New recruits for Aki 2017

[Akinomaki 40,487]

As long as the other thread is undecided if Aki or Kyushu, I create the proper for Aki separate - to be merged if Byamabasuren joins early.

For Chiganoura, Yuriki Yoshida 吉田優力（ゆりき） (15, 168cm, 123kg) from Tachikawa-city, Tokyo: "My goal is sekitori. I want to do my best to move up one step after the other." Since early primary school he had over 60kg and started sumo in his 3rd year, also influenced by his father, who loves sumo. In his 5th year he was in the best 8 of the national wampaku-zumo championships. Apart from 2 times a week keiko at the local sumo dojo, he also trained at home, and after graduation in March he didn't enter at once, but continued this way to slowly build up his body.

On the evening of the 12th he had his final training at the dojop, with Chiganoura-oyakata watching. Yuriki (gentle power - and the yu is that in yusho) is planned to be his shikona. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/tokyotama/news/20170814-OYTNT50195.html

no reason given why he enters this heya

heya twitter

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[mikawa 1,794]

On 14/08/2017 at 13:19, Akinomaki said:

As long as the other thread is undecided if Aki or Kyushu, I create the proper for Aki separate - to be merged if Byamabasuren joins early.

For Chiganoura, Yuriki Yoshida 吉田優力（ゆりき） (15, 168cm, 123kg) from Tachikawa-city, Tokyo: "My goal is sekitori. I want to do my best to move up one step after the other." Since early primary school he had over 60kg and started sumo in his 3rd year, also influenced by his father, who loves sumo. In his 5th year he was in the best 8 of the national wampaku-zumo championships. Apart from 2 times a week keiko at the local sumo dojo, he also trained at home, and after graduation in March he didn't enter at once, but continued this way to slowly build up his body.

On the evening of the 12th he had his final training at the dojop, with Chiganoura-oyakata watching. Yuriki (gentle power - and the yu is that in yusho) is planned to be his shikona. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/tokyotama/news/20170814-OYTNT50195.html

no reason given why he enters this heya

heya twitter

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One of the coaches at Tachikawa Renseikan mentioned earlier this month that Yuriki would join Ozumo in Aki. He also commented that Yuriki's sumo is strong, but is slightly lacking in power

Edited August 19, 2017 by mikawa

[Akinomaki 40,487]

7 applied for the shindeshi-kensa, Maikeru Hayashi (19, Fukui pref.) for Fujishima, and others - but surely not Byambasuren - the other thread is for Kyushu. http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20170904/sum17090417530006-n1.html

Edited September 4, 2017 by Akinomaki

[Kintamayama 45,117]

In the meantime, the other Mongolian  バットバヤル・アンハバヤル  now christened  陽翔 山    (Hishouyama?)  passed the tests for Aki and will be entering in Kyushu  after all the visa stuff is taken care of. Joined Tokitsukaze back in April, his uncle (a Mongolian sumo Yokozuna) and Hakuhou's dad are close friends. He trained at Miyagino for a month (March) before joining Tokitsukaze, and was seen beating Makushita guys in training, prompting Hakuhou to remark that he should be climbing the ranks quickly. 19 years old, 185/120. Grip power-80 kilos each hand. Normal for a 19 year old- 42 kilos. Dorsal muscles (I have no idea what this means..)- 250 kilos-normal for ages 19-26 - 145 kilos.. Seems very awesome indeed.   "I'd like to become a sekitori soon. My benchmark is Hakuhou!!" he declared.

Edited September 5, 2017 by Kintamayama

[Akinomaki 40,487]

On 9/4/2017 at 12:10, Akinomaki said:

7 applied for the shindeshi-kensa, Maikeru Hayashi (19, Fukui pref.) for Fujishima, and others

All 7 passed the initial check - Mike Hayashi was 176cm, 123kg, plain comment: "I want to do my best aiming for yokozuna"

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On 2/28/2017 at 13:17, Akinomaki said:

It's the time for uchi-deshi - and time for injury postponed entry: ex-Miyabiyama will later get another deshi for his future Futagoyama-beya: Michael Maikeru 舞蹴 Hayashi (18, 175cm, 125kg) from Fukui Norin high, who still has to recover from a torn ACL in the right knee he suffered at the inter-high last year. He'll be going to Tokyo to have surgery and do rehabilitation training, living in the house of the oyakata, but the date to officially join Fujishima-beya is not yet decided - he plans for a debut at the Aki-basho.

His father loves sumo and in his 3rd year primary school encouraged him to go to the prefectural sumo club in Fukui, in 2nd year middle school he joined the club in his later high school and was in the judo club as well. 3rd last year at the Kanazawa high school tournament and he also was at the kokutai juniors.

The oyakata had first noticed him in 1st year high school and invited him to join in his 2nd year. The rikishi he'd like to aim for is Harumafuji. At present there is only one rikishi from Fukui pref.: Koshinoryu in Fujishima-beya.

http://www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/localnews/sports/116134.html

Hochi claims he entered sumo because a friend was an acquaintance of Futagoyama-oyakata.

http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20170905-OHT1T50069.html

Edited September 6, 2017 by Akinomaki

[Yubinhaad 11,683]

2 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

In the meantime, the other Mongolian  バットバヤル・アンハバヤル  now christened  陽翔 山    (Hishouyama?)

The only reading I've seen so far is Yoshoyama (ようしょうやま), but it wasn't from a press article, just a fan blog type thing, so we'll have to wait and see on that one.

[Akinomaki 40,487]

2 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

In the meantime, the other Mongolian  バットバヤル・アンハバヤル  now christened  陽翔 山    (Hishouyama?)  passed the tests for Aki and will be entering in Kyushu  after all the visa stuff is taken care of. Joined Tokitsukaze back in April

Youshouyama: http://juliet24.com/2017/09/05/youshouyama-sumou/

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with glimpses of the other 5

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more shown on the NSK twitter, but without names

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[Akinomaki 40,487]

On 9/5/2017 at 12:55, Akinomaki said:

Mike Hayashi was 176cm, 123kg, plain comment: "I want to do my best aiming for yokozuna"

A bit more on him ("the next Takayasu") - the reason for the name Michael (Maikeru)? "Nothing special" - but apparently mother Abigail (from the Philippines) was aiming for the hope to have him become famous like Michael Jackson.

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Among the other 5 is Norishige/Housei (???) Nonaka 野中法成  (19) from Aomori pref, Nanbu town for Michinoku-beya. http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2017/20170906028436.asp

 

Edited September 6, 2017 by Akinomaki

[Asashosakari 19,320]

Is it just me, or was Ankhbayar (transcribeguess) not really on the radar before? I see he attended Kibogaoka HS, which I gather is somewhat of a regional sumo powerhouse down in Fukuoka, but I feel like I've missed something here.

[Katooshu 3,221]

I checked out his Twitter and couldn't see much (if anything?) about sumo on it.

Edited September 7, 2017 by Katooshu

[Yubinhaad 11,683]

Musashigawa-beya has one of the other new recruits, 18-year-old Shohei Shimizu (清水 昌平) from Ueda, Nagano prefecture. He has a decade of judo experience and currently weighs in at 177cm, 127kg.

[Naganoyama 5,911]

NSK data:
SHIKONA	KANJI	NAME	HEYA	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	BIRTHPLACE
Hayashi	林	Hayashi Maikeru	Fujishima	176	123	15 - July - 1998	Fukui
Nonaka	野中	Nonaka Hosei	Michinoku	177	96	06 - August - 1998	Aomori
Shimizu	清水	Shimizu Shohei	Musashigawa	177	128	20 - November - 1998	Nagano
Sugawara	菅原	Sugawara Sho	Asahiyama	175	110	17 - July - 2000	Ibaraki
Takita	瀧田	Takita Yohei	Minezaki	175	70	11 - May - 1995	Hyogo
Yoshida	吉田	Yoshida Yuriki	Chiganoura	167	126	02 - September- 2001	Tokyo
Yoshoyama	陽翔山	Batbayar Ankhbayar	Tokitsukaze	185	120	01 - September- 1998	Mongolia

 

Edited September 11, 2017 by Naganoyama
Batbayar Ankhbayar

[Asashosakari 19,320]

And again the Kyokai has a Mongolian name the wrong way around on the English pages...

[Naganoyama 5,911]

That's probably my fault as I don't know which way round it's meant to be.

[Asashosakari 19,320]

1 hour ago, Naganoyama said:

That's probably my fault as I don't know which way round it's meant to be.

Looking at it some more, maybe we've all just been assuming wrong. 

 The situation is: On the Japanese pages, names are shown in the order used in the country where the rikishi comes from, so:

Japanese names: Surname Givenname (in kanji)
Mongolian names: Patronymic Givenname (in katakana)
Western names: Givenname Surname (in katakana)

The assumption has always been that, on the English pages, names are meant to be shown in Western order exclusively, but I'm no longer so sure that's the case. It looks like they might be trying to use the same philosophy, actually, i.e. putting the names in the order the person himself would use in a Western context, which leads to:

Japanese names: Givenname Surname (reversed)
Mongolian names: Patronymic Givenname (not reversed)
Western names: Givenname Surname (not reversed)

Unfortunately I can't be sure if they have been consistent about that... But it does look like the names of all recent Mongolian entrants have the Patronymic first on the English pages, making them the only real names that don't lead with the given name.

Edited September 11, 2017 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 19,320]

Ketchup Catch-up time...

As usual with the visa regulations nowadays, the new Mongolian Ankhbayar is Noshowyama for this basho, but three banzuke-gai rikishi are partaking in the maezumo festivities, namely Kitasatsuma, ex-mid-makushita Amatsu, and Seito.

(I've already misspelled the first one as "Kitasatsuyama" about four times in the last half hour while compiling the results, so don't be surprised if that sneaks into one of these posts...)

And once again our neverending gratitude goes to the incomparable One And Only for his video coverage. 

Day 3:
 

Results:

Mz1  Kitasatsuma (0-1)       Mz2  Amatsu (1-0)
Mz5  Yuriki (1-0)            Mz3  Seito (0-1)
Mz6  Sugawara (0-1)          Mz4  Hayashi (1-0)
Mz7  Nonaka (1-0)            Mz8  Takita (0-1)
Mz1  Kitasatsuma (0-2)       Mz9  Shimizu (1-0)

Yoshida is using his given name as his shikona as reported, and looked quite impressive by maezumo standards here. Amatsu, back from a 2+ year injury ordeal, also demonstrated that he probably won't be spending much time losing bouts for the next few tournaments. Other highlights include the impromptu shimpan bowling, and Hayashi sporting a fairly massive leg bandage for his very first dohyo appearance...

Standings:

Mz2  Amatsu   Onomatsu     1-0   |   Mz1  Kitasatsuma  Chiganoura  0-2
Mz4  Hayashi  Fujishima    1-0   |   Mz3  Seito        Fujishima   0-1
Mz5  Yuriki   Chiganoura   1-0   |   Mz6  Sugawara     Asahiyama   0-1
Mz7  Nonaka   Michinoku    1-0   |   Mz8  Takita       Minezaki    0-1
Mz9  Shimizu  Musashigawa  1-0

Edited September 14, 2017 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 19,320]

Day 4:

Kitasatsuma decided that one day of maezumo was gonna do it for his return and dropped out; probably not the worst decision given the way Day 3 went for him.

 

Results:

Mz6  Sugawara (0-2)          Mz3  Seito (1-1)
Mz2  Amatsu (2-0)            Mz8  Takita (0-2)
Mz5  Yuriki (1-1)            Mz4  Hayashi (2-0)
Mz7  Nonaka (1-1)            Mz9  Shimizu (2-0)

Anybody else with a déjà vu moment in the last bout? Nonaka trying to set a dohyo speed record again, and Shimizu clumsily slinging another opponent to the ground...

Looks like there's something to mikawa's report about Yuriki lacking in power - that bout did not develop quite the way I expected it to after the tachiai.

Standings:

Mz2  Amatsu   Onomatsu     2-0   |   Mz3  Seito   Fujishima   1-1   |   Mz1  Kitasatsuma  Chiganoura  0-2-1
Mz4  Hayashi  Fujishima    2-0   |   Mz5  Yuriki  Chiganoura  1-1   |   Mz6  Sugawara     Asahiyama   0-2
Mz9  Shimizu  Musashigawa  2-0   |   Mz7  Nonaka  Michinoku   1-1   |   Mz8  Takita       Minezaki    0-2

[Asashosakari 19,320]

Day 5:

 

Results:

Mz6  Sugawara (1-2)          Mz8  Takita (0-3)
Mz7  Nonaka (1-2)            Mz3  Seito (2-1)
Mz5  Yuriki (1-2)            Mz2  Amatsu (3-0)
Mz9  Shimizu (2-1)           Mz4  Hayashi (3-0)

I'm astounded, they actually deviated from the expected schedule in order to avoid repeating Yuriki-Seito. Bad news for Yuriki though as that meant 2-0 Amatsu as his third opponent instead, who came through for the straight qualification. Hayashi had even less trouble with Shimizu, so he'll be able to relax tomorrow, too.

Standings:

3-win target achieved:
#1  Mz2  Amatsu   Onomatsu     3-0
#2  Mz4  Hayashi  Fujishima    3-0

Still active:
    Mz3  Seito    Fujishima    2-1   |   Mz5  Yuriki    Chiganoura  1-2   |   Mz1  Kitasatsuma  Chiganoura  0-2-2
    Mz9  Shimizu  Musashigawa  2-1   |   Mz6  Sugawara  Asahiyama   1-2   |   Mz8  Takita       Minezaki    0-3
                                         Mz7  Nonaka    Michinoku   1-2

One more day and then we're done here. One of the three 1-2's will be going against Takita - I'm hoping it's Yuriki as Takita has faced the other two already. And Seito and Shimizu are battling for one last spot in the "official" qualification queue. Though maybe, if the guys in charge are feeling generous, we'll get to see the loser of that matchup with a second chance against a 2-2 opponent from the middle block.

[Asashosakari 19,320]

And so it came to pass.

Day 6:
 

(The video has some corruption issues, it randomly cuts to a different recording for about 15 seconds. Not sure if that's something OAO can or will fix, but don't be surprised if the link goes dead.)

Results:

Mz9  Shimizu (2-2)           Mz3  Seito (3-1)
Mz5  Yuriki (2-2)            Mz8  Takita (0-4)
Mz7  Nonaka (1-3)            Mz6  Sugawara (2-2)

Mz5  Yuriki (3-2)            Mz9  Shimizu (2-3)

Nonaka is so going to tick off a veteran rikishi at some point if he insists on coming out with that kachiage in every bout at this level... Anyway, Yuriki did get to face Takita to reach 2 wins, and then got the opportunity for the last-minute qualification against Shimizu, whose three losses were certainly more indicative of his skill level than the two wins.

The final standings:

3-win target achieved:
#1  Mz2  Amatsu       Onomatsu     3-0
#2  Mz4  Hayashi      Fujishima    3-0
#3  Mz3  Seito        Fujishima    3-1
#4  Mz5  Yuriki       Chiganoura   3-2

Remaining order:
#5  Mz9  Shimizu      Musashigawa  2-3
#6  Mz6  Sugawara     Asahiyama    2-2
#7  Mz7  Nonaka       Michinoku    1-3
#8  Mz8  Takita       Minezaki     0-4
#9  Mz1  Kitasatsuma  Chiganoura   0-2-3

I don't trust myself to get the order correct anymore, so take both Shimizu/Sugawara and Takita/Kitasatsuma with a grain of salt until Sunday.

Day 8 edit: Order confirmed.

Edited September 17, 2017 by Asashosakari

[Asashosakari 19,320]

Presentation:

Takita's shusshin was corrected to Hokkaido at some point this week.