Akinomaki 40,053 Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Hopefully: Mongolian Ichinnorov (20, Tottori) ... He already has the makushita 15 tsukedashi qualification from winning the All Japan Corporate championships in September. 194 cm, 170 kg. About entering Ozumo: “I haven't thought about anything yet.”Team member like last year, but now coach Ichinnorov (19 or 20?, on the left) also won the individual. At last: Ichinnorov (now they settle with 20) is to turn pro. Minato-beya as assumed last year, maybe starting as soon as at the Kyushu-basho - foreigner, but now he has the ms15 qualification – would be the first ever by a foreigner. 5 high school titles, after graduation he couldn't turn pro because of the foreigners framework in the NSK and took on the work of a sumo coach at his high school: meaning he has a work permit visa and should be able to start at once. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/10/21/kiji/K20131021006848380.htmlmore on him in the pro-ama thread Edited October 21, 2013 by Akinomaki 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony 16 Posted October 22, 2013 His mensurations are impressive : 1,94m for 170kg! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fay 1,677 Posted October 22, 2013 Nice guy, some Mongolians introduced him to me last basho. I hope he can start at Kyushu Basho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,594 Posted October 29, 2013 New tokoyama for Arashio-beya, 18-year-old Tokomitsu from Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima prefecture. With the shisho: And a new yobidashi for Tomozuna-beya, 16-year-old Shuntaro. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,053 Posted October 29, 2013 Ichinnorov and Minato-oyakata at a press conference declared that he enters the heya and the sumo world, takes part in the shin-deshi kensa, but, alas, he will start on the dohyo at the Hatsu basho. Minatao-oyakata: “He's not only big but also flexible etc. Even yokozuna is not just a dream.” Ichinnorov names Hakuho as the rikishi he aims for. http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/131029/ttr13102902040001-n1.htm 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALAKTORN 346 Posted October 29, 2013 Wow, this Ichinnorov sounds promising. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnofuji 232 Posted October 30, 2013 He seems to spell it "Ichinnorow" but that wouldn't be the first time a sumotori had different spelling on Facebook. The Mongolians have so many different alphabet soup names/ Byamba told me that he went to Japan to train with him before the World Combat Games In Russia last month. According to Kelly Gneiting, Byamba needed to get back his "dohyo sense" and do some training on clay so it obviously paid off. Ichi will definitely be someone to watch in the future. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,053 Posted October 30, 2013 5 new recruits for the shin-deshi kensa tomorrow, with Ichinnorow (I like that spell better, when I type the name I usually type it like this at first). 2 for Otake beya: former high school Hyogo pref. champion Hikaru Yonamine (19): entry from his 6th year, going to the 22nd wampaku-zumo (7 years ago) - and from Saitama pref., without sumo experience but admiring rikishi, Yuuki Shinyashiki (15), who went the last 2 months from 58kg to 71kg. http://www.nikkanspo...29-1211015.html http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/10/30/kiji/K20131030006912730.html Ōsunaarashi showing to Yonamine the hammer keiko. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,053 Posted October 30, 2013 The 2 Otake-beya shin-deshi. Shinyashiki was deeply impressed by Taiho's book (Otake-beya=Taiho dojo).http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/news/p-sp-tp3-20131030-1211239.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,053 Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) All 5 passed the basic exam, waiting for the medical. The remaining 2 are Yasui (15, Michinoku) and Kawaguchi (22, Takanohana). Ichinnorow (20, 190cm, 183kg, in Japan since March 2010): “For the future I aim for yokozuna, but first I want to become sekitori.” The articles talk about him needing to get a working visa to start in January, but he was employed already and he was in the corporate championships (and won them), so what visa does he have now ?http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2013103100851http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/10/31/kiji/K20131031006919620.htmlhttp://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/news/f-sp-tp3-20131031-1211850.html Edited November 1, 2013 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 18,974 Posted October 31, 2013 The articles talk about him needing to get a working visa to start in January, but he was employed already and he was in the corporate championships (and won them), so what visa does he have now ?Aren't Japanese working visa tied to the type of employment? He's changing to a completely different "job". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,053 Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Kawaguchi (22, 182cm, 81kg) had judo experience. He left Beppu univ. in his 2nd year. As a big fan of the oyakata he joined Takanohana-beya.Ichinnorow had training with Hakuho in the past: “He has the body and the power. I haven't seen a Mongolian with a body that big before.”In his youth he lived the life of a nomad, 400km away from the capital, helping with heavy work at around 13. “Before coming to Japan I had 130kg and could ride a horse, now it is impossible.” A relative is a sekiwake equivalent in Mongol-zumo, an ancestor was a dai-yokozuna. In middle school he did sumo and judo. He won a selection sumo tournament in Mongolia and at 17 went to Japan to study at Tottori Johoku high school. He has 5 titles there.The shikona is not yet decided.At ms15 he might be able to go up to juryo with a 7-0 yusho. The tsukedashi starting position in the past was determined for each individually, in April 1956 it was changed to end of makushita (ms60). In 2001 it was linked to the 4 major amateur titles (amateur/student yokozuna, corporate champion, kokutai adult winner). Now one of them gives the ms15, 2 the ms10 qualification, valid for one year.Hakuho explained a plan that foreigners who won a big amateur title should be allowed to enter a sumo heya which already has a foreign-born rikishi.http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/11/01/kiji/K20131101006922450.htmlhttp://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/sumo/news/20131031-OHT1T00240.htmhttp://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/sumo/news/20131031-OHT1T00242.htmhttp://www.daily.co.jp/sumo/2013/11/01/1p_0006464337.shtmlhttp://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/sumo/news/CK2013110102000171.html Edited November 1, 2013 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALAKTORN 346 Posted November 1, 2013 Too bad we won’t be seeing him this basho. Why did he cut his hair? Gonna be a long time before he can wear a chonmage… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
p2501 15 Posted November 1, 2013 Too bad we won’t be seeing him this basho. Why did he cut his hair? Gonna be a long time before he can wear a chonmage… Maybe that was the goal ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bettega 431 Posted November 1, 2013 Seems like we'll be seeing he soon as sekitori. Let's see him in Juryo and make our minds - it should take no more than 2 basho, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALAKTORN 346 Posted November 1, 2013 Wait a sec, when did he train with Hakuhō? Can’t be that far back, he’s still young… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bettega 431 Posted November 1, 2013 Wait a sec, when did he train with Hakuhō? Can’t be that far back, he’s still young… He is 22 years old... anytime in the last 3 years he could have trained with Hakuho, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALAKTORN 346 Posted November 2, 2013 I thought he was 20? (Someone even reported 19…) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,053 Posted November 8, 2013 Ichinnorow – I can't find these yahoo Sankei articles on the Sankei shimbun site, but they are listed as from that origin.http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20131108-00000127-san-spo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,881 Posted November 10, 2013 NSK data: SHIKONA KANJI NAME HEYA HEIGHT WEIGHT DOB BIRTHPLACE Ichinnorow イチンノロブ Ichinnorow Minato 190 183 07 - April - 1993 Mongolia Kawaguchi 川口 Takahiro Kawaguchi Takanohana 182 81 14 - December - 1990 Hyogo Shinyashiki 新屋敷 Yuki Shinyashiki Otake 169 72 31 - January - 1998 Saitama Yasui 安井 Ayato Yasui Michinoku 173 67 31 - March - 1998 Kagoshima Yonamine 与那嶺 Hikaru Yonamine Otake 170 123 20 - September- 1994 Hyogo 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony 16 Posted November 10, 2013 One more very small rikishi at Michinoku-beya! I hope he could contribute to regain prestige at this heya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 18,974 Posted November 14, 2013 Better late than... Day 3: Mz1 Dewataikai (1-0) Mz2 Tamashinzan (0-1) Mz3 Yonamine (1-0) Mz5 Yasui (0-1) Mz4 Shinyashiki (0-1) Mz2 Tamashinzan (1-1) Day 4: Mz1 Dewataikai (2-0) Mz2 Tamashinzan (1-2) Mz4 Shinyashiki (0-2) Mz5 Yasui (1-1) Mz3 Yonamine (2-0) Mz2 Tamashinzan (1-3) Mz3 Yonamine (3-0) Mz1 Dewataikai (2-1) Qualification order: Yonamine Dewataikai Tamashinzan Yasui Shinyashiki No sign of the new Takanohana-beya recruit. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doitsuyama 1,173 Posted November 14, 2013 And it's all in the database now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 18,974 Posted November 17, 2013 Presentation: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,053 Posted November 17, 2013 Has Otake-oyakata only one kesho-mawashi left ? Funny seeing somebody else with Ōsunaarashi and the pyramid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
