[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Obituary

[Jeff A]

Moti

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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: Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Obituary
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


*S*ewanin <https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Sewanin> Ex-Mutsuhokkai
(Mutsu Hawk-eye, as he was affectionately known) has passed away. He died
on the 2nd at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 61 years old. He had a
pre-existing heart condition and had been absent from Haru. Mutsuhokkai, a
native of Hidaka Town, Hokkaido, dropped out of high school after one year
and joined Ajigawa beya, formerly run by Sekiwake Mutsuarashi. He made his
professional sumo debut in Haru of 1981. In April 1993, after former
Yokozuna Asahifuji, who was attached to the heya, took over, he was
promoted to Juryo in the Aki of the same year. His highest rank was East
Juryo 6, and he was in Juryo for 10 bashos. He retired after the January
2004 basho and became a sewanin for the Kyokai, handling general
administrative tasks. He was currently affiliated with Isegahama beya.

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