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Jonosuke

Hello Kitty Yokozuna

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As I see no one has posted this one yet:

Kitty will be a yokozuna.

As of the next Hatsu Basho, Kitty Sumo goods will be

on sale at the Kokugikan and elsewhere. There will be

Kitty cellphone straps, mini-towel and doll mascots.

A couple of 30 cm high Kitty mascots were displayed at

the Kokugikan on September 9.

The first one was Yokozuna Kitty with "Unryugata"

dohyo-iri form. Next to her was a pink kimono attired

Gyojo Kitty with a gunbai (fan). Even normally stoic

Kyokai's PR man Takasago oyakata was overheard

uttering "Cute".

The Kitty goods' maker Asunaro

(http://www.asunaro-co.com/)

which often sponsors kenshos on certain bouts has

requested the Kyokai to produce Kitty sumo goods. "We

are hoping this will lead to more interest in sumo

among young people," the company said.

However there rose a serious problem. See "Kitty" is

a girl. Some within the Kyokai, which maintains their

strict "no women" policy on the dohyo, voiced their

objection, "How can we let this pass? A girl with

yokozuna mawashi no less." But the PR Department

Ok'ed the deal saying "Kitty chan" is a cat.

So the gyoji's gunbai went to..."Kitty" for being so

cute.

Medetashi, medetashi.

Just hope Kotonowaka can stick around till the Hatsu

Basho.

(Here's the pic from Asahi Shimbun but I don't know

how long the link stays active.

http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0910/005.html

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A woman actually had this a few seats from me yeaterday so it might have appeared early (Nov 1 if Kitty's 30th birthday so could be a connection)

She wasn't a Kyokai person and from what I heard of her comments has no idea who she was looking at.

How many doods know the blue one isn't Kitty though? Why am I asking this?

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  Adachinoryu said:
How many doods know the blue one isn't Kitty though? Why am I asking this?

Are you referring to Daniel, Kitty's love interest?

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  Sasanishiki said:
  Adachinoryu said:

How many doods know the blue one isn't Kitty though?  Why am I asking this?

Are you referring to Daniel, Kitty's love interest?

Nope (why are we publicly talking about this anyway (Applauding...) ) - the blue one is Mimi - Kitty's twin - the secret sister.

According to the makers (did an article on it couple of years back and checked with them) not ANR - often mistaken for another Kitty etc.

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