[sumo] All-Japan 1-day elimination tournament

[JZ8D-SMMN at asahi-net.or.jp]

No, the "maku" refers to maku(no)uchi and therefore excludes juryo.
"Hiramaku" means "regular, or rank-and-file, makuuchi". HTH.


>>> For the first time in 25 years, a hiramaku winner-Ama. He is only the
>>> third ever hiramaku rikishi to win this tournament. 
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>>	What's a hiramaku rikishi?
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>I had to google this because I'm now used to everyone else on here using and
>being more familiar with the Japanese terms than I am.
>
>Hiramaku technically means a non-sanyaku ranked rikishi.  Which in this case
>means Maegashira but I suppose technically could mean a Juryo wrestler too.

Doreen Simmons
jz8d-smmn at asahi-net.or.jp