[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - New recruits for Aki 2025

[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
Gaijingai- Big news day huh?
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier


---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - New recruits for Aki 2025
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Only three this time:
Ganbat Otgonbat - 197 cm, 173 kg, 21, Tamanoi-beya , Mongolian
Battsetseg Ochirsaikhan  185 cm, 150 kg, 23, Isegahama-beya, Mongolian
Ito Mitsuki  175 cm, 125 kg, 18, Oshiogawa-beya  Shikona - Kazemitsuki


Mongolian Ganbat Otgonbat (21, Tamanoi) is 197 cm tall and weighs 173 kg,
meeting the minimum physical requirements of 167 cm and 67 kg. He surpasses
the tallest guys in sumo at the moment Kinbouzan and former Makuuchi
Yoshiazuma (48, Tamanoi), both of whom are 195 cm tall. Growing up with
large parents—his father was 185 cm tall and his mother was about 170 cm
tall—he thrived. Because of his large build from a young age, he skipped
grades at age 5 in Mongolian elementary school. "At 14, I was about 190 cm
tall, but weighed less than 100 kg. In high school, I weighed around 125
kg. In college, I weighed around 160 kg, and then I joined Tamanoi beya and
gained even more weight." He began sumo seriously at Meitoku Gijuku in
Kochi, and after doing well at Toyo University, he dropped out and entered
the sumo world. "I originally came to Japan to join the professional sumo
world," he said, realizing his dream from when he arrived in Japan.
Although he is close to reaching 2 meters, he spoke in fluent Japanese,
saying, "I don't think I'll grow any more. I've grown one centimeter since
university, so maybe that's where I stopped? I don't need 2 meters
(laughs)." From now on, he will await the results of his internal organ
examination, and the successful candidates will be announced on shonichi.

-- 

---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Sumo Newsletter2" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
email to sumo-newsletter2+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sumo-newsletter2/58923ebe-25a3-446c-a66f-2e1e68c30d87n%40googlegroups.com
<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sumo-newsletter2/58923ebe-25a3-446c-a66f-2e1e68c30d87n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>
.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://server.webtrek.com/pipermail/sumo/attachments/20250905/7de171b7/attachment.html>