Seiyashi 4,086 Posted August 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, RabidJohn said: Is that a manufacturer's mark? Yes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,086 Posted August 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Naganoyama said: Wrong colour - I believe you mean these: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,840 Posted August 7, 2021 5 hours ago, Seiyashi said: Wrong colour - I believe you mean these: (It didn't display for me) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benevolance 2,501 Posted August 7, 2021 Nothing shows up for me, either. I'd hate to think that Seiyashi is intimating Kintamayama might lack a certain je ne sais quoi? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,086 Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Hmmm, apparently Google embeds don't work, at least for some browsers (I know sumojoann can see these). This work? EDIT: From the likes, yes. Edited August 7, 2021 by Seiyashi 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benihana 1,929 Posted August 7, 2021 As mawashi it would be a bit over the top, but it would make a fabulous yukata: Spoiler 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaminariyuki 499 Posted August 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, Benihana said: As mawashi it would be a bit over the top, but it would make a fabulous yukata: Reveal hidden contents A yukata for the rikishi or for Benihana? I think the style may be more European than Japanese but you could be right about the yukata. I've found that many Japanese men do not own a yukata. I actually have two more than any of my close Japanese friends. Maybe my friends aren't the norm but I have the impression they only wear yukata when they go to an onset town or resort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,840 Posted August 7, 2021 14 hours ago, Naganoyama said: "After quickly reaching Sumo Forum Juryo, he was given an additional prefix, "go-" to his shikona. This proved disastrous, as he suffered make-koshi records in the next three basho and fell to mid-Makushita. Upon returning to his original ring name, he quickly rebounded and began his meteoric rise to SF Yokozuna." Wackipedia article, "Kintamayama Moti" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumojoann 1,264 Posted August 8, 2021 10 hours ago, Seiyashi said: If Kintamayama had this many, he'd have to get a bigger mawashi. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benevolance 2,501 Posted August 8, 2021 What makes you think he doesn't? He's the Mick Jagger of osumo digests. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumojoann 1,264 Posted August 8, 2021 35 minutes ago, Benevolance said: What makes you think he doesn't? He's the Mick Jagger of osumo digests. I respect Kintamayama and myself too much to be a groupie, so I'll guess the contents of his mawashi will have to remain a divine mystery. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViscountessNivlac 24 Posted August 8, 2021 On 06/08/2021 at 17:54, ryafuji said: The rule is actually that mawashi have to be either black or dark purple - it just isn't enforced. I don't think any rikishi would dare push their luck by having more than one colour in their mawashi! I’ve often wondered if that’s ever written anywhere. If it isn’t, then it’s an unenforced and unwritten rule - so it isn’t actually the rule. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,086 Posted August 8, 2021 1 hour ago, ViscountessNivlac said: On 07/08/2021 at 00:54, ryafuji said: The rule is actually that mawashi have to be either black or dark purple - it just isn't enforced. I don't think any rikishi would dare push their luck by having more than one colour in their mawashi! I’ve often wondered if that’s ever written anywhere. If it isn’t, then it’s an unenforced and unwritten rule - so it isn’t actually the rule. By the same token, I wonder who was the brave soul to first breach the rule, considering we know that Wajima was wearing gold often enough to be well-known for it way back when. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,319 Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Seiyashi said: By the same token, I wonder who was the brave soul to first breach the rule, considering we know that Wajima was wearing gold often enough to be well-known for it way back when. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamanoumi_Daitarō Quote Tamanoumi reached his highest rank of sekiwake in 1957 but then was forced to sit out a couple of tournaments through injury. He fell to the maegashira ranks and considered retiring, but came back to win the top division tournament championship in November 1957 (the first time the Kyūshū honbasho had been staged) with a perfect 15–0 score. During that tournament he wore a gold-coloured mawashi, the first wrestler to flout the Japan Sumo Association's rule that only dark colours should be worn. It had been given to him by the chairman of his supporter's club, who was also the head of the shipping company for whom he had worked in his years out of sumo. Because other wrestlers regarded it as a symbol of good luck, and also because NHK began colour broadcasts of sumo matches in 1960, many others have followed Tamanoumi's lead and worn brightly coloured mawashi. The equivalent ja.wiki article adds that he received special permission from the board of directors because he (originally) intended it to be his final tournament. Edited August 8, 2021 by Asashosakari 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,086 Posted August 8, 2021 Wow, this guy's a real barnstormer, isn't he. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,108 Posted August 8, 2021 16 hours ago, sumojoann said: I respect Kintamayama and myself too much to be a groupie, so I'll guess the contents of his mawashi will have to remain a divine mystery. All I can say is the number doesn't matter-what really matters is how loud the sound is when they clang together. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaminariyuki 499 Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Seiyashi said: By the same token, I wonder who was the brave soul to first breach the rule, considering we know that Wajima was wearing gold often enough to be well-known for it way back when. LOL, one doesn't get anything by Seiyashi normally, but I have to "ahem," given my original post, creating this thread. Edited August 8, 2021 by Kaminariyuki typo correct 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,086 Posted August 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Kaminariyuki said: LOL, one doesn't get anything by Seiwashi normally, but I have to "ahem," given my original post, creating this thread. I admit my shame. It's not often a thread comes full circle like this! I accept the warning of the SF kyokai, and shall endeavour to be more respectable with my posting. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaminariyuki 499 Posted August 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Seiyashi said: I admit my shame. It's not often a thread comes full circle like this! I accept the warning of the SF kyokai, and shall endeavour to be more respectable with my posting. Sorry, I had to do it. I laughed when I typed it in, too... Ganbatte kudasai. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumojoann 1,264 Posted August 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Kintamayama said: All I can say is the number doesn't matter-what really matters is how loud the sound is when they clang together. True. And I can't help but imagine that you are the "Big Ben" of Ramat Gan! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,840 Posted August 9, 2021 Just imagine how many posts we've self-censored in this thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,108 Posted August 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Yamanashi said: Just imagine how many posts we've self-censored in this thread! It's all a load of bollocks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jejima 1,384 Posted August 9, 2021 On 01/08/2021 at 19:50, SumoLyubo said: Sentoryu chose his shikona because it sounded like his hometown of St. Louis, no? Yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
