[sumo] Chiyonofuji tops all-time favorite sumo ranking -…

[Emmett Wayne]

 I only saw him as Kokonoe Oyakata in person.  But he was one of my favorites when I got hooked on Sumo while in the Army in Japan from 1989 - 1992.
Torideyama
    On Friday, March 19, 2021, 09:00:02 PM CDT, R. Brown <brownro214 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Not surprised.  How many of the respondents actually saw Chiyonofuji or Taiho in action?  Taiho retired 50 years ago and the Wolf 30 years ago, but they are 2 and 3 in basho victories.  Note all three were Japanese.  Could a foreigner ever be considered the "favorite" in Japan?  Who is the favorite baseball player (Ichiro of course), the favorite pop band (probably not a K-pop band).  Not hating on anyone.  I lived in Japan for a couple of years and they are wonderful people, but they are also an insular and homogeneous population.
Kodaiyama
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:18 AM Jeffrey Anderson <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007234995

Gaijingai 

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