[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Episode 3 of the Hakkaku Imperial interview

[Jeff A]

Moti

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Episode 3 of the Hakkaku Imperial interview
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


I hope I'm not bugging you with this serial..

Another round of questions..

- During the discussion, do you remember what kind of questions or words
were spoken to the Yokozuna and Ozeki?

-Apparently Houshouryuu met him when he was a child. His Majesty said, "I
went to Mongolia and met your uncle." Toyonoryu then said, "I met His
Majesty when I was little," and he said he remembered. About 20 years ago.
He said he was about 5 or 6 years old. Also, O0nosato said, "The earthquake
in Ishikawa Prefecture is terrible." Another thing he was asking everyone
was, "At what age did you start sumo?"

-Who said, "The earthquake must have been terrible?"-

-I think it was His Majesty. He said Tsubata-cho, and Oonosato was
surprised. He knew a lot about it. His Majesty is also very knowledgeable
about sumo.

-Their concern for the earthquake was serious..

-Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress said that it must have been very
difficult. They said that when they went there, they were told things like,
"Oonosato is a beacon of hope." They said things like, "We can do our best
because of Oonosato."

-Their Majesties heard these things when they visited the area,

-They heard and they passed them on.

-It was the first time in six years that the Imperial Family watched a live
sumo match. Did they say anything about the appeal of watching live sumo,
or anything about that in general?

-They said it was a lot of fun.

-Who said that? -

-The Empress.

-Did His Majesty or Princess Aiko say anything about their overall
impressions?

They said the same thing. -It was fun. I think it was Princess Aiko. She
said it was really fun. The Empress said it at the very end when she was
seeing me off for the last time. She said, "The impact of the tachiai was
incredible."

-In the story about Ishikawa Prefecture earlier, the local residents had
called  Oonosato a local hero and this was conveyed to Oonosato.

-That's right. They thought, "This person is working hard, so I have to
work hard too."

-This is the first time in six years that the Emperor has attended a sumo
match, so were there any words of praise or encouragement for Japanese
sumo, or any words about sumo as a whole?

-He said, "It's a full house, lots of people are here." And then I told him
how long this has been going on. Thanks to you all. Yes.

-Does he usually watch sumo on TV, or does he hear anything about it on the
news?

-Yesterday, there was talk about Houshouryuu being injured or not., I think
he was probably mentioning it  after seeing it on  TV. I  guess the three
of them were watching it.

-They said something along the lines of, "We've been watching TV together
yesterday?"

-They said they saw something yesterday and asked if he was injured and if
it hurt, and I said, "It doesn't hurt because he is all pumped up". He was
here himself, so I asked him, "It doesn't hurt, does it?" and he said, "No,
it doesn't."

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Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
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It might have been.
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