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[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
Gaijt
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: Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Incidents
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


 There was an incident today where a rikishi overslept and was unable to
make it to his match, resulting in a fusenpai. Tanji (19 = Arashio),
Makushita 24W , was unable to make it to his bout, resulting in his
opponent Chiyotora getting a  freebie.. As a notice of absence had not been
submitted, the wakaimonogashira searched the east and west dressing rooms.
This blunder occurred while his Oyakata Arashio, was commentating on the
makushita division on NHK. ◇ He was confused and did not understand what
had happened. Just before the match, when Tanji did not appear in the
hanamichi  the wakaimonogashira
<https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Wakaimonogashira>called out in the
east and west dressing rooms, "Is Tanji from Arashio beya here?" Nobody
responded, so a yobidashi hurriedly brought out the kyujo banner. At that
time, Tanji was at his heya, about a seven-minute drive from the Kokugikan.
After his morning keiko, he had eaten chanko and taken a nap. Another
rikishi, noticing something was wrong, woke him up, and he hurriedly took a
taxi to the Kokugikan. "I'm late," he said with a sigh, and went to
apologize to the shinpan. While there have been cases of fusen for being
late in the past, this was a rare fusen in Makushita , where bouts are held
in the afternoon. Tanji's record now is 1 win and 2 losses. Afterward, he
did his job as Wakatakakage's tsukebito  before heading home.
 Tanji was a promising wrestler who had been promoted to  Makushita at the
age of 17. Takadagawa, the head of the judging department (former sekiwake
Akinoshima, known for being very strict..), received the report and harshly
rebuked him, saying, "This is no time to sleep," but added, "He must be
frustrated and regretful. He will be a successful wrestler who will rise to
the rank of sekitori in the future. He will be aware of his fate and will
never do it again."

Hananoumi (22, Nishonoseki), who was scheduled to compete next, was the
first to notice Tanji's absence inside the Ryogoku Kokugikan. Hananoumi
noticed that Tanji, who usually performs his meticulous warm-up exercises,
was absent from the corridor leading to the west hanamichi. He asked
Torafusayama, the wakaimonogashira n charge of proceedings, "Tanji's not
here. Is he taking a break?" This was when he discovered something was
wrong. The wakaimonogashira split up and searched the east and west
dressing rooms, where they discovered that Tanji was absent. Unfazed by the
chaos, Hananoumi pushed out Wakamiyabi (22, the funny guy from the Futagoyama
videos <https://www.youtube.com/@futagoyama-sumofood>), ranked Makushita
23E, to improve to 2-1. "Thanks to that, I was able to calm down. It eased
my tension. I'm glad I won," he said

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