[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Training news from the Jungyo - the Yokozunae

[Jeff A]

Moti

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Training news from the Jungyo - the Yokozunae
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Yokozuna Houshouryuu, who withdrew from Nagoya due to an injury to his left
big toe, joined the jungyo today. He practiced in the morning, lending his
chest to Kusano and others. He wore a tabi sock
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabi> on his left foot, including during his
bout against Oonosato. "My foot is much better now. I hope it gets better
day by day." he said. He later revealed that he wore a cast on the injured
area, which was diagnosed as a dislocated fracture, for the first five days
after his kyujo. "I felt something strange even before the basho. I didn't
know the bone was cracked." Regarding his current situation, having missed
two of the three basho since his promotion, he said, "I was so determined
to win that I got injured. I want to get back to my usual self." He also
said he felt the pressure of being at the highest rank. "I was thinking
about it without even realizing it. It's my own problem." He will continue
to participate in the jungyo until the final day on the 31st, and will
attempt to make a comeback in Aki. His Oyakata Tatsunami who visited the
venue on the 7th as the Oyakata in charge, said, "The next basho he enters
will be important.."

Yokozuna Oonosato worked up a sweat at the jungyo today in Koga City,
Ibaraki Prefecture doing the fundamentals and other exercises, and said  he
intends to begin doing sumo in the near future. "My basho fatigue is gone..
I'd like to start moving around little by little," he said. As a new
Yokozuna, he finished with a passing record of 11-4 in Nagoya, but gave up
4 kinboshi, missing out on a third consecutive yusho His first jungyo as a
Yokozuna has just begun, and on this day he agreed to requests for photos
and autographs from the large crowd at the venue. "I'm aware of my
responsibilities and will do my best to fulfill them," he said.

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Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
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