[sumo] [spoilers]Takanohana and steroid abuse

[Lynn Matsuoka]

> I remember it the other way round. She was about to give up her career
> but he couldn't make it to ozeki while they were together. So he had to
> listen to those around him and dumped her.


That is completely incorrect, except for his having to listen to others and
³dump² her, totally against his  desires.

She got into depression and
> he walked on to become ozeki and yokozuna.

This is true. After their TV engagement, she didn't see him again, for
reasons other than the above. He just disappeared from her life. .How
devastating would that be to a girl in that situation? I It is after that,
she fell onto depression. It was very sad, but considered ³best² for the
people around the future Yokozuna.

L.

On 12/10/07 8:31 AM, "Achim Pawelczyk" <sumo at achimp.de> wrote:

> Scott M. Kahn schrieb:
>> Lynn,
>> 
>> Thank you for a fascinating, first hand account.  I remember when
>> Takanohana was first engaged, and forced to part with Rie Miyazawa
>> because she would not give up her career. This dedication to the
>> Kyokai, from your words, deeply affected him on the inside, and his
>> position in sumo as the new royalty required his submission to the
>> Kyokai.  I guess you are saying that if steroid abuse did occur, it
>> was at the hands of his father and other handlers.  Then again, some
>> could argue that Takanohana's appearance was the result of
>> depression over his lost love.
> 
> I remember it the other way round. She was about to give up her career
> but he couldn't make it to ozeki while they were together. So he had to
> listen to those around him and dumped her. She got into depression and
> he walked on to become ozeki and yokozuna.
> 
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> Akinomaki
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