<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: Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 2:37 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Obituary<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;display:flex;color:rgb(113,128,150);padding:20px 0px;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:13px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;margin:0px"><b>S</b><a href="https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Sewanin" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:14px" target="_blank">ewanin</a><span style="color:rgb(53,60,65);font-size:14px"> Ex-Mutsuhokkai (Mutsu Hawk-eye, as he was affectionately known) has passed away. He</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(37,37,37)"> died on the 2nd at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 61 years old. He had a pre-existing heart condition and had been absent from Haru. Mutsuhokkai, a native of Hidaka Town, Hokkaido, dropped out of high school after one year and joined Ajigawa beya, formerly run by Sekiwake Mutsuarashi. He made his professional sumo debut in Haru of 1981. In April 1993, after former Yokozuna Asahifuji, who was attached to the heya, took over, he was promoted to Juryo in the Aki of the same year. His highest rank was East Juryo 6, and he was in Juryo for 10 bashos. He retired after the January 2004 basho and became a sewanin for the Kyokai, handling general administrative tasks. He was currently affiliated with Isegahama beya.</span></span></div></div>
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