<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, Oct 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Houshouryuu and Mitakeumi -Aki Jungyo news<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"">Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture today, marking the return of Yokozuna Houshouryuu , who had sat out the entire Autumn Tournament. He conditioned his body through basic exercises - shiko and suriashi , remarking simply, "I just did what I needed to do." During butsugari geiko , he offered his chest to Yokozuna Oonosato and engaged in the drills himself, working up a sweat. He had been absent since the jungyo began in Tsukuba City on the 6th due to an injury to the medial collateral ligament in his right knee. As he performed the dohyo-iri, he was met with loud cheers and thunderous applause; smiling warmly, he said, "It brings back memories. I’m grateful for the warm welcome and for the fact that people waited for my return." He had aggravated the right knee injury during the Nagoya Tournament and underwent surgery on the area in late July. The Autumn Tournament marked his third consecutive absence from a tournament. Although he noted that he had lost 15 kilograms, he reportedly has since regained weight, bringing him back to nearly 150 kilograms.</p><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""><br></p><div style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.54) rgba(0,0,0,0.54) rgb(225,225,225);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;padding-left:5px;background:rgb(255,255,255)"><ul style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:none;display:flex"><li style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;font-size:0.875rem"><br></li></ul><ul style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:none;display:flex"></ul></div><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""><span style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"\0030d2\0030e9\0030ae\0030ce\0089d2\0030b4  Pro W3","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",メイリオ,Meiryo,Osaka,"\00ff2d\00ff33  \00ff30\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af","MS PGothic",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;width:990px;margin:0px auto"></span></span></p><div style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(247,247,247);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"\0030d2\0030e9\0030ae\0030ce\0089d2\0030b4  Pro W3","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",メイリオ,Meiryo,Osaka,"\00ff2d\00ff33  \00ff30\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af","MS PGothic",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;width:990px;margin:0px auto"><div style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;max-width:674px"><div style="border:1px solid rgb(225,225,225);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box"><div style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;background-color:rgb(74,74,74);height:504px"><span style="border:0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.54);box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;color:inherit;padding:0px;outline:0px"><img src="https://news-pctr.c.yimg.jp/uUzvQ3lML_bkIqyakc1vFhNrRI0RUQxg5aFkrX0xDg1_T0wXrbEJjtNGtrf1o9y3xudcUclfbXjZqAvGT8NJneg0sEEncFvj2fKrx4nA66zp3iuzDK49FPH7icOiQc5fRi1S6P9-OxQs-giljHTgfn6uzxVHrYGiZLwKgZvYBVPhnEj_Xp6jC61owwb0JSjMerrOI3UmB4jEgtu3FhUQcA==" alt="秋巡業の朝稽古で大の里（右）に胸を出す豊昇龍（撮影・中村　和也）"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