[sumo] recent Tokitsuumi

[Achim Pawelczyk]

Follow-up from todays Sponichi and Mainichi articles, which answered my
question:

> He is now Tokitsukaze-oyakata, NHK showed part of the intai interview.

press conference with Nishikijima-oyakata
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/special/2007sumoukyushu/KFullNormal20071010096_p.html
http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/zoomImage/20071010-OHT9I00008.htm
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20071009-00000017-jijp-spo.view-000
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20071010-00000013-maip-spo.view-000
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20071010-00000014-maip-spo.view-000
http://www.asahi.com/sports/spo/TKY200710090455.html
http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/p-sp-tp3-20071010-267854.html
http://www.daily.co.jp/general/2007/10/10/0000686443.shtml
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/spo/2007_10/s2007101004.html

today telling in an interview that he went to apologize to the parents of
the deceased Tokitaizan
http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/zoomImage/20071010-OHT9I00132.htm
http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/f-sp-tp3-20071010-267933.html
http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/s/tochu/article/2007101001000123.html
http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/2007/10/10/0000686596.shtml
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/spo/2007_10/s2007101022.html


> His Nishikijima name goes to Shimootori, the present Nishikijima oyakata
> keeps it on loan.
>
> For handing over his oyakata name share, will the ousted former
> Tokitsukaze-oyakata get a compensation ?

The former Tokitsukaze gets 150 million yen for his oyakata kabu, to be paid
by Shimootori (rather by the koenkai sponsors).
It's forbidden now to hold more than one kabu, thus on paper Nishikijima
went to Shimootori on the 4th, Tokitsukaze to Tokitsuumi on the 5th. In
reality there was a 4 day blank.

Both have enough basho in the higher ranks to fulfill the present criteria
for obtaining a kabu:
1 in sanyaku (Shimootori was komusubi) or 20 in makuuchi (Tokitsuumi has 50)
or 30 as sekitori (juryo and makuuchi). For oyakata with a heya it's 12
makuuchi or 20 sekitori basho.

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Akinomaki