the promotion to Yokozuna in Haru, visited Arashio beya for his first pre-tournament degeiko. He had nine bouts against fellow degeiko-ing Yokozuna Houshouryuu and others, finishing with a record of 5 wins and 4 losses. This was his first sumo keiko session since the Hatsu Basho, and he reflected with satisfaction, "My body was moving. I still have time, so I want to gradually improve my condition." After four bouts against Komusubi Wakamotoharu and others, Houshouryuu asked him for some head to heads. He struggled somewhat, finishing with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses against an opponent he has been dominating, having won all five bouts against him in honbasho. including a yusho match. He seemed to be out of breath quite early, saying, "This is as good as I can do. I don't want to push myself too hard and get injured," and declined further requests despite being a lower-ranked rikishi. He only trained around 10 bouts at a time, which was not enough, and his lack of stamina is a future issue. Even so, "The sumo you do on the keiko-ba and in honbasho are different. As long as I can give it my all in training, that's fine. I don't care about winning or losing," he said, adhering to his own style of training. On March 2nd, he will attend a joint training session of Tokitsukaze Ichimon and is determined to increase the pace of his training by continuing to train at other heya.</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;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""><a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202602280000735-w1300_0.jpg" title="Enlarge image" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(23,126,201);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="荒汐部屋で出稽古する安青錦(左)(共同)" width="999" src="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202602280000735-w1300_0.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;padding:0px;text-align:center"></a></p>
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