Morning

That's a surprise. I had expected his "mentoring" to be over and Miyagino branching back out when Isegehama retires.

In this case the o isn't the honorific. It's actually oo - long o. His complete given name is 大の里 - Oo no sato. 大 big, extraordinary. の (grammar function possesive particle). 里 village but also home town, home country (English doesn't have a nice translation for that meaning).

What happens if someone doesn't get two wins. Do they have to show up again next time for another try, do they get rejected, promoted anyway, fed to others till someone takes pity and loses?

Remember when Hakuho essentially used his portraits to do a dohyo-iri animation on the walls.

People will probably bank on them not checking ID or even give passing glance at the names on entrance. Does the Royal Albert Hall usually check ID?

Hashimoto 1 and Hashimoto 2 are fortunately not in the same heya.

Ah, well, the date was inconvenient anyway and travelling to London is expensive.

What are the prices for the different categories?

Tickets go on sale next week. Wednesday 5th 10am for Patreons and Supporters. Friday 7th for the general public. Received the info email.

Sounds like terrible news for sumo.

I'll miss Satonofuji.

Thanks for the pictures. They are really making sure to get all the bang for their new yokozuna buck, aren't they. Official intro on the 31st and it has been what 3 appearances in 3 days?

Is there a nice big picture version of Ura as tachi-mochi?

Google issue. The kanji are the same as before.

They could have the bow twirler up-front, that used to be yokozuna duty once upon a time, didn't it? And the bow twirling doesn't get enough appreciation anyway what with everyone running out to get the train.