Hakuho's son at the Hakuho cup

[Akinomaki 40,515]

Aiming for 3 generations of yokozuna in the family, Hakuho's first son Mahato (7) will make his sumo debut at the 6th Hakuho cup on Jan. 31st next year in the kokugikan. Hakuho has bought him a mawashi lately.
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/sumo/news/CK2015102902000157.html
Kyushu last year with parents and sisters

a guess that it's him with his sister in Nagoya this year

Edited October 29, 2015 by Akinomaki

[Johnofuji 232]

Thanks for that. We sent a team for the first time this year. They all had to be older for the 5 boy team competition but Hakuho kindly also allowed my son to make his debut with in the youngest division as a 7 year old. They were so cute and some of them found it a little overwhelming. It was a good cue for me to decide to retire from amasumo after seeing my son fight on the same dohyo as I did 17 years earlier.

It is an amazing event that takes about 12 hours to get through. There are over 800 kids competing on 3 dohyos throughout the day. There were many rikishi that dropped in during the day not to mention some fairly spectacular sumo especially in the finals. The highlight was chanko afterwards with the big man himself at Hananomai the restaurant with a dohyo. Ishiura was a gentleman as usual and helped us look after the kids for the weekend.

[omgitssumo 0]

3?

[Kasutera 258]

Is Hakuho married to a Japanese woman? I foresee a nice bit of sociology scholarship in the coming years centered around the generation of mixed ethnic Mongolian-Japanese children growing up in Japan thanks to sumo.

[Johnofuji 232]

3?

Yes his old man was a Mongolian Yokozuna. I always though the rank translated as something like Elephant?

From Wiki:

"Like many of his countrymen in professional sumo, Hakuhō belongs to a family in the Mongolian wrestling tradition. His father Jigjidiin Mönkhbat won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics,^[2] and held the highest ranking in Mongolian wrestling, "Darkhan Avarga" (meaning "Invincible Champion"), which is the Mongolian equivalent of yokozuna. Davaajargal did not however have any formal training in Mongolian wrestling himself, as his father wished him to try other sports, and he concentrated on basketball as a child instead.^[2]

Kasutera; Yes he married Sayako Wada a "glamour model". Wiki says in 2007 but I am sure the ceremony wasn't until early 2010 -after they had kids ?

[PhorCillic 51]

Heh, thanks to this article I am a little confused about Hakuho's... son's full name. Dunno why xD

Davaajargalin Mahato? Mahato Wada?

[Gurowake 4,053]

It's a bit of a stretch to call Hakuho's father a Yokozuna since Mongolian wrestling does not use anywhere near the same ranking method as Ozumo; it cares only about the farthest one has ever gotten to the end of the yearly tournament (Nadaam) in their career, and then counting wins for those who have won. It is accurate to say, however, that Hakuho's father achieved the highest rank in existence in Mongolian wrestling, a feat accomplished by winning the Nadaam in 5 different years, which Hakuho's father did (plus a 6th). And there are only 4 others that have done so as well, which makes the comparison of the two more interesting as the highest Mongolian rank is far more rare, vaguely similar to winning 20 or 30 Yusho as opposed to just being Yokozuna.

[Akinomaki 40,515]

The press will surely write that the goal of 3 has been achieved if Mahato wins one of the many yokozuna titles on the way:

wampaku yokozuna (1 each 4th, 5th and 6th year primary school) + primary school yokozuna at a different tournament

middle school yokozuna

high school yokozuna

(=the national champions in any junior age group)

student yokozuna (+"corporate" yokozuna for the employed)

amateur yokozuna

Being the yokozuna of something is a common use in Japanese and for ages there have been banzuke for all kinds of things, just as the Japanese form to have any sort of ranking.

That Hakuho's father is now accepted (at least in the press) as a real equivalent to a Japanese dai-yokozuna is of course because Hakuho has always insisted on it - but now it's common.

Edited October 30, 2015 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,515]

Hakuho let his son Mahato (7) have a keiko ground debut, both appeared in mawashi at the heya's mochi pounding event.
Mahato got the wish to enter the Hakuho cup when he heard that also the 3rd place gets a medal.
Hakuho then bought him a mawashi, but so far he only put it on at home. First time on the soil he did shiko stamping and butsukari-geiko with his father, outside the dohyo area, where the mochi were made.
http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1584629.html

[wuli 67]

if mahato continues, to yusho makuuchi down the road,

can we consider him the long awaited japanese yusho winner?

[Akinomaki 40,515]

That's a common idea

'Dad, when you'll take me into your heya, I'll become at last the next Japanese yusho winner.'

The papers of course think about Hakuho II. Hakuho I: "If he wants it, without pressuring him into it."
http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20151227-OHT1T50063.html

Edited December 29, 2015 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,515]

Only a very low quality video

[Mark.Buckton 68]

if mahato continues, to yusho makuuchi down the road,

can we consider him the long awaited japanese yusho winner?

Yes, you can, through his mother and based on how old he is at the time, if he ever wins a yusho. Nationality is dual until selected just after 20(usually 22 is the 'choose by date', but even then, there are ways to avoid losing one (of two nationalities).

FWIW - it has only been possible to pass (Japanese) nationality through Japanese women married to or having a child fathered by a non-Japanese national since the mid-80s. Think what that means for Taiho. Surprises a lot of people that!

[Kasutera 258]

if mahato continues, to yusho makuuchi down the road,

can we consider him the long awaited japanese yusho winner?

Yes, you can, through his mother and based on how old he is at the time, if he ever wins a yusho. Nationality is dual until selected just after 20(usually 22 is the 'choose by date', but even then, there are ways to avoid losing one (of two nationalities).

FWIW - it has only been possible to pass (Japanese) nationality through Japanese women married to or having a child fathered by a non-Japanese national since the mid-80s. Think what that means for Taiho. Surprises a lot of people that!

I think especially during the imperial/war years "ethnic background" was a frequently lied-about subject, especially for zainichi Koreans like Rikidozan, who ironically became a symbol of Japanese nationalist pride in his puroresu days.

[wuli 67]

if mahato continues, to yusho makuuchi down the road,

can we consider him the long awaited japanese yusho winner?

Yes, you can, through his mother and based on how old he is at the time, if he ever wins a yusho. Nationality is dual until selected just after 20(usually 22 is the 'choose by date', but even then, there are ways to avoid losing one (of two nationalities).

FWIW - it has only been possible to pass (Japanese) nationality through Japanese women married to or having a child fathered by a non-Japanese national since the mid-80s. Think what that means for Taiho. Surprises a lot of people that!

I think especially during the imperial/war years "ethnic background" was a frequently lied-about subject, especially for zainichi Koreans like Rikidozan, who ironically became a symbol of Japanese nationalist pride in his puroresu days.

a worldwide phenomena

in coastal california, as the occupation/extermination progressed, native folks passed as mexican for survival, often to the degree of not even informing their own children of their heritage

best of success for mahato, and all the youngsters of any genetic profile, as they grow

may they see the day that no one cares, nor tracks the genetics, on the dohyo or anywhere else

[Akinomaki 40,515]

Aiming for 3 generations of yokozuna in the family, Hakuho's first son Mahato (7) will make his sumo debut at the 6th Hakuho cup on Jan. 31st next year in the kokugikan.

Mahato (left) lost in the 1st round (1st years division) - to an about 10kg heavier kid (he has 21kg), but gets many articles and pics.

http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20160131/sum16013116160003-n1.html

with mom afterwards

after training with dad before

Edited February 1, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,515]

More pics - without Mahato - from the 6th Hakuho-cup today - about 1100 kids took part, also from Mongolia, Korea, China and the US. Kotoshogiku came to watch as well

http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160201/k00/00m/050/020000c.html

poster:

Hakuho opening address

Hakuho watching, Yoshikaze in the back



ex-Kotomitsuki's eldest son winning in the first round of the 1st year primary school and younger division

Edited January 31, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,515]

Videos come pouring in: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=CAI%253D&q=%E7%99%BD%E9%B5%AC%E6%9D%AF&spfreload=10

Mahato's first ever tournament bout

5th year's final: the thin Mongolian kid won that division

Edited February 1, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,515]

filming his son

team Hakuho? (on the mawashi)

More pics - without Mahato - from the 6th Hakuho-cup today - about 1100 kids took part, also from Mongolia, Korea, China and the US. Kotoshogiku came to watch as well

Kotoshogiku had assembled "Team Kotoshogiku" from his home province Fukuoka - all is in the hope to interest kids to follow the sumo path and get future shin-deshi from this tournament

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1599119.html

Edited January 31, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,515]

Videos come pouring in: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=CAI%253D&q=%E7%99%BD%E9%B5%AC%E6%9D%AF&spfreload=10

5th year's final: the thin Mongolian kid won that division

all finals

the Mongolian team (for the first time) won the yusho 4-1, the Japanese teams are mainly city clubs.

Hakuho addressed them in Mongolian as well at the yusho congratulation.

1st years finals - with a mono-ii, among the shimpan Kotoshogiku and ex-Miyabiyama, Hiro Morita "interviewing" the winner, Hakuho presenting the medals etc.

Edited February 1, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,515]

Aiming for 3 generations of yokozuna in the family, Hakuho's first son Mahato (7) will make his sumo debut at the 6th Hakuho cup on Jan. 31st next year in the kokugikan.

Mahato (left) lost in the 1st round (1st years division) - to an about 10kg heavier kid (he has 21kg), but gets many articles and pics.

Mahato is 120cm, 21kg - the other - a North-Japan wrestling champion in his age class - was 33kg

[Akinomaki 40,515]

The winner of the Hakuho-cup middle school division (the others likely as well) got a tsuna replica for it. Usually the national wanpaku and the school tournaments have junior amateur yokozuna titles and the winners of the last year do a yokozuna doyho-iri, but not the Hakuho-cup. Maybe Hakuho's idea to put his tournament on the same level. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/ishikawa/20160404/CK2016040402000038.html
Nakamura (15, 188cm, 150kg), holding the commemorative photo with Hakuho - he started high school and aims for high school yokozuna next

[Akinomaki 40,515]

The latest in a series about brothers aiming for yokozuna, with focus on how they did at the Hakuho cup (losing in the first round), but also about other kids there