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[Jeff A]

Moti

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Jeffrey Anderson
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The saddest are these:
It might have been.
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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - More news
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


New Juryo Mongolian Asahakuryuu arrived in Japan on the same plane as
Houshouryuu and Oushouma in 2015. He joined the Nippon Sport Science
University's sumo club aiming to enter pro-sumo. Oushouma and Houshouryuu
both switched from wrestling to sumo after a year, and joined ahead of him.
Now he has finally caught up with them, at least sekitori-wise. He managed
to meet Oushouma at the IG Arena and exchange some words but as Houshouryuu
was kyujo. they didn't meet. Now, on day 7 of the jungyo, Houshouryuu met
him and congratulated him on his promotion. During his high school days,
Asahakuryuu's participation in tournaments was limited due to Houshouryuu's
presence, but Houshouryuu said, "I always trained hard with him. He was
strong.."

On this day, Asahakuryuu revealed the conversation he had with Houshouryuu
when he was certain to be promoted to Juryo . "He called me, and I missed
the call, so when I called back, he said, 'You're getting too cocky after
becoming a sekitori. You should go out and compete,'" he said with a smile.
"He then said to me, 'Congratulations. When you become a sekitori, come
train with us. I'd love to borrow his chest," he said happily. Although he
said that Houshouryuu had recognized his strength since high school, he
calmly stated, "We weren't evenly matched. I had the advantage in terms of
strength alone when we grappled, but he had wrestled, so he had the
technique. I was constantly being thrown, with uwatenage and shitatenage. I
think that now there's a huge difference in strength alone."
Asahakuryuu was unable to enter the sumo world after graduating from high
school, but instead went to Takushoku University and has since risen
through the ranks, starting with his debut in the Jonokuchi division.

While he has a goal of facing Houshouryuu, when asked when that will be, he
looked down at his feet and said, "No. not my goal.. My goal is to become a
Yokozuna or Ozeki, but I'll think about what's in front of me. It's not
good to think about the distant future. If I focus on what's in front of
me, I'll get there eventually." He will be presented with a kesho mawashi
by his alma mater, Takushoku University. He has just returned from a trip
to Mongolia and is currently concentrating on his training. His father is a
former police officer and was a sekiwake in Mongolian sumo. "My father
apparently never thought about becoming a Yokozuna when he was younger.
That's why he started telling me, 'It's better to have big goals,'" he
said. He will be a new Juryo at the age of 26. In his match against
Houshouryuu, in his goal of becoming a Yokozuna or Ozeki - whatever it is,
he will give it his all.

Nicholas Tarasenko (16), who will become the third British-born rikishi in
professional sumo history (including those from Hong Kong before its
handover to China in 1997), joined the keiko at Minato beya in Kawaguchi,
Saitama. He used his 190cm, 120kg frame to his advantage and won by pushing
his opponents out of the ring. He also managed to do an
uwatenage by getting a firm left hand uwate grip.  However, his hips were
too high, allowing his opponents to get inside from the start and get a
morozashi. He was easily defeated by being pushed out of the ring. His
Oyakata, former sekiwake Minatofuji, pointed out that he should hit lower,
and he reflected, "I still have a lot to learn, especially at the tachiai."
The Oyakata was also enthusiastic about training Tarasenko to overcome his
weakness, citing his long legs. He arrived in Japan at the end of June and
was interviewed by the Kyokai during the Nagoya basho in July, before
becoming a trainee. After completing his training, he could make his debut
as early as May next year. After keiko, he eats chanko with chopsticks and
seems to be getting used to it, saying, "Japanese food is delicious."
During Nagoya, he watched the matches from his lodgings, and said,
"Aonishiki who was competing for the yusho, made the biggest impression on
me." Tarasenko, who also has blue eyes, is aiming to make it to Makuuchi.

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