Takakeisho fan club

[hakutorizakura 609]

Our favourite Power Hamster is not doing very well, unfortunately. Hope he will still get his KK 

[sahaven111 174]

as long as they put him up against people like tochinoshin he will.

[hakutorizakura 609]

There it is, he's out... Better luck next basho.

[sahaven111 174]

i know isn't it sad that every time a rikishi shows consistent results they do bad, or get injured and sit out, its almost as if every one is mitakeumi

[Philioyamfugi 378]

The news of him losing 17kg is very encouraging. He was the Mike Tyson of sumo. He will get a chance to pay back Hakahou for that demoralizing beat down he took in the joint practice in December.  Hes young and should bounce back. 

[sahaven111 174]

On 11/03/2021 at 20:19, Philioyamfugi said:

The news of him losing 17kg is very encouraging. He was the Mike Tyson of sumo. He will get a chance to pay back Hakahou for that demoralizing beat down he took in the joint practice in December.  Hes young and should bounce back. 

he's not the best hope for the next yokozuna, but then again right now no one is, but he is more of a hope than others, but he's not as much of a hope as he was, but he is doing much better than he was in november.

[Yamanashi 3,779]

10 hours ago, sahaven111 said:

he's not the best hope for the next yokozuna, but then again right now no one is, but he is more of a hope than others, but he's not as much of a hope as he was, but he is doing much better than he was in november.

more buts than a Japanese bath house.

[Seregost 130]

1 hour ago, Yamanashi said:

more buts than a Japanese bath house.

you mean "buth house", then xD

 

Edited March 22, 2021 by Seregost

[sahaven111 174]

2 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

more buts than a Japanese bath house.

that was the intention... but for the record it had a lot of buts, no butts.

[sahaven111 174]

try out the all new sumo jokes thread

[hakutorizakura 609]

Woah, no activity since 6 months ago. Come on guys, send your thoughts and prayers for next basho!

[Bombur 50]

Yes, I was worried in the start of this one, but he seems to have recovered his mojo on the way, and I'd say his later defeats can be attributed to easing up a bit once he got his KK and the title was most probably out of the picture.

I hope he can do great things in November, November seems to be good on him.

[sahaven111 174]

I'm scared all his tsuna runs will end up like that last one
but we have to keep hope.
 

Edited October 17, 2021 by sahaven111

[sahaven111 174]

New poll out to try!

Edited November 6, 2021 by sahaven111
typo

[Naganoyama 5,881]

1 hour ago, sahaven111 said:

New pole out to try!

What, to climb?

[Hankegami 439]

6 hours ago, sahaven111 said:

New pole out to try!

Just replied. I am eager to know what do you all people think of my "lucky Takakeisho" prediction. Of course, it may shatter down in a few weeks if The Hamster (TM) fails to win the Kyushu basho. But I believe he's got discreet chances overall. His only serious obstacle is Terunofuji, a very powerful guy yet sometimes prone to losing against a dark horse or two (see the Aki basho). A few too many slips, and the cup is available for the next best rikishi - whether the other guy does not implode much like Takayasu in the Haru 2021 basho.

Anyway, I do not consider myself Takakeisho as a possible top-knot Yokozuna. He is too monotone in his oshi-zumo much like Konishiki was (and we all know how his Yokozuna bid ended). He should lose some weight so to allow himself to practice yotsu-zumo, but I understand he probably fears to lose power and his Ozeki status in the process. But Takakeisho openly said he wants to show that oshi-zumo is complete by itself, and reaching Yokozuna would be a pleasant upset on this regard (well, not for proposes of a less heavyweight sumo).

[sahaven111 174]

On 06/11/2021 at 08:14, Hankegami said:

Just replied. I am eager to know what do you all people think of my "lucky Takakeisho" prediction. Of course, it may shatter down in a few weeks if The Hamster (TM) fails to win the Kyushu basho. But I believe he's got discreet chances overall. His only serious obstacle is Terunofuji, a very powerful guy yet sometimes prone to losing against a dark horse or two (see the Aki basho). A few too many slips, and the cup is available for the next best rikishi - whether the other guy does not implode much like Takayasu in the Haru 2021 basho.

Anyway, I do not consider myself Takakeisho as a possible top-knot Yokozuna. He is too monotone in his oshi-zumo much like Konishiki was (and we all know how his Yokozuna bid ended). He should lose some weight so to allow himself to practice yotsu-zumo, but I understand he probably fears to lose power and his Ozeki status in the process. But Takakeisho openly said he wants to show that oshi-zumo is complete by itself, and reaching Yokozuna would be a pleasant upset on this regard (well, not for proposes of a less heavyweight sumo). 

I never thought about Takakeisho losing weight it really is a big gamble for him but its worth it.

[Hankegami 439]

43 minutes ago, sahaven111 said:

I never thought about Takakeisho losing weight it really is a big gamble for him but its worth it.

Technically speaking, yes. Part of his short arms problem is that he's too fat for his own good: fat from his belly, breast and arms greatly limit his arm range. His body mass index (from wikipedia, he's 1,77 m per 166 kg) is 52,98 BMI, a datum comparable only to Akebono, Musashimaru and guys like them. Even Terunofuji is "only" 49,91 BMI. However, while the others cases concern very tall men that can just stretch themselves and leave their bellies much like behind (you know, the silverback pose, shoulders front and belly back), Takakeisho in most cases has to face people taller than himself so he needs all his height just to avoid being pulled down. No wonder he resolved himself to pushing and thrusting.

Anyway, I am sure it will remain just a theory. I highly doubt Takakeisho will ever consider losing weight as he would basically have to learn yotsu-zumo from scratch. Not everyone is eager to pull a Terunofuji and do a comeback from the lower divisions. Oshi-zumo brought Takakeisho to Ozeki and he will in all probability fix to it until the end.

[sahaven111 174]

On 07/11/2021 at 17:40, Hankegami said:

Technically speaking, yes. Part of his short arms problem is that he's too fat for his own good: fat from his belly, breast and arms greatly limit his arm range. His body mass index (from wikipedia, he's 1,77 m per 166 kg) is 52,98 BMI, a datum comparable only to Akebono, Musashimaru and guys like them. Even Terunofuji is "only" 49,91 BMI. However, while the others cases concern very tall men that can just stretch themselves and leave their bellies much like behind (you know, the silverback pose, shoulders front and belly back), Takakeisho in most cases has to face people taller than himself so he needs all his height just to avoid being pulled down. No wonder he resolved himself to pushing and thrusting.

Anyway, I am sure it will remain just a theory. I highly doubt Takakeisho will ever consider losing weight as he would basically have to learn yotsu-zumo from scratch. Not everyone is eager to pull a Terunofuji and do a comeback from the lower divisions. Oshi-zumo brought Takakeisho to Ozeki and he will in all probability fix to it until the end.

You are 100% right, but he should not gain weight either and if Takakeisho were to fall I'm not sure if he could pull off a successful comeback pretty sad but that's just the facts.