<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><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, Aug 19, 2026 at 10:38 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Houshouryuu<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><span style="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"">Yokozuna Houshouryuu revealed that he had undergone surgery on his right knee. On the 19th, he visited the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo for a health checkup and explained his recovery since the Nagoya tournament. He is currently not participating in keiko and it is unlikely that he will be able to participate in Aki. He had a record of 7 wins and 6 losses up to the 13th day of the Nagoya tournament. He withdrew from the tournament from the 14th day and submitted a medical certificate to the Kyokai stating that he had suffered a "right medial collateral ligament injury and a right hamstring injury, requiring approximately 6 weeks of recovery." After the final day of the tournament, he returned to Tokyo and visited a hospital in Tokyo on July 27th. "I was told that it would take a year to recover if I didn't have surgery. I didn't think it would be this bad," he recalled. He underwent surgery to repair the ligament on the 29th and was hospitalized for a week after the operation. He used crutches immediately after the surgery, but is now "able to walk a lot more." He has gone down to the keiko-ba and started training, and revealed that his doctor told him that "he is recovering quickly." However, he remained cautious about the upcoming Aki Basho, saying, "I'm not sure yet." He expressed his desire to recover quickly, stating, "I can't face my fans. I want to recover as soon as possible and return to competition." [Ryotaro Yamada]</span>
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