Kokonoe Oyakata hospitalized-will miss the Basho

[Kintamayama 45,086]

Ex-Chiyonofuji will be kyujo this basho. "Internal disease". is what is being said. Three weeks of hospitalization required. No official certificate with exact medical problem, just that vague announcement. His job at the Kyokai at the moment is to seek out rikishi who do "lethargic sumo", a far cry from his former serious appointments.. People in the know say he wasn't seen in Nagoya before the basho. Just last May 31st he did a spirited kanreki dohyo iri.

[Swami 245]

Hopefully he'll make a speedy recovery. He looked in great shape for his kanreki dohyo-iri.

Swami

[Kintamayama 45,086]

Turns out he had an early stage of pancreatic cancer and was operated back in July, losing 13 kilos as a result. "I'm OK. I have a healthy body.." he stated today, looking healthy. He is back on his job as the watcher of lethargic sumo.

Edited September 13, 2015 by Kintamayama

[Mihasan 13]

That's a terrible news, hopefully he doesn't have the aggressive type of the disease and he can overcome it...

[WAKATAKE 2,655]

For him to have cancer like that I wonder if he is a heavy chain smoker. It seems to me that there have been quite a few current or former rikishi who have chain smoked.

[Swami 245]

For him to have cancer like that I wonder if he is a heavy chain smoker. It seems to me that there have been quite a few current or former rikishi who have chain smoked.

He did smoke early in his career but quit back before his ozeki promotion in 1981.

Swami

[Akinomaki 40,406]

Kokonoe looks quite genki, also with reduced weight, watching a boxing match together with wrestling star Sayuri Yoshida
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20150923/box15092305010003-n1.html

faking frailty with a cane? or a weak left hook?

Edited September 23, 2015 by Akinomaki

[orandashoho 720]

Chiyonofuji always looked genki to me. I hope he will make a full recovery!

[Kintamayama 45,086]

Kokonoe looks quite genki, also with reduced weight, watching a boxing match together with wrestling star Sayuri Yoshida

http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20150923/box15092305010003-n1.html

faking frailty with a cane? or a weak left hook?

Come on, that is not the Kokonoe. The Kokonoe NEVER smiles under any circumstances and certainly never fools around feigning punches etc.. It's an alien lizard being or some such thing. And a pink jacket?? Really? Oh, it's Don Johnson!!

Edited September 23, 2015 by Kintamayama

[808morgan 809]

Turns out he had an early stage of pancreatic cancer and was operated back in July, losing 13 kilos as a result. "I'm OK. I have a healthy body.." he stated today, looking healthy. He is back on his job as the watcher of lethargic sumo.

Pancreatic is no joke, my aunt died within a year from that. Hopefully they did get it early and it didn't spread at all.

[Swami 245]

Turns out he had an early stage of pancreatic cancer and was operated back in July, losing 13 kilos as a result. "I'm OK. I have a healthy body.." he stated today, looking healthy. He is back on his job as the watcher of lethargic sumo.

Pancreatic is no joke, my aunt died within a year from that. Hopefully they did get it early and it didn't spread at all.

Hopefully he is on the mend.

Swami

[WAKATAKE 2,655]

He was in the announcer's box today for the makuuchi matches.

[yorikiried by fate 2,027]

Was the boxing match part of a children's charity event?

Then help him god...

[omgitssumo 0]

so many sumos get that

[Akinomaki 40,406]

A long article about Kokonoe-oyakata's post-surgical treatment (3pages): http://www.zakzak.co.jp/sports/etc_sports/news/20160714/spo1607141057001-n1.htm

He refused to take anticancer drugs and since the start of the year does a "4 dimension pin-point exposure" radiation therapy.

Pancreatic cancer has a high relapse rate.

Appeared originally as the top article in the recent edition of the Josei Seven women's magazine: http://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20160713_429997.html

[sekihiryu 51]

Slipped my mind that he had been unwell last year, horribly reminded today.

[Rocks 1,809]

Unfortunately he has passed away. May he rest in peace and God bless him.

Sumo icon Chiyonofuji dies at 61

[orandashoho 720]

...!!!....