New recruits for Natsu 2018

[Akinomaki 40,221]

A bit unusual to have this thread that early, but the young guy plans to enter in May, really after graduation:

The next uchi-deshi for Futagoyama-oyakata to enter Fujishima-beya - or will he have his own heya by then and Souma Imai 今井颯真 (14, 176cm, 117kg) from Ogano town wants to wait till then?

Imai wants to become the 2nd sekitori from the town, Tsurugidake was the only one so far - he made Imai to start sumo in 1st year middle school - Imai was in the tennis club. That same year he met for the first time with Futagoyama, who had come to the town to meet his old heya-mate - and he came again and again to invite Imai to enter.

Imai of course wants to aim for yokozuna, the rikishi he longs to become like is Takayasu.

ex-Tsurugidake, Imai, ex-Miyabiyama

o

[Akinomaki 40,221]

He may find a heya till Natsu - or maybe never: ガルダン・スフバト (??? Garudan Sufubato) (19, 180cm, 122kg),  the nephew of Takanoiwa wants to join ozumo, and till he finds a heya that accepts him - or he is forced to abandon hopes - he trains at Takanohana-beya. Not from Tottori Johoku high like his uncle, but just graduated from Saitama Sakae. The first son of the 2nd oldest elder brother of Takanoiwa, who is the 5th and last child.  He was 3rd with the team at the interhigh  (but wasn't active in the final tournament) and runner-up in his weight category at the Kanto championships. He'd like to quickly catch up with the 4 Saitama same year graduates who have already joined. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2018/03/07/kiji/20180306s00005000226000c.html

Edited March 7, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Bumpkin 438]

How many heyas have an "opening" for a foreigner?

[Raishu 208]

19 hours ago, Bumpkin said:

How many heyas have an "opening" for a foreigner?

If I counted correctly, no less than 15 heya are without a foreigner at the moment.

But in the end, only a handful of them do potentially recruit foreigners because a) some simply do not accept them generally (Isenoumi comes to mind) or b) many are hesitant after the several scandals in recent years (yaocho, misconduct, violence, etc.).

[Sakura 1,484]

15 hours ago, Raishu said:

If I counted correctly, no less than 15 heya are without a foreigner at the moment.

But in the end, only a handful of them do potentially recruit foreigners because a) some simply do not accept them generally (Isenoumi comes to mind) or b) many are hesitant after the several scandals in recent years (yaocho, misconduct, violence, etc.).

and how many would want one with ties to Takanohana

[Raishu 208]

8 hours ago, Sakura said:

and how many would want one with ties to Takanohana

Ask Tatsunami Oyakata who has recuited moto-Asashoryu's nephew only a few months ago.

[rhyen 1,827]

8 hours ago, Sakura said:

and how many would want one with ties to Takanohana

Otake heya for one.

[Sakura 1,484]

5 hours ago, Raishu said:

Ask Tatsunami Oyakata who has recuited moto-Asashoryu's nephew only a few months ago.

I'm not saying there aren't any. 

Though I suppose Tatsunami doesn't have an opening.

[Asashosakari 19,093]

On 8.3.2018 at 11:35, Raishu said:

If I counted correctly, no less than 15 heya are without a foreigner at the moment.

But in the end, only a handful of them do potentially recruit foreigners because a) some simply do not accept them generally (Isenoumi comes to mind) or b) many are hesitant after the several scandals in recent years (yaocho, misconduct, violence, etc.).

Also c) some heya may already have made informal agreements with a future recruit who's currently still in school, so they're "off the market" already. And d) the wild-west days from 15 years ago are pretty much over, and nearly all stables are now trying to wait for a recruit with proven high potential rather than simply take on a speculative applicant. (Shikihide-oyakata being the notable recent exception with Furanshisu, but he's doing things differently in general.) I think they've all learned that it's better to leave the spot unclaimed for a while rather than take the first guy that asks, and then potentially be stuck with a career sandanme for 10 years.

Unless there are serious behaviour concerns with this guy, I think he'll find a stable. The Saitama Sakae background has to count for something.

Edited March 9, 2018 by Asashosakari

[Yamanashi 3,793]

On 1/12/2018 at 12:37, Akinomaki said:

A bit unusual to have this thread that early, but the young guy plans to enter in May, really after graduation:

The next uchi-deshi for Futagoyama-oyakata to enter Fujishima-beya - or will he have his own heya by then and Souma Imai 今井颯真 (14, 176cm, 117kg) from Ogano town wants to wait till then?

Imai wants to become the 2nd sekitori from the town, Tsurugidake was the only one so far - he made Imai to start sumo in 1st year middle school - Imai was in the tennis club. That same year he met for the first time with Futagoyama, who had come to the town to meet his old heya-mate - and he came again and again to invite Imai to enter.

Imai of course wants to aim for yokozuna, the rikishi he longs to become like is Takayasu.

ex-Tsurugidake, Imai, ex-Miyabiyama

o

Ex-Tsurugidake, MIYAMOTO Kazuteru has been running the family Ryokan in Chichibu, Saitama, as the twelfth generation owner.  A display of his kesho mawashi and other items on display there. (Sorry, maybe belongs in Former Rikishi activities).

 

[Yubinhaad 11,605]

Tatsunami-beya has a new recruit, Mutsumi Kawabata (川端 六満) from Nago city in Okinawa. He is a relative of Meisei.

Naruto-beya will have three new rikishi and a yobidashi in May. No individual details so far, but they're all in this picture it seems.

[Yamanashi 3,793]

4 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

Tatsunami-beya has a new recruit, Mutsumi Kawabata (川端 六満) from Nago city in Okinawa. He is a relative of Meisei.

Naruto-beya will have three new rikishi and a yobidashi in May. No individual details so far, but they're all in this picture it seems.

Naruto:

Left side, from front: Honma (Jd), Anzai (Mz), recruit, recruit

Right side, from front: Torakio (Jd), Sumidagawa (Jd), Yobidashi recruit, Oshozan (Jd)

Back: recruit

 

 

[ALAKTORN 346]

…How young is that yobidashi?

[Jakusotsu 5,892]

16 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

I always suspect Tatsunami to look like this if he'd ever give a full smile:

[Yamanashi 3,793]

Tatsunami: I see a little of the dissipated look of Charlie Sheen.

[orandashoho 720]

2 hours ago, Jakusotsu said:

always suspect Tatsunami to look like this if he'd ever give a full smile:

We already have Tokuda -- Tokuda ..

[Akinomaki 40,221]

33 minutes ago, orandashoho said:

We already have Tokuda -- Tokuda ..

the pic from his paper is gone - still here: http://newspo24.com/5827.html

now if he'd showed the smile of his father ...

Edited April 19, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Naganoyama 5,884]

On 4/18/2018 at 15:39, Yubinhaad said:

Tatsunami-beya has a new recruit, Mutsumi Kawabata (川端 六満) from Nago city in Okinawa. He is a relative of Meisei.

Naruto-beya will have three new rikishi and a yobidashi in May. No individual details so far, but they're all in this picture it seems.

I can't see these pictures for some reason. They are showing as broken links for me.

[Yubinhaad 11,605]

5 hours ago, Naganoyama said:

I can't see these pictures for some reason. They are showing as broken links for me.

Any change since you posted that? They're showing fine for me, so it might have just been a temporary outage at the image host.

[MrGrumpyGills 123]

Yesterday evening I couldn't see them either, but now it's ok. Temporary outage at the image host seems to be a logical explanation.

[Naganoyama 5,884]

4 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

Any change since you posted that? They're showing fine for me, so it might have just been a temporary outage at the image host.

Yes! That must have been it.

[Akinomaki 40,221]

The first deshi from his home prefecture Aomori for Wakanosato - from his hometown Hirosaki, graduated from the same middle school: Genta (K)Oyama 小山源太 (16) today left his hometown to enter Nishiiwa-beya. http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2018/20180420035102.asp

the 2 at Aomori airport

[Akinomaki 40,221]

The first foreign high school yokozuna Amarsanaa plans to go to the new Futagoyama-beya. The oyakata: "He's during internship now, when it's over I think it (entering the heya) will happen."

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2018/04/21/kiji/20180421s00005000151000c.html

on the right in the back, at the heya doyho-opening today: the oyakata with okami-san, son and the deshi

He graduated from Tottori Johoku in March and apparently hasn't entered a university. Me may be still a kenshuusei-ryuugakusei - maybe now at some company, or as sumo instructor at his high school. But later articles indicate that Futagoyama really calls a trial in the heya kenshuu period.

o o

Edited April 22, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Yubinhaad 11,605]

On ‎15‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 23:49, mikawa said:

Just seen news that Tanaka Toranosuke, winner of the 27th Middle School Student Championships 2 years ago, will be turning pro, most likely during the Natsu basho.

Tanaka has joined Sakaigawa-beya, I understand.

[Yubinhaad 11,605]

On ‎20‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 17:10, Akinomaki said:

The first deshi from his home prefecture Aomori for Wakanosato - from his hometown Hirosaki, graduated from the same middle school: Genta (K)Oyama 小山源太 (16) today left his hometown to enter Nishiiwa-beya.

The reading for him is Genta Oyama.

Nishiiwa-beya has two recruits this time, the other one is 18-year-old Koki Kosuge (小菅 広樹) from Takayasu's hometown Tsuchiura, Ibaraki prefecture.

Oyama (left) and Kosuge with the shisho. They weren't scouted but instead sought out the heya themselves and asked to join.