<div dir="auto">Moti</div><div><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 </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 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, May 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Aonishiki situation<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"">On the 9th, the day before the start of the Natsu basho, a ceremony was held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo to present the yusho plaque. Ozeki Aonishiki , who won the January tournament, was absent after it was decided at the torikumi scheduling meeting on the 8th that he would be absent from the tournament. In his place, his Oyakata, Ajigawa attended. When asked about the Ozeki's condition, he explained, "He is currently focusing on treatment." He has not even come down to the keiko-ba. Regarding Natsu basho in which he will be kadoban, Ajigawa said, "I'm sorry to those who are looking forward to seeing him, but he will prioritize recovering so that he can show everyone his healthy self as soon as possible."</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"">Ajigawa the stand- in and Kirishima (also got his yusho plaque) at the ceremony.</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/202605090000490-w500_0.jpg" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(57,107,177);text-decoration:underline;background-color:rgb(22,25,28);border:0px;font-size:15px;outline:0px" target="_blank"><img width="500" alt="202605090000490-w500_0.jpg" src="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202605090000490-w500_0.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;border-width:0px;max-width:100%"></a></p>

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