[sumo] Dreadful Commercialism of Sumo

[Thierry Perran]

Actually, the key was not the mawashi color, even though Kirishima used 
this mawashi in most of the video I got.

The keys were :
1. The huge set of muscles of the opposite rikishi (look at the thighs 
and the back)
2. The way the opposite is at the shikiri sen while looking at Konishiki
3. The motivation on Konishiki's face : He never forgot the humiliation 
by being defeated by such a small man in their first basho in makuuchi. 
During their careers, they always wanted to beat each other very badly, 
even though they became close friends. This was the case even in jungyo 
basho

Regards,
Thierry

Charles Finberg a écrit :
> Nothing to apologize for!  I would not challenge a French aficionado's
> identification of the great Kirishima!  Were you able to determine anything
> from the mawashi color in the photo?
>
> On 1/6/08, Thierry Perran <thierry.perran at club-internet.fr> wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry to tell this, but I would say that the guy on the other end with
>> such a massive back is Kirishima with his famous green mawashi.
>> Konishiki and Kirishima were promoted to Makuuchi exactely at the same
>> time for the Nagoya basho 1987. The "small" Kirishima (M12 E) won his
>> bout against the "big" Konishiki (M11 W) in this basho, and then a great
>> rivalry was born. The journalists, especially the photographs, just
>> loved it, and thus many pictures and articles were made when those two
>> faced  each other.
>>
>> Believe me, there is a lot more pictures of Konishiki facing Kirishima
>> than Konishiki facing Mainoumi. Kirishima was 19-19 against Konishiki,
>> but Kirishima won their only bout in Juryo, so the "small" ozeki
>> Kirishima had the edge over the "big" Konishiki. In other words, David
>> kicked Goliath's butt on more time !
>>
>> During hon-basho, Konishiki faced only three times Mainoumi, and the
>> first time was on the shonichi of the Hatsu basho 1995, so after the
>> release of the Aerosmith album....
>>
>> Before saying you're watching Mainoumi in this kind of picture, you
>> should always look closely at the back and the thighs of the opposite
>> rikishi. Kirishima was way more muscular than the migty mouse Mainoumi.
>>
>> Greetings from Paris,
>> Thierry
>>
>>
>> Sumocypher at aol.com a écrit :
>>     
>>> It's the same. It has been appearing in many magazines, including Time
>>>       
>> and
>>     
>>> Newsweek and well as Information Security. The difference between the ad
>>>       
>> and
>>     
>>> the  cover of the Aerosmith album as that the ad is more centered to
>>>       
>> show
>>     
>>> Konishiki  head on instead from the top and to the side, but that
>>>       
>> definitely is
>>     
>>> Mainoumi.
>>>
>>> 0
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 1/5/2008 7:10:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> cfinberg at gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> If it's  the same one I recall, it was a classic Konishiki v. Mainoumi
>>>       
>> photo,
>>     
>>> taken  from behind Mainoumi but with enough of his profile to  permit
>>> identification, which gave me the opportunity to tell my  acquaintances
>>>       
>> about
>>     
>>> their matches.  They were very impressed by my  display of knowedlge,
>>>       
>> but I
>>     
>>> remain invisible to teenage girls.
>>>
>>> On  1/5/08, Jim Bitgood <Jimbit2 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Has  anyone else seen the inside back cover of the December 07 issue
>>>> of  "Runners World"?
>>>> There is a great full page picture of Konishiki taken  from behind his
>>>> opponent just before tachi-ai. It's an ad for Hyundai,  curiously
>>>> enough. I assume that Konishiki got paid for the use of his  image.
>>>> Wonder if the other guy got paid for image of the back of his  mage???
>>>> It would be a really fantastic picture if it didn't have  the
>>>> advertising copy printed on it.
>>>>
>>>>     Jim
>>>>          "Chitose-Taikai"
>>>>
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