<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: Sun, Sep 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - More news and stuff<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"">So who was riding shotgun with Oonosato in the yusho parade?. Takayasu. He reportedly received the request from  Nishonoseki Oyakata about two days prior, in anticipation of a potential win; he readily accepted the role, remarking, "It is an honor." Takayasu is a senior rikishi from the same Nishonoseki ichimon as Oonosato and has served as the tachimochi (sword-bearer) during Oonosato's Yokozuna dohyo-iri. On this day, he had been a candidate for the Outstanding Performance Prize, contingent upon winning his own bout and Oonosato getting the yusho. Although he missed out on the prize after losing to Fujiryouga, simply stating, "I lost because I'm weak", he successfully shifted his mindset to fulfill the role of flag-bearer. </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"">He also beat Oonosato on day 4 and danced a bit. He is also a longtime close friend of ex-Kisenosato Nishonoseki Oyakata as they were heyamates and keiko partners.</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/202609270001178-w500_0.jpg" title="Enlarge image" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(23,126,201);text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent;outline:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="202609270001178-w500_0.jpg" height="443" width="500" src="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202609270001178-w500_0.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p>

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