10 January 2006

Ouch!


This year's first basho is off to a rather distressing start with brand new Ozeki, Koto'oushuu, the Bulgarian Bruiser being taken down on the very first day off the tournament by none other than Roho ( the ugly one). He managed to recoup on day two with a victory vs. Takekaze but then, lo and behold the Man from Mongolia was also shamefully taken out by Kokkai (who, incidentally is one of only 5 wrestlers who actually beat Asashoryuu last year).

It's shaping up to be a real contest this year rather than the clean-sweeps by Asa we've seen in recent months and I for one would not be surprised if Koto'oushuu wins his first tournament this January!

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5 Comments:

Blogger kumagoro said...

If he starts winning lots of matches, can we start calling Koto'oushuu "The Man"?

11 January, 2006 23:50  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is it me or does his 'apron' (I don't know what the official word for it is) look like a yogurt container?

13 January, 2006 01:37  
Blogger Becki said...

Julie-

Are you saying that as a joke because you're 'in the know' , or was it just a fantastically lucky guess?

His apron *is* in fact a yogurt container, because the most popular brand of yogurt in Japan is Bulgaria Brand Yogurt, and he happens to be Bulgarian, so they're supporting him....

13 January, 2006 01:40  
Blogger Becki said...

P.S. The technical term for his garment is Keshou-mawashi (化粧回し) which is usually translated as ornamental sumo apron, but mostly we just call it an apron...

13 January, 2006 01:44  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Absolutely a lucky guess!!!!!!!!

13 January, 2006 04:33  

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