[sumo] 'Seven Sam' for Sam

[Lon Howard]

On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Sam Young wrote:

> At the risk of showing my electronic imcompetence can anyone  
> provide the names of the rikishi Mainoumi identified as the "seven  
> samurai" refered to on NHK broadcast yesterday?  And, who will  
> track them and for how long?

The seven samurai named by Mainoumi on Day 2 of the NHK telecast are:

Kotoshogiku
Kisenosato
Toyonoshima
Goeido
Homasho
Toyohibiki
Tochiozan

Mainoumi named these seven rikishi as the ones "holding the key" to  
Japanese resurgence in ozumo.  Look for  the professor to revise his  
list NLT senshuraku.  So who gets the boot when Ichihara goes on?

Lon Howard
Shomishuu