[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Ikazuchi Oyakata's son to join the heya

[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards,
Gaijingai

This kid sounds like he is/was a hikikomori!

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: Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Ikazuchi Oyakata's son to join the heya
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Ikazuchi Oyakata's (ex-Kakizoe) 18 yea r old son Haruku is joining his
father's Ikazuchi  beya' possibly this coming May basho.  An introductory
press conference was held at the heya, where he spoke about his hobby of
playing video games. Until he was in the third year of junior high school,
before he started sumo, he had no experience in sports and "was always
playing video games." His mother and Okamisan, Emi (44), who was also
present at the press conference, revealed that "there were times when he
would play for about 16 hours a day." He said he had considered going into
e-sports, but smiled and said, "Compared to video games, with sumo, you can
definitely get stronger if you practice. In the world of video games, there
are always people better than you." His favorite game is Nintendo's Super
Smash Bros. "I think I'm probably the strongest in the sumo world," he
declared confidently, aiming to become a Yokozuna. It remains to be seen
whether he can liven up the sumo ring with his "Super Smash Bros." as a
rikishi.

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