<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">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: Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Oonosato heckled<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"">Yoshiaki Kanemura (63), a former player for the Kintetsu, Chunichi, and Seibu baseball teams, appeared on the MBS Radio program "Kanemura Yoshiaki no Eekagen ni See" (MBS Radio, Mondays at 6:00 PM) on the 28th. He spoke out against the heckling that marred the comeback victory of Yokozuna Oonosato, his first tournament win in a year. In the final bout of the final day, Oonosato defeated Ozeki Aonishiki , finishing with a 12-3 record to secure his first yusho in six tournaments—since last year's Autumn Tournament. It was a victory achieved after overcoming hardships, including absences due to injury. Oonosato was overcome with emotion and wept openly during the singing of the national anthem. Kanemura, who attended the parties celebrating Oonosato's promotions to Ozeki and Yokozuna and has supported him—remarking that he finds the rikishi "adorable"—shared his thoughts on this comeback win: "It brought a tear to my eye. He’s been through a lot; it must have been really tough, not being able to win for that long."</span><span 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""> <span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(37,37,37)">However, he criticized some sumo fans who were not following proper etiquette, saying, "At that time, there were some people heckling at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. Those kinds of people need to be kicked out." Furthermore, some fans got angry and retaliated against the hecklers, disrupting the winner's interview. Mr. Kanemura called for stricter adherence to spectator etiquette, saying, "I want to tell the chairman to get his act together."</span></span>
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