[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Kabutoyama Oyakata

[Jeff A]

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: Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Kabutoyama Oyakata
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Kabutoyama Oyakata-the guy who decides the winning kimarite spoke today.
(Incidentally, he's the father of Fujinokawa and soon to be sekitori
Makushita Ikarigata.)

 Kabutoyama Oyakata (53, ex- Oikari)  spoke with an NHK announcer about the
behind-the-scenes stories of winning kimarites. He appeared at a talk show
for Oyakata at the Sumo Museum today.   Kabutoyama is in charge of deciding
winning kimarites during tournaments, and the topic of winning kimarite
became a hot topic lately. Clear winning kimarite are announced by the
gyoji in charge of announcing the kimarite at his own discretion. When the
gyoji is unsure of his decision, he calls an internal line to confirm with
the Oyakata in charge of deciding winning kimarite in the video
booth. Kabutoyama Oyakata confided, "NHK announcers call out winning moves
instantly. That's why they study them so hard. There are senior, older
announcers who can call the winning moves faster than us. So sometimes our
judgment of winning kimarite are influenced by them." On the other hand,
there are times when the winning kimarite are judged differently by the NHK
announcers and by Kabutoyama Oyakata. In particular, there are times when
his views differ from those of announcer Fujii Yasuo, and it seems that
there have been times when the winning kimarite judged by Kabutoyama have
been questioned. "I happened to be sitting across from announcer Fujii
during Makuuchi (as a commentator), and when we started talking about
winning moves, I thought I'd just say it right there on the spot, so I
said, 'We don't really get along, do we? We didn't quite click, but
sometimes I do go with the announcer's judgment." He delighted the audience
with his little-known insider knowledge.

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