[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Ex-Takekisohu's danpatsushiki

[Robert Brown]

Wow, he looks like a teenager.  The article says he only lost 40 kilos, it
looks more like a hundred.

Kodaiyama

On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM Jeff A <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moti
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey Anderson
> Gaijingai
>
> Takekeisho is almost unrecognizable! He has lost 60 kg!
>
> 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, Oct 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
> Subject: [Sumo news] - Ex-Takekisohu's danpatsushiki
> To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>
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>
> Ex-Takakeisho (Minatogawa Oyakata (29) said goodbye to his mage today. The
> "Takakeishou Retirement Minatogawa Name-Taking Grand Sumo Tournament" was
> held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Following the Juryo bouts, a
> hair-cutting ceremony was held in the afternoon, with approximately 300
> people, including composer Tokura Shunichi, a member of the Yokozuna
> Deliberation Committee, and Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko, cutting his hair.
> Watched by a sold-out crowd, with tickets sold out in advance, more than 11
> years after his dohyo debut, Minatogawa said goodbye to his topknot with a
> set of scissors from his master, Tokiwayama (former komusubi Takamisugi).
> His Oyakata from his debut, former Yokozuna  Takanohana Oyakata, was not in
> attendance.  Minatogawa Oyakata never shed a tear throughout the ceremony.
> His new hairstyle features a bold shaved side, with the barber describing
> it as a "two-block, side-parted" style. Tokiwayama Oyakata, who came to
> watch the styling, repeatedly exclaimed, "It looks good," while his good
> friend and senior at Saitama Sakae High School, Maegashira Daieishou,
> called it "cool." Everyone praised the new hairstyle. When asked how he
> felt during the ceremony,  Minatogawa expressed his gratitude, saying, "I
> felt truly happy. It's been a year since I retired, and everyone created a
> hanamichi for me to walk down for the last time. Thanks to everyone who
> came, it was a wonderful ceremony."
> He said he felt "refreshed" now that he no longer had his mage, comparing
> the fact that his hair had actually been shortened to his current mental
> state. "I was proud of my mage, and it was a symbol of being a rikishi. In
> my mind, I had it sorted out, but now that I look like this, I feel like
> 'it's completely over,'" he said, his calm tone revealing a hint of
> sadness. He had had his head shaved since he started sumo at the age of
> nine, and it had been about 20 years since he last had a real haircut.
> Finally, with his new hairstyle, he stepped onto the dohyo again, to
> thunderous applause. "I want to learn from both the younger rikishi and my
> seniors and do my best," he said, vowing to work hard as the youngest
> Oyakata in his 20s.
> Pictures:
>
> http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/44123-takakeisho-is-minatogawa-oyakata-now/?do=findComment&comment=546588
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