<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><div dir="ltr">Gaijingai <br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For of all sad words of tongue or pen,</div><div dir="auto">The saddest are these:</div><div dir="auto">It might have been.</div><div dir="auto">- 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: Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 9:25 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Ex- Wakanohana dines with Ozeki Aonishiki<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"">The Aki basho kicks off on the 13th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. A surprising photo released just before the event drew comments from fans, such as "Aonishiki looks so happy" and "What a fantastic three-person shot." The person who shared the photo—showing a firm handshake with the Ukraine-born Ozeki Aonishiki on his Instagram was Masaru Hanada, former Yokozuna Wakanohana who now works as an ABEMA commentator. Accompanying the photo was the caption: "Ozeki Aonishiki-he had been asking to have a meal together for a while, and it finally happened. Thank you, Head Yobidashi Katsuyuki!" Fans flooded the post with enthusiastic comments: "Aonishiki looks so happy," "What a wonderful memory," "That's an amazing three-person shot," and "Thanks for the always super-fun posts." People also took note of the elegant brown yukata Aonishiki was wearing, with some remarking, "Aonishiki's<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span> yukata actually has 'Wakanohana' written on it."</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"">Who is the third person?</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.sumoforum.net/forums/uploads/monthly_2026_09/image.jpeg.3f11f48af92f5f014ce50b90a02e29c1.jpeg" title="Enlarge image" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img width="422" alt="image.jpeg.3f11f48af92f5f014ce50b90a02e29c1.jpeg" src="https://www.sumoforum.net/forums/uploads/monthly_2026_09/image.jpeg.3f11f48af92f5f014ce50b90a02e29c1.jpeg" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></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.sumoforum.net/forums/uploads/monthly_2026_09/image.jpeg.df1f9aa8aaa5fa0545bded5d30322d84.jpeg" title="Enlarge image" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(23,126,201);text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent;outline:0px" target="_blank"><img width="435" alt="image.jpeg.df1f9aa8aaa5fa0545bded5d30322d84.jpeg" src="https://www.sumoforum.net/forums/uploads/monthly_2026_09/image.jpeg.df1f9aa8aaa5fa0545bded5d30322d84.jpeg" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p>

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