[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - The Yokozunae training

[Robert Brown]

I believe Moti is incorrect concerning the head to head record between the
two Yokozuna.  After their last match the Kyodo News report stated Hoshoryo
led Onosato 6-2.

Kodaiyama

On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM Jeff A <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moti
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey Anderson
> Gaijingai
> For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
> The saddest are these:
> It might have been.
> - John Greenleaf Whittier
>
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> From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
> Subject: [Sumo news] - The Yokozunae training
> To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>
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>
> Today, Yokozuna Oonosato  faced Yokozuna Houshouryuu for some head to
> heads- 10 consecutive matches during the Niigata tour. Oonosato finished
> with 4-6. Both rikishi fought without any tape or support, providing an
> unexpected treat for the fans in attendance. This was Oonosato's first
> jungyo since being promoted to Yokozuna at the Nagoya basho in July. The
> summer jungyo featuring both Yokozuna began on the 3rd of this month with
> the Osaka/Kansai Expo tour and will run until the 31st in Kasukabe, Saitama
> Prefecture. "The end is in sight. I'll work hard from now on," he said.
> This marks the third Yokozuna showdown, following the Asahikawa tour on the
> 16th and the first day of the Sapporo tour on the 17th. While Oonosato
> smiled as he reflected on the keiko session, Houshouryuu held his left
> shoulder on the dohyo, perhaps due to discomfort he felt after keiko. The
> head-to-head record between the two is 2-6 in favor of Oonosato. As they
> are likely to be testing each other's minds in preparation for a rematch on
> the final day of Aki, it is not possible to simply assess their abilities
> or state of preparation from the outcome of today's matches, but it was a
> clash that has piqued interest in what will happen on the dohyo.
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