<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 dir="auto">Gaijingai</div><div dir="auto">Sorry these are all late. I had surgery earlier this week took up too much of my time.</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 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, Jul 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Kotozakura and Kotoshouhou<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><span style="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)">Ozeki Kotozakura worked up a sweat on the 8th at his heya's lodging in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, in preparation for the Nagoya basho.. He had a total of 10 bouts against stablemates Sekiwake Kotoshouhou and Kotoeihou and Fujinokawa who came for degeiko.. Yesterday (7th), considering fatigue and other factors, he did not have any sumo bouts and focused on basic training. In the keiko session after a day off, he showed nimble movements and said, "I've been practicing before that, so I was able to do it as usual." In the previous basho, he withdrew from the 12th day due to lower back pain, finishing with a record of 3 wins, 9 losses, and 3 absences. He will be competing in the Nagoya tournament in kadoban status for the second time in his career.</span><div><span style="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>Sekiwake Kotoshouhou trained at home today- 11 bouts. He had five bouts against his younger brother, Kotoeihou , and visiting rikishi Fujinokawa and Juryo Nishikigi. After that, he faced Ozeki Kotozakura for six bouts, for a total of 11 bouts. He showed good form against Kotozakura, going 3-3 with his powerful forward-moving sumo style, using his left hand to get a good grip. However, regarding his left-handed attacks, which he has been consciously working on, he said, "I still have a long way to go. I need to attack more aggressively." Last year, he won his first yusho at the Nagoya basho with a record of 13 wins and 2 losses. He became the first yusho winner at the new venue, the IG Arena. Before that basho, he suffered a hamstring injury in his right thigh, and was hardly able to train in the days leading up to it, but this year he has been training steadily. Aiming to win the Nagoya basho again, he said, "It's a completely different tournament from last year's, so I want to challenge myself properly." </div><div><span style="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></div>
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