<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: Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 10:19 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Takayasu<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"">Yesterday, the summer jungyo was held in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and Takayasu , the oldest rikishi in Makuuchi at 36 years old, made an unusual "extra keiko session" to show his determination. During the open keiko session, he faced the sekitori nine times and also engaged in extended butsugari with Atamifuji and Mitakeumi. Furthermore, he stayed behind alone after keiko to continue his workout. In the deserted side of the dohyo, he performed shiko about 100 times in about 15 minutes. "The training time is short, so it's easy to neglect the lower body. I thought I needed to train properly, so I did it," he explained. At the Nagoya tournament, he won 11 matches and received his seventh Fighting Spirit Prize. At the Aki basho he will return to the joi ranks. "I will train my body (during the second half of the tour) so that I can get results in honbasho. I want to return to Sanyaku," he said with a determined expression.</span><div><font color="#353c41" face="Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol"><br></font><div>Yesterday, Takasago beya began its annual summer training camp in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Asasuiryuu (26), who is certain to be promoted to Makuuchi for Aki basho, worked up a sweat with basic exercises such as suriashi and shiko. At the Nagoya tournament, he was ranked East Juryo 1 and had 11 wins. His older brother, Asakouryuu, had a kachikoshi in Makuuchi , making it certain that they will become the 14th pair of brothers in history, and the 12th pair to be in Makuuchi simultaneously. "I was happy, but this is no time to get carried away. I want to go even higher," he said, focusing on himself and setting "physical conditioning" as the theme for this training camp. Just before the March basho this year, his mother, Naomi, who had been battling cancer, passed away. After the Nagoya tournament, he reported his results to the family altar and prayed, "Please continue to watch over me." His kesho mawashi has the same design as his brother's but with different colors - a red base for his brother and a green base for himself, so he is eagerly looking forward to the dohyo-iri, but he vowed, "I will continue to do my best as usual."</div></div>
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