Asashouryuu Triumphant Again!
Asa took home his 18th career victory in the makunouchi division yesterday. He earned a respectable 13-2 record, having been taken down only by Kisenosato and Chiyotaikai, but I still would like to see him return to his peak form and sweep with a 15-0 record again.In other news my old boyfriend Takanowaka won the juryou division title and is probably looking to be bumped back up to makunouchi in November.
The special prizes were awarded as follows:
The Shukun-sho or Outstanding Performance Award went to Kisenosato
The Kanto-sho or Fighting Spirit Prize went to Ama
The Gino-sho or Technique Prize went to Aminishiki
Also I learned that the Sumo Association web site has special section detailing various statistics of interest. Now sumo is a sport with a ton of statistics, and some of these were quite interesting. For example : "[Kokkai is]... the thirteenth foreigner to earn a sanyaku (sekiwake or komusubi rank) debut." Some of them however make you just think WTF? "[Hochiyama's debut]... is the thirty-seventh Makuuchi Division debut by an Aomori Prefecture native since the end of W.W. II" Umm... good to know.
PS: Pictured here with Asashouryuu are his wife, Tamir and his daughter Ina.
Labels: Sumo
posted by Becki at 10:00 PM
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There are at least 4 members (maybe 5) of the sumo association watching every match in every tournament, and they take note of who's doing especially well that tournament.
I'd give you an example but it's kinda long so I'll make a new post of it!
Two new posts in one week just for you! You lucky dog!
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