[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Why did Ura run?

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Moti

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Why did Ura run?
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


If you watch my videos, you would have seen this. But why?

So why did Ura run on day eight to make it to the dohyo-iri? On the 21st,
the eighth day of Aki basho, NHK's broadcast of the sumo tournament
featured a scene rarely shown. The rikishi were at the back of the western
hanamichi, just before Houshouryuu's Yokozuna dohyo-iri. Ura, the
tsuyuharai, ran up to where Kimura Shounosuke,  Yokozuna Houshouryuu, and
Tachimochi Hiradoumi were waiting. Ura was not late. As Houshouryuu greeted
him with a smile, there was a reason why he had to rush over. Before the
makuuchi bouts, the makuuchi rikishi enter the dohyo for their dohyo-iri,
followed by the Yokozuna dohyo iri. On odd-numbered days such as the first
and third days, the dohyo-iris are performed in the following order: East
makuuchi, West makuuchi, East Yokozuna, West Yokozuna. On the eighth day,
which is an even-numbered day, the order is West makuuchi, East makuuchi,
West Yokozuna, East Yokozuna. On the eighth day, Ura's bout was scheduled
in the East, so he took part in the East's makuuchi dohyo-iri and then
walked down the hanamichi. Immediately afterwards, as the West's Yokozuna
dohyo-iri was about to begin. He had to move quickly from the East to the
West. The distance from East to West is about 50 meters. He was wearing a
kesho mawashi  which made it difficult for him to move, so he ran holding
up the mawashi in front of him with both hands.  Fans began to refer to
this as the "Cinderella run," as it resembles Cinderella, who attended the
ball and ran while lifting the hem of her dress just before midnight before
the magic spell wore off. This is a actually common sight at a Yokozuna
dohyo-iri, but after it was caught on NHK, it became a hot topic among
fans, especially on social media. It was his usual giddiness that caused
people to think he was late..

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