[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Meet a new rikishi starting off from the bottom

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Meet a new rikishi starting off from the bottom
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Imada (24, Otowayama), Jonokuchi 12W, a US Open judo champion, won his
debut match in Jonokuchi yesterday. He faced Yamanobe (15, Dewanoumi),
Jonokuchi 13E, the great grandson of ex Yokozuna Tsunenoyama. He had a
quick tachiai, moved forward and won by tsukidashi. While he was happy with
his first win, he reflected, "I felt nervous and knew that I had to do
these sumo rituals properly. I want to get used to them  quickly and just
focus on fighting." His opponent today was a great grandson of a
Yokozuna. "Don't worry too much... I'm a disciple of a Yokozuna
(ex-Kakuryuu) as well. I'm trained by Kirishima-zeki at the heya too and
I'm learning from these two every day." He is the eldest son of former
Makuuchi Akinoshuu, and had no serious sumo experience until he joined . He
moved to the United States after graduating from Yasuda Gakuen High School
in Tokyo. He majored in aerospace engineering at the University of Nevada
and won the 100kg US Open judo competition in 2022. Currently, he is taking
classes at the sumo training center to learn the fundamentals of sumo and
its history. Although he is already highly educated, he humbly said, "It's
fun. I feel I want to learn." He has started with a win, but his goal is
higher. "I want to yusho. It's not often that you get the chance to
experience  Jonokuchi , so I want to be a part of it this basho" he said.
Definitely joining the celeb list..

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